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Haneckjee Petit Gymnasium, the Jamsetjee Nasserwnnjee Petit Par- see Orphanage. the Socie ' for ame- liorating the condition 0 poor 20. routrians in Persia. the Society for the supply oi cheap and sanitary residences to Zoronstrim. the Victoria Hemor‘tal School for the Blind. the Counteﬁ oi Duﬁerin Fund. the Sir Dinshaw Mancckjee Petit (ﬁrst Baronet) Charity Funds. the Bomnji Dinshaw Petit Maha- bleshwnr Library. and a host of other institutions which all beneﬁt by Mr. Bomanii's exlmence and knowledge Tu works of charity nnd pubic utility. Mr. Bumnnr'i is a liberal giver. and to institutions whose accounts are public property he is known to have given over [our lalths of rupees. in 1003 he estab. halted the magniﬁcent ltbrary and public hall at Mnltablcshwnr. and the most recent oi his larger giits is a contribution of a Inkh ot rupees towards the London School ot Tropi- cinl lledicine. in connection tnrh which a separate buildtn hearing his name hns heen creetuf

Mr. Bornnnji has three sons. who mall nemintheﬁrmui lit-sort. B. D. tit. SonsngeCo.. horriﬁc-uh condor: In t pendent iness in his 3:: name. The eldest. Hr. Jelungir. is a Justice at the Peace. an Honorary Magistrate, 3 Mem- ber of the Bombay Innicipal Cor- poration and a Delegate of the Pit- see Chief Matrimonial Court. The second son. llr. Dhunjibhoy. is also amerchant and a ustice of the Peace.andthet ' son. Mr. Phi~ muhaw. has mently started his own house at basins;

Mr JEHANGIR BOMANJEE PETlT. Bombay. .\lr. Jchangir Bomnnjee Petit is a grandson of the lnte Sir Dinslusr Msneckjee Peril. For!” and the eldest sun 0! the Hon. Mr. Bomnnjee Dimhn' Petit of Bombay

Mr Jehlngir was born in the yenr r879. He received I mood and liberal education ll the well-known jauit lmtitution of thst City. the St. Xavier's College, winch he iett early in 1897 and subsequently fol. lowed mercantile pursuits. Young Mr. Jehsngir soon started a ﬁrm of his own. entitled Jehongir B. Petit k Co. and in tBos. we ﬁnd him one o! the lending merchant: or Bombay. trading extensively tn

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all classes of £00115, with serersl branches of his own in various places and having close upon a hundred con- nections in diﬁ’erent parts or the world. l‘he ﬁrm is notr doing business on a gigantic scale with n total turnover of a couple at crates nl rupees per yen. having their principal business divided into [our extensire Departments, 913.. Import. Ezport. Insurance and Cotton. They largely import piecevgoods of oil e i s s s e s. metals. hardware. sugar. matches, perturnery, coal and rundries. and are heavy exportert of cotton ond tire. Coal. cotton and insurance in particular seem to be their speciality, no In these hunches u! h u sl n e as they occupy one of the foremost places town; the ﬂtt‘rt‘llnllle ﬁrms of Bumbay They are the sole agents

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for several well-known and ﬁrst clue quitties of Benplconl. and ntske their own purchases of cotton in nation: important cotton-growing districts of India. 'here they have their arm agencies: ther‘r totnl mutual sales (or the tormer gotng contidenhly over a hundred thousand tons, and tor the lntttr a good deal over the same number of holes. 80 fast is their trade in coal expanding that they hurt frequently to eturter huge steamers to meet their increasing demands. ln insurance. they represent several ﬁrst also English Companies. rmd in this hrsneh also. as in coal and cotton. their boomers stands quite in the [root not. their total tumqu premiums

amounting to couside over three lakhs of. . Mr. Jehnngir is sloo 1 runner to In: father's ﬁrm, Messrs B. D. Petit. Sous & (30.. and as such, ts then-gent of several important and nutrition; cerns which form the some: 0‘ to several thoossndr of operatives.

These Ire:— Capital. RI.

’l'he Emperor Edward 895-

& Mfg. Co. Ltd. (Bombay) to lohhs. The Goduery Valley 0;. &

P3. Co.. Ltd (Jams) t lslrh. ’l’ he Puhhsni Gs. & Pg.

‘30.. Ltd. :Psrhheni) t .. 'l’he Oomri Gg. & Pg, Co.

14d. (Danni) t ..

As l| merchant and mill agent. Mr. Jehnngir has done touch to advance the interests of the var-lotto mercantile committee at Bombay. Heironeol themostoctivelndoooo spicuonr members oi the My Chamber «Commerce. at the Bombay Mill Owners' Association. and ot’ the Bombay Fire Insunnoe Agenu’ Allo- clntiott. He hot n sent on the Board: of Directors of the Emperor Edvard Spg. and Mtg. Co.. Ltd; madam Valley 6‘. and P Ca. M; the Pnrbhsni 6:. and 5,. Co.. Ltd; the Bombay Cotton Exchange 00., 116.; the Kauai-Hind Gold lining Co. Ltd; and the Bombay White Lend Development C0,. Ltd.

Hr.]ehnngirisannn oftheuuld, and a shrewd, for-leeing, competent lmsiness nun. H: m a thor- ough knowledge of the taking at spinning and wearing mills. nod ht! opinion is therefore readily on mercsntile questions. Mr. Jehoogir, notwithstanding the labour Ind time devoted toeommerdel mstterr. takes I lit-er interert ln Ill blie claim which he hu done ton to He he: had a brilliant public cores. w hich commenced u a age. when he no in his teens. While yet at Colkce. he took umbrel- ligenrpm in n eon not no st that thne enng the martian 0! hit community. “The Deﬁkojpr Question.“ He Irroreonthnrtperuon rnthepepers; sod in spite at strong

or ition. teorlesﬂy ergo-ed his 0 nion in them suit. In tgoo he started and conducted still great success so of ti scheme 0! his mm for the reli ol the (amine. stricken. lie mrted his memorable