CO129-395 - Public Offices - 1912 — Page 42

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

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As I understand the scheme, the Hongkong Gov

ernment is to establish a branch registry in Shanghai

where all papers may be filed and business done

preparatory to the formation of a company whose

Such Company I will

call a China Company. When the papers are in order

head office is to be in China.

the papers will be forwarded to the Registrar of Companies in Hongkong, and the incorporation will

The registered office of a take place in due course.

China Company ought for the present I think to be in Shanghai, it will be possible later on to make pro- vision for such places as Hankow and Tientsin; and

all acts to be done by a China company before or in

connection with the registrar of companies are to

be done in the branch registry in Shanghai and not

in Hongkong. Thus a complete record of the acts of a China company is available in China; and if the Hongkong Government wish to have the information

which is in existence in Shanghai, all papers can

be filed in duplicate and one copy can be transmitted

to the Registrar in Hongkong.

After a careful consideration I have come to

the conclusion that the analogy on which we should

work

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