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In any further communication
on the subject, please quote,
No.
and address-
15207/14.
The Under-Secretary of State.
Foreign Office,
London.
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FOREIGE OFFICE
REG 18 June 30th, 1914.
4 de Lauomasez
22. June
of Draft Order in
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Sir:-
In continuation of the letter from this Department
of the 21st of April last enclosing despatches from
His Majesty's Consul-General at Shanghai and His
Majesty's Minister at Peking respecting the draft China
(Companies) Order in Council, I am directed by
Secretary Sir E. Grey to make the following observations
in regard to the recommendations put forward in that
correspondence.
The main amendment advocated by Sir E. Fraser is
the omission of the words "limited by shares" in the
definition of "China Company".
As Mr. Secretary Harcourt is aware, one of the
difficulties that has always beset the proposals for
facilitating the incorporation at Shanghai of British
Companies has been the question of how to enforce the
payment of sums owing by foreign contributories in the
event of winding up proceedings. To avoid this diffi-
he Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
culty