CO129-362 - Public Offices - 1909 — Page 546

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jurisdiction, even over British bankrupt estates, in

China. (Instructions to Consuls relating to the China and

Corea Order in Council, 1904, p. 8, "Special Civil Juris-

dictions".)

For example, I am under the impression that,

were a British firm in Hongkong, having an agency and

owning property in Canton, to go bankrupt, the firm's

Chinese property would not form part of the assets of the

estate, until a petition had been filed in the Canton

Provincial Court and & receiving order issued. Therefore,

in the case of Chinese bankrupts, having assets and

probably creditors in Canton, the Official Receiver can

even less lay claim to those assets until formal applic-

ation has been made to the Chinese authorities through

the medium of His Majesty's Consul-General.

This is exactly what happens at present. The

Official Receiver notifies His Majesty's Consul-General

that a certain bankrupt has assets in China; the Chinese

District Magistrate concerned is thereupon informed with