Enclosure 2.
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE,
C.O.
27000
REC
651
REC 29 JUL 07
Hongkong,
22nd June.
1907
Report on Ordinance No. 6 of 1907.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance, entitled
An Ordinance to authorise the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation from time to time to increase the Capital of the said Corporation from the sum of Ten Millions of Dollars to a sum not exceeding the sum of Twenty Millions of Dollars; and to continue incorporated for a further term of 21 years; and to continue in force for a further period of 21 years the provisions of Section 3 of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ordinance, 1899, with regard to the Excess Issue of Bills and Notes payable to bearer on demand
and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to the Governor's Instructions.
The object of the Ordinance is fully set out in the preamble.
Antruperty
Attorney General.