Copy.
Enclosure No. 3.
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Hon. Sec. for Chinese Affairs,
Translations attached. In the new version
A. para. 2 increases the amount to be paid on dismissal from
months wages to 1 month's.
para. 3 is omitted as it is implied in the second part
of 2.
para. 5 The new Version forbids "large merchants" to join
unions at all.
para. 7 is omitted in the new regulations.
3. para. 1 The new Version omits the words "without the
authority of Government"
Para. 4 The original version permits by implication the
organisation of "picket corps". The new version omits reference to these and incorporates para.6 of the original version in this section.
para.6 See original para.7.
C. para.1 The definition of a small handicraftsman is
altered by the substitution of "3" for "5" in
the original.
D.
para.3 Small handicraftsmen are only to be allowed to
work during a strike if they are not members of
a union.
The Regulations for essential industries are
peculiar to the new version.
You will observe that the revised rules are more
moderate than the draft in some respects and that some of
the obvious absurdities have been omitted.
(Sd.) R. A. C. North,
14th Jan. 1927.