tinct from those of the regimental grades wherever it was practicable to do so. They are also exclusive of 10, which occurred from accident, suicide, and other causes, not connected with climate.

Thus it appears that in the Windward and Leeward command, the average number of officers annually

under treatment has amounted to 845 per thousand, and the deaths to 42 per thousand of the strength; while in Jamaica the former has amounted to 637 per thousand, and the latter to 83-4 per thousand of the strength.

Abstract, showing the Ratio of Mortality among the Negro Slave Population in each of the West India Colonies during the undermentioned periods.

Z. COPY OF THE CHARTER GRANTED TO THE COLONIAL BANKING COMPANY FOR THE WEST INDIES.

Extract from Patent Roll of the Sixth Year of the Reign of King William the Fourth.

WILLIAM the Fourth, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, To all to whom these presents shall come greeting: Whereas the several persons hereinafter named, and others, have united together to establish banks of issue and deposit in the West Indies, and British Guiana, and elsewhere, as hereinafter provided, and the said persons propose to open a subscription for raising a capital of two millions sterling for the purpose of carrying on the business of the said banks, and have humbly besought us to grant to them, and the other subscribers of such capital, a charter of incorporation, which we are minded to do, on condition that, before commencing such business, such part or proportion of the said capital as hereinafter mentioned shall have been previously paid up; Now know ye, that as well upon the prayer of the said persons and others, as also of our special grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, we have given, granted, made, ordained, constituted, declared, and appointed, and by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, Do give, grant, make, ordain, constitute, declare, and appoint that John Irving, Andrew Colvill, Æneas Barkly, David Barclay,James Cavan, John Alexander Hankey, William Tetlow Hibbert, John Gurney Hoare, John Irving the younger, Charles M'Garel, William Miller, Thomas Masterman, Abraham George Robarts, Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Alexander Stewart, Samuel Gurney, Charles Marryat, and Thomas Moody, esquires, or such of them as shall become subscribers of not less than £2,000. each towards the capital or joint stock hereinafter mentioned, in the manner hereinafter provided, together with such and so many other person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, as shall become subscribers of or towards the capital or joint stock hereinafter mentioned, in manner hereinafter provided, and such other person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, as shall from time to time, in the manner hercinafter provided, become a proprietor or proprietors of any part of such capital or joint stock (not being a fractional part of £100. of such stock), shall be one body politic and corporate, in deed and in name, by the name of "The Colonial Bank," and by that name shall and may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, in all courts whether of law or equity, and shall have perpetual succession, with a common seal, which may be by them changed or varied at their pleasure: And we do declare, that the said corporation shall be established for the purpose of carrying on the business of a banker in Jamaica, and the other West India Islands, and British Guiana, and not else. where, subject nevertheless to such restrictions and provisions as are hereinafter contained: And we do further declare and ordain, that the capital or joint stock of the said corporation shall consist of the sum of two millions sterling, to be subscribed in 20,000 shares of £100. each, and that all such capital or joint stock, and the profits and advantages thereof shall be and be deemed personal estate, and be transmissible accordingly: And we will and direct, that books shall be opened for taking subscriptions to the said capital or joint stock, and that of the said original capital or joint stock of two millions, the sum of £1,500,000. shall be appropriated to subscribers resident within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and the remaining sum of £500,000. to subscribers resident in some or one of the several islands and colonies in which banks are intended to be established by the said corporation as hereinafter mentioned, but with full power to the directors hereinafter named, or the directors for the time being, to alter and vary such mode and amount of appropriation as they may think fit; and that after the expiration of six calendar months from the date of these presents, any shares which shall not have been subscribed for by persons so respectively resident as aforesaid, shall be forthwith subscribed for by some other person or persons in the United Kingdom: And we do further declare and ordain, that the proportions and manner in which shares shall be subscribed for by persons resident in some or one of the said islands and colonies, shall be adjudged and settled by a court of directors, who shall have power to determine what number of shares shall be appropriated to subscribers resident in each of the said islands and colonies, and to re

