In any further communication
on the subject, please quote
No. 52997/15.
and addros
The Under-Secretary of State.
Foreign Office.
Lonrloo.
21119
RECO
Res 7 MA FOREIGN OFFICE
May 6th. 1915.
413
Sir:-
I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to trans-
mit herewith copy of a revised draft of the proposed
China (Companies) Order in Council, the amendments
now introduced in which represent the result of un-
official discussions between the Controller of the
Companies Department of the Board of Trade, the Legal
Adviser to the Colonial Office and the Assistant Legal
Adviser to this Department.
It will be observed that the definition Hong
Kong Company" has been altered to "Hong Kong China
Company", and that also a new Article 14 has been in-
serted to provide for the inclusion in the Order of
companies limited by guarantee, the necessity for
which has been strongly pressed by the responsible
authorities in China. The proposals embodied in this
Article appear to be the only way of avoiding the dif-
ficulties that would otherwise have arisen in regard
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
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