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London, England, 1864-04-23 00:00:00

THE INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT
ANY, Limi' ed.
Incorporated under COM
the P
Joint-stock Companies Act, 1862.
Capital Z 4,000,000, in 80,000 Shares of £5O each, with
power .
Vint issue 40,000 Shares,to ofincrease which 30,000 Shares are
Cllready subscribed. LI on application and £4 on allotment,
DIRECTORS.
ilia Excellency Senor M. Jos: de Salamanca, of Paris and
'adrid.
William Latham Bailey, Esq, (Messrs. Bailey Brothers
and Co.), Liverpool,
Sir John Gray, Director of the Land Securities Company.
B.obert Simpson, Esq. (Messrs. Fredk. Levick and Co.),
„ ewm Celyn Iron Works, and London.
r• S. Fletcher, Esq. (Messrs. Alexander, Fletcher, and Co.)
. L. Zoe, Esq., Bowling Iron Company, Bradford.
VSamuel Gibson Getty, Esq., M.P., Belfast.
. Bavier (Messrs. S. and J. B. Bavier, Bankers), Swifmr-
"
land.
~1,..
Cr'E
hies Levita, Advocate to the Austrian Legation, Paris.
• vans Esq., Gresham House, Director of the Dub-
, lift and D;oghda Railway.
.". ,T. Hoare, Esq Director of the Bank of Hindustan.
~
George P. Kitson, Esq., King's Arms-yard, Director of
the Continental. Banking' Corporation.
11, Alers Hankey, Esq., 25, Old Broad•street.

BANKERS.
Tho Bank of London.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs, Sole, Turners, and Hardwick, 68, Aidermanbury.
BROKERS.
Messrs. Se ymour and Co., Bank-chambers, Throgmorton-

street.
OFFICES.
D, King's Arms-yard.
SECRETARY (PRO TEM.)
Frederick Wilkins, Esp.

je,t ne Company is formed as an auxiliary to the Great
uncial
Associations recently established.
It is not the province of these Institutions to carry out
ne public works contemplated in the concessions they ob-
-41::11!n• They are therefore compelled to seek the co-opera-
ril.of contractors whose capital and position offer an un-
deniable guarantee for the completion of the works, thus
relieving the financial associations of that responsibility.
all he constantly increasing scale on which public works of
, kinds are carried out, and the immense capital involved,
hl ass them beyond the reach of individual contractors un-
7,kopported by join-stock enterrise.
"i 8 `jompany has,t therefore, been formed for the pur-
POSe of
undertaking the execution of great public works,
and 6trangements have been entered into with well known
contractors, by which contracts to the amount of £11,000,000
;sterling will be turned over to the Company.
that other contracts handed over to the Company, is
for the construction of the European Central Railway,
wnlch has been secured on favourable terms, and will be
commenced forthwith.
The active services of an eminent Contractor, whose 'mi-
lieu has been secured, will be retained to execute the work
'on terms highly advantageous to the Compan, he retaining
a large interest in the Company by receivint payment for
the transfer of his contracts in Shares with L 5 only credited
thereon.
It is well known that many undertakings of
great com-
mercial value have hitherto remained in abeyance for want
of Contractors who can command the necessary resources to
'ensure their completion. This Company, combining the in-
tuence of a large subscribed capital, extensive financial co-
operations at home and abroad,
with administrative experi-
ence and ability, will secure such an amount of confidence
on the part of
financial governments, public bodies, and the great
institutions, as will enable it to command an ex-
tensive business on favourable terms.
Prospectuses, with forms a
als of pplication, may be obtained
at the Offices of the Company,o from the Brokers, Soli-
citors, and Bankers.
In the evet of no allotment being d
made f
number o the eposits will
Ice returned inn full. Should a less shares be
allotted than are applied for, the deposits will be made
available towards the payment on allotment, and the
balance, if any, returned to the applicant.

THE INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT COMPANY
(Limited+.
FORA OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To be retained by the Bankers.

'if; the Directors of the International Contract Company
Gent' (Limited).
London_emenHaving paid to your Bankers, the Bank of
, the sum of , being a deposit of £1 per
share on
qcene that shares in the above Company, I hereby re-
you
itest will allot me that number ; and I agree to
an, Pt such shares, or any lees number you may allot me;
A4ll aree to y the deosit on allotment, and to sign the
ciesg of Association ofp the Company when required ; and
:earuthorise you to insert my name on the Register of Mem-
u s for the number of shares allotted to me.
Usual Sig-nature
Name in full
Residence
Profession
Date

AMENDED PROSPECTUS.
THE IMPERIAL BANK of CHINA, INDIA,
and JAPAN (Limited).
Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862.
Introduced by
The CREDIT MOBILIER (Limited).
Capital £2,000,000, in 40,000 Shares of 460 each.
First issue, 20,000 Shares.
Deposit on Application £1 per Share, and £4 on Allot-
-111 ent.
Subsequent Calls not to exceed £5 per Share, and at inter-
vals of not less than Three Months.
No call will be made until after the expiration of Three
i Months from the date of Allotment.
It g not intended to call up more than £lO per Share ; but
as the operations of the Company increase, and more
Share Capital can bo advantageously employed, further
issues of Shares will be made, a preference being given
to the then existing Shareholders.

