Hong Kong, 6th January, 1873.
Attorney General
(Double Julian Parmelee.)
Minimum Punishments
Ordinance, No. 2 of 1873 -
Report upon-
N.
445 No. 3845
Governor No.
Nunnery 45-
Date.
1873 Mar 18
Last previous Paper.
(Subject.)
DESPATCH.
342
RECEIVED
20 APR 1873
Foreign Employés of Government. Exquiring
the taking of Allegiance oath should be taken by
Enclosure 8.2 in Governor Sir Arthur Kennedy's Despatch No.44 of 3rd March, 1873.
(Minutes.)
R.8.2
24/4/73.
I concur in the opinion
it is not incumbent upon them to take the oath,
Came
No Pauncefote that their employer
with power to administer the oath to holders of offices
of trust or profit
at such time
and in circumstances
might render it expedient that he should
-But when it has been
the practice in
Hong Kong
to call upon foreign
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