CO129-240 - Public Offices & Others - 1888 — Page 100

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is

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1

its foundation, and provided that

when so established it does not

contravene the laws of the locality

By the ordinance of its incorporation of 1866, the Hong Kong and Shanghar Banking Corporation was "established for the purpose of carrying

"the business of banking

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yet y

in

"the Colony, (which is defined to be the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies"); but with the consent of the Treasury it was not to be restricted from estabhshing Branch Banks in London or at any place

India, Penang or Singapore, China.

or Japan.

in or at which

British's

any

Connelate

was established.