(India, East Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, dated, _, Hong Kong) A warehouse.
1694, Fort St. George Diary and Consultation Book, entry for 30 April, 1694, Madras: 1918, p. 45,[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100123341]
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