§ 49. Mr. CLUSEasked 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 UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. Ronald McNeill)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.
- 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.