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and that this Court has no jurisdiction to review the actin

of their officers"), what was there to prevent the British

and Chinese creditors of the bankrupt Cheong Loong firm

taking similar action, through the Official Receiver and

the British Consul, against their partners in Canton, the

members of the Kwong Hong Cheong firm? The same Consuler

machinery was at the disposal of all parties concerned.

As a matter of fact, as the Puiano judge points

out, (Law Reports, page 109), the Consular action in this

caso did not result in a final determination of the clein.

The attachmont of the promises in Canton was under mosne

process and by way of security only. The sealing of the

defondant's property and the subsequent release on pro-

dufction of security is merely one of the first stops

in Chinese civil procedure, und, as I know by experience,

it does not at all follow that the defendant will be or-

dered to satisfy the claims against him. It often happens

that the same property is sealed in Canton at the request

of two and even throe Consuls, representing their nationalą

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