CO129-554-4 Companies Amendment Ordinance 1935 7-1-1935 - 17-12-1935 — Page 49

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minutes on which this letter is based, and I understand he

is passing on the gist of it to his legal department in

Shanghai with the suggestion that they send someone round to

discuss the proposal with you.

8.

It seems to me a legal and very technical question,

involving perhaps our general commercial interests, on which

I could not commit myself without expert advice.

If you

receive such an application will you please consult Priestwood

and George, and perhaps Mossop, and then report to me by

despatch.

9. The question may also arise as to whether in the

changed circumstances of the present time it is really necessary

or desirable to retain in our local China Company legislation

this provision about the use of the Chinese characters in

question.

(Signed) R. G. Howe

for H.M. Minister.