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(b.) To purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire any farm buildings or land with the stock, plant, and effects thereto belonging and (if necessary) land and premises adjacent thereto to alter, enlarge, improve, and maintain such farm buildings and stock, and to carry on the usual business of a farmer.

(c.) To purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire any land, buildings or other hereditaments, and to erect thereon farm buildings.

(d.) To build, construct, erect, purchase, hire, or otherwise acquire or provide any buildings, offices, plant, or other things necessary or useful in carrying on the business of dairymen, poulterers, buttermen, cheesemongers, and fresh provision dealers.

LAUNDRY COMPANY.

(a.) To establish laundry works in London, and elsewhere in England as may be determined, for the purpose of cleansing, wringing, drying and ironing all articles of clothing, domestic linen, and all other articles of a like or kindred nature, either by the aid of steam machinery or otherwise, and generally to carry on a laundry business in all its

branches.

CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY.

(a.) The carrying on of a co-operative society in all its branches.

(b.) The purchasing and selling of every description of goods, stores, consumable articles, chattels and effects on commission or otherwise.

HOTEL COMPANY.

(a.) To carry on, in all their branches, the trades and businesses of hotel, restaurant, and tavern keepers, licensed victuallers, wine, beer, and spirit merchants, importers and brokers of food and foreign and Colonial produce of all descriptions, hair dressers, perfumers, job masters, livery stable keepers, proprietors of baths, tobacco and cigar merchants, laundry proprietors, agents for railway companies and carriers, theatrical and opera box office proprietors, and general

agents, and any other business or businesses usually associated with, or convenient to be united with that of any of the above-mentioned trades or businesses.

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PATENT COMPANY.

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(a.) To purchase or otherwise acquire certain letters patent bearing date the 18 granted to "; and any improvements and renewals thereof, and also all colonial or foreign patents for the same invention now granted or hereafter to be granted to the said or to any person or persons to whom the said may for the purpose of obtaining such patents communicate the said invention.

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(b.) To apply for and to purchase and acquire letters patent for inventions or improvements in any invention which may be considered conducive to the attainment of any of the objects of the company, or in any way connected therewith, or any interest in any such inventions or patents, and any license or licenses in connection with any such inventions or patents.

(c.) To register any patents relating to any business of the company, and to obtain exclusive or other privileges in respect of the same in any part of the world; and to apply for, acquire, exercise, use, or otherwise deal with any patent rights, licenses, brevets, concessions, monopolies, or other privileges, either in Great Britain or in any other part of the world.

(d.) To sell or grant any patent rights or privileges belonging to the company, or which may be acquired by it, or any interest in the same, and to grant licenses for the use and practice of the same or any of them and to let, or allow to be used, or otherwise deal with any inventions, patents or privileges in which the company may be interested, and to do all such acts and things as may be deemed expedient for turning to the fullest account the inventions, patents and privileges in which the company is or may be interested.

(e.) To manufacture, work, and use and grant licenses for the manufacture and use of any machinery or inventions which the company is authorised to acquire.

(f) To purchase or otherwise acquire absolutely from

a certain secret process or invention discovered by the said for the treatment of and also the sole right to grant licenses to use the said materials so prepared as aforesaid.

(g.) To enter into any arrangement for sharing profits with any person or company contracting with the company for the use of the said patented invention or secret process, or to take or otherwise acquire and hold shares or stock debentures or other securities in any such company.

III.-ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION.-COMMON FORM.

THE COMPANIES ACTS, 1862 to 1880.

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES.

Articles of Association

OF THE

COMPANY, LIMITED.

I. INTERPRETATION.

1. In the interpretation of these presents the following words and expressions have the following meanings, unless excluded by the subject or context :

(a.) "The Company" means "The

Limited."

Company,

(b.) "The United Kingdom" means the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

(c.)

"The Statutes" means and includes, "The Companies' Acts, 1862, 1867, 1877, 1879, and 1880," and any and every other Act from time to time in force concerning Joint Stock Companies, and necessarily affecting the Company.

(d.) "These presents" means and includes these Articles of Association, and the regulations of the Company from time to time in force.

(e.) "Capital," "Shares," "Debentures," and "Stock,” mean respectively the nominal capital, the

shares, debentures, and stock from time to time of the Company.

(f.) "Members" means the registered holders of shares in the Company, or the bearers of share warrants respectively.

(g.) "Share Warrants" means warrants issued in respect of shares or stock of the Company, in pursuance of "The Companies Act, 1867," and these presents.

(h.) "Directors" means the Directors from time to time of the Company, or, as the case may be, the Directors assembled at a Board.

(i.) "Board" means a meeting of the Directors duly called and constituted, or, as the case may be,

the Directors assembled at a Board.

(j.) "Ordinary Meeting" and "Extraordinary Meeting" mean respectively an ordinary general meeting and an extraordinary general meeting of the Company duly called and constituted, and any adjourned holding thereof.

(k.) "General Meeting" means an ordinary meeting or an extraordinary meeting, and includes an adjourned meeting.

(1.) "Office" and "Seal" mean respectively the registered office and the common seal from time to time of the Company.

(m.) "Year" means twelve calendar months.

(n.)

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"Month means calendar month.

(0.) "Days" means clear days.

(p.) Words importing the singular number only, include

the plural number.

(9.) Words importing the plural number only, include

the singular number.

(r.) Words importing the masculine gender only, include the feminine gender.

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