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Tables of Fees.

For registration of a company whose number of members, as £ s. d. stated in the articles of association, exceeds 100, but is not stated to be unlimited, the above fee of 5l., with an additional 5s. for every 50 members or less number than 50 members after the first 100.

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For registration of a company in which the number of mem-
bers is stated in the articles of association to be unli-
mited, a fee of
For registration of any increase on the number of members
made after the registration of the company in respect of
every 50 members, or less than 50 members, of such
increase
Provided that no one company shall be liable to pay on the
whole a greater fee than 20%. in respect of its number of
members, taking into account the fee paid on the first
registration of the company.

For registration of any existing company, except such com-
panies as are by this act exempted from payment of fees
in respect of registration under this act, the same fee as
is charged for registering a new company.

For registering any document hereby required or authorized to be registered, other than the memorandum of association

For making a record of any fact hereby authorized or required to be recorded by the registrar of companies, a fee of

20 0 0

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050

050

FORM D.

FORM OF STATEMENT referred to in Part III. of the Act.

*The capital of the company is

shares of

each.

divided into

pounds per share have been made, under

The number of shares issued is

Calls to the amount of

which the sum of

pounds has been received.

The liabilities of the company on the first day of January (or July)

were,

Debts owing to sundry persons by the company:

On judgment, £

On specialty, £

On notes or bills, £

On simple contracts, £

On estimated liabilities, £

The assets of the company on that day were,
Government securities [stating them], £

Bills of exchange and promissory notes, £
Cash at the bankers, £

Other securities, £

*If the company has no capital divided into shares the portion of the statement relating to capital and shares must be omitted.

Second Schedule.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

FORM A.

MEMORANDUM of ASSOCIATION of a Company limited by Shares.

1st. The name of the company is "The Eastern Steam Packet Company, Limited."

2nd. The registered office of the company will be situate in England. 3rd. The objects for which the company is established are, "the conveyance of passengers and goods in ships or boats between such places as the company may from time to time determine, and the doing all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the "attainment of the above object."

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4th. The liability of the members is limited.

5th. The capital of the company is two hundred thousand pounds, divided into one thousand shares of two hundred pounds each.

WE, the several persons whose names and addresses are subscribed, are desirous of being formed into a company, in pursuance of this memorandum of association, and we respectively agree to take the number of shares in the capital of the company set opposite our respective names.

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Dated the 22nd day of November, 1861.

Witness to the above signatures,

A.B., No. 13, Hute Street, Clerkenwell, Middlesex.

Form B. Memorandum and Articles.

FORM B.

MEMORANDUM and ARTICLES of ASSOCIATION of a Company limited by Guarantee, and not having a Capital divided into Shares.

Memorandum of Association.

1st. The name of the company is "The Mutual London Marine "Association, Limited."

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2nd. The registered office of the company will be situate in England. 3rd. The objects for which the company is established are, "mutual insurance of ships belonging to members of the company, and "the doing all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the "attainment of the above objects."

4th. Every member of the company undertakes to contribute to the assets of the company in the event of the same being wound up during the time that he is a member, or within one year afterwards, for payment of the debts and liabilities of the company contracted before the time at which he ceases to be a member, and the costs, charges, and expenses of winding up the same, and for the adjustment of the rights of the contributories amongst themselves, such amount as may be required not exceeding ten pounds.

We, the several persons whose names and addresses are subscribed, are desirous of being formed into a company, in pursuance of this memorandum of association.

Names, addresses, and descriptions of subscribers.

"1. John Jones of
"2. John Smith of
"3. Thomas Green of
"4. John Thompson of
"5. Caleb White of
"6. Andrew Brown of
"7. Cæsar White of

in the county of
in the county of

in the county of
in the county of
in the county of
in the county of
in the county of

Dated the 22nd day of November, 1861.
Witness to the above signatures,

merchant.

A.B., No. 13, Hute Street, Clerkenwell, Middlesex.

ARTICLES of ASSOCIATION to accompany preceding Memorandum of ASSOCIATION.

