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Enclosure 2.
RECU
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REGE 21 AUG 19
& Memorandum by the Acty. Chief Justice,
Your Excellency,
A British Subject is one who owes permanent allegiance to the Crown as distinguished from an alien owing only temporary allegiance while within the British dominions. British Subjects are either natural born or naturalised British Subjects. It seems clear that Chinese, born in the New Territory, after that territory became a part of this Colony, would be natural born British Subjects. But a consideration of the 4 Forms of British Subject Certificate granted to Anglo-Chinese, approved by Lord Salisbury (See Despatch of Secretary of State to the Governor 27th June 1898) shows care must be exercised in granting them.
(1) Form A 100 (2) Form A 100 (a) (3) Form A 100 (b) and (4) Form A 100 (c), specify that the person to whom the Certificate is granted is a British Subject, born in the Colony, but each Form, respectively, specifies the Status of the parents, e.g. (1) of Chinese parents, his father having been previously naturalized.
(2) of parents of Chinese origin who were themselves British Subjects having been both likewise born in this Colony.
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