The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-01 00:00:00

THE CHARTERED BANK OF ASIA, ori-
ginally announced as " The Bank of India."
Capital 1,000,000/_ sterling, in 40,000 shares of 251 sterling each,
Of which a portion, not exceeding 8,000 shares, will be reserved for
distribution in the colonies ; with power to increase the capital to
2,000,0001. sterling.
Deposit, 51. sterling per share.
Application has been made to her Majesty for a Royal Charter of
Incorporation, to limit the liability of the Shareholders.

COURT OF DIRECTORS.
Thomas Wingate Henderson, Esq., Chairman, (formerly of the Arm
of Messrs Remington and Co., f Bombay, Director of the Bank
of Australasia.)
Patrick F. Robertson, Esq., M.P., Deputy Chairman (firm of Messrs.
Small and Co. ; Director of the London Assurance Corporation.)
Colonel Robert Alexander (of the Madras Army, and late Govern-
ment Director of the Bank of Madras.)
John Entwistle. Esq., (Merchant, Director of the London Docks.)
Harrison Watson, Esq., (firm of Messrs. Thomson, Watson, and Co.)
N. Alexander, Esq., (firm of Messrs. Alexander, Cullen, and Co., Di.

, rector of the LOndOn Docks.)
Robert Lindsay Leckie, Esq., (late of the firm of Messrs. Leckie and

Co., of Bombay.)
Ellis James Oilman, Esq., (formerly of Singapore, firm of Messrs.

Ashton and Co.)
Lieut.-Colonel Nell Campbell (late Quarter-Master-General of the

Bombay Army).
Thomm Ogilvy, Esq. (formerly of the firm of Messrs. Ogilvy, Gil.
landerr, and Co., of Liverpool, and Messrs. =Anders, Arbuth.

not, and Co., of Calcutta).
James Fraser, Esq. (firm if Messrs. Maclaine, Fraser, and Co., of
Singapore, and of Messrs. Fraser and Co . of Penang).
(With power to add to their number.)
!SINKERS IN Lownorr.—Messrs. Masterman, Peters, and Co.
BANKERS IN SCOTLAND: The British Linen Company.
SOLICITORS —Messrs. Hughes, Kearsey. and Co., London.
Baoszas.—Messrs. Foster and Braithwaite, London; Mr. Edward

Ashworth, Manchester.
Messrs. D. and .T. B Neilson, Liverpool.
Mr. Henry Maitland, Edinburgh.
Messrs. Aitken and Moffatt. Glasgow.
Szcnr-rAny, PRO TEM.-R. Chauncy, Esq.
The Chartered Bank of Asia is founded to carry on the general bu-
siness of banking and exchange in our Eastern possessions on a
scale commensurate with the wants of that great division of the
British empire. For this purpose it is proposed to establish banks of
issue and deposit in the most important British and foreign settle-
ments of the East, co-operating with such subordinate agencies as
the interests of the Bank may require.
The great success which has attended the operations of existing
banking establishments in the East, and the increasing means for the
employment of capital in similar undertakings afforded by the great
extension of commerce, has led t“ the formation of the Chartered
Bank of Asia.

The Chartered Bank of Asia will confine its operations to banking
business exclusively; that is, to receiving deposits, and keeping cash
accounts ; the issue of notes payable to bearer on demand ; granting
cash credits for limited periods on approved security; discounting
hills ; the purchase and sale of bills of exchange ; issuing circular
notes payable in Europe, and at the principal stations on the over-
land route to India; granting drafts and credits; and, in general, to
all other legitimate banking business.
The Bank will also undertake the agency of the civil and military
services, as well as of private individuals, including the receipt and
remittance of pay, pensions, dividends, &c. ; and the purchase and
sale of Indian and European securities.
The large amount of the capital stock of this Bank will open a
safe and advantageous channel for the employment of a portion of
the redundant capital of this country, and will likewise afford an
undoubted medium of investment and deposit for the Eastern com-
munity. At the same time, the growing requirements of trade, and
of the large civil and military establishments in the East, together
with the progressive increase of commerce, which will be developed
by the Indian railways projected and in progress, are daily enlarging
the field for the profitable operations of the Bank.
The objections which were formerly entertained to the management
in England of banking establishments connected with distant coun-
tries have been removed by the rapid means of intercourse, now esta-
blished through the agency of steam, railways, and electric tele-
graphs; and the principle is now fully recognised that the commer-
cial interests of the East will be most efficiently advanced by the
introduction of English capital, and its employment under the com-
bined influence of European and Eastern enterprise and experience.
It is also considered that the recent gold discoveries in the colonies
of Australasia will exercise a beneficial influence upon the general
commerce of the East, and must greatly extend the means for the
advantageous employment of banking capital.
A pplication has been made to her Majesty for a Royal Charter of
Incorporation, to limit the liability of the shareholders, which has
been referred by the Privy Council to the Board of Trade. Power
will be taken to increase the capital of the company to 2,000,0001.
sterling, in which event the new shares will, in the first instance, be
offered for distributionjimongst the existing shareholders, and such
Parties as, from their legal connexions and other circumstances, may
be considered likely to extend the business of the Bank.
In the event of a Charter not being obtained, the deposit will be
returned to the subscribers in full.
Applications for shares may be made in the annexed form to the
Secretary (pro tem.
to Messrs. Foster and Braithwaite, No. 68, Old Broad-street, Lon-
don Adam's court,
; or to the foPowing brokers :—Mr. Edward Ashworth, Manches-
ter; Messrs. D. and J. B. Neilson, Liverpool; Mr. Henry Maitland,
a —o
above undertaking,
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of width, or any
Edinburgh ; and Messrs. Aitken and Moffatt, Glasgow.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOE !MAIMS.
To the Directors of the Chartered Bank of Asia.
each in Gentlemen,th bI e request
num-
ber that may be allotted to me, I hereby agree to accept, and when
required, to pay the deposit of 51. per share, and to expditte the sub-
sharleessso f 251.
sub-
scription contract and deed of settlement of the CorsiAnY•
I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
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