O-in-C to state in office notice, bills, etc., etc., their
place of incorporation. This was recommended by the Legation
to the Foreign Office.
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Meanwhile the Hongkong Government recognised the Consul-
General's objections as reasonable and proposed an alternative
amendment which provided that limited companies using a
Chinese name on its notice board, seal, or business documents,
should append to that Chinese name the characters
, and, if a China Company
This new propoasal was submitted to the Chambers of
Commerce at Hongkong, Shanghai, Tientsin, and Hankow.
They
all agreed that the use of the characters in the manner
prescribed might in some cases operate to the disadvantage of
old established nong chops and the simplicity of hong names.
The Attorney General held that the proposed amendment would not
affect the chops, and he suggested that the difficulty inherent
in interfering with old hong names might be dealt with by a
discretion in the enforcement of the law.
In October 1924 the Consul-General at Shangnai proposed
to deal with this difficulty by providing for the grant of
licenses to companies exempting them from the requirement of
the sub-section.
In his despatch 2584/1923 of 12th November 1924 to the
Consul-General at Shanghai (copy enclosed in nis despatch of
same reference and date to the Minister the Governor said in
regard to the proviso for licenses under Section 64(2): "I
need hardly say I should propose to make it a practise to
consult the British authorities in China before granting any
license under this section".
Consul-General Shangnai to Government Hongkong 26/11/24..
"it appears to me that as it is contemplated that such
licenses/
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