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The following businesses and services are listed in ''Murray's Handbook of India Burma and Ceylon'' in 1933.
=== Hotels ===
'''European Standard Hotels'''
*Grand Hotel, Chowringhi Road
*Great Eastern Hotel, Old Court House Street
'''Other Hotels'''
*Spence's Hotel, Wellesley Place
*Continental Hotel, Chowringhi Road
=== Boarding Houses ===
*Mrs King's, 1 & 2 Little Russell Street & 48 Theatre Road
*Mrs Lord, (Lord's Ltd), 233 Lower Circular Road
*Mrs McDonnell, 1 Bishop Lefroy Road
=== Restaurant and Confectioners ===
*Firpo, 18/2 Chowringhi
*Peliti, 11 Govt Place
*Gt Eastern Hotel
*Grand Cafe attatched to the Grand Hotel, entrance Corporation Place
*Trocadero, 10-11 Esplanade East
*Bristol Grill, Lyon's Range
*Empire Restaurant, Hindustan Insurance Buildings, Hogg Street
*Hotel Continental, 12 Chowringhi
=== Bankers and Agents ===
*Grindlay & Co., 6 Church Lane
*T. Cook & Son, Ltd., 4 Dalhousie Square East
*Cox & King, Wallace House, 5 Bankshall Street
*American Express Co., 14 Government Place, East
=== Banks ===
*Imperial Banks of India, 3 Strand
*Ch. Bank of India, Australia & China, 5 Clive Street
*Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp., 31 Dalhousie Sq
*National Bank of India, 104 Clive St
*Allahabad Bank, 6 Royal Exchange
*Lloyd's Bank, Cox's Branch, 101/1 Clive Street
*International Bankinf Association, 4 Clive Street
*P & O Banking Corporation, 1 Fairlie Place
*Yokohama Specie Bank, 1 Clive Street
*Eastern Bank, Clive Street
=== Swimming Baths ===
*Swimming Bath on the Esplanade
=== Booksellers and Stationers ===
*Thacker, Spink & Co., Esplanade East
*W. Newman & Co., Old Court House Street
*Butterworth & Co., 6 Hastings Street (books only)
=== Bookmakers: Saddlers ===
*Watts & Co., 15/16 Chowringhi
*Cuthbertson & Harper, 10 Govt. Place
*Morrison & Cottle, 8 Esplanade East
=== Chemists ===
*R. Scott Thomson & Co., 15 Chowringhi Rd
*Frank Ross & Co., 16 Chowringhi Rd and 81 Park St
*Bathgate & Co., 17 Old Court House St and 1/1 Camac st
*Smith Stanistreet, 5 Dalhousie Sq East and 41 Theatre Rd
*A. Chandler, 7 Park St
=== Churches ===
'''Anglican'''
*St Pauls Cathedral
*St John's Church, formerly the Cathedral
*The Old Church, Mission Row C.M.S.)
*St Peter's, in the Fort
*St Thomas's (the Free School Church)
'''Church of Scotland'''
*St Andrew's, Dalhousie Sq
*U.F. Church of Scotland, Wellesley Sq
'''Other Churches'''
*Wesleyan Church, Sudder St
*Baptist Chapels, Bow Bazar and Circular Road
*Congregational Union Chapel, Dharmtolla and Hastings
*American Meth. Episcopal, Dharmtolla
*R.C., St Thomas, Middleton Row
*Cathedral, Portuguese Church Street, Dharmtolla Road
=== Clubs ===
*Bengal Club, 33 Chowringhi Road. Members of this club may use the Madras, Byculla, Hong-Kong and Shanghai Clubs and vice versa.
