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kept under the mperintendence of the Court, and therein shall, from time to time be fairly and distinctly entered the names and addresses of the several shareholders, and the number of shares to which they respectively are entitled, distinguishing each shars by its number”.

*Artiola 59 makes provision for the keeping" under the Mperintendence of the Court, of a "Shareholders address Book", It is expressly provided that every shareholder is to furnish so address for servise nither in Honkong or at one of the open ports in Chim or Japan.

"The provisions of which mention has now been wide have reference, no doubt, to mattere of administration within tha direct cognisance and under the direct control and mperintendence of the Court of Directors at the Head Office in Hongkong. They contain no reference to the conduct of business at branch banke or of agencies. To take the asse of the Register of Shareholders, Article 57 clearly refers to the Register to be established and kept at the lead Office in connection with the ganar-1 management of the business of the Corporation.

"But then, efter a number of Articles, to which it is not necessary to make special referenne, we come to a series of Articles arranged under the rub-heading "Powers and Functions of the Court" and the answer to the question under consideration turns upon the effect which these Articles heve upon the above mentioned articles of general simifiontion. Of these articles whone effect I m now about to cenrider, Article 141 confers upen the Court a very large power of delegating its powera to committees composed of one or more directors. But it does not appeer that in the present, osse there is any question of delegation of authority to committees of dirmotors, so that the Article is not germane to the present purpose, Articles 144 to 145 however come nearer to the mtter in hand, Article 144 provides for the appointment of local committean at places whare the intsines- of the Corporation is authorised to be carried on; while

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