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CHINA TRADE.
CONFIDENTIAL.
1 JUN 08
[May 19.]
SECTION 1.
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(No. 193.) Sir,
No. 1.
Mr. Lister to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received May 19.)
Paris, May 18, 1908.
I HAVE the honour to report that on the 4th instant, on receipt of your despatch No. 181 of the 29th ultimo respecting the reciprocal protection of trade-marks in China and Corea, Sir Francis Bertie addressed a note to M. Pichon, informing him of the alterations brought about by the recent Order in Council, according to which it is no longer necessary for a foreigner to obtain the consent of His Majesty's Minister at Peking before commencing proceedings in a British Consular Court against a British subject for pirating a trade-mark.
I have received an official communication from M. Pichon, dated the 16th instant, formally acknowledging the receipt of Sir Francis Bertie's note.
I have, &c. (Signed) REGINALD LISTER.
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