CO129-417 - Public Offices - 1914 — Page 314

In any further communication

on the subject, plonke guste

No. 46284/14.

and address

The Under-Secretary of State,

Foreign Office.

London.

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REC

C. O.

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REG 12 NOV 14

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FOREIGN OFFICE

November // 1914.

Sir: -

I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to state

that he has under consideration the allocation of

expenditure in connection with the establishment, under

the draft China (Companies) Order in Council of a

Registry of Companies in Shanghai, subordinate to the

HongKong Registry.

Under the proposed arrangement, the office of

Deputy Registrar in Shanghai would devolve on His

Majesty's Consul General, but the whole of the fees

received would be paid over to the HongKong Government,

who would in return make a contribution towards the

necessary annual expenditure involved.

Sir E. Grey assumes that this contribution would

be measured by the cost to the Colony of maintaining

such a Registry at Shanghai, but he would be glad

to

Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.