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Act passed last Session of Parr Existent the obstructions to the ens.
blishment of further Joint Stock Companies in Ireland, have been
removed ; and, under these circumstances, a Company, called the
Provincial Bank of Ireland, Ilea been formed, to carry on business
spon the plan adopted by the Scotch Banks.
The Capital to be 2,600,000 t. (to be divided into Shares of lOW.
each) under the management of a Board of Directors in London.
Establishments will be formed in the principal Provincial Towns
of Ireland, via.:—Cork, NVaterford, Clonmel, Wexford, Limerick,
Galway, Sligo, Westport, Londonderry, Belfast, and other places.
These Establishments to be under the superintendence of a Board
of Resident Directors, aided by active and intelligent Agents, sent
by the General Board of Directors, and the whole to be under the
control of the General Board.

The first Instalment of 5/. per cent. is to be paid on or before the
31st inst. into the hands of the Bankers of the Company, to the
Account of the Directors, and the remainder by instalments as
may be required, at the call of the Directors, thing days notice of
such call being given.
Company's Office, Levant House, St. flelen's.place, Bishops..
ratsotreet, London.-3anuary 21, 1132.5.

HIBERNIAN GENERAL RAILWAY COM-
PANY.—At a ME I.:TING, held at the City of London
tavern, the 26th day of January. 1925 ;
The Right /lon. the Earl of el LENGALL in the Chair ;
The minutes of the meeting, held at this houseon the 19th inst.
the several communications received from Ireland on the subject of
the proposed Joint Stock General Railway Company for that King-
dam, and the Report of the Committee appointed at the last meet-
in, having been read,
It was unanimously Resolved—That the speedy and regular
transmission of agricultural and mineralogical productions, and all
kinds of merchandise. throughout the Kingdom of Ireland, will be
fraught 'kith great and important benefits to that country, give a
fresh impulse to the industry and commercial spirit of the people,l
and yield a profitable return for the capital embarked.
That a Joint Stock Company, to be called " The Hibernian
General Railway Company, be formed for the purpose, with a
capital of 1,900,0091, divided int • .29.990 shares of SOL each, with
liberty to add thereto, as circumstances may. require.
That it shall be a leading principle in the operations of this,
Company not to interfere with any canal or inland navigation
already formed in Ireland, the great object of the promoters of this
measuie being to give increased facilities to the commercial inter-
course of the c antry, and develop its resources without injury to
any existing interests.
That the immediate snpporters of the Railway from NVaterfonl
to Limerick having concurred in the suggestion made to them. of
the expediency of their forming a junction with the promoters of
the objects of this Company, and as such proposed line is calcu-
lated to render important service to that district, without prejudice
to any other, it is considered expedient to give, in the first in-
stance, the attention of the Hibernian General Railway Company
to the construction of the Railway from Limerick to ‘‘ atcrford, It
being, however, the wish of the Company to keep in view at all
times the lasting benefit of the whole kingdom, in preference to
any local interest.
That the following Noblemen and Gentlemen be the President,
Vice-Presidents, and Directors of the Company, with power to add
to their number as local circumstances may require :
President--His Grace the Duke of LEINSTER.

Earl Belfast
The Right Hon. the Earl of
itlesinton
The hit. Hon. the Earl of Clare
he Lord Dunaily
DIRLCTOIII.
The Right Hon. Earl of GLENGALL, Chairman.
Lesley Alexander, Esq. John Doherty, Esq. M.P.
Thomas Bainbridge, Esq. John Euthope, Esq.
The Rt-Hn•Col. Bagwell, M.P. Rt.Hn.R. Fitzgibbon, 11. P.
'fhomas Barnewall, Esq. H. Holdsworth Hum, Esq.
J. H. Bradshaw, Esq. W. H. 31aberly, Esq. .m.p.
!..;:r Ulysses Burgh,K.C.B. M.P. Richard Martin, Esq. U.P.
T. Haviland Burke, Esq. Horace Seymour, Esq. M.P.
W. Christmas, Esq. Colonel Trench, M.P.
1. J. Collet, Esq. ALP. Richard Wellesley, Esq. 31. P.
J. H. H. Dawson, Esq. M.P.
That James Elmes, Esq. 31.R.1.A. be appointed Engineer; and
R. Al. Hollingworth, Esq. Assistant Engineer to the Company ;
and that they be Instructed to complete the survey of the proposed
line of Railway from Wateford, to Limerick, commenced by the
former in the year 1822, and now in progress by the latter.
That W. H. Hyett, Esq. be Secretary to the Company.
That W. Andrews and J. C. Michell, Esqrs. be joint Solicitors
to the Company.
That applications for Shares be made in London until the 12th
of February next, by letter, poet paid, addressed to the Secretary,
at 3. Walbrook-buildings.
That a portion of the Shares be reserved for Ireland, and that an
extended time be granted for applications for that country.
(Signed) GLENGALL, Chairman.
J. H. Massey Hermon, Esq. having taken the Chair;
It was resolved, That the thanks of the Meeting be presented to
the Earl of (Bengali for the important services he has rendered to
the undertaking.

The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Glen.
The Right Hon. the Lord Via.
count Lismore.

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