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'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia' [36v] (73/1386)
The record is made up of 1 file (692 folios). It was created in c 1880-1891. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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11. The Company shll not, unless it has been made to appear to the
satisfaction of the Commissioners of our Treasury that one-half of the said
1,000,0001. capital has been actually paid up, carry on business for more than
six months after such commencement, or issue any notes payable to bearer on
demand.
12. If the Company becomes insolvent, every proprietor for the time
being of any share in the capital shall be individually liable to contribute not
only such part or parts of every share held by such proprietor in the capital of
the Company as has not been theretofore called for and paid up, but also such
further sums of money, not exceeding the full amount of the share or shares
held by such proprietor in the capital of the Company, as shall be requisite
and necessary to pay, satisfy, and discharge the debts, engagements, and liabil
ities of the Company, so that each proprietor shall, for the purposes aforesaid,
be liable to pay and contribute, in addition to the amount of every share held
by him, a further sum equal to the amount of such share or shares.
13. Provided that if the assets of the Company, including such portion
of the shares held by the proprietors as are at the time not called for and paid
up, are insufficient to satisfy the claims of both the note-holders and the
general creditors, the sums contributed by the proprietors in addition to the
amount of their shares under the last preceding paragraph of this our Charter
shall be liable first to satisfy the claims of the note-holders before being ap
plied towards payment of the debts of the general creditors.
14. The Company shall have a domicile in England, and shall also have
a Board of Directors in London. More than one-half of the capital at any
time issued by the Company shall be issued in the United Kingdom.
15. The Company shall be regulated in accordance with a Deed of Set
tlement, the draft of which shall be approved by the Commissioners of our
Treasury before it is executed, and if the Commissioners of our Treasury certi
fy to us that a draft so approved is not executed within twelve months after
the date of this our Charter, it shall be lawful for us, our heirs and successors,
at any time thereafter, by writing under our Great Seal, to declare this our
Charter to be absolutely void.
16. Such Deed of Settlement shall provide for the Bank remaining British
in character, for its being regulated by a body of Directors in the United King
dom, for the majority of the Directors being British subjects, for carrying out
the requirements and directions of clauses 3, 4, 5,12, and 13 of this Charter,
and for special Resolutions being passed in like manner as special Resolutions
under “ The Companies Act, 1862.” Subject to such provisions as aforesaid
being made and retained, the Deed of Settlement may be altered by special
Resolution of the Company so that it shall not be contrary to anything in this,
our Charter.
17. Where it is made to appear to the Commissioners of our Treasury on
the application of the Government of Persia, or the Government of any of our
possessions abroad, or by any person or body politic appearing to be interested,
that there is reasonable cause to suppose that the Company is insolvent, or that
the Company has suspended payments for not less than sixty days, or is being,
or has been, wound up, or that the said Concession has by forfeiture or other
wise determined, or that any of the provisions of this our Charter have not been
complied with, the said Commissioners may require the Company to give, with
in such time and with such particulars as may be specified in the requisition,
a Return of such information and particulars as may appear to our Commis
sioners necessary for ascertaining whether the Company have or have not com
plied with the Charter, and thereupon the Company shall give such Return, and
permit the same to be verified, both by inspection of their books and other
wise, by such person or persons as the Commissioners of our Treasury may
appoint, and if the Company fail to give such Return, or to permit such veri
fication, or give a false Return, or if after such Return and verification it ap
pears to the Commissioners of our Treasury that the Company is insolvent, or
has suspended payments, or is being or has been wound up, or that the said
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This file consists of letters, notes, and printed material on Persia compiled by George Curzon in the course of conducting research prior to the writing of his book: Persia and the Persian Question . The papers' contents and type vary considerably, but consists primarily of handwritten notes, some of which are organised roughly for individual chapters of the book. The rest of the file includes newspaper clippings, official reports, printed maps, and other published material on the history and geography of Persia. The official government reports are primarily government of India balance of trade reports, while published material consisted mainly of academic and non-academic papers on Persian archaeology by members of the Scottish Geographical Magazine and the history of the telegraph published by the Indo-European Telegraph Department.
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 692; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- 'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia'
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- 2av, 7r:7v, 22r:22v, 27r:27v, 36r:37v, 288r:288v, 291r:380v, 467r:467v, 470r:470v, 505r:575v, 584r:584v, 600r:692v
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