CO129-478 - Public Offices & Others - 1922 — Page 182

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George the Fifth by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India:

To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting!

Whereas by a Royal Charter under the Great Seal bearing dlate at Westminster the 29th day of December in the 17th year of the Reign of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria (hereinafter referred to as the Original Charter), a Company was incorpo- rated by the name of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China with a Common Seal for the purpose of carrying on in London and in certain parts of Our Colonies or Dependencies therein mentioned or referred to the business of Banking, subject nevertheless to such restrictions and provisions as are in the Original Charter contained or referred to for the period of twenty-one years from the date of the Original Charter :

And Whereas by Supplemental Charters under the Great Seal granted by Her said late Majesty on the following dates, that is to say, on the 20th day of July, 1861, the 10th day of November, 1874, the 18th day of December, 1884, the 17th day of December, 1894, and the 29th day of October, 1897, and by His late Majesty King Edward the Seventh on the following dates, that is to say, ou the 1st day of September, 1902, the 11th day of July, 1904, and the 12th day of July, 1909, and by Ourself on the 27th day of August, 1920 (all which Supplemental Charters are hereinafter referred to collectively as the Supplemental Charters), various alterations and modifications were from time to time made in the provisions of the Original Charter or in some of the Supplemental Charters whereby (amongst other things) the said Company was empowered to establish Branch Banks and Agencies in the places therein mentioned or referred to and subject to the conditions therein mentioned and the period during which the said Company should continue incorpo- rated was extended to thirty years from the date of the said Supplemental Charter of the 12th day of July, 1909:

And Whereas by Clause 11 of the said Supplemental Charter of the 20th day of October, 1807 (hereinafter referred to as the Fifth Supplemental Charter), Her said late Majesty (amongst other things) ordained that in lieu of the provisions in that behalf then in force by virtue of the then existing Charters the said Company should make and keep certain deposits equal to one-third of the maximum amount of notes eight million dollara issuable by the Company as therein mentioned:

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