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For the Promotion of Commerce Between the British and Russian Empires.
The above company was registered on the 23rd ult, as an association limited by guarantee, not formed for the purpose of profit, the word "limited" being omitted from the title by licence, of the Board of Trade. For the purpose of registration, the number of members is declared not to exceed 2000, each being liable for £3 in the event of winding up. The general objects are as indicated by the title. Among other means mentioned are: The collection and dissemination of statistics ; the promotion of the interests of Russian subjects in the British Empire and vice versa; and arbitration in settling commercial disputes between British and Russian subjects. All questionsfofi party polities, general or local, are rigidly excluded from the scope of the Chamber. The annual subscription for individual members is not less than two guineas. The subscribers to the memorandum and articles of association are :—
Sir Algernon F. Frith, Bart., Holme House, Lightcliffe, Yorks.
L. A. Martin, 20, Herne Hill, S.E. (sugar refiner).
A. de Heyking (Imperial Russian Consul in .London). F. H. Barker, Lowndes House, Lowndes Place, S.W. (director of Vickers, Ltd.). W. A. Robinson, 36, Tooley Street, S.E. (managing director of Anglo-Continental Produce Co., Ltd.).
T. Doukhovetski, 11, The Waldrons, Croydon (Petrograd Telegraphic Agency).
N. N. Wenevitinoff, 61, Ridgmount Gardens, W.C. (manager, The Trading Co., successor to Alex. Goobkin, A. Koonetzoof and Co., 33-5, Eastcheap, E.C.).
L. P. Rastorgueff, 80, Marchmont Street, W.C. (Russian barrister).
A. P. Poliakoff, :36, Park Drive, Golders Green, N.W. (manager, Tea Trading Co., Kn. C. Popoff Bros. 21, Mincing Lane, E.C.). V. V. Schaposchnikoff, Broom Warren, Broom Road, Teddington (general merchant).
S. Lourie, 98, Gt. Tower Street, E.C. (manager of Luralda, Ltd.).
W. S. Guild, Mather and Platt, Ltd., Queen Anne's Chambers, S.W.
D. Gharnbashidze, 61, Mark Lane, E.C. (merchant).
There are to be separate British and Russian sections. The management is vested in an Executive Council, to consist of : (1) The patron or patrons ; the B40
honorary president ; the four honorary vice-presidents; the president, the vice-president, and the chairman and vice-chairman of the British and Russian sections ; all ex officio members ; and (2) eight British arid eight Russian elected members. Until the first general meeting, the above subscribers are to form the Council. The honorary president is to be 'the Russian Ambassador for the time being, and the four honorary vice-presidents are to be the Russian, Consul-General in London, the Russian Commercial Attache in Landon, and the President of the Association of Chambers of Commerce of the U.K., or their nominees or substitutes, and one other to be elected 41t, the annual meeting. The president and vice-presidents are to be elected by the Executive Council, provided that if the president is of British nationality the vice-president must be Russian, and vice versa. There is also to be a General Council, to consist of the Russian State Consuls' Officers in the U.K. and such other honorary Or subscribing members as the Council shall elect. The members of such General, Council are to have the ordinary privileges of members, but (as a Council) no control over the Chamber.
The solicitors are C. Urquhart Fisher and Co., Cecil House, Holborn Viaduct, E.C. Secretary, D. Ghambashidze. The registered office is at International Buildings, Kingsway,