After the difficulty of proving for the surname det

Establishing the

of a marriage that both

parties wilfully acquiesce

of the

in a violation of

Order since the object

of the Law is not to

invalidate marriages, though the risk of having marriage invalidated

may

be

expected to deter

persons from violating 8. In reply to the 7th

pro... of the despatch under

I request you to

report to me whether this

Mr Wingfield

When minuting the despatch I had

not understood 5.

want of a provision for the civil ordinance of

before the higher

marriage

as excluding non-Christian from the guarantee

has been felt in other

cases besides that particular case referred to by Mr. Heming

of the civil quan provided therein

I think the station excludes all marriage where neither part is a Christian

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Subsequent Paper

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(Subject.)

Certain Appoint in the

Report

Only the first confirmed!

RM 17 M:305

(Minutes.)

REC

DESPATCH.

No.

24358

REG 16 DEC 90

266

Observatory.

Mr. Tracefield Masse

Mr. Wingfield appointment need for

C.Pd: 17 abr 22 dec

20 dec. 90

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of

despatch:

Mr. Fleming's deep.

no-405. Of the 11th ult. and to affirm the appointment of Mr Ho To Shing to be second assistant in the Hongkong Observatory with salary at the rate of $470 per

mensem

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