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of a dissolution and reconstitution

of

the Company

Beyond

ment does not

go,

and this the Green-

for Your lordship will observe that the Ordinance is entirely permissive, and if the Shareholders of the Company find, after further

consideration, that a reduction of their shares is inexpedient-

unnecessary, the Ordinance

will

become

a

dead letter, and

things

remain in statu

quo.

There being, therefore, no public grounds, so far as I and the other Official Member of Council, after careful

consideration, are aware, in which to object

to the Ordinance, I trust that

Your Lordship will be good enough to submit it for Her

Majesty's gracious confirmation

and all necessary action.

8.

It will be

a

boon to

the Company, whose case has

been

before

the Public in

an undecided form for nearly

a

year, if Your Lordship will be good enough to telegraph the confirmation of the Ordinance. Enclosed is

a

copy of

a Memorandum and article of association of the Company, copy of a Petition in favor of the

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