gulate the modes and places in, and at which the several instalments upon such shares shall be paid, and the nature and form of the notices to be given or sent to the subscribers requiring payment thereof, and in what manner and at what time such notices shall be sent or delivered: And we do further will and declare, that it shall not be lawful for the said Corporation to commence or carry on the said business of banking under and by virtue of these presents until the sum of £1,500,000. shall have been subscribed for, and the sum of £500,000. shall have been actually paid up: And we do further declare and ordain, that all and every person and bodies politic or corporate, by and from whom any sub. scription shall be made and accepted, and any payment on account thereof made pursuant to the provisions herein contained for that purpose, for or towards the raising of the said capital sum of two millions of pounds sterling as aforesaid, his, her, or their successors, executors, administrators, and assigns respectively (no such subscription being for less than 100, sterling) shall have and be entitled to a share of and in the said capital or joint stock of the said corporation, in proportion to the monies which he, she, or they shall have so subscribed towards making up the same, and shall have and be entitled to a proportionable share of the profits and advantages attending the capital stock of the said corporation, and shall be admitted to be a proprietor or proprietors of and in the same: And we do further declare and ordain, that the said corporation shall cause the names and designations of the several persons who shall subscribe for or become entitled to any share of the capital stock of the said corporation, with the amount of such share, to be fairly and distinctly entered in a book or books to be kept by their clerk or secretary, and that the several persons, bodies politic or corporate, who shall subscribe for, or have or hold any share or shares of the said capital stock, shall, and they are hereby required, to pay the sum or sums of money by them respectively subscribed, at such times and places, to such persons and in such manner as shall be ordered and directed by any court of directors for the time being of the said corporation, pursuant to the provisions herein contained: And we do further declare and ordain, that whenever two or more persons shall be jointly possessed of or entitled to any share of the capital stock of the said corporation, the person whose name shall for the time being stand first in the books of the said corporation as proprietor of such share shall, for all the purposes of the said corporation, and of this our charter, be deemed and taken to be the sole owner or proprietor of such share; and that it shall be lawful for the several proprietors of the said corporation, their executors, administrators, successors, and assigns, to sell and transfer any share of the capital stock of the said corporation of which they shall respectively be possessed, or any part thereof (not being less than £100, of such stock, and being either the sum of £100. or some multiple of 100. of such stock), and that every such transfer shall be in such form and to such effect as shall be devised by the court of directors for the time being of the said corporation; and every such transfer shall be under the hand or hands of the proprietor or proprietors so transferring such stock, or of some person or persons lawfully authorized for that purpose by some writing under the hand or hands of such proprietor or proprietors underneath, which transfer the person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, to whom such transfer shall be expressed to be made, or some person by him, her, or them, lawfully authorized by writing, shall sign his, her or their name or names, signifying the acceptance of such transfer, which said transfer shall be made and entered or registered in a book to be kept by the said corporation for that purpose, and for which entry or registry a fee, to be from time to time fixed by the said court of directors, not exceeding the sum of 10s. for each such transfer, shall be paid to and for the use of the said corporation, in addition to any stamp duty which shall be payable in respect of such transfer; and that such transfer, so to be executed as aforesaid, shall effect the transfer of such stock, and shall convey the whole estate and interest therein of the person or persons so transferring, or authorizing the same to be transferred, to the person or persons, body politic or corporate, so taking or accepting the same, which person or persons, body politic or corporate, shall thereby forthwith become in all respects proprietors of the said corporation, in respect of such stock, in the place of such person so transferring the same, and that until such transfer shall be made and entered into such book in manner aforesaid, no persons or persons claiming an interest in any such stock, by purchase, or otherwise, shall be deemed the proprietor thereof; and that a copy of such transfer, to be extracted from the same book wherein the same is entered, and signed by the clerk, secretary or other officer of the said corporation, duly authorized thereto, shall be sufficient evidence of every such transfer, and be admitted and received as such: Provided always, and we do further order, declare, and ordain, that after any call for money shall have been made, and become due and payable, by virtue of this our charter, no person or persons, body politic or corporate, shall sell or transfer any share in the capital stock of the said corporation until the monies called for in respect of such share shall have been paid. And whereas, in cases where the original proprietor of any share of the capital stock