CO129-333 - Governor Nathan - 1906 [1-4] — Page 221

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DATED 28th

January

1905

Fung Wa Chun

UPY.

Three Dcl-

-lar Stamp.

219

in the Matter of the Statutory Declara- -tions Act 1885.

to

The National Bank of China Limiz

M O RIG A G E

of 40,000 tons of Coal to secu

$200,000.00 and interest.

By

Registered at H. B. M. Consulat

General Canton 11th February 19

Sd. James Scett

Consul General

Ewen & Harston

Solicitor

Hongke

1, FUNG WA CHUN of Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong

Comoradore do solemnly and sincerely declare that:-

1. At the end of the year 1900 Chau Tung Shang of Canton 10

the Empire of China and myself entered into a joint venture or

partnership under the style of "the Yew Cheung Fira" for the our-

-pose of purchasing coal at Bongay from the Societe Francaise des

Charbonnages du Toakia for sale at Ganton.

2. The Capital of the said partnership was the sum vi

$200,000 of which sum 1 subscribed one-half and the said Chau Tung

Shang subscribed one-half.

3. On the 11th. day of December, 1900, an Agreement was

entered into with the said Societe for the curchase from it of

monthly quantities of coal between the 1st. Feoruary, 1901, and

31st. January, 1908. By such Agreement it was provided that the

term thereof might be extended if desired from the said 31st.

January, 1903, to the 31st. January, 1904.

4. The term of the said Agreement was extended beyond the

said 31st. January, 1903, and on the 10th. Jone, 1903, a fresh

Aersement was entered into whereby it was agreed that the sala

Agreement of the 11th. December, 1900, should be extended to Sist.

May, 1904.

5. A further Agreement was also entered into on the said

10th. June, 1908, for the purchase of further coal from the said

Societe in monthly quantities between the 1st. June, 1904, and the

$1st. December, 1904.

6. About the middle of 1904, after the last mentioned Agres-

-ment was entered into, the said Chau Tung Shang informed me toat

he