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registered with its seat in Shanghai. In the
absence at the Consulate of any public list of
British companies doing business in China the
Chinese public suffered until I took the risk of
disclaiming the Company's nationality in the native
press.
This latter incident suggests the advisability
of a provision that no British or colonial company
shall under heavy penalty open a branch or agency
in a consular district without the sanction of the
Shanghai registry which shall intimate the fact to
the Consul conce med in order that the company's
name be inserted in a list in English and Chinese
of such companies distinguishing between China,
British and Colonial companiesto be kept displayed
in a part of his office open to the public.
1 venture to comment on the proposals of the
Judges of the Supreme Court because dissatisfaction
amongst foreigners and Chinese with our arrange-
ments as to any trade relations is directed against
our executive officers, at any rate in the first
instance; and to aliens the idea of a Colony dic-
tating