Page 4 - Jamaica PO Guide 1927

BANK OF THE BRITISH WEST

INDIES, liMITED.

(Incorporated December 21st, 1926, under Jamaica Laws.)

AUTHORISED CAPITAL - £100,000
(Being 1 oo,ooo Ordinary Shares.)

OBJE C TS.
S~me of tl·e objem .for nhirh 'Bn11k of the 'Britilh Wm l11tlirr, Limitt'l!, t''ns
flrmtd, msd ruhirh it hns pamissio11 to e.,'i!C/1111, nr, fl! fJ!m-':
( r) To acqmrc and take over the several husinesscs
carried on by Albert E . Sterling in the.: Island of
Jamaica, under the style or firm of Albert 1\. Sterling
and Company.
(2) To carry on the business of Banking in all its
branches and departments, both in Jamaica and c lsewherc. If
(3) To make, issue and re-issue Bank notes or :-\ores U
for the payment of money to bearer on demand.
(4) To grant and ic;sue letters of credit, Travellers
cheques or Circular ~otes.. . .
(5) To carry on the busmess of d1scountJng, buying,
sellincr and dealing in Exchanges of any or all countries,
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bullion, specie and secunt1es.
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In the first month of its existence over 200 accounts we1 ·e
opened in Kingston alone.
BRANCHES THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND.
Within a fortnight of the Shares being placed on the market, zs,ooo
fully paid Shares were >ubscribcd locally.
HEAD OFFICE : - - 114 Tower Street. Kingston.