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Jollib terigned to woD emerqua end ni betegijli -mevoð and DJiv Baite vidianoqmi Jon Jişim anoijaaup .neqal bre anino to anem
to its jurisdiction to establish a scheme, as there
are not at present in existence any valid directions
antinido qian Jonnes I
Beonetarworto saedo al
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as to the application of the Fund.
(Initialled) F.W.P.
4.4.14.
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bivode vïaserT sið tørt dasgawa bluoda 9w XoidJ I
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Je 10 otot at redtte avond edit to amieio edt eview
welv a Njiwaeidesvormi sdt od biszer ddiw oder vne
to JIWOD amerque add yɗ bedelidadas gnted smetɔa a oj
and hot,notto?battut #Idatizado att Tebnu,terignania
ent no asabqınq aldadiyada 101 about end to noljaɔtiqys
atauek erit yd beswoaxe LioT bea" edt at mwob btel aenti
.exlaeb of stesovbA (wor) and Tantas I at twae'
ZIUABATT grt Njiw begiustis ej bicos aINJ TI
oz ob of eldasetya sïe vend it,bivona aestavind owd and
DOIBqSIq ed Jivob on liiw vent .emeriba a 701 ViqQ8
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as juob on ad blow event xnldt I,asonstanworto ent
Mr. Pember has gone into this very complicated
case so thoroughly that he has left me nothing to add
except on one small point. I agree with his view as
to the question of the 'bona vacantia' but I think
that as the law and practice of the Colony of Hongkong
is concerned we ought to consult the Colonial Office
on this point before we go to the Treasury.
As to 'Escheat' I cannot conceive that this
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doctrine which is a highly artificial appanage of
tenure in chivalry according to the feudal system out
of which the English law of real property has sprung
is of any possible application in regard to land in a
country wherein His Majesty possesses extraterritorial
Jurisdiction over his own subjects merely. In the
absence of any special arrangement or agreement to the
contrary the general principle is that the tenure and
devolution
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