Necessarily in connection with the shipping of so important a port as Colombo there is a large field for the business of ship chandlers and stevedores; and Messrs. C. Mathew & Co., the leading local firm in this line, conduct operations on an extensive scale. This business was established nearly a hundred years ago on the present site, near the British India Hotel, in the Fort of Colombo, by a Mr. Bastian.
C. Mathew & Co