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Enclosure 2
C. O.
2207,84
REC REC 11
To The Right Honourable,
Joseph Chamberlain, M. P.
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State
for the Colonies.
&C 1
&C,
20.
Downing Street,
London.
The Petition of the undersigned respectfully represents:-
I.
That your petitioner entered the service of the
Government of Hongkong in April 1889; and that he is
at present in the General Post Office drawing a salary
of $40 per month.
2.
That your petitioner's father, Clement Fabien Demee
(deceased) was a native of France; that the said
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Clément Fabien Demée came out to China as Commander
in the British mercantile navy; that he married Belmira
Pereira (also deceased); that the said Belmira Pereira
was a Portuguese lady born in the colony of Macao
belonging to Portugal; that your petitioner is their
legitimate son; that he is a French citizen; that he
was born in the British colony of Singapore in 1867;
and that he is married and has a son.
3. That