*United Service Club, 31 Chowringhi
*Calcutta Club (Europeans & Indians), 241 Lower Circular Road
*New Club, 38 Chowringhi
*Saturday Club, 7 Wood St
*R. Calcutta Turf Club, 11 Russell St
*R. Calcutta Golf Club
*Tollygunge (country) Club
*Jodhpore (country) Club
=== Conveyances ===
*Indian Motor Taxi-Cab Co., 33 Rowland Road, Ballyganj
=== Dentists ===
*J Edgar Gill, 39 Chowringhi Road
*Smith Bros., 9 Chowringhi Road
*Metropolitan Dental Co., 2 Corporation Street
=== Drapers ===
*Francis, Harrison, Hathaway & Co., Government Place
*Whiteaway, Laidlaw, Chowringhi
*Hall & Anderson, Chowringhi
*Army & Navy Stores, Chowringhi
*Mitchell, Park Street
=== Freemasons Lodges ===
*Dt. Grand Secy., Freemasons' Hall, 19 Park Street
=== Hairdressers ===
*Youd & Co, Old Court House Street
*Bromley, Chowringhi
*Taplitska, Park Street
=== Jewellers, Silversmiths and Watchmakers ===
*Cooke & Kelvey, Old Court House Street
*Boseck& Co., Chowringhi
*James Murray & Co., Government Place, E
*Garrard & Co., 2 Dalhousie Square
=== Livery Stables ===
*Cooke & Co., Park Street
*Hart Bros, Ballygunge
=== Lady Doctors ===
*Dr Mary Hemfry, Dr Alice Headwards, 33 Theatre Road
=== Medical Men ===
*Indian Medical Service Officers; Dr Houseman, 212 Harington Street
=== Missions ===
*Oxford Mission, 42 Cornwallis Street
*S.P.G., 224 Lower Circular Road
*The Clewer Sisters, working since 1881 had charge of the Canning Home for Nurses, European Girls Orphanage and Pratt Memorial School
*C.M.S., 10 Mission Row
*Church of Scotland, Cornwallis Square
*U.F. Church of Scotland. 2 Cornwallis Square
*Baptist Mission Society, 42 Lower Circular Road
*The Addil. Clergy Society
*Methodist Episcopal Mission
*L.M.S.
*Wesleyan Mission
*Zenana Mission HQ
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The following businesses and services are listed in ''Murray's Handbook of India Burma and Ceylon'' in 1933.
=== Hotels ===
'''European Standard Hotels'''
*Grand Hotel, Chowringhi Road
*Great Eastern Hotel, Old Court House Street
'''Other Hotels'''
*Spence's Hotel, Wellesley Place
*Continental Hotel, Chowringhi Road
=== Boarding Houses ===
*Mrs King's, 1 & 2 Little Russell Street & 48 Theatre Road
*Mrs Lord, (Lord's Ltd), 233 Lower Circular Road
*Mrs McDonnell, 1 Bishop Lefroy Road
=== Restaurant and Confectioners ===
*Firpo, 18/2 Chowringhi
*Peliti, 11 Govt Place
*Gt Eastern Hotel
*Grand Cafe attatched to the Grand Hotel, entrance Corporation Place
*Trocadero, 10-11 Esplanade East
*Bristol Grill, Lyon's Range
*Empire Restaurant, Hindustan Insurance Buildings, Hogg Street
*Hotel Continental, 12 Chowringhi
=== Bankers and Agents ===
*Grindlay & Co., 6 Church Lane
*T. Cook & Son, Ltd., 4 Dalhousie Square East
*Cox & King, Wallace House, 5 Bankshall Street
*American Express Co., 14 Government Place, East
=== Banks ===
*Imperial Banks of India, 3 Strand
*Ch. Bank of India, Australia & China, 5 Clive Street
*Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp., 31 Dalhousie Sq
*National Bank of India, 104 Clive St
*Allahabad Bank, 6 Royal Exchange
*Lloyd's Bank, Cox's Branch, 101/1 Clive Street
*International Bankinf Association, 4 Clive Street
*P & O Banking Corporation, 1 Fairlie Place
*Yokohama Specie Bank, 1 Clive Street
*Eastern Bank, Clive Street
=== Swimming Baths ===
*Swimming Bath on the Esplanade
=== Booksellers and Stationers ===
*Thacker, Spink & Co., Esplanade East
*W. Newman & Co., Old Court House Street
*Butterworth & Co., 6 Hastings Street (books only)
=== Bookmakers: Saddlers ===
*Watts & Co., 15/16 Chowringhi
*Cuthbertson & Harper, 10 Govt. Place
*Morrison & Cottle, 8 Esplanade East
=== Chemists ===
*R. Scott Thomson & Co., 15 Chowringhi Rd
*Frank Ross & Co., 16 Chowringhi Rd and 81 Park St
*Bathgate & Co., 17 Old Court House St and 1/1 Camac st
*Smith Stanistreet, 5 Dalhousie Sq East and 41 Theatre Rd
*A. Chandler, 7 Park St
=== Churches ===
'''Anglican'''
*St Pauls Cathedral
*St John's Church, formerly the Cathedral
*The Old Church, Mission Row C.M.S.)