of the said corporation shall marry, die, become insolvent or bankrupt, it may be difficult to ascertain who is the owner or proprietor of such stock, in order to give notice of calls made on such stock in manner hereby required, or to maintain any action or actions against him or her for the recovery of the same, or for the purpose of safely paying to him or her the interest or dividend to which he or she may be entitled by virtue thereof; Now, therefore, we declare and ordain, that before any person who shall claim any part or share of the capital stock of the said corporation, or of the profits arising therefrom, in right of marriage, shall be entitled thereto, a solemn declaration in writing (in the form prescribed by the last Act, passed in the present year of our reign, for the Abolition of Oaths, in certain cases), containing a copy of the register of such marriage, may be required to be made and subscribed by a credible person, before a master extraordinary in chancery, or justice of the peace, or a judge of some court of record; and such declaration shall be transmitted to the clerk or secretary to the said corporation for the time being, who shall file the same, and make an entry thereof in the book or books which shall be kept by the said clerk or secretary for the entry of transfers of shares in the capital of the said corporation; and that before any person or persons who shall claim any part or share of the said capital stock, or of the profits arising therefrom, by virtue of any bequest or will, or in a course of administration, shall be entitled thereto, the said will, or the probate thereof, shall be produced, and shown to the said clerk or secretary, or such solemn declaration in writing as aforesaid, containing a copy of so much of such will as shall relate to the appointment of the executor or executors thereof, and the probate thereof, or of the letters of administration in case the proprietor shall have died intestate, shall be made and subscribed by the executor or executors of such will, or by the administrator or administrators of the estate and effects of such intestate (as the case may happen to be), before a master extraordinary in chancery, or a justice of the peace, or a judge of some court of record; and such declaration, when so made and subscribed, shall also be transmitted to the said clerk or secretary, who shall file and enter the same in the manner hereinbefore mentioned; provided that no bequest, clause, matter, or thing, in any such will contained, shall bind or affect the said corporation with notice of any trust or disposition of any share of the said capital stock, but the registry of every such share shall be in the name or names of the executor or executors who shall prove such will, or of the administrator or administrators of such intestate; and in all cases (other than those hereinbefore mentioned) where the right and property in any share of the said capital or joint stock shall pass from the original or other proprietor thereof to any other person or persons, body politic or corporate, by other legal means than by such a transfer or conveyance thereof as herein directed, such solemn declaration in writing as aforesaid shall be made and subscribed to by two credible persons, before a master extraordinary in chancery, or a justice of the peace, or a judge of some court of record, stating the manner in which the right and share in such property hath passed to such other person or persons, and such declaration shall be sent to the clerk or secretary of the said company, to the intent that he may, and he is hereby required to enter and register the name or names of any such proprietor or proprietors in the register book or list of proprietors of the said corporation: And we do further will and ordain, that general meetings of the proprietors of the said corporation shall from time to time be assembled, and that the first general meeting of the said proprietors shall be held on such day in the month of July 1837, and at such hour and place, in London or Middlesex, as the court of directors shall direct; and that a half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of the said corporation shall be held on the first Monday in the month of January, and the first Monday in the month of July in every year after the year 1837, or on such other days in those two months respectively, and at such hours respectively, and at such place or places in London or Middlesex, as the said court of directors for the time being may direct; and notice of the said first general and of every other subsequent general meeting shall be given by public advertisement in two daily morning newspapers printed and circulated in London, at least 21 days before the time to be appointed for holding the same respectively, or in such other manner as the said corporation at any general meeting shall from time to time direct; provided that the failure or omission to hold any such general meeting, at the several times and in the manner prescribed by this our charter, shall not affect the validity of this our charter, nor cause the corporation hereby created to be dissolved, but that all pro ceedings at any general meeting which may be holden in lieu or instead of the meeting so omitted to be holden shall be as valid and effectual as if such last-mentioned meeting had been duly holden, and such proceedings had taken place thercat :

