The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-11 00:00:00

ItY Of -Pard
to of Directors of this Company, held at these offices the
Ocber, 1845,
Pirgtwu unanimously resolved,
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"Pria.,;;That the East India Railway Company was formed in the
„t°,7lu-,;;1•111, Year, after many months of preliminary discussion and
the';eation with official authorities, for the purpose of carrying
&iiwa l!ws and objects of the projectors in the introduction of
,sto3,s into India.
Tisat the promoters of the undertaking "abstained from
haf,anY Pleasures towards the formation of a company untilt
414,4' satisfied themselves of the disposition of the Governmen
s'4 \via t° suPPOrt the undertaking by pecuniary aid in sums shape,
Whigsehoui,:is this Company was accordingly established, its object
(4 stated in ppe) to execute the line of railway
be selected by Government, with the ulterior exten-
dittiff nevelminients consequent upon it.
‘.t tiv 41,-"That, in furtherance of these. views, the Managing Director
;:_gtqlll:„rai_PanY proceeded to Calcutta in the Mouth of July last;
by a staff of surveyors, for the purpose of making the
tak,i„;:r9 surveys obtaining the requisite information,. and of ascer-
-I,44t''' the views 'of the local Government, prior to the final arrange-
rot,' for commencing operations.
Yeitr. ,r,!l---That the information obtained in the course of several
klbjeet"' PrelimMary inquiry inclined the projectors,to the belief that,
not aitY'llnforseen circnmsances, line from to
sill 4,
.rt.° -Western provinces, by Mtirzapore,the was the most. needed by
by
Inokt calculated to yield a profitable return for investment,
"r,"41 and it Wil9 therefore that line which was advocated in the
the (.C,,lalunication with the Government, the' selection being left to
`Thrnent,
to `VLroje,i'3,_That subsequent to the formation of. this Cempany, varimis
Care been announced to the pdblic for constructing railroads
itsra ndia, some of them forming part and portion of
garye),f the EaSt Indian Railway Company, and to which the
413,at Sperations of the Committee In Calcutta may pos-
Of es moment be directed as an important feature in the de-
°,,,verttment.
their.; that under these circumstances it appears to this Board to
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duty in the interest of this Company, to adopt
Peilegtasures as will have the effect of securing to the Company the
8%4 their original scheme in its fill integrity.
ertiniiT2—Tiit with this view, and in order to prove to the Go-
*Mehl?' of India their full means of carrying out any arrangements
‘triietio"Lmay be disposed to make with this Company for' the con-
Nev? Of railways on an extended scale (in the event of it being
4tairiiiT to the scheme of the Government so to commence), it is
1411110nse by the capital of this Company. shonld be increased to ten
Y the issue of new shares.
tiPoct ,su—That 129,060 shares of 501. each be created, on Which a
Irtitre4b"r 5,• will be forthwlsh payable ; that of this number 80,000
terip le distributed rateably among the approved holders of the
etrid tittreadY issued, In the proportion of one new for one old share;
the t the remaiuing shares, subject to the necessary allotment to
inuatvrapireeors, be reservedto be disposed of hereafter, as may be
Niue, vantageons for the interests of the undertaking.
:—That these resolutions be advertised in the Daily News-
-. for the information of the Pr )prieters and the public.
er, r, GEORGE LARPENT, Chairman.
hektZil'ormity with the above arrangement it is requested that all
alons:Orscrip desirous of availing themselves of the above provi-
keeu:o send in their serip on or before the 20th November next,
OWin va4tell t)Y an application addressed to the Secretary in the fol-
e_t form
.oel,o(ieusatetuPoeniarojisional Committee of the East Indian Railway Company.
hand you herewith Scrip (or Banker's receipt for
ttepoet r Shares in the East Indian Railway Company, in
which 1 request you to allot me my proportion of the new
sh7..tuShares, and I hereby agree to pay the deposit of 5s per
4;4,e poll such e
ne sa '
me and to sign such deeds as may be required in
ot sw Ise lie.

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Name in full. • .•
Signature
Profession or Occupation
holdersßesidence. .
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411 abover of Scrip in Great Britain failing to lodge their.
Scrip as
%lie re Scrip
will be considered as not desirous of accepting any
!Loki:nal -Allotment, but an extension of time will be allowed to
a " gerll) in India.

By order of the Board,
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—rOad-street-bulldings, Oct. 24, MD. I. ZsIOAD, SearetaryS.