CO129-433 - Governor Sir May - 1916 [5-6] — Page 222

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Hongkong, 9th March, 1916.

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SIR,

1. In forwarding to you a Petition from the British Residents in this Colony for greater Unofficial representation on the Executive and Legislative Councils, I would ask leave to make some observations in this covering letter, by way partly of explanation and partly of argument.

2. In the first place I would point out that this Petition has been signed by 556 persons, (of whom about one dozen are Portuguese and British Indians, who, as hereafter stated in paragraph 6, were not intended to sign) whereas the 1894 Petition for greater representation, which is hereafter referred to, though open for signature by persons of every nationality, was signed by 363 only, of whom 284 were British, 10 Anglo-Chinese, 3 Americans, 4 Portuguese, and 47 British Indians,

3. In the second place I would beg leave to mention that the first 28 signatures are those of representatives of important shipping, commercial, and financial institutions doing business in this Colony, as the following particulars will show :-

(1). MR. ROBERT SHEWAN,

Head of the firm of Shewan Tomes & Company who manage the following

concerns in this Colony

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(i) The Hongkong Rope Manufacturing Company, capital $600,000.

(ii) The Green Island Cement Company, capital $4,000,000.

(ii) The Hongkong Tramway Company, captal £81,250 Sig. (iv) The China Light & Power Company, capital $300,000.

(v) The China Provident Loan & Mortgage Company, capital $2,000,000. And are also Agents for several important Insurance Companies.

(2). MR. W. L. PATTENDEN.

(i) Representative of Gilman & Company who are Agents for Lloyd's and other Insurance Institutions and for the National Provincial Bank of England and The London and Westminster Bank.

(ii) Chairman of the Court of Directors of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank; capital $15,000,000, with large Reserve Funds.

(iii) Director of the Union Insurance Society of Canton; authorized capital $4,000,000, paid up $1,600,000, with large Reserve Funds.

(iv) Director of the China Trader's Insurance Company; authorized capital $2,000,000, paid up $600,000 with large Reserve Funds.

(v) Director of the China Fire Insurance Company; authorized capital $2,000,000, paid up $400,000, with large Reserve Funds.

(vi) Director of the Humphreys Estate & Finance Company; capital $1,500,000.