Cuckoo - 1904 - Kisumu - Recently arrived and went into partnership with P.H. Clarke in general store and trading business. Later the partnership was dissolved by mutual consent.

Hut has A.S. Milliken 1908 Kisumu

The African Standard - 26-2-1903 - Mr Alec S. Milliken proceeds on leave by the Cleopatra, on the 13th April. We were wrongly informed when we said he was leaving on the 21st by the Carinthia.

North has A. Milliken - Italian - Italian Colonial Trading Co. Ltd.; Arr. Zanzibar from Europe 27/8/1899; Malindi; Moved from Malindi to Nairobi May 1902. ??

Playne - In the old days Messrs Boustead, Ridley & Co., out of which grew the firm of Boustead Brothers, used to run safaris up-country, and they put the first steamer - the ss Kampala - on Lake Victoria Nyanza [sic], the parts being carried on porters' heads. They were also agents for many of the missions, including the CMS. They established themselves in Mombasa in 1892, but they have had a branch at Zanzibar for 35 years, and have another branch in Colombo. The partners are Messrs. J.M. Boustead and E.G. Money. Mr H.C. Rayne is the manager for BEA, and came here in 1902.

The Mombasa and Zanzibar houses are run separately, and quite recently the firm has amalgamated its Mombasa business with that of Messrs P.H. Clarke Ltd., of Port Florence (Kisumu), Mombasa and Homa, under the style of Boustead and Clarke Ltd. The directors of the new company are Messrs. J.M. Boustead, R.N. Boustead, P.H. Clarke, H.C. Rayne and A.S. Milliken

Playne - It was in 1907 that Mr P.H. Clarke established in Kisumu the business which has since been known all over EA. as P.H. Clarke Ltd., and has now amalgamated with Messrs Boustead Bros. of Mombasa, under the title of Boustead and Clarke Ltd. A salient characteristic of EA businesses is the quickness of their expansion. The firm carries at kisumu a large stock of wines, spirits, groceries, soft goods and general merchandise. They occupy large premises of wood and iron, covering an area of 4 acres, with 8.25 acres for the Nyanza Market. ..... the firm are large exporters of country produce and are official brokers and auctioneers. Mr P.H. Clarke, who was managing director of the Kisumu business, and is on the board of the new company, resides in Mombasa. Mr A.S. Milliken (another director of the new company), who came to EA in 1899 from England is manager in Kisumu, and is assisted by Mr A.C. Blakeney and Mr J.D. Milliken ........ The company also own lime works at Homa Hill, 24 miles from Kisumu, in Karachonya District. There are 10 acres of quarrying, and 2 lime kilns with a capacity of 1500 feet each. ......... The company have a steam launch which runs to the lime works, and is in great demand for hippo shooting on the Lake. ......... [the company also owned a farm, grinding mill and a trading station at Hoima]

EAHB 1906 - A.S. Milliken - Kisumu

Gazette - 2/8/16 - Probate & Admin. - J.S. Milliken, Lieut., unattached who died at Kisumu 30/6/16

Gazette - 16/8/16 - Probate & Admin. - Alexander Sutherland Milliken of Kisumu, who died at Kisumu 25/6/16. Applied for by Muriel Milliken

Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Kisumu - A.S. Milliken, Boustead & Clarke, Kisumu