or persons of colour in the 952) the Army section (subsection 2) of Act 1881, or must become British subjects before enlistment. As were certain difficulties That there were regarded the latter Course, and that it seemed to Your Lordship that colour must mean any person of person who was not a white man, and that that a was not Chinaman certainly That Your Lordship would, Chinese might, under the terms 266 the above section, be lawfully enlisted in Her Majesty's regular forces.
We have taken the matter into our consideration and, in obedience to Your Lordship's command have the honour to Report our opinion's That the question is) not free from doubt, but we think that a) Chinaman may be regarded, for the purposes of subsection (2) of the Army section 95 of Act 1881, as a person of colour.
Treasury therefore, be obliged if you would advise for whether, in our opinion, Chinese ...