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and that this Court has no jurisdiction to review the actin
of their officers"), what was there to prevent the British
and Chinese creditors of the bankrupt Cheong Loong firm
taking similar action, through the Official Receiver and
the British Consul, against their partners in Canton, the
members of the Kwong Hong Cheong firm? The same Consuler
machinery was at the disposal of all parties concerned.
As a matter of fact, as the Puiano judge points
out, (Law Reports, page 109), the Consular action in this
caso did not result in a final determination of the clein.
The attachmont of the promises in Canton was under mosne
process and by way of security only. The sealing of the
defondant's property and the subsequent release on pro-
dufction of security is merely one of the first stops
in Chinese civil procedure, und, as I know by experience,
it does not at all follow that the defendant will be or-
dered to satisfy the claims against him. It often happens
that the same property is sealed in Canton at the request
of two and even throe Consuls, representing their nationalą
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