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And we do further will and ordain, that at any time it shall be lawful for the court of directors, or for any 10 or more proprietors of the said corporation, each holding not less than £1,000. of the capital stock of the said corporation in his or her own right, if they shall think necessary, to call a special general meeting of the said proprietors, to be held at any time and place in London or Middlesex, by public advertisement in two or more daily morning newspapers printed and circulated in London, 21 days at least before the time to be appointed for holding such meeting, and in such notice shall be specified the reason of such special general meeting, and the time and place at which the same shall be held, and the proprietors of the said corporation are hereby authorized to meet pursuant to such notice; and further, that any half-yearly or special general meeting may be adjourned from time to time, and from place to place, in London or Middlesex, as shall be thought expedient; and if any such adjournment shall be made for a longer time than two days, notice thereof shall be given by such advertisement as aforesaid at least 14 days previously to the time to be appointed for holding the same; and further, that no business shall be transacted at any half-yearly or special or adjourned general meeting, unless 10 proprietors, holding, in the aggregate, at least £10,000. of the capital stock of the said company, shall assemble and proceed to business within one hour from the time appointed for holding such meeting, and that no business shall be transacted at any special general meeting besides the business for which it shall have been called, and no other business shall be transacted at any adjourned general meeting than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which such adjournment shall have taken place; and further, that at every general meeting of the proprietors of the said corporation, every proprietor holding 500. of the said capital stock, and less than £1,000., shall be entitled to one vote, and holding 1,000. and less than 2,000. to two votes, and holding £2,000. and less than 5,000. to three votes, and holding £5,000, or upwards to four votes; and no person shall be entitled to more than four votes, although possessed of more than £5,000. of such stock; and no person holding less than 500. shall be entitled to any vote, or to be present at any general meeting of the proprietors of the said corporation; and in the case of proprietors of the said corporation residing out of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, all such votes may be given by proxy, to be appointed by writing under the hand of the proprietor so resident out of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and entitled to such votes respectively; and further, that any body polític or corporate holding any share of the capital stock of the said corporation, shall be entitled to the same vote or votes (if any) in respect thereof as any other proprietor of such share would have been entitled to, and such vote or votes shall be given by a proxy, to be appointed by writing under the seal of such body respectively; and further, that if the holder of any share of the capital stock of the said corporation shall be an infant or lunatic, the guardian or guardians of such infant, or the committee or committees of such lunatic respectively, shall be entitled to the same vote or votes (if any), in respect of the share of such infant or lunatic respectively, as the holder thereof respectively would have been entitled to if of full age and of sane mind, and such vote or votes shall be given by a proxy, to be appointed by writing under the hand or hands of such guardian or guardians, committee or committees respectively; and further, that every female holding any share in the capital stock of the said corporation, shall be entitled to give the vote or votes (if any) which she may be entitled to in respect thereof, by a proxy, appointed by writing under her hand: And we do further will and ordain, that the appointment of every proxy to vote under and by virtue of this charter, shall or may be made in the form or to the effect following; (that is to say) "I residing at , proprietor (or of the capital stock of the Colonial Bank, do hereby to be my proxy, or the proxy of the said in my (or his or her) name, and in my (or his or her) absence to vote, and give my (or his or her) assent or dissent to any business, matter, or thing relating to the said corporation, which shall be mentioned or proposed at any meeting of the said corporation, or any adjournment thereof, until I or the said shall revoke this appointment by notice in writing to the clerk of the said corporation; in witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, the day of ." And every such appointment of proxy shall be produced to the clerk or secretary of the said corporation, and be entered in a book, to be kept by him for that purpose, before any vote shall be given in respect of such appointment, which book shall be sufficient authority for any proxy to give his vote or votes without production of his appointment at the time of voting, until the same is revoked or determined, and notice thereof shall have been given to the said corporation; provided always, that every proxy shall be a proprietor of the said corporation; Provided always, and we do further will and ordain, that after the first general meeting to be held under this charter, no proprietor shall be entitled to vote by proxy or in person at any half-yearly or special or adjourned general meeting of the proprietors of the said