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A. AGELASTt ) tit (ft )., merchants. Calcutta. Established to 1807 by the iatc Augustus Agclasto. The present nrtncrs are john Negro- ponto, rs. _l. Agclnsto and E. L. Apostolidé a Messrs. Ag: lastu & Co. carry on a large Import business. principally in Manchester gods. but

also In Continental an London merchandise. Mr. EMMANUEL C. APOSTU~

LIDES (Ll.~Col.. Calcutta Light Horst). is the resident partner in the abova ﬁrm. Mr. Apostolules is Greek by birth. having been horn in Sparta. He was educated partly at Athens, but proceeding to London at the age ol Sixteen completed lllﬁ studies in England. At home hr became associated in mercantile

ursttits with Messrs; Aﬁclaito &Cn.. in the export trade. an came not to India in the your ratio to join their export branch and finally entered their piece-goods departmont. He was admitted a partner at the ﬁrm in 1003. At the resent time he is entrusted with t ,- management of their whnlrrlm-al hmimm, which is extensive, and embraces tln- Whole of lndia. Mr. Apostolich was no. mlnntctl (‘onsul-Gvnnml tor liruore name l'tvc years back. Ht- is \wll‘ known in ('alrnttn as n thoro h all-mnntl Housman and lllrnlllllﬁl out his In tan cnrccr he has tnken the ltecncst interest in volunteer- ing. Within a short time oi hilt arrival in the country he had taken up the movement seriously Mttl first attached himself to A Companv ni tht: Calcutta Volunteer Riﬂes. When the Calcutta Mounted lnlnntry was formed in the your 138: Mr. Aposto- lide; was among the first to join that body. When this body developed

into the Calcutta Light HUM Mr. Apostolidcs heroine 3 Sergeant in that crack Volunteer e-oqn. His energy in Volunteering matters was rewarded \\i th a commisaion In 1895. He passed through the vanous mm- rnissioncd grad-rs till he rose to be Mnjnrn 1902 and an tht- depar- ture «J (Vol Henry he obtained the rank oi Lieutmanl~Cnlonel and the command of the Calcutta Light Home in which he had served so long and we". Hr p'mm'l thu- V. l). for long scn'lrr. Mr. Apos- tolidtts displays the same energy and interest in all lunns oi lndian

Mr. Anntl Sn an Atrium.

sport: he is the limo Secre- tary oi the Cnlctttta Pt 0 Club, which was [unwind in "In. and is one ol the oldest Polo Clubs in existanm in thr- World. He is an

uctlw polo plnycr to the present day, and takes great intrnest in the ﬁxture: as wv‘l as in racing, hunting and all loan: 0! exercises of tin: nature.

Mr. A RTHCR 51' L’ A RT ANDERSON. of the ﬁrmot Andcrson & Cr... muck and share brokers. wns horn in Glasgow in the rat 0852. He was cdncntrd at the Glasgow Academy and sen-ed a short upprcrr ticeship in that city before coming to lndin In 1373 to join the ﬁrm 0! D. ‘1'. Show & Company From '3: to '83 he was associated with George Henderson R Compury. Ind tine: has conducted hrs on hnsinul.

Hnn‘blc Mr. A. A. APCAR. CELL, President of thr Bang-“ll Chautth ol Commrrcc. wu born in Calcutta in 185:. He t3 the son at the lute Alexander Aratom Apcu ot the well~koown family that {mndcd the ﬁrm of Apcar a (30.. so widely knotn throughout the East. Mr. Apar was edumtcd in England and came out to Unit: in 1869 to join the ﬁrm 0! uhlch he ll a partner. He has Ictivcly associated hill!!!" with puth life in (.alcuttn. ﬁnding timc [ram hi. Import: ant business dutiu to mtg-mt htmlell to many morn-mum. As I meran of the Chamber of Commute he wt {or nutty years on the Cnmmllltc 0! [Int body. He has held the impnrum ofﬁce of Vicol’mident. was President in r903 and 19:4 and lc-clcded {or I905 nod I906. For Him yearn he has been a Member of the Council (at lhc l.iculcmnt»Govcrmn of Bengal. "1: Ins berm a Member ol the Calcutta Port Commissioncn. and has shown the highest uhihty tn the public Icn‘l'rc. The commercial life of ltcngnl natu- rally has claimed much 0! his attention.