CO129-332 - Public Offices & Others - 1905 — Page 178

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ARTICLE 16.

In places along the line of Railway where the Hongkong and

Shanghai Banking Corporation has no agencies and where it does

not intend to establish any agencies, business relations are to be

cultivated with the Chinese Imperial Bank and its local agencies, it

being the intention of the Corporation to utilise the Imperial Bank

where practicable for facilitating the movement of funds.

ARTICLE 17.

The Corporation may, subject to all its obligations, transfer or

delegate all or any of its rights powers and discretions to their

successors or assigns, but the Corporation which is a Corporation

formed under English Law shall not transfer its rights under this

Agreement to other Nations, or people of any nationality except

British or Chinese. Similarly the Railway Administration shall not

transfer any of its rights under this Agreement to persons of other

nationality.

It is further agreed that without the express consent in writing

of the Director General and of the Corporation no other rival Kailway

detrimental to the business of the same is to be permitted, and no parallel line to the Railway is to be allowed to the injury of the

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