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Sir,
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REC Red 25 L
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
554
HONGKONG.
9th June, 1916.
I have the honour to ask for your instructions
as to the policy to be adopted towards enemy shareholders in companies registered in Hongkong in connection with the allot- -ment of new issues in which existing shareholders are entitled to shares in proportion to their holdings. The matter seems to be essentially one in which a general Imperial policy seems
to be desirable.
2.
The question was first brought to the notice of this Goverment in connection with a new issue of the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd., and I enclose a copy of a letter from the Attorney General to the company, dated the 30th Decem- -ber, 1916, which shows the position which was taken up.
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The matter came to the notice of the Government again in the case of the Tebong Rubber and Tapioca Estate, Ltd., and I attach a copy of a letter, dated the 23rd March, 1916, from the Secretaries of the company to the Custodian of Enemy Property, Hongkong, and a copy of the latter's proposed reply, dated the 26th April, 1916. As the company in question is a China company the proposed reply was sent to His Majesty's Consul-General at Shanghai and he was asked to cause the letter to be delivered unless he should wish to discuss the matter
before doing 80.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
ANDREW BONAR LAW, M.P.,
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