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merchants in China utterly ignorant
of the exxistence and effect of the Ordinance, and out of reach of the means which it provides for
ascertaining
the
financial condition
of such Companies. Those evil
consequences
al
are not unlikely to result; looking the experience of Limited Liability in England; they would soon shave the
large confidence which native merchants have hitherto re
reposed
in our commercial
integrity; they would lead to interminable litigation in the mised tribunals provided for the secelement · of clarins betiveen the British and Chinese in the Treaty Ports, and possibly to diplomatie interferenc
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