CO129-362 - Public Offices - 1909 — Page 550

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NO PRA

548

,zmondiaų pro krok

ro molinibstrui.

t niwiy dog nu utA

TABLY DA -lyfonium or ro

ribe.002ų Džožbut, obtum od noidner

I enpo erið darli gleera ASTÈME

Vinmobden e*Unt-bretot vdd

never geguránd na onotvideų to ddeb so'

địul out ni Jon „atuor esent(0)

to dunne oferter"

¿Bueno pojeliärd mi bednang seked

ede od arst signador to niwoy Jnearmavo sod

.quidatsq0-00 3'Umumevnt nodach erté 101

Soum do Lobeun oroa fidnu‚ðruft boonivmo

Tad numarby orál To Jurmontey ed nå

afiterbo and to relage ofory o

ubav dessororis a acogiobru de poli

I went to samo Intimt

«od blu

edown Bawot od oned to conga dhein pas

official with the object of levying blackmail or to sat-

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isfy a private grudge, setting the law in motion against

a Hongkong Chinese merchant on the pretext that he was a

partner in a long or company which had failed in Canton.

For the doubt and uncertainty surrounding the composition

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of these Canton tonge or partnerships, and the difficulty

there is in finding out whether a man is or is not a

member of one particular tong, I have the honour to refer

you to the interesting remarks made on this subject by

the Puisné Judge on page 91 of the enclosed Law Reports.

Finally there is the difficulty with regard to

the extra-territorial jurisdiction exercised by foreign

Consular Courts in China. Any arrangment of the naturo

suggested by Mr. Mansfield between the Hongkong and Canton

Governments could hardly work successfully unless it in-

cluded in its scope the foreign creditors (other than

British) of the bankrupt Chinese firm, and this could not

be effected without an international agreement between the

Troaty Powers concerned.

Any arrangement made between the British and

annemi (AIMAS VERY DAT

Chinese