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==Shippingand Railways==*'[[Rivers Steam Navigation Ltd]]' was closely connected to the tea operations, a shipping concern on the Brahmatpura River. It was originally financed in India but re-incorporated in London in 1873 with William MacKinnon as chairman. Its vessels operated from Calcutta to Cachar and Assam where Macneil and MacKinnon had their tea operations. It carried planters stores, coal and general goods up river and carried tea and jute down river. It also conveyed laybour in both directions <ref name =WB102/>. [[Jorhat (Provincial) State Railway|'Jorhat Provincial State Railway']] from 1 Oct 1927 the maintenance, management and working of this railway was made over to [[Macneil & Co|Messrs Macneil and Co]], Agents for ‘[[Rivers Steam Navigation Ltd]]’ and [[Kilburn & Co|Messrs Kilburn & Co]], Managing Agents for ‘[[Indian General Navigation and Railway Company]]’<ref name=Hist1937>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 289 pdf 332]; Retrieved 2 Aug 2020</ref>. [[Category:Shipping and Ferries]]