corporation, in respect of any stock held by him or her, unless his or her name shall have been entered as the proprietor of such stock in the book hereinbefore directed to be kept for that purpose, for the space of at least three calendar months next preceding such meeting respectively; and no proprietor shall be entitled at the first or any other general meeting to vote in respect of any stock held by him or her, unless the sums of money from time to time to be called for by the court of directors for the time being, and due and payable at or before any such meeting in respect of the share of the stock held by such proprietor, and all arrears thereof, shall have been duly paid up: And we do further will and ordain, that at every general meeting all questions shall be decided by a majority of the votes given by proprietors and proxies present, and not declining to vote, according to their respective number of votes; and upon any difference of opinion, any proprietor may require such votes to be taken by ballot, but no ballot shall be kept open more than two hours; and further, that at every half-yearly and special or adjourned general meeting, the chairman for the time being of the said corporation shall be chairman of such meeting, or in his absence the deputy-chairman for the time being of the said corporation shall be the chairman of such meeting, and in the absence of both of those officers, one other of the directors of the said corporation shall be chairman of such meeting, or in the absence of any such director, then any proprietor shall be appointed chairman of such meeting by the proprietors present thereat, and every such chairman shall be entitled to his vote or votes as a proprietor or proxy, and in case of any equality of votes, he shall, in addition thereto, also have the casting or deciding vote; and the orders and proceedings of every general meeting shall be entered in a book or books to be kept for that purpose, and shall be signed by the chairman of such meeting; and such orders and proceedings, signed as aforesaid, shall be allowed to be read in evidence in all courts and places whatsoever; And we do further will and ordain, that the said corporation shall have power and authority, at any special general meeting convened for that purpose, or at any half-yearly general meeting, to remove any member of the court of the court of directors, or any auditor of the said corporation for the time being, nominated or to be elected by virtue of this charter, for misconduct or any other reasonable cause, and to elect any other proprietor, who shall be at least entitled to £2,000. in the capital stock of the said corporation, in his stead, and from time to time to elect any other proprietor, qualified as aforesaid, instead of any chairman, deputy-chairman, director, or auditor for the time being of the said corporation who shall go out of office by selection or rotation, as is hereinafter provided for, or shall die, or resign, or cease to be a proprietor in the said corporation, or to be entitled to £2,000. stock therein: And we do further will and ordain, that previously to every half-yearly general meeting, an account shall be prepared by the court of directors of the debts and assets of the said corporation, with an account of the profits made in the half-year next but one preceding such half-yearly meeting for the time being, as near as the same can be ascertained, and with all such other information as may to the directors seem necessary to be given, or as may be required by any bye-laws of the said corporation, which account shall be laid before such meeting to be audited and settled; and that at every such half-yearly general meeting, or some adjournment thereof, a dividend or dividends shall (if recommended by the court of directors) be made out of the interests, profits, or advantage of the said corporation, unless such meeting shall declare otherwise; and a special general meeting shall at any time have full power to call for and examine and settle the accounts of the said corporation: And for the better ordering and governing the affairs of the said corporation, and for making and establishing a continual succession of persons to be directors of the said corporation, we do, by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, grant unto the said Colonial Bank and their successors, and we do hereby order and appoint that there shall be from time to time constituted in manner hereinafter mentioned, out of the members of the said corporation, a chairman and deputy-chairman of the said corporation, who shall also be directors, and 13 other directors as hereinafter mentioned, and three auditors of the said corporation, which chairman, deputy-chairman, and 13 other directors, or any five of them, shall constitute and be called a court of directors for the ordering, managing, and directing, in the manner and under the provisions hereinafter contained, the affairs of the said corporation; and that the said John Irving shall be the first chairinan, the said Andrew Colvill the first deputy-chairman, and the said Æneas Barkly, David Barclay, James Cavan, John Alexander Hankey, William Tetlow Hibbert, John Gurney Hoare, John Irvine the younger, Charles M'Garel, William Miller, Thomas Masterman, Abraham