*St Peter's, in the Fort
*St Thomas's (the Free School Church)
'''Church of Scotland'''
*St Andrew's, Dalhousie Sq
*U.F. Church of Scotland, Wellesley Sq
'''Other Churches'''
*Wesleyan Church, Sudder St
*Baptist Chapels, Bow Bazar and Circular Road
*Congregational Union Chapel, Dharmtolla and Hastings
*American Meth. Episcopal, Dharmtolla
*R.C., St Thomas, Middleton Row
*Cathedral, Portuguese Church Street, Dharmtolla Road
=== Clubs ===
*Bengal Club, 33 Chowringhi Road. Members of this club may use the Madras, Byculla, Hong-Kong and Shanghai Clubs and vice versa.
*United Service Club, 31 Chowringhi
*Calcutta Club (Europeans & Indians), 241 Lower Circular Road
*New Club, 38 Chowringhi
*Saturday Club, 7 Wood St
*R. Calcutta Turf Club, 11 Russell St
*R. Calcutta Golf Club
*Tollygunge (country) Club
*Jodhpore (country) Club
=== Conveyances ===
*Indian Motor Taxi-Cab Co., 33 Rowland Road, Ballyganj
=== Dentists ===
*J Edgar Gill, 39 Chowringhi Road
*Smith Bros., 9 Chowringhi Road
*Metropolitan Dental Co., 2 Corporation Street
=== Drapers ===
*Francis, Harrison, Hathaway & Co., Government Place
*Whiteaway, Laidlaw, Chowringhi
*Hall & Anderson, Chowringhi
*Army & Navy Stores, Chowringhi
*Mitchell, Park Street
=== Freemasons Lodges ===
*Dt. Grand Secy., Freemasons' Hall, 19 Park Street
=== Hairdressers ===
*Youd & Co, Old Court House Street
*Bromley, Chowringhi
*Taplitska, Park Street
=== Jewellers, Silversmiths and Watchmakers ===
*Cooke & Kelvey, Old Court House Street
*Boseck& Co., Chowringhi
*James Murray & Co., Government Place, E
*Garrard & Co., 2 Dalhousie Square
=== Livery Stables ===
*Cooke & Co., Park Street
*Hart Bros, Ballygunge
=== Lady Doctors ===
*Dr Mary Hemfry, Dr Alice Headwards, 33 Theatre Road
=== Medical Men ===
*Indian Medical Service Officers; Dr Houseman, 212 Harington Street
=== Missions ===
*Oxford Mission, 42 Cornwallis Street
*S.P.G., 224 Lower Circular Road
*The Clewer Sisters, working since 1881 had charge of the Canning Home for Nurses, European Girls Orphanage and Pratt Memorial School
*C.M.S., 10 Mission Row
*Church of Scotland, Cornwallis Square
*U.F. Church of Scotland. 2 Cornwallis Square
*Baptist Mission Society, 42 Lower Circular Road
*The Addil. Clergy Society
*Methodist Episcopal Mission
*L.M.S.
*Wesleyan Mission
*Zenana Mission HQ
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