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MMUNICATIONS TO BE SED AND REMITTANCES
SLE CO"THE MANAGER"
Sir
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Hongkong & Shanghai. Banking Corporation.
37, Lombardize
Ptreet, London: Ec J30th fund. 791
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REGI JUL 91
The Ston : K. H. Mead CB.
Assistant Under Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Colonial Office :
Some 18 months
wve
had
адо the honor of addressing you with reference to an amend - -ment in the Bank's ordinance,
(Hongkong ordinance No: 5 of 1866). The matter was. referred to stm's Treasury.
and the neces
necessary
amendment sanctioned on
condition that the Bank lodged.
security for
one third of its
authorised note issue. The Bank
assented to the stipulation
imposed by the Treasury, the
security
required
was
duly lodged, the