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capital of forty thousand dollars ($40,000), and I am informed
that a "Canton Land Investment Company* will be the next
venture.
All these companies have their business in
this port and to the best of my belief, though a few foreign
names may have been used in the application for registration,
the capital is all Chinese. If protection is given them by
this office, it appears certain that in process of time many
similar businesses will be registered, and we shall find our-
selves called upon to support numbers of doubtful Chinese
cases to the great detriment of our present standing with the
Chinese Authorities.
The matter appeared to me of so much importance
that I applied to Her Majesty's Minister for instructions, and
his reply was that I must be guided by the following opinion
of the Crown Advocate
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The Hong-Kong Ordinances having followed the
Imperial Acts in this matter,Her Majesty's Consuls cannot do otherwise than protect British Companies, as such, whatever may
be the nationality of the individual directors, managers or
shareholders."
With all due deference to this opinion, I must
confess that I cannot agree with it.
Consuls are established in China under Treaty
and in their dealings with the Chinese Authorities must be guided primarily by the Treaties. The Treaties provide for
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