CO129-474 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1922 [1-4] — Page 67

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Since this payment we made it has been ascertained

that, in addition to these shares, the testator was entitled to

the undermentioned parcels of shares namely:-

(1). A parcel of 767 shares in the Hongkong and “hanghai

Banking Vorperstion, which were on the London Register of the

Corporation and the Scrip or share certificates which were,

at the date of his death, in the possession and under the

control of the Worporation in London, subject to a lien or

charge in favour of the Corporation amounting to £975.5%,6d.

and

(2). A parcel of 706 shares in the asme Corporation which

were on the Shanghai “egister of the Corporation må were at

the date of his death, in the possession and under the control of the Corporation et Shenghai, subject to a lien or charge in favour of the Corporation ersounting to aels 252,412.72

(Shanghai Syaen).

"The Hongkong and Shanghai Denkinu; Corporation was

incorporated in Hongkong by Ordinerte No.5 of 1866 and exists and is governed by the provisions of that Ordinance and of the Deed of Settlement mentioned therein and of certain later

Ordinances extending and mendin, the üriginal Ordinance of

Incorporation.

"The Head Office of the worporation is in Hongkong, and the business of the Corporation is managed and controlled by a Court of Wirectors in Hongkong. A Register of Shareholders is kept in lengkong a separate volume being opcued ona kept for Hongkong Shareholders, for english theroholders, for Shanghai Shareholders and for Caloutta Shareholderu raspactively.

Separate registers have for many years past been opened

and kept by the corporation in Londen, at “hanghai and ut Calcutta for Shareholders in England, in China, and in India respectively. It appears that no far back as the 4th November, 1865, that is some time before the date of the Ordinance of Incorporation and of the Deed of Settlement - the managare and Fagentral the Corporation at these places wor's empowered by the

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