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Prst 22 NOV 981
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
5th September, 1898.
In reply to your despatch No.71 of the 8th ultimo
regarding the registration under the Hongkong Com-
panies Ordinances of certain Companies whose business
is in China, I am directed by the Officer Adininister-
ing the Government to transmit for your information a
copy of an opinion by Mr. Goodman, the Attorney-Gen-
eral, and to inform you that His Excellency will refer
the correspondence to the Secretary of State for the
Colonies, with a recommendation that no amendment of
the local law in the direction suggested in the last
paragraph of your despatch is necessary.
I have, &c.,
(Signed)
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul,
Canton.
T. Sercombe Smith.
Acting Colonial Secretary.