CO129-383 - Public Offices - 1911 — Page 35

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Supreme Court.

10 APR 19LL

Shanghai,

25th March 1911.

C

12000

Rece Raf 13 APR ||

May

sir,

I have the honcur to forward to you a memorandum I

have prepared on the history of joint-stock companies in

their relation to extraterritoriality and the powers of

Hongkong to legislate in the matter. I am informed

that this was the difficulty in the way of the establish-

ment of a registry in Shanghe thirty years ago, but I

have been unable to obtain the correspondence.

I send herewith a further despatch from Sir F.

Lugard covering copies of two memoranda by members of

the Hongkong bar and a copy of my reply. Whilst

sympathising with His Excellency in his aspirations I

cannot but feel that the pretensions of the Hongkong bar

to limit the jurisdiction of His Majesty's Courts in

China whilst extending that of Hongkong beyond its

The Pight Honourable

Sir Edward Grey,

Bart.

etc., etc., etc.

territorial

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