George Robarts, Patrick Maxwell Stewart, and Alexander Stewart, the first 13 other directors of the said corporation, in addition to the said Chairman and deputy-chairman; and that the said Samuel Gurney, Charles Marryat, and Thomas Moody, shall be the first auditors of the said corporation; and that the said chairman, deputy-chairman, and 13 other directors and auditors shall continue in their respective offices until the half-yearly general meeting to be holden in the month of January 1838, and afterwards until others shall be duly elected in their stead in manuer hereafter in that behalf provided, unless they or any of them shall sooner die, resign, or become disqualified as herein mentioned; and that if before the said half-yearly general meeting to be holden in the said month of January 1838, there shall happen to be any vacancy or vacancies in the office of directors or auditors then the court of directors shall from time to time fill up such vacancy or vacancies so as to continue the number of directors at 15, and the number of auditors at three: And we do further order and ordain, that no proprietor shall be eligible or qualified to act as a director or auditor of the said corporation, unless he shall at the time of his election be the holder of at least £2,000. of the capital stock of the said corporation; and if any director or auditor shall at any time after his election cease to be the holder of at least £2,000. stock, such person shall thereupon immediately cease to be a director or auditor, as the case may be: And we do further order and ordain, that the remuneration to be received by the chairman, deputy-chairman, directors, and auditors for the time being for their services, shall be fixed by the proprietors assembled at the general meeting to be held in the month of July 1837, or at some subsequent half-yearly general meeting, and that any half-yearly general meeting shall from time to time have power to vary the same; and further, that with the exception of the directors and auditors hereinbefore named, and of any directors or auditors to be appointed by the court of directors previously to the half-yearly general meeting to be holden in the month of January 1838, as hereinbefore is provided, all directors and auditors shall be elected at a general meeting; and further, that at each of the half-yearly general meetings to be holden in the month of January, in the years 1838 and 1839 respectively, five of the directors and one of the auditors, to be respectively nominated and selected for that purpose by the court of directors, or (in default of the making such nomination and selection) by the majority of the qualified proprietors present at such half-yearly general meetings respectively, and not declining to vote, shall go out of office, and five directors and one auditor shall be elected or re-elected; provided nevertheless, that in case the five directors, or any of them, or the auditor, nominated and selected to go out of office at the meeting to be holden in the month of January 1838, shall be re-elected at that meeting, such directors or auditor so re-elected as aforesaid shall not, nor shall any director or auditor elected in the place of any of such last-mentioned directors or auditors, upon any occasional vacancy as hereinafter mentioned, be nominated or selected to go out of office at the half-yearly general meeting to be holden in the month of January 1839; and further, that at the half-yearly general meeting to be holden in the month of January 1840, the remaining five directors, and the remaining auditor hereinbefore appointed, or the directors or auditor (if any) elected in the place of them, or any of them, on any occasional vacancies as hereinafter mentioned, shall go out of office, and five directors or one auditor shall be elected or re-elected; and further, that at the half-yearly general meeting to be holden in the month of January 1841, and at every half-yearly general meeting to be holden in the month of January in every subsequent year, the five directors and one of the auditors who, for the time being, shall have been the longest in office (reckoning from the time of the last election of each director or auditor) shall go out of office by rotation, and five directors and one auditor shall be elected or re-elected; and further, that any director or auditor for the time being going out of ofüce shall, if in other respects duly qualified, be considered immediately, or at any time afterwards, re-eligible to supply the place vacant by the going out of office of himself or of any other director or auditor; and further, that upon any vacancy in the office of director or auditor after the half-yearly general meeting to be holden in the month of January 1838, from any cause whatsoever (except that of going out by selection or rotation, as aforesaid), the same shall be filled up either at the first half-yearly general mecting which shall be held after such vacancy shall have occurred, or at a special general meeting to be called and holden for that purpose, or for that and other purposes; and further, that any person who shall, in consequence of an accidental or occasional vacancy, be appointed a director or auditor, shall be a substitute only for the person whose place he may supply, and shall be considered to have been elected at the same time, and shall continue in office only for the same period as the person whose place he may supply would have continued if he had not vacated his office before the time at which he must necessarily have gone out of office by rotation, or by such selection by the court of directors as aforesaid; and that at every general annual meeting the directors and auditors going out of office on that day shall, for all the purposes of such meeting, be considered as continuing in such