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that the proposed Society must be registered under the Societies Ordinance. He intimated that he would approach the Government on the subject. He has since done so and has submitted draft rules (précis enclosed) of the Society, and has applied for its registration under the Societies Ordinance. Under proper safe- -guards, one of which would be that the members of the Committee must be approved by the Governor, I am disposed to permit this amalgamation of District and some other Societies into one Body and the matter is receiving consideration.
3.
On the receipt of the report of the meeting of the 3rd. instant I addressed a letter, copy enclosed, to His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General in which I asked him to draw
the attention of the Governor-General of Kwangtung to the irregula -rity which had apparently been committed in the summoning of the
meeting, and I attach copy of the reply received from the Vice-
-Consul containing a repudiation, to which this Government is now
well accustomed, on the part of the Chinese Authorities of any responsibility for what was done.
4.
I also took the opportunity afforded by my visit to Canton on the 24th. instant to refer to this subject and
I attach a note of the conversation which I held with the Tutu
through the Minister for the Interior on the subject. The refer-
-ence to my reading of the regulations means that I recited what
the regulations issued by the Central Government required, namely
that certain approved Societies of Chinese resident abroad should elect delegates to go to Peking and there elect from their number representatives of such Chinese to sit in the Chinese
Senate.
5.
On the 29th. instant I had an interview with
the Honourable Ir. Wei Yuk, C.M.G.,lir. Lau Chu-pak and Ir. Un Kam
-wa, newly elected Chairman of the Tung Wa Hospital. Sir Kai Ho Kai was invited to attend but was unfortunately unable to attend owing to indisposition. I told these gentlemen of the purport of
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