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Enclosure in No. 39*.
Memorandum communicated to Wai-chiao Pu.
ON the 29th November last His Majesty's Minister, at an interview with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, discussed the subject of the regulations issued by the Chinese Government for the election of representatives to the National Assembly by Chinese resident abroad, and took occasion to warn his Excellency of the possibility of objections being raised by His Majesty's Government to the participation by Chinese resident in British colonies in such elections.
His Majesty's Minister has now the honour to inform the Wai-chiao Pu that be has been instructed by His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to state formally to the Chinese Government that His Majesty's Government entertain strong objections to the policy of these regulations so far as British colonies are concerned.
Peking, March 27, 1913.
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No. 43.
Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey (Received April 24.)
(No. 144.) Sir,
Peking, April 8, 1913. WITH reference to my despatch No. 27 of the 20th January last, I have the honour to transmit to you herewith a copy of a letter from the secretary of the International Bankers' Commission at Shanghai requesting that the arrangement for the apportionment of the surplus customs revenue for the present year should be modified. The existing arrangement will be found recorded in the identic letter from the Diplomatic Body to the bankers of the 30th January, 1912, which formed Enclosure No. 5 in my despatch No. 55 of the same date.*
The question was considered at a diplomatic meeting held on the 7th instant, when the proposal of the Bankers' Commission was unanimously accepted and communicated to-day to the banks at Shanghai in an identic letter, copy of which is enclosed herewith.
I bave, &c.
Enclosure 1 in No. 43.
J. N. JORDAN.
Sir,
International Bankers' Commission to Sir J. Jordan.
Shanghai, March 26, 1913. I AM instructed to inform you that a meeting of the International Bankers' Commission was held on Thursday, the 20th instant, to discuss the question of custody
of the loan service funds.
It was decided to request you to cancel clause 6 of your letter of the 30th January, 1912, and to add to clause 2 the following sentence :—
"but as soon as the service for the current year of all loans contracted before 1900 is provided for by funds in these banks, then the surplus shall be divided the end of 1913 amongst the banks having charge of the indemnity service."
The clause would then read :—
pro
ratâ till
"The banks chiefly interested, viz, the Hong-Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, and the Russo-Asiatic Bank, shall be custodians of the customs funds at Shanghai, but as soon as the service for the current year of all loans contracted before 1900 is provided for by funds in these banks, then the surplus shall be divided pro ratâ till the end of 1913 amongst the banks having charge of the indemnity service."
I shall be glad to hear that the Diplomatic Body approve of the above
I have, &c.
alterations.
R. W. ROBERTSON, Secretary.
* See "China, No. 3 (1912)," No. 113.
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