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No. 3474/1915.

Sir,

Government House, Q.

Hogkong, 24th. December 14.

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REG 19 FEE 16

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of

your letter of the 24th. and 25th. November and 14th. December relating to the voluntary winding up of the Central and North China Godowns and Press Packing Company, Limited, Kalee Limited, and the Yangtsze Wharf and Godown Company, Limited.

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Before dealing with the particular points raised in your letters it may be convenient to offer certain observations on the genral question of the winding up of Hongkong Companies which are under German management or have a number of German share- -holders. In some cases the German shareholders are clearly in a position to exercise complete control over the company.

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The following is a list of the Hongkon Companies

carrying on business in China which contain a substantial German

element:-

The Central & North China Godowns & Press Packing

Company, Limited.

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The Yangtze Wharf & Godown Company, Limited.

The Anglo-German Brewery Company, Limited.

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The China Import & Export Lumber Company, Limited.

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The Soy Chee Cotton Spinning Company, Limited.

Kalee Limited.

W Westphal King & Ramsay, Limited.

The New Engineering & Shipbuilding Works, Limited.

The Peking Electric Company, Limited.

The Asiatic Godom & Trading Company, Limited.

The Swatow Bodega Company. Limited.

The Tientsin Native City Water Works, Co. Ltd.

The above list may not be exhaustive but it is believed to con-

· Sir Everard Fraser, K.C.M.G.,

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His Britanic Majesty's Consul-General,

SHANGHA I.