CO129-557-9 British protection of companies in China 26-3-1936 - 27-2-1937 — Page 68

STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.

NO.

376

53680

Sir,

GOVERNOP

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

SINGAPORE.

20 October, 1936.

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I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of

Mr. J.H. Thomas' Straits Settlements Despatch No.

156

of the 29th April, 1936, forwarding a copy of a Despatch

from His Majesty's Ambassador at Peking on the subject

of Company legislation in China.

2.

So far as I am aware, there are no China

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companies, incorporated locally, whose headquarters and

seat of control are situated in China. There are however

a considerable number of important China Companies incor-

porated in the Straits Settlements, which carry on business

in China, and whose headquarters are in the Colony.

the greater number, and certainly of the more important

of these companies, both the directors and members are

mainly Straits-born Chinese who are recognised here as

British subjects, though they may also be claimed as

Chinese subjects by the Chinese Government. We are con-

cerned with the manner in which the Ambassador's proposals

may affect this latter type of Public Company, and his

proposals may, I think, be summarized conveniently as

follows :-

(a) No Company incorporated in the Straits

Settlements which carries on business in

China

The Right Honourable

W.G.A. Ormsby-Gore, P.C., M.P.,

etc.,

etc.,

etc.,

COLONIAL OFFICE.