other document corresponding thereto, a copy of the memorandum and articles of association or other documents corresponding thereto, a statement showing the nominal capital of the company, and the amounts thereof which have been subscribed and paid up respectively, and, if the company has been incorporated under a law which provides for the periodical filing of a list of the shareholders, a copy of the last list so filed.

47. The consular officer shall, on the registration of a company at the consulate, issue to the person making the registration a certificate, signed and sealed with the consular seal, that the company has been so registered.

48.-(1) Every company registered under this Order shall register the name and address of the manager or other chief local representative in China, and shall from time to time, as may be necessary, register any alteration of the representative of the company or in his address. Names and addresses so registered shall be open to the inspection of the public.

(2) Rules of Court made under article 119 of the principal Order may provide that service of writs, notices, or other documents upon the person registered under this article, or at his address, shall be good service of such documents upon the company.

49. Registration of a company under this Order shall not require to be renewed annually, but may be renewed from time to time as the parties may desire, and must be renewed when any change takes place in the name of the company.

50. On every registration of a company under this Order, and on every renewal thereof, there shall be payable a fee of £1, and on every registration under article 41 there shall be payable a fee of 2s.

51.--(1) A company shall not be entitled to be recognised or protected as a British company unless it is registered under this Order, but shall, although not so registered, be subject to the jurisdiction of His Majesty's Courts in China.

(2) Nothing in this article shall affect the right of the Secretary of State to direct that British protection shall not be accorded to a company, even though it has been registered under this Order.

Orders of a Court of Consuls.

52.-(1) Where by agreement among the diplomatic representatives in China of foreign States, Regulations have been, or are, made for the establishment, control or procedure of a

Court of Consuls, or other like Court, to deal with disputes or suits relating to the property or proceedings of any board, committee, association or other like group of persons which has been appointed for public purposes at any treaty port or foreign settlement or concession in China, and on which other nations besides Great Britain are represented, and such Regulations have been or are approved by the Secretary of State, the jurisdiction of the said Court shall not, so far as persons subject to the Principal Order are concerned, be deemed to conflict with article 6 of the Principal Order, and the Court shall enforce on all persons subject to its jurisdiction the orders and decrees of such Court of Consuls or other like Court.

(2) Regulations approved by the Secretary of State under this article shall be published in the same manner as King's Regulations.

53. (1) Articles 85, 86, 87, 115, and 116 of the Principal Order are hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not—

(a) Affect the past operation of such articles or any right, title, obligation, or liability thereunder; or

(b) Interfere with the institution or prosecution of any legal proceedings thereunder.

(2) Appeals in criminal cases and Appeals to His Majesty in Council commenced under any articles hereby repealed shall be continued so far as is practicable in accordance with this Order.

And the Right Honourable Sir Edward Grey, Baronet, K.G., one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

SCHEDULE.

1. Records and Cases in Appeals to His Majesty in Council shall be printed in the form known as Demy Quarto.

2. The size of the paper used shall be such that the sheet, when folded and trimmed, will be 11 inches in height and 8 inches in width.

3. The type to be used in the text shall be pica type, but long primer shall be used in printing accounts, tabular matter and notes.

4. The number of lines in each page of pica type shall be forty-seven or thereabouts, and every tenth line shall be numbered in the margin.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL amending the China (Amendment) Order in Council, 1913. London, March 30, 1914.*

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 30th day of March,

1914.

PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

Lord President.

Viscount Knollys.

Lord Colebrooke.

Lord Emmott.

WHEREAS by treaty, grant, usage, sufferance, or other lawful means, His Majesty the King has jurisdiction in China :

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf by the Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890, or otherwise in His Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as "The China (Amendment) Order in Council, 1914," and shall be read as one with the China Order in Council, 1904,† hereinafter referred to as the "Principal Order," and this Order and the China Orders in Council, 1904 to 1913, may be cited together as the "China Orders in Council, 1904 to 1914."

2. (1) In addition to the documents to be deposited and filed in the office of a consulate, in accordance with Article 46 of the China (Amendment) Order in Council, 1913, on the registration of a company in accordance with the provisions of that Order, there shall be deposited and filed a list of the directors of the company, showing in respect of each director his full name and nationality and his address.

(2) Every company registered under the China (Amendment) Order in Council, 1913, shall register in the month of January in every year a list of the directors of the company, showing in respect of each director his full name and nationality and his address, and shall from time to time, as may be necessary, register any alterations in such list.

"London Gazette," April 3, 1914.
‡ See page 78.

† See Vol. 24, page 250.

(3) On every registration under sub-article (2) of this article there shall be payable a fee of 28.

3.* Where any municipal regulations or bye-laws have been established for any foreign concession in China, the Court may entertain a complaint against a British subject for a breach of such municipal regulations or bye-laws, and may enforce compliance therewith,

Provided

(1) That the said municipal regulations or bye-laws have been accepted by His Majesty's Government. Acceptance of the municipal regulations or bye-laws of a foreign concession by His Majesty's Government shall be signified by a copy thereof being exhibited and kept exhibited in the public office of His Majesty's consulate at such treaty port.

(2) That no punishment other in nature or greater in degree than that provided by the Principal Order shall be imposed.

(3) That the Court is satisfied that effectual provision exists for the punishment in the Court of the foreign Powers whose municipal regulations or bye-laws it is sought to enforce of breaches by the subjects or citizens of that Power of the municipal regulations or bye-laws of British concessions in China.

4. In Article 21 of the China (Amendment) Order in Council, 1913, the reference to Article 13 should be read as a reference to Article 19, and in Article 29 the references to Articles 21 and 22 should be read as references to Articles 27 and 28, and in Article 50 the reference to Article 41 should be read as a reference to Article 48.

And the Right Honourable Sir Edward Grey, Baronet, K.G., one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

page 92.

Repealed by the China (Amendment) Order in Council, 1915. See

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL repealing Article 3 of the China (Amendment) Order in Council, 1914. London, February 3, 1915.*

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 3rd day of February,

WHEREAS by treaty, grant, usage, sufferance, or other lawful means, His Majesty the King has jurisdiction in China:

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf by the Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890, or otherwise in His Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as "The China (Amendment) Order in Council, 1915," and shall be read as one with "The China Order in Council, 1904," and this Order and "The China Orders in Council, 1904 to 1914," may be cited together as "The China Orders in Council, 1904 to 1915."

2. Article 3 of "The China (Amendment) Order in Council, 1914," is hereby repealed.

And the Right Honourable Sir Edward Grey, Baronet, K.G., one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

⭑ "London Gazette," February 9, 1915.

† See Vol. 24, page 250.

‡ See page 91.