Section 229. Where a joint stock Company authorized to

229. Where a joint stock Company authorized to register under this Act has had the whole or any por- tion of its capital converted into stock, such Com- pany shall, as to the capital so converted, instead of delivering to the Registrar a statement of shares, deliver to the Registrar a statement of the amount of stock belonging to the Company, and the names of the persons who were holders of such stock, on some day to be named in the statement, not more than six clear days before the day of registration.