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This old-established firm oc- cupies the murder ydnceanwngst engineering concerns in the East. not only owing to its long exist. em but to its established repu- tation for soundness and thorn he net: in all its undertakings. «- Company was founded as Iar hack as 1781. and from that time onward it has gradually enameled until at the present time the work- shogs at Howrah. which are ﬁtted wit the most modern equipment. cover an enormous area. in keeping with the vast quantity at work produced there.

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0n Colonel Swinton's retire- ment the brains; was carried on by one at his lore-men. a SIr. james Rolt: although how the firm was styled at that time is not recorded. The ﬁrst mention 0! the name at Born a; tears. however. in 18:]; when Alexan er Burn. an Aﬂlslatll. he- came the head. and he with a Mr. Currie (also an old toreman «I Mr. juries Rolt) gave the cotrern the name 0! Mesa Burn Jr Currie. This partnership continued until about my. when Ir. Currie lett the ﬁrm. and his place was taken by Mr. William Burn (a brother at Alexander Burn). and Ilr. James

changes occurred in the Principals at Born R Co. owing tore-tire- ments and other causes incidental to business career: in India.

At the present time the partner. ship consists of Messrs. j. Gillespie. W. R. Steele and A. \Vhyte.

In 180‘; the business 0! Messrs. Burn & 0. was coma-ﬂed into .1 Limited Liability Company. this step being necessitated hv the tremen- tlota growth of the ﬁrm who were then supplying a big demand tor their manutitctures and who had contracts at great magnitude en. trusted to them. In tact. it was: a natural growth. There were

Tho histo ot the ﬁrm is most interesting, or it practically con- tains the records of the ' ' of industrial enterprise in India.

The founder, Colonel Archibald Swinton. was an active service veteran. who. on his retire- ment, devoted his energies to the business for a [triad of twenty are, ultimately retiring to Bath.

d. whee he is reported to have died in 1804. although old recorrh mention that he on of Kimmerghame in

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Minlosh. with the ster 0! least; Alexander Burn 8: Co. In 1833 the names of the partners in the ﬁrm are given as William Burn. John Gray, and jam Mackintosh. Alzxandcr Burn': name not being mentioned' it may be inferred that he had retired he thattime. In 1849, a ﬁx. Hem-3v Burrows became a partner; the no; $601150 the ﬁrm did not ‘3 m 1354. when Mr. D. Anderson. Architect. joined the ﬁrm, and {m that time various mm

many new concerns Iomnrlnting in India which required up-to-date plant and and Burn & Co. thrtltaurgh their own merits secured a go parcel! of the mark, which they untangle out in case to the complete satis- faction of the owners. inspite ol the fact that mnch of the work was on a tar greater scale than had ever been undertaken before that time in the East. There are now many branches of the ﬁrm estahl'nhed in other