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 and under the supervtswn of that eminent Architect. the late Mr. F. W. Stevens. CIR.

The business is conducted by a Resident Secretary assisted by a numerous Euro lean and Native Stall ttndcr the ( irection at a Local Board oi Director!- eomposed of loading members of the Mercantile, Banking. and Legal prolessions.

Meant STEIN. FORBES 8: (0.. Ltd.. established themselves tn Calcutta as Merchants and Gone-ta] Agents in the year 1901. and have branches under the same title in London and Hamburg. their re ire~ sentative in America [or the who col the United States, in which country the bulk of their business I: done. being Mr. R. B. Fuller. Boston. Messrs. Stein, Forbes & Ct). com- mand an extensive business in hides and skins and in the export ol raw material. their dealings aggregating over £300,000. The tartrters in London are Mr. . J. tein. and in Hamburg. Mr. . Vol r. Calcutta being represented by r. Arthur F. ('. Forbes. whoa-ex nerience oi India dates back to three sides. thirteen wars of which have been occupied its a s )ecialist tn the hide business. Mr. tubes was for a number 01

cars in the Welloltnown house at . users. F. W. Heilgers & (0., Calcutta. Mr. Forbea was a member of the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce from 1882 to 1886.

Mr. GEORGE HENRY SU'I'HERLAND urn born in London in t866. He was educated at Westminster and gained an cchrience in business in London for two year: before arriving in Calcutta in 1886. He entered the well-known firm of Meters. Begg. Dunlap a- Co.. his father. the late Mr. H. H. Sutherland being then a partner. Mr. G. 8.. Sutherland himself beanie a partner in t89o. He was President of the Chamber of Commerce In [900, and in loot he was apponted to the othceot‘ Sheriff of Calcutta. During his year of ottice, he had the distinction ot proclaiming the accession of King Edward VII to thethrone. In 1903 Mr. Sutherland was appointeda mem- ber of the Calcutta Part Commie sinners. In the same year he on appointed a Trustee of the Indian Museum by the Lieutenanth

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of Bengal which oﬁice he continues to hold For the years, tgoo to r903, he on the Commercial Member of the Bengal Legislative Council Mr. Sutherland ta widely known and res pected throughout Calcutta. He has med in many important public ofﬁce: always with ability and distinction. Both as President of the Chamber of Commerce and Sheriff of Calcutta he held the highest posts that could

be allotted toa business man. and .\Ir. Sutherland amply justiﬁed the trust impoeul upon hint. Mr. Sutherland is a Director of the Bank of Bengal.

Count S. DL'NIN DE SOL‘LI- GOSTOSKWY is Ins <tor itt India tor the Société de I Industrie- de )1: he et du Commerce: A. Mantac efl & Company. Producer! and Refiners of Kerosene Oil. with branches at Bombay and Karachi. He was born in Russia. educated in Austria and subsequently followed Mercantile pursuits in the Caucasus and Asia Hinor. He 'oined his present Company about 1 coming out to India in 1899 as Manager for the Bombay branch. and in 1001 was appointed Inspector for India.

.‘llr. WALTER LESLIE STEWV ART. Master Mariner. Lieut., KNJL, A.I.N.A. Member of the Firm of Messrs. Norman. Stewart & C0. Calcutta. was born in 1859. in Inndon. and edumted in the Metropolis Mr. Stewart entered upon a safaringi life

at the age of sixteen, joining the Mercantile Marine in t875. After passing through the set/eral grades from Apprentice to Master Mariner, he held commandin various steamers belonging to the British India Steam Navigation Co. for upward: of fifteen year», having been employed on most of the Co.'a local Lines. as well as those running to London. Australia and Japan. Mr. Stewart hart also seen active service. having been in the Hospital Ship “ Bulimha " during the Egyptian War from i885 to t886. at the time of the big ﬁght recorded in history as McNeill's aneebtt. He earned the medal [or transport terriers in the Boer War. and during its continuance made several voyages to South African Ports whilst in command of steamers employed on Transport duties. To the more peaceful calling as an ASSOCth of the Institute of Naval Architects. he adds that at being a Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve. anti is on the lint of examiner: for Board of Trade examinations for Murantilc Murine Ofﬁcers. as Well as being one ol the Members for Marine Count of Enquiry. His time may be said to be fully occupied in the discharge of many dutica.

He retired from the more active life ofa Commander in :904 and joined the ﬁrm of Messnt. Norman. Stewart 8: Co., of Calcutta. Marine Surveyors. as Junior Partner.

The late Mr. JAMSETJI N. TA‘l‘A was descended from a stock 0! Zoroastrians who left Persia and took refuge in Surat in the 7th Century to escape the op resaion oi the Mahomedan ouquerors. For 200 years they lived a life of absolute security. and it was only after they had tasted of the fruits of British rule and protection that the Princes put forward those ex- cellent attributes of energy and industry and ac uired for them- selves the wealt and inﬂuence they are worthy of and now rightly enjoy. Mr. Tom was brnu rht over to Bombay at the age a 13 by his father from Naomi. where lie was born in 1839. After his early school days he was placed in the Elphinstone College at the age of 16 and completed in that Institution a four years' course of study prior to entering his father’s oﬁ'tcc. The seeds of his successful future were here sown. and that the harvest has