No. 3.
PROCLAMATIONS.
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Officer Administrving the Government,
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By His Excellency FRANCIS HENRY MAY, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Officer Administering the Government and Commander in Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the sanie.
Whereas by section of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ordinance 1907, it was provided among other things that it should be lawful for the Company not- withstanding anything contained in section 22 of the Principal Ordinance (being the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ordinance 1866), or in the Deed of Settlement therein mentioned from time to time to extend or increase its capital for the time being by the creation and sale of new shares so as the same was made with the consent of a General (Extraordinary) Meeting of the shareholders of the Company to be specially called for that purpose and with the consent previously obtained of the Governor and under such conditions. and provisions as he might chink it, such consent being evidenced by a notification or pro- clamation to chat effect under the hand of the Governor url published in the inzette, nud so as the total amount of the capital of the Company should not exceed the sum of twenty millions of dollars. Provided "that whenever til so often as any further upital was raised then a notification or prochumation to that effect under the band of the Governor shakl be published in the Gazette and the prossut 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 was therein provided.
And whereas it having been duly intimated to the Officer Administering the Govern out of Hongkong and its Dependencies that the desire of the shareholders of the said Company was further to increase the capital of the suid 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 Burd to bave the previons consent of the Other Administering the Government theroto, the said Officer Adbainistering the Government on the 18th 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 Rail Hongkong and Shanghai Buking Corporation Ordinance 1907 to the extent of five millions of dollys,
And wires it having been represented to me that pursuant to the sail consent a fur- ther capital of five millions of dollars divided into shares of $125 each has been rented.
Now therefore I in pursuance of section 2 of the Hongkoup and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ordinance 1907 do hereby proclaim that the said further capital of five millions of dollars Ins been created and that the said sum of five millions of dollars together with the said sum of ten millions of dollies making in all a total of $fteen millions of dollars shall henceforth be taken to be the fixed capital of the said Company.
Given mider my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony, at Victorin, Hongkong, this 20th day of June, 1997.
By Commumatol,
Colonial Secretary.
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