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which the Lords Commissioners
request that in all future Charters to Joint Stock.
Companies . they should be empowered to establish_ either Agencies or Branches in India, only after they have conformed to the existing
-Laws of that Country.
Having referred the
matter to the Attorney General, a copy of whoses opinion is enclosed, I find - that Doint Stock Companies are seldom if ever created by
charter in the name of the Queen, and that the
proposal of the Treasury. · cannot.
be carried out without.
Legislation
I have the honor to be,
Mey Lord, Your Lordship's most obédient
humble Servant;
Rekennedy
Governor