772
No. 3.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 21, 1907.
PROCLAMATIONS.
[L.S]
FRANCIS HENRY MAY,
Officer Administering the Government.
By His Excellency FRANCIS HENRY MAY, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Officer Administering the Government and Commander in Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas by section 2 of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ordinance 1907, it was provided among other things that it should be lawful for the Company not- withstanding anything contained in section 22 of the Principal Ordinance (being the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ordinance 1866), or in the Deed of Settlement therein mentioned from time to time to extend or increase its capital for the time being by the creation and sale of new shares so as the same was made with the consent of a General (Extraordinary) Meeting of the shareholders of the Company to be specially calle 1 for that purpose and with the consent previously obtained of the Governor and under such conditions and provisions as he might think fit, such consent being evidenced by a notification or pro- clamation to that effect under the hand of the Governor and published in the Gazette, and so as the total amount of the capital of the Company should not exceed the sum of twenty millions of dollars. Provided that whenever and so often as any further capital was raised then a notification or proclamation to that effect under the hand of the Governor should be published in the Gazette and the present capital of ten millions of dollars together with such further capital should thenceforth be taken to be the fixed capital of the Company, but with power nevertheless further to increase such capital from time to time as was therein provided.
And whereas it having been duly intimated to the Officer Administering the Govern- ment of Hongkong and its Dependencies that the desire of the shareholders of the said Company was further to increase the capital of the said Company to the total amount of fifteen millions of dollars by the creation and sale of new shares subject to the provisions of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ordinance 1907 and to have the previous consent of the Officer Administering the Government thereto, the said Officer Administering the Government on the 15th day of June, 1907, in writing did signify his consent to the proposed creation of additional capital of the said Company subject to the provisions of the said Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ordinance 1907 to the extent of five
millions of dollars.
And whereas it having been represented to me that pursuant to the said consent a fur- ther capital of five millions of dollars divided into shares of $125 each has been created.
Now therefore I in pursuance of section 2 of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ordinance 1907 do hereby proclaim that the said further capital of five millions. of dollars has been created and that the said sum of five millions of dollars together with the said sum of ten millions of dollars making in all a total of fifteen millions of dollars shall henceforth be taken to be the fixed capital of the said Company.
Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony, at Victoria, Hongkong, this 20th day of June, 1907.
By Command,
GOD SAVE THE KING.
A. M. THOMSON,
Colonial Secretary.