DIRECTORS.
Richard C. Coles, Esq. (Cotes, Brown, and Co.), London.
Wm. Cotton Curtis, Esq. (Roberts, Lubbock, and Co.),
London.
Lieut.-Col. French, Chairman of the Bombay and Baroda
Railway.
James Levick, Esq., Director of the Credit Mobilier
(Limited).
Alexander Morrison, Esq , Director of the Bank of Otago.
Robert Barclay Reynolds, Esq. (Reynolds, Mann, and
Co ), London and Liverpool.
Peter Rolt, Esq. (Peter Rolt and Co.), London.
lion. Fredk, Stuart Wortley, late member of the Elgin
Embassy to China.
J. Mackrill Smith, Esq. (Mackrill Smith, and Co.), 35,
Old Broad-street, London, and Shanghai.
( With power to add to their numbers.)
BANKERS.
Messrs. Roberts, Lubbock, and Co., London.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Newbon, Evans, and Co., Nicholas-lane.
Messrs. Edwards and Co., Westminster.
BROKERS.
Messrs. Field, Son, and Wood, 9, Warnford-court,
Ihrogmortm-street.
Messrs. Robins and Barber, 29, Threadneedle-street, E.G.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
At the Offices of the Credit Mobilier (Limited), 80, Lom-
bard-street.

SECRETARY (PRO TEAL
T. Short, Esq.

PROSPECTUS.
The /
to •
mis t mperial Bank of China, India, and Ja is esta-
meet the increasing demand of the an
commerce
of theocise countries for additional Banking accommodation.
When it is considered that the total paid-up capital of
the Joint Stock Banks doing business in China and India
laepresented by the inadequate sum of £6,000,000, whilst
the aggregate of imports and exports with Great Britain
alone,it amounted in the year 1862 to a total of £70,000,000,
Will be apparent that there is an ample field for a new
undertaking of this nature.
Great Britain imports from China and Japan an annual
average of upwards of seven million pounds of silk, and
out one hundred and twenty million pounds of tea.
tv,he rapid increase of trade between China, India, and
me 'United Kingdom. is shown as under :
Total between trade
India, China, and
Years. United Kingdom.
1854 £33,643,000
1862 , 70,540,000
The commerce between India and China has also increased
during the past twenty years from three to fifteen millions
sterling.
L The balance of trade with China and India is paid in
nullion, chiefly silver, of which the export value was in
1863, £8,263,011.
The Imperial Bank of China, India, and Japan has been
established on the basis of similar institutions, the success
of which the following table will exemplify, and it is be-
lieved at least equal results will mark the progress of this
Bank ;
Paid up Present
per Price per
Share. Share.
Agra and United Service .. • ... £5O £145
Chartered Mercantile of India, I
25 70
'
London and China ... .
Chartered of India, Australia,
and China
nindostan, China, and Japan 25 40
Oriental •• • •
The Imperial Bank of China, India, and Japan will trait.
Met all operations connected with those of a Bank of Issue,
Deposit, Discount, and Exchange, in China and the East ;
and as soon as necessary arrangements can be completed,
the business of the Bank will be extended to the Australian
Colonies.
The directing and controlling authority will be in Lon-
i'an. Branch Banks will be formed in the first instance at
shanghai, Hong Kong, Bombay, and Calcutta, and at such
Oilier places as may from time to time be deemed advis•
-table. The Branches will be under the control of the
',paha Board, aided by the supervision of an Inspector-
General, The authorisation of the Government at Pek
haslbeen solicited to allow the Specie Notes of the Bank in
to
e received in payment of Customs Duties, and an official
correspondence is now being carried on by the Bank with
The
for that object.
1 herowing necessity and desire for the introduction of
railwaylland telegraphic communication in China will render
Will
extensive financial operations, which the bank
'.1_.1. be favourably situated to undertake.
No frteh applications for Shares will be received.

Name of Bank.

THE IMPERIAL BANK of CHINA. INDIA,
this and JAPAN (Limited).—The following Circular has
day been sent to each applicant tor Shares in the 1m-
V's) Bank of China (Limited) :
e Imperial Bank of China, India, and Japan (Limited),
Temporary Offices, 80, Lombard-street, April 22, 1864.
th'ir)—l am instructed to inform you that in consequence of
a great encouragement held out to the proposed Imperial
.auk of China (Limited), since the prospectus has been
i
ssued, the Directors have found it absolutely necessary to
enlarge the basis and sphere of operations.
tiWith this object they have determined upon increasing
of £.sr of the Bank to Two Millions, in 40,000 Shares
461 each, and issuing 20,000 Shares, instead of 10,000,
s originally announced ; the Vtle has also been made more
r,
Prehensive, vlz., the Imperial Bank of China, India,
and Japan (Limited).
am further requested to enclose you the amended Pros-
pectus, and to place at your disposal the option of confirm-
lag or withdrawing your Application for Shares ; but in
"sequence of the very large number of Shares applied for
(upwards of 92,000), no additional applications can be
entertained.
I'ebs Board Meet ng for the purpose of allotment stands
4, Jammed to Thursday, the 28th inst. ; your decision must,
therefore
' , be received at this Office not later than Wednes-
`4,.,Y, 27th instant, at Twelve o'clock; all such as are not
"-4en received will be considered as withdrawn.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
THOHAS SHORT,
Secretary (pro tern.).