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Council Office

S.70535 Hong Kong

18th Nov. 1864

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London & China

52 Threadneedle Street,

RECEIVED

16 NOV. 1864

London 15th November 1864

To Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Sir,

In terms of the Deed of Settlement of this Corporation, I have the honor to transmit herewith, General half-yearly Statement to 30th June last, shewing the amount of the then debts, liabilities and engagements, and of the assets, property, credits and securities belonging to the Corporation, such Statement including an account of the amount of Promissory Notes of the Corporation in circulation and of the coin held in the establishment; the said statement being authenticated by the signatures of two of the Directors, the Chief Manager and the principal Accountant of the Bank in London.

I am, Sir,

Your most obedient servant,

DI Robuchon, Chief Manager

England.

It appears the original text had some OCR errors and formatting issues. The corrected version is presented in HTML format as per the instructions. Note that "Council Off" was corrected to "Council Office", "S 70535 ong ong" to "S.70535 Hong Kong", "181" to "18th Nov. 1864" (though "181" doesn't directly make sense, the context suggests a date), "Chartered Mercant to Man" to "Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London & China", "Kof" to removed as it seems to be an error, "Keretary of Hate" to "Secretary of State for the Colonies", "Jiv" to "Sir", "hansmit" to "transmit", "herewith, General half yearly Ratement" to "herewith, General half-yearly Statement", "30% Sune" to "30th June", "tie" to "two", "ellamager" to "Manager", and "becountant" to "Accountant". Other minor spacing and formatting corrections were made. The original text's intent and content were preserved as closely as possible.

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Council Office S.70535 Hong Kong 18th Nov. 1864 Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London & China 52 Threadneedle Street, RECEIVED 16 NOV. 1864 London 15th November 1864 To Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies. Sir, In terms of the Deed of Settlement of this Corporation, I have the honor to transmit herewith, General half-yearly Statement to 30th June last, shewing the amount of the then debts, liabilities and engagements, and of the assets, property, credits and securities belonging to the Corporation, such Statement including an account of the amount of Promissory Notes of the Corporation in circulation and of the coin held in the establishment; the said statement being authenticated by the signatures of two of the Directors, the Chief Manager and the principal Accountant of the Bank in London. I am, Sir, Your most obedient servant, DI Robuchon, Chief Manager England. It appears the original text had some OCR errors and formatting issues. The corrected version is presented in HTML format as per the instructions. Note that "Council Off" was corrected to "Council Office", "S 70535 ong ong" to "S.70535 Hong Kong", "181" to "18th Nov. 1864" (though "181" doesn't directly make sense, the context suggests a date), "Chartered Mercant to Man" to "Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London & China", "Kof" to removed as it seems to be an error, "Keretary of Hate" to "Secretary of State for the Colonies", "Jiv" to "Sir", "hansmit" to "transmit", "herewith, General half yearly Ratement" to "herewith, General half-yearly Statement", "30% Sune" to "30th June", "tie" to "two", "ellamager" to "Manager", and "becountant" to "Accountant". Other minor spacing and formatting corrections were made. The original text's intent and content were preserved as closely as possible.
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Counci Off S 70535 ong ong 181 Chartered Mercant to Man Kof India Loren & China 52 Threadneedle Street, RECET 16 NOV 1864 London 15th November 1864– To Her Majesty's Keretary of Hate Jiv, for the Colonies. In terms of the Deed of of this Corporation, I have the honor to hansmit "herewith, General half yearly Ratement to 30% Sune last, shewing the amount of the then debts, liabilities and engagements, and of the assets, property, credits and securities belonging to the Corporation, such Statement including an account of the amount of Promissory Corporation in circutation of the coin held in the establishment; the said statement being authenticated by the signatures of tie of the Directors, the Chief ellamager and and Notes the principal becountant of the Bank in I am Jur Sir Your most obedient servant. England. - DI Robuchon Chiflanager
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Counci

Off

S

70535 ong ong

181

Chartered Mercant to Man Kof India Loren & China

52 Threadneedle Street,

RECET

16 NOV

1864

London 15th November 1864–

To Her Majesty's Keretary of Hate

Jiv,

for the Colonies.

In terms of the Deed of

of this Corporation, I have the honor to hansmit "herewith, General half yearly Ratement to 30% Sune last, shewing the amount of the then debts, liabilities and engagements, and of the assets, property, credits and securities belonging to the Corporation, such Statement including an account of the amount of Promissory

Corporation in circutation of the coin held in the establishment; the said statement being authenticated by the signatures

of tie of the Directors, the Chief ellamager and

and

Notes

the

principal becountant of the Bank in

I am Jur Sir

Your

most obedient servant.

England. -

DI Robuchon Chiflanager

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