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of dealing with this

or any

other technical question. Colonial

governments have no bashfulness

of this kind. If you

refer to Sir

the

J. Parincelifate's report, (when Attorney

General of Hong Kong), on

Ordinance of 28 January 1867,

you

will find much explained which has not hitherto

been clearly

understood.

The Ordinance, including the

clause 4

norv

debate, and the

Corporation Charter. This charter is

not m

Aur

volumes of Bank

Charters, but paragrapho somewhat simi-

lar to clause 4 of the

4 of the Hong

Stong Ordinanc

charter of the

occur

the

Oriental Banking

oration, and the Chartered Mer-

Corporation,

cantile Bank of India, Australia

were stained

and China, and similar words

in the supplemental

Charter of the Oriental Banking

year

Corporation of the 1875.

words" with the consent of the

you

will recollect that

was

modelled by

con-

1.

1867

"Treasury",

sent of the Treasury (privately

obtained) on the Asiatic Banking

Corporation

their own

the Treasury kept within

exclusive control all

auch matters.

NB.

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