their respective offices until such meeting shall break up or adjourn; and further, that no person shall, after the half-yearly general meeting to be holden in the month of January 1838, be capable of being elected a director or auditor of the said corporation, unless the name of such person shall have been included in the list which the court of directors are required to canse to be posted up as hereinafter mentioned; and that not more than one candidate shall be proposed by any one proprietor: And we do further declare and ordain, that upon any vacancy which, after the general annual meeting to be holden in the month of January 1838, shall happen in the office of director or auditor, from any cause whatsoever (except that of going out by selection or rotation as aforesaid), the court of directors shall, at least 30 days before the meeting at which such vacancy is to be filled up, give notice of the vacancy, by advertising the same in some daily morning newspaper, printed and circulated in London; and shall state in such advertisement, that every proprietor intending to become a candidate, or to propose some other proprietor as a candidate for the vacant office of director or auditor (as the case may be), must, within 10 days from the time when such advertisement shall be inserted, signify, by some writing under his or her hand, to be left within the same 10 days at the office of the said corporation in London or Middlesex, either his own intention to become a candidate, or the name and place of abode of the candidate intended to be proposed by him or her; and that thereupon the court of directors shall, at least 14 days before the day on which the election of such director or auditor (as the case may be) is to take place, cause the name of every candidate for the office of director or auditor, (and in every case where any such candidate shall be proposed by any other proprietor, coupled with the name of the candidate proposed by him or her), to be fairly written out or printed in one list, which shall be posted up in some conspicuous part of the office of the said corporation in London or Middlesex, and be there kept posted up until the time of the election: And we do further will and ordain, that the chairman and deputy-chairman of the corporation respectively, shall from time to time be elected from amongst themselves, by the court of Directors for the time being, and for such period as to them shall seem meet: And we do further will and ordain, that any member of the said court of direc tors, or any auditor, may at any time vacate his office, by sending his resignation in writing to the office of the said corporation; and in case any member of the said court, or any auditor, shall, during the continuance of his respective office, by transfer, forfeiture, bankruptcy, or otherwise, reduce the amount of stock held by him in the said company below 2,000, or otherwise shall become disqualified to be a member of the said court, or shall be removed by any general meeting as aforesaid, then, and in every such case, the office of such member of the said court, or of such auditor (as the case may be) shall instantly become vacant: And we do further will and ordain, that the court of directors of the said corporation shall meet one day in every month at the least, and at such other times as they shall think fit and proper; and any one of the said directors may at any time call a meeting of the said court, by notice in writing sent to the residence, counting-house, or office of every member of the said court, but no business shall be transacted at any meeting of the said court, unless five members shall be present; and that all questions at any court shall be decided by the votes of the majority in number of members present; and that at every court the chairman, or in his absence the deputy-chairman of the corporation, shall be chairman of such court, and in the absence of both those officers some other member of the said court shall be chosen chairman of such court, by the members present; and in case of an equal division of votes, such chairman of the court for the time being shall have the casting vote, besides his own vote; and that the proceedings of every court shall be entered in a book, to be kept for that purpose, and be signed by the member in the chair; and further, that the said court of directors shall have full power to direct, manage, superintend, regulate, and control all the affairs and concerns of the said corporation, and to appoint all the agents, officers, and servants thereof, as well in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as abroad, and to fix their respective salaries or wages; and from time to time to remove or discharge any such agents, officers or servants, and to appoint others in their stead; and to make such rules, orders, and bye-laws for the good government of the said corporation, and of their said agents, officers, and servants, and generally for the superintendence and management of the said corporation, and from time to time to alter and repeal the said rules, orders, and regulations, or any of them, in such manner as the said court shall from time to time think expedient or proper; provided always, that all such rules, orders, and bye-laws as shall from time to time be in force shall be fairly entered and written in a book or books, to be kept for that purpose at the office of the said corporation in London or Middlesex, and open to the inspection of the said directors and other proprietors at all seasonable times: And we do further