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any further capital was raised then a notification or proclamation to that effect under the hand of the Governor should be published in the Gazette and the present capital of ten millions of dollars together with such further capital should thenceforth be taken to be the fixed capital of the Company, but with power nevertheless further to increase such capital from time to time as therein provided.
And whereas it having been duly intimated to the Officer Administering the Government of Hongkong and its Dependencies that the desire of the shareholders of the said Company was further to increase the capital of the said Company to the total amount of fifteen millions of dollars by the creation and sale of new shares subject to the provisions of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ordinance 1907 and to have the previous consent of the Officer Administering the Government thereto, the said Officer Administering the Government on the 15th day of June, 1907, in writing did signify his consent to the proposed creation of additional capital of the said Company subject to the provisions of the said Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ordinance 1907 to the extent of five millions of dollars.
And whereas it having been represented to me that pursuant to the said consent a further capital of five millions of dollars divided into shares of $125 each has been created.
Now therefore I in pursuance of section 2 of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ordinance 1907 do hereby proclaim that the said further capital of five
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