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गिर
Chambers,
RECO
C.0. 13570
400
Supreme Court, Hongkong PR 09
10th. March, 1909.
In continuation of my letter of even date,
I take this opportunity of drawing the Secretary of State's
attentiem to a very serious matter which has recently been
before the Court, which has an intimate connexion with
question which has already been the subject of much correspond-
the execution of Hongkong judgments in Canton. I do so
net with a view of reviving the question, but in order to keep
the Secretary of State informed of what is going on in the
Colony in connexion with it.
The facts are briefly these. A certain
Chinese firm trading in Hongkong went into bankruptcy; and paid
a very small dividend (34%). One of the creditors, Messrs.
Reuter Breckelmann and Company, a German Firm trading in the
Colony, did not prove in the bankruptcy, but having heard from
their compradore that certain Chinese in Canton were partners in
the Hongkong firm, set the German Consul-General in motion to
set the Chinese Authorities in motion in order to obtain a
settlement of their claim in full. In so doing they not only
endeavoured