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to work well.
The various despatches on this subject sent by Sir H. de Sauanarez during the past six months have been
under careful consideration, and Sir E. Grey wished them
to be reserved until Sir H. de Saumarez' arrival in
England enabled this Department to discuss the matter
directly and fully with him.
The Board of Trade will not fail to notice that
the opinions expressed by His Majesty's Judge at
Shanghai in his despatches are uniformly in favour of
the establishment of a Registry of British Companies at
Shanghai itself, but 3ir E. Grey was advised that there
existed very serious objections to the course proposed
and he therefore directed that the matter should be
discussed with Sir H. de Sousmaroz.
Accordingly on the 12th, ultimo, a meeting took
place at the Foreign Office between the Legal Adviser
and the Assistant Legal Adviser to this Department and
His Majesty's Judge, Sir E. Davidson and Mr. Hurst
explained to Sir H. de Saumarez that any system of
registration
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