CO129-557-9 British protection of companies in China 26-3-1936 - 27-2-1937 — Page 126

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Shanghai.

Catober 30th, 1935.

Number 430

(and three copies)

Copies to: Diplomatic Mission, Nanking,

Judge,

Commercial Counsellor, No.115, Crown Advocate,

Hongkong.

1. French companies'

regulations with translation)

2. Suggested require-

ments for British companies

3. Hinute by Crow

dvocate

sir.

In Your Excellency's despatch No.260 of the

1st July last you instructed me to consult with the

Judge, the Crom Advocate and the Commercial

Counsellor and put forward proposals for the

smendment of Article 194 of the Order-in-Council

dealing with the control of "China companies.

The

2. I feel strongly, however, that the whole

of our local company legislation needa revision and

not only that relating to China companies.

class of enterprise to which we desire to refuse

British protection and jurisdiction can and does

evade the restrictions on "China companies" by

incorporating elsewhere than at Shanghai. As you

know, I am referring to such companies as

Centrosojus (England) Limited, the Moscow Narodny

Bank and other Soviet government trading institutions

incorporated in London, the Bata shoe company in-

corporated in Singapore and many purely Chinese

businesses incorporated in Singapore and Hongkong.

They do not contain an iota of British interest

His Majesty'a Ambassador,

British Embassy,

PEKING.

but