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2. Upon the facts stated in your letter it seems clear that the Wing On Company (Shanghai) Limited is a China Company within the meaning of the above uŕder fr Council.
facts were not disclosed to me by the company here. 3. In the concluding paragraph of your Tetter you state that you have informed Mr. Awok Bew that you consider his company a China oumuny within the meaning of the 1915 Order in Council. I take it that "1915" is a clerical
error for "1919".
4. Unfortunately, the law in this Colony on the subject is atiik: the same as it was in China under the 1915 úrder in
Council, and 1 venture to augent that it would be advisable to defer taking any proceeding under the 1919 Order in Council; apminst any company at present da' the Hongkong, re- gister intil the law in this Colony has been altered so
as te`make it aroe with the latter Order in Council. Otherwise, an awkward situation might be created. A company might be fined summurily at Shanghai on the ground of its being a China Company, while the Supreme Court of Longgong might be obliged under the Companies Úrdinance, 1918p: te-hold that the company was not a China company and was properly on the Hongkong aegister. Further, there would be no means of transferring such a company to the Shanghai "egister agains the consent of the company unless
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