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strails settlements upon the application of the Bank. There is hackcoct, a previous point to be decided- The
Hongkong & Shanghai Bank at present carries on
under a n
business
act of the Hongkong
Legislature, and a Brauch of the Bank could only be
established in the Slodils
Settlements under powers obtained by
means of that Act. But it appears very doubtful to My Lords, whether the Legislature of one Colony ought to interfere in
any
loxy
with the internal affaiss
of another, and an independent,
If this be so, My
Colony. If this
Lords incline to think that
it would not be desirable
to act on the
for them powers supposed to be conferred
th Section
on them by the 4
of
the Hongkong act, but that! the request of the Bank to
be allowed to establish
a
-branch in Singapore should
oaly
be
granted, if granted, by
a separato Act of the Straits Lettlement.
- With reference to this point,
way.