Last updated: 2 March 2006

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Firms in 1908 Singapore

1. Adis & Company [stockbrokers]
2. Atkinson & Forbes (formerly Lindsay & Atkinson) [Oliver typewriters]
3. Australian Stores [importers of foods]
4. British Dispensary [drugs]
5. C. Dupire and Company [mining, plantations, rubber, insurance P&O]
6. C.A. Ribeiro & Company [stationers, philatelists[
7. C.F.F. Wearne & Company [motor engineering, auto]
8. Caldbeck, Macgregor & Company [importers / exporters, spirits]
9. China Mutual Life Insurance Company Ltd.
10. E.S. Nathan also Nathan & Son [stock brokers]
11. F.W. Barker & Company [auditors]
12. G.R. Lambert & Company [photography]
13. H. Schaefer & Company [importers / exporters of textiles, autos]
14. H.L. Coghlan & Company [auctioneers]
15. H.P. Dyson Holland [advertising]
16. Hawarth Erskine Ltd. [iron works] [reg. 1878 were into ship repair [B01p194]]
17. J. Travers & Son Ltd. [importers / exporters, pineapple canning]
18. James Motion [jewellers, watchmaker, nautical instruments]
19. Katz Brothers Ltd. [Re-established in late 1870’s [B02]] [provisions, ice]
20. Kuhn & Komor [Japanese Art Curios]
21. L. Herment [French commission agents
22. Lerry Hermanos [jewellery and watches]
23. Maynard & Company [wholesale drugs, chemists]
24. Morgan, McEean & Company [predecessor of the
25. Borneo Company Ltd.
26. Oriental Company Ltd. [advertising]
27. Powell & Company [real estate]
28. Puttfarcken & Company [ca. 1890 to 1902] [importers / exporters & rep. Krupp]
29. Ravensway & Company [tiles, marble, tombstones]
30. Riley, Hargreaves & Company Ltd. [engineers]
31. Robinson & Company [department store]
32. Saunders & Company [exchange and share brokers]
33. Singapore Cold Storage Company Ltd.
34. Singapore Oil Mills coconut oil [likely owned by Hermann Mühlinghaus [M05]]
35. Swann & Maclaren [architects]
36. The Central Engine Works [automotive, importers]
37. W. Lambert - Singapore Carriage Works [carriages, livery]
38. Weill & Zerner [gems]
39. Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Company [drapers and outfitters]

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