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endeavoured to evade the bankruptcy law of the Colony, but they

rept back information which they should have given to the

Official Receiver, and they estimated the amount of their claim

t

petab nere to rødteľ ym to neišauniðnos nî

a'adada to vraderved edt gniwers to yžinustroqqo vidt sind I

mead vienever nadi dolcim najjam auoiter yıøv a of neižnejša

a ddiw noixannos stamijnt na masť dokifw,drað oft eroteď

«bnoq##Tron dous to Joelɗua nih need ybae¬La muet dotcw moldmaup

on ob I .noðnað ni adnangbut groxynol to moitusexa Bild »

quad od rabro al tud,noltaaup add grivivor to welv a ddiw son

sde mi no gntog at Jadw to beerotni odaj? to visteroed art

„Ji Kiiw notxennoo ni qnoloð

ntadino A „aaadid vitsind ara atost ent

bằng bna ¡yotquiined otni tnew ynodṛnoli ni` znikart writ 'ssentɗð

.8788eX #Totibero mít to eno .(XIɛ) basitvih flamm vtov

ərið at galbard wilt naucied a ¿ynagroð "bas nasılexoorƐ 19JOWA

mott bisen gaivan tud „vosqicånad adit ni svorg ton bib,ynolod

ni atendrag #raw noðnað ni saenidɔ alatreo farið srobargmoo "iedt

of noltom ni Larsnað)-Ivanoð nærried add som‚ærılt ́zneigaof est

in a manner not justified by English Law.

3.

The information on which they acted was

alleged to be false and an action for damages was brought before

the Supreme Court here. It was tried before a Jury who found

that the Cantonese were partners in the Hongkong firm. This

finding was set aside by the Full Court (the Puisne Judge

dissenting). Provisional leave to appeal to the Privy Council

was granted, but I am informed that the idea of appealing has

been abandoned. I am therefore free to refer to the case.

I mention these facts merely to make what

I am going to say intelligible. Suppose as a matter of fact that

Cantonese people were partners in a Hongkong firm, what happened

in this case shows that a German firm here could evade the

bankruptcy laws of the Colony, and through the medium of their

Consul could press the Chinese Authorities to recover the full

amount of their debt.

If Your Excellency will turn to the print

a nlajdo of rebre al aolton ni æeittrodtuk sasatɗü adt tea

of the correspondence relating to the execution of Hongkong

judgments in China, p. §, in the 5th. paragraph of Mr. Wakeman ' »

clao don vant gatob on alï „ffut ni mtalo riads to Snommitten

bewovaabaa

letter, he alludes to this sort of action on the part of the

German