CO129-354 - Public Offices & Others - 1908 — Page 57

all their bresmess

outside that Colony

2. J

to

lay

xquest you befor Seentary Sir

E. Gry

Ch

a

copy of

despatch from

Sir

7. Lugard forwarding

a

ordinance, no 16

of 1907.

to quable

cops such

companies to keep

local ngisters of

members on

f

Chart

payment animal fee

calculates

O

the

paid up capital of the Company. I will

br obsenrd that under section 4 (8)

probate Suty

will

not be payable in

Hongkong

respect

of locally ngistend

shand

company

which avails

itself of the provisions

of

this Ordinance

3. Lord Elgui ha 56

Some doubt whetting this

within the bowens

Oromance is

voss of the Colomal

Legislature and he

proposes

to consult

the Law offices

on

the point, but before

Soing

so he would be glad to be favoured. with the observations

Sire E. Grey ordinance generally

of

the

4. The Board of Trade,

to whom

O

copy

has

DIS

that as

O

matter of

bum forwarded, suggest

logical faimess the

ammal

duty

should

only be chargeable the amount of

the shades in the

local registry and not

o

the total amount

of the company's

capital, His Lordship however doubts whether

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