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tions decided upon by the Board of Directors are in all cases to be announced in the abovementioned newspapers. 36. The non-presentation of legitimate claims within the proper time is dealt with in accordance with the Swiss law relating to such. In like manner the redemption of shares, bonds, &c., which have been lost. 37. All legal proceedings between the company, the Board of Directors, the Board of Management, and the officials, are decided in the regular law-courts in Basle. G. Miscellaneous. 38. The foregoing new statutes come into force as soon as they have been approved by the general meeting. The resolutions contained in section D (subsections 30, 31, and 32) in reference to the accounts and reserve fund have a retrospective force from the Ist January, 1885.

Enclosure 8. The Agent-General to the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies. Sir, — 7, Westminster Chambers, London, S.W., 20th January, 1886. I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 13th instant, transmitting copy of a letter from the Foreign Office enclosing papers relating to the land-mortgage bunks in Switzerland ; and I beg that Colonel Stanley may be pleased to express to the Marquis of Salisbury the best thanks of the New Zealand Government for the very kind and prompt attention which has been given to their request for the information in question. I have, &c, The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies. F. D. Bell.

Enclosure No. 1 to No. 6.

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