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with the fact that undesirable companies will try
and evade the restrictions which recognition as a Chine
company will impose and so defeat the object of the Order
in Council. This fuct has always been recognised, The
remedy is to put pressure on companies which are really
"China companies" to comply with articles 8-15 of the
Order in Council by an intimation that unless they do so
they cannot count on the unqualifled support of His
Majesty's Minister in China.
3. This point has already been dealt with as it is
raised in the despatch covering these notes.
4. The Intention was to vest the jurisdiction in
China exclusively in the Supreme Court.
Practically all
the China companies will be located at Shanghai and
while the new system is still in the experimental stage,
there would not appear to be any disadvantage in exclud-
ing the jurisdiction of the Provincial courts. They can
easily be given jurisdiction later.
8. (3). Sir E.Grey is not satisfied that the
words "or director" are superfluous and he considers that!
even if they are they may safely remain.
12.