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 was built entirely according to the ‘ andttnder thede Dr. '. Tunnaki, while theworltrnen were mostly in the Battle’s employ. only a few piecesotworkheinggimtooutstde agency. In the same was granite, timber. marble. and all materials employedwere only certain has and iron ware hei import gr: Bend We of the Bank. is located at Yokohama. japan. with Branches at the following places :—

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The Bank has correspondents in all important on ‘ centres at home and abroad, the number til the corresponding Banks being now over 250.

The Bombay Branch was opened for business on the 20th December remandisdoing a largebnsinesa. more especially in ﬁnalncing the cottonex rtsto it. tspraent llanager Itf’lvlr. K.

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Ltd. Calcutta Branch. was born at Kirriernrdr. in Forfsrsbire. Scotland. in the £865. In 1884. he join- edthe ndonotliceof the National Bank of India. Ltd.. and after two years' service there. was ap ’nted to the Bank's branch at ha and came out to India in Mr. Nicol] became Manager of the Branch in Calcutta in May 1904.

THE STdNDARD 1011': C03!- PANY. 1.11).. Calcutta. Among the many mills in Bengal argued in the juteindnstrynone is entitled to more extended mention than the Standard, as though it may not be the largest of its kind in Presidency, its completeness in every detail and the high classditsmannfactnsesplace

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3 frontage on the Boogny river of over boo feet, and on the other the railway, from which a siding mastothernill. thus [nodding it with every facility [or the reception and delivery of raw and ﬁnished materials. The am of the merry is over twenty acres in extent,

the tnill was erected in 1896. but so rapid has been the development of its business that in I903 further eaten- siona became necessary. and these, donlvlin' it in size and capacity. have since been made. The mill buildi is of brick and iron with a tar-sea roof. itsdirnensions being 5:5 by 440 feet. and the motive power used is steam. ahilst for lighting purposes tgoo “candle-power electric lights aroused 'l'hentainerrgine,oneof Messrs ]. a: E. Woods of Bolton, is the largest on the river. its ﬂywheel being :1 feet in diameter. over which pass so “ Lambeth" ootton-drivi ropes. Besidesthetnill buildingitsel. together with the necessary engine house, boiler houses. godonns. dynamo house. weighing house. etc.. In the same compound stand a large two- storeyed bungalow for the European Assistants, the Manager's house. store hotneandthedispensarymnd on the river bank are two jetries extending into the river. each ﬁtted with a stearn cranewitha littingcapscity ofstons. Appliances for the succeslnl eornbat- ing of an outbreak ot the are numer- ously distributed all about the ard and building. some Moo feet 0 ﬁre hoseandscores ofﬁre buckets being allreadily placedincaseofneed. and the two “Cannon” pumps used for feeding the boilers are in the yard. to which. in theeventofﬁre. heaernay beattachedaswellsstohydrants in the yard. The mill costumes upwards ofso tonsof"Barraknr"mal daily. and employs a labour force of over 3,000 nativu, under the supervision of _tbe Manger and re European assrstants

godovrns. seven in number building 490 feet long, 45 eet high. and have a storage capacity of 45,000 bales of

md is also an hydraulic tote press used for the purpose of economising space, as much of the jute is delivered loose. or but looser baled. and the godorms. in spite of their enormous size. would not. unless the material were pressed. hold the large stock constantly kept on hand In another department careful tests are made of the quality of each con- signment of raw material as it is received, 5 per cent of each t.ooo bales being tested. and on the test being satisfactory the holes are opened and due proportions of the hard and the salt jute are combined, a superior “ spin" of yarn being thus obtained. in the Spinning Department there are mus spindles and in the Weaving Department so: looms always busily at work turning out the fabrics in which the Inill deals.

The health and well-being of the native employees have received special attention at the hands of the Company. as at a little distance from the mills a model settlement has been built for thern. laid out in streets, and the houses are constructed of brick and cement. two large tanks hsvi also been nude for their especl use. whilst re littered drinking water is avails e from hydrants erected in several parts of the settlement. The land upon which the settlement is built. was prepared with special refer ence to improved drainage and sanitary arrangements. the site being raised by at least two feet above the level of the surrounding land. thus ensuring the houses being always dry and comfort- able. oﬂerin; a pleasing contrast to the squalid native huts usually occu- pied by rntll bands.

The rnill is in direct telephonic communication with the Managing Agents’ (Messrs. Bird&Co.)oflieas in Calcutta, and since its election a decade ago. Ins throﬁh the skill, energy and economy, tb which its interests have been safeguarded. attain ed the high position it now holds in the jute industry of the Province.


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