OP Y.
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10264
30 MAR 11
Sir,
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Supreme Court,
Shanghai, 19th. January, 1911.
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I have the honour to send you herewith a copy
of a memorandum dealing with our conference in Hongkong, and some
of the points raised in discussion.
The first question for decision is whether English Company law should be applied to China and a registry established in Shanghai or whether Hongkong law as amended and brought into line with English law should be made applicable in China, and Hongkong Companies placed on the same footing in China
as companies registered in a Shanghai Registry would be were the former plan adopted.
Thisdecision will have to be taken at home: but
I wish to make it clear that I could not do otherwise than strong- -ly oppose any scheme which will impair the control of His
Majesty's Courts in China over any British Companies carrying on
business there. It would in fact, I taink, be a breach of our
Treaty with China that our Courts should not be open to any com-
-plaints arising in China against British Companies. However that
may be it will be obvious to one, who, like you, has administered
Governments for many years, that disciplinary powers require to be exercised on the spot, for the sake of good government and in
justice both to the complainants and the defendants.
I have etc.,
(Sd.) H. W. de Sausmarez,
Judge.
His Excellency
Sir Frederick Lugard, K.C.M.G.,
Hongkong.
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