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British Consulate-General, 126
Shanghai.
Catober 30th, 1935.
Number 430
(and three copies)
Copies to: Diplomatic Mission, Nanking,
Judge,
Commercial Counsellor, No.115, Crown Advocate,
Hongkong.
1. French companies'
regulations with translation)
2. Suggested require-
ments for British companies
3. Hinute by Crow
dvocate
sir.
In Your Excellency's despatch No.260 of the
1st July last you instructed me to consult with the
Judge, the Crom Advocate and the Commercial
Counsellor and put forward proposals for the
smendment of Article 194 of the Order-in-Council
dealing with the control of "China companies.
The
2. I feel strongly, however, that the whole
of our local company legislation needa revision and
not only that relating to China companies.
class of enterprise to which we desire to refuse
British protection and jurisdiction can and does
evade the restrictions on "China companies" by
incorporating elsewhere than at Shanghai. As you
know, I am referring to such companies as
Centrosojus (England) Limited, the Moscow Narodny
Bank and other Soviet government trading institutions
incorporated in London, the Bata shoe company in-
corporated in Singapore and many purely Chinese
businesses incorporated in Singapore and Hongkong.
They do not contain an iota of British interest
His Majesty'a Ambassador,
British Embassy,
PEKING.
but