(1.) The company, for the purpose of registration, is declared to consist of five hundred members. (2.) The directors hereinafter mentioned may, whenever the business of the association requires it, register an increase of members.

Definition of Members.

(3.) Every person shall be deemed to bave agreed to become a member of the company who insures any ship or share in a ship in pursuance of the regulations hereinafter contained,

Second Schedule.

General Meetings.

(4.) The first general meeting shall be held at such time, not being more than three months after the incorporation of the company, and at such place, as the directors may determine.

(5.) Subsequent general meetings shall be held at such time and place as may be prescribed by the company in general meeting; and if no other time or place is prescribed, a general meeting shall be held on the first Monday in February in every year, at such place as may be determined by the directors.

(6.) The above mentioned general meetings shall be called ordinary meetings; all other general meetings shall be called extraordinary.

(7.) The directors may, whenever they think fit, and they shall, upon a requisition made in writing by any five or more members convene an extraordinary general meeting.

(8.) Any requisition made by the members shall express the object of the meeting proposed to be called, and shall be left at the registered office of the company.

(9.) Upon the receipt of such requisition the directors shall forthwith proceed to convene a general meeting: if they do not proceed to convene the same within twenty-one days from the date of the requisition, the requisitionists, or any other five members, may themselves convene a meeting.

Proceedings at General Meetings.

(10.) Seven days notice at the least, specifying the place, the day, and the hour of meeting, and in case of special business the general nature of such business, shall be given to the members in manner hereinafter mentioned, or in such other manner, if any, as may be prescribed by the company in general meeting; but the nonreceipt of such notice by any member shall not invalidate the proceedings at any general meeting.

(11.) All business shall be deemed special that is transacted at an extraordinary meeting, and all that is transacted at an ordinary meeting, with the exception of the consideration of the accounts, balance sheets, and the ordinary report of the directors.

(12.) No business shall be transacted at any meeting except the decla ration of a diividend unless a quorum of members is present at the commencement of such business; and such quorum shall be ascertained as follows; that is to say, if the members of the company at the time of the meeting do not exceed ten in number, the quorum shall be five; if they exceed ten there shall be added to the above quorum one for every five additional members up to fifty, and one for every ten additional members after fifty, with this limitation, that no quorum shall in any case exceed thirty.

Form B. Memorandum and Articles.

(13.) If within one hour from the time appointed for the meeting a quorum of members is not present, the meeting, if convened upon the requisition of the members, shall be dissolved in any other case it shall stand adjourned to the same day in the following week at the same time and place; and if at such adjourned meeting a quorum of members is not present, it shall be adjourned sine die.

(14.) The chairman (if any) of the directors shall preside as chairman at every general meeting of the company.

(15.) If there is no such chairman, or if at any meeting he is not present at the time of holding the same, the members present shall choose some one of their number to be chairman of such meeting.

(16.) The chairman may, with the consent of the meeting, adjourn any meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.

(17.) At any general meeting, unless a poll is demanded by at least five members, a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has been carried, and an entry to that effect in the book of proceedings of the company, shall be sufficient evidence of the fact, without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against such resolution.

(18.) If a poll is demanded in manner aforesaid, the same shall be taken in such manner as the chairman directs, and the result of such poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the company in general meeting.

Votes of Members.

(19.) Every member shall have one vote and no more.

(20.) If any member is a lunatic or idiot he may vote by his committee, curator bonis, or other legal curator.

(21.) No member shall be entitled to vote at any meeting unless all moneys due from him to the company have been paid.

(22.) Votes may be given either personally or by proxies: a proxy shall be appointed in writing under the hand of the appointor, or if such appointor is a corporation, under its common seal. (23.) No person shall be appointed a proxy who is not a member, and the instrument appointing him shall be deposited at the registered office of the company not less than forty-eight hours before the time of holding the meeting at which he proposes to vote. (24.) Any instrument appointing a proxy shall be in the following form:

Company Limited.

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