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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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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