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rise to a good deal of friction with the Chinese
authorities)
3. In 1882 it was decided that passports granted
by the Governor of any British Colony to persons of Chinese origin in which they were described as British subjects, should be accepted by Consuls in China as sufficient evidence of the bearers' claim to British
nationality and of their right to registration and pro- tection, subject of course to compliance with the Cos- tume Regulations. This decision superseded previous views as to the status of children born in a British possession of immigrant parents who were Chinese sub- jects; for in 1867 the Law Officers had advised that no claim of jurisdiction over such persons should be asserted or allowed by His Majesty's Government. 4. In a despatch of the 26th of December 1885, Mr. 0' Conor recited briefly the previous history of the matter and enumerated the various classes of Anglo-
Chinese.
(1) Chinese domiciled in Hong Kong and Kowloon at the time ofcession; and their children. These persons have always been protected even in China. (2) Children born in a British possession of parents also born in a British possession.
(3) Children born in a British possession of
naturalised British subjects.
Classes (2) and (3) have been ordered by the Judges in China to be recognised, His Majesty's Government having given no instructions.
(4) Naturalised British subjects, who cannot be protected in China because being "naturalised in a British
Colony