Source/reference: The Universal Dictionary of Foreign Business in Modern China, Sichuan People's Publishing House, 1995 (489-490)

香港皇后大道英商银行。1864 年"太古"、"沙逊"、"旗昌"、"怡和"、"禅臣"等十大洋行的英、美、德籍商人发起创办。核定资本500 万港元，实收仅得其半.翌年4月开始营业，上海、天津、北京、汉口、福州、厦门、淡水、威海卫、广州、烟台、青岛、汕头、宁波、九江、沈阳、哈尔滨、重庆及横滨、神户、东京、伦敦、纽约、旧金山、瓦尔帕莱索、马尼拉、墨尔本、悉尼、曼谷、f阳光、海防、西贡、新加坡、孟买、加尔各答、泪水、巴达维亚诸埠先后设分行或代理处，经营汇兑、储蓄、借贷、抵押、纸币发行诸业务。自股权渐归发起英商，"汇丰"与其它在华英商结合，俨然成为英国在华经济权益的代表者，在历次外国对华贷款中起着举足轻重的作用。1911 年后取得关、盐两税存款权. 1915 年核定资本规银1 ， 500 万元，收足. 1920 年代初增核定资本为主E银5.000 万元，分40 万股，每股125 元，实收2.000万元，在中国金融市场始终保持首要地位。1930 年代中资产负债总额为116 ， 845 万余港元. 1940年代末尚见于记载.银行华名，上海及内地各埠称"汇丰"，香港及广州等埠则多称"香港上海"，而1867 年4 德臣报行名簿" (ChìnaDirectory) 更记为"香港上海汇理银行飞王槐山、叶德水、席正商、刘津樵、席立功、罗寿肃、叶鹤秋、陶述、吴搬鼎、邓纪常、席鹿缝、龚子渔、龚星五、龚振方、叶鸿翔、叶祥麟、陈廉伯及邓君祥等先后充是行买办。

Rough translation

1864 "Butterfield and Swire", "Sassoon and Company", "Russell and Company", "Jardine, Matheson and Company", "Siemssen and Company" and other top ten march of the British, American and German businessmen initiated. Beijing, Yantai, Qingdao, Shantou, Ningbo, Jiujiang, Shenyang, and so on. Harbin, Chongqing and Yokohama, Kobe, Tokyo, London, New York, San Francisco, Valparaíso, Manila, Melbourne, Sydney, Bangkok, Sunshine, Haiphong, Sai Kung, Singapore, Mumbai, Calcutta, Tears, Batavia Has set up branches or agents, operating exchange, savings, loans, mortgage, banknotes issued by the business. Since the equity gradually launched the British, "HSBC" and other in China and Britain, has become a representative of the British economic interests in China, in the previous foreign loans to China plays a pivotal role. In 1911, after the acquisition of salt, tax and two tax deposits .1915 approved capital capital 1, 500 million, received foot .In the early 1920s approved capital of E-silver 5 million yuan, 40 million shares, 125 yuan per share , Received 20 million yuan in China's financial market has always maintained a top priority. The total assets and liabilities in the 1930s were 116,845 million Hong Kong dollars, and the Hong Kong and Guangzhou ports were called "Hong Kong and Shanghai" and 1867 (China Directory) is recorded as "Hong Kong Shanghai Huili Bank fly Wang Huai Shan, Ye De Shui, Xi Zheng Shang, Liu Jinqiao, Xi Ligong, Luo Shousu, Ye Heqiu, Tao Shu, Wu Xiangding, Deng Jichang, Xi Deer, Gongzi Yu, Gong Xingwu, Gong Zhenfang, Ye Hongxiang, Ye Xianglin, Chen Lianbo and Deng Junxiang and so on is a line of comprador.