| Description | Papers include returns made frequently but irregularly by the bank to its principal shareholder; papers on the application in 1943 to reduce the capital of the bank which was turned down on the grounds that certain shareholders resident in enemy territory had not been properly notified but granted on appeal; and following the completion of the winding-up in 1962, papers on the steps to be taken to protect the bank's name and that of the British Overseas Bank, another Bank-owned bank. |