asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that in the papers respecting labour conditions in China (Cmd. 2,442) the number of British-owned cotton mills is given as five for the whole of China; whether the list of industrial companies at Shanghai, on page 24, contains those of the whole of the city; and, if so, will he give the number and names of the British industrial companies within the international settlement?

The answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative, and is so, also, to the second part, if I am right in presuming that the list to which the hon. Member refers is that on page 94 of the Blue Book.

A list published by the Shanghai Municipal Council last year gives the number of British mills and factories within the International Settlement at Shanghai as 23, the names of which I will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the list of names:

Shanghai Ice and Cold Storage Co., Ltd.

British American Tobacco Company's Cigarette Factory.

• Liddell Brothers, Ltd.
• Oriental Cotton Mill.
• New Engineering Works.
• Laou Kung Mow Cotton Mill.
• Scott, Harding and Co.
• British and American Publishing Co.
• Trollope and Colls, Ltd.
• Ewo Cotton Spinning and Weaving Co.
• Yangtszepoo Cotton Mill.
• S. Behr and Mathew.
• Kung Yih Cotton Mill.
• Price Candle Factory.
• Arts and Crafts Factory.
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• Say Hwa Silk Failature.
• Yung Foong Silk Filature.
• Yung Kong Silk Filature.
• Jen Foong Silk Filature.
• Luen Ziang Silk Filature.
• Ewo Silk Filature.
• Liddell Bros. Packing and Sorting Godowns.
• McKenzie and Co.