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 the late senior gunner. was instru- mental in reconstructing the ﬁrm. and shortly Altman]; under his direction, the Calcutta Branch was ambushed.

The interests 0! the ﬁrm in India are under the direction of Mr. F. G. WallisWhiddett. who is well and favourably known in all the l‘rcsi- dcncics of India in contraction with the busimss. Mr. \anlis-Wbiddctl was born in Gmrcscnd, Kent. in 1870, and after a private education came to India in t888. He joincdthcﬁrm of Cutler, Palmer ii: Company at that time, and has retained the moon ercr sinCe. For several years he nus Chairman of the Wine and Spirit Association of Calcutta. In Masonic circle, Mr. ll'nllis-‘li'hiddett is known as Past Master, "Star in the East "

No. 67. EC: Past D. G. S. Deacon, Bengal; Past Prorincial Registrar. X. 'l‘., Province of Bengal, and member of the 18th Degree.

BURK BROTHERS, Leather Manufactmers of Philadelphia. started their Calcutta Branch in 1898. The export ﬁguresol skins shipped to the United Statesin I904 by this agate}- alone were four and onehalf million, representing a monetary nine of six million rupees. The ﬁrm is the only one in India. of the many daling in skins, that does its own buying. Its membersateA. F. Burk, C. D. Burk. and H. Burk. Jr. Theminot‘lioes of thebusineu are at4o9,Arch Street, Philadelphia. In {aunties number three. tnool which mnufneture laud kid at 930 and 94°, Bodine street, and a third which manufactures potent leather at Camden. NJ. The Calcutta branch was inaugurated by Mr. 1. T. Gilmn. who lira-is: managed it until 1 Since t time t e a; hzsoobcen ably directed by Mr. Darling.

Sir SASSOON 1. DAVID. J. P.. was born in Bornlny in 1840 and was fortunate enough to receive in his boyhood the best education obtainable. While still a young man he proceeded to China. where he was appointed a ncr in the ﬁrm of Messrs. E.. Sassoon 8: Co. He worked tor several years in the Far East. gaining experience of trade and commerce in the var- ious Treaty Ports. and then return- ed to Bombay. where. alter the death of his tather-in-law. Mr. Elias

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David Sassoon, he started his own business and lat-came a very active competitor with older concerns in the China trade. His ventures succeededsowcll that in a law years he became the leading cotton-yarn merchant in Bombay and gained a positional inﬂuence among the local mill-owners and opium mer~ chants. He is also the most pro- minent ﬁgure among the Jewish Community 01 India. In cotton mill management Sir Sassoon j. David has been particularly suc- ccsst’ul. a notable case being that of the David )lills. which Wm in a hopelessly indebted condition in 1901. HeputhtRupeesﬁitccn lakhs in the concern, individually. by buying up new shares to that extent. abolished the old commission on production. substituting therelora commission on proﬁts. and 1903 sawa complete rehabilitatinnol the mill, with a dividend of 6 per cent. The Standard Mill is another ﬂourishing local concern of which be is principal proprietor. But the cares of mill managﬂnent and an intimate acquaintath with the aﬁairs of his business in Czlcutta. Hongkong, Shanghai. and Japan, as well as in Bombay. by no means absorbs all Mr. David's quiet encr-

gies. Heis Chairman of the Mill- owners' Association. and is re-

presentative at that body on the Inprorernent Trust Boon]. He

is a member at the Municipal Cor- poration and serves on the Stand~ l Committee 0! the same. Be- si es this he is associated either as Chairman or Director with over a don-n public companies it has also fallen to Mr. David's lot as Sheriff ol the city during 1005 to {ulﬁl duties 3 good deal more active than those usually associated with this ancient and honourable others.

He was instrumental in collect- inga csum of money for the re-liel o the sufferers from the Punjab earthquake. and tool: a prominent part in the arrange- ments for celebrating and commemorating the visit of 'l‘. R. H. the Prince and Princess of W313 to Bombay, especially in connection with the. establish- ment of a museum in Bombay tor Eelmanently commemorating the

oyal visit. The honour of Knight- hood was conferred on him at the hands of the Prince 0! W315 on the 14th November 1905. He has shown his loyalty and public spirit

offering a statue of the Prince 0 Wales to the city of Bombay to be erected on a rominent site in the Fort. He Has been chieﬂy instrumental in the inauguration oi measures in co-operation with the Bombay Improvement Tntst

for the relic! of overcrowding among the poorer classes and mill- hands. His unobtrusive but

liberal~rninded charities in privat- lite have done immense good in all directions. while all public movements requiring and have .1]- ways met with a liberal rcstnnsc trom him.

Tilt; DELHI AND LONDOS BANK. Ld. Originally designated the “ Delhi Banking Corporation-" The Bank was founded as far beck as :8“ at Delhi; that city was then. as at the present day. one of the largest trade centres of I! per lndin. Sistyone years ago mlﬁl was the capital of the )lnhomedan Power in lndia. and it speaks much for British enterprise and pluck that a Banting Institution should bare been estab. lilhed, in what nas. in those [atoll days, pnctically an independent Native State. with only commercial treaties and self-interest to bind it in its relation~ ship Iith the English. as rewesented then by John Company. in the dark