FOREIGN OFFICE,
C.O.
73
771
3 JA. 05
December 30th, 1904.
King Contul Willis 89.
Board of Trade.
Sir:-
With reference to your letter 37227/1904 (undated Nov) respecting the registration of Companies in Hongkong, I am directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to transmit to you, to be laid before the Secretary of State for the Colonies, a copy of a Despatch from His Majesty's Consul at Swatow, inclosing a copy of the Articles of Association of the Swatow, Chaoyang & Kieyang Steam Launch Company, and furnishing information as to the character of the Company's Office at Hongkong.
I am at the same time to inclose a copy of a letter from the Board of Trade, to whom the papers have been referred, together with a copy of a despatch which has been addressed to His Majesty's Minister at Peking, requesting him to instruct the Acting British Consul at Swatow that it is not incumbent...
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.