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Jasup atnð It Jadt bus,(bioneasel to bloreert

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.

rowe amoa to vetidstiesb edt of atoloq gatdtyrave jedj to nedtei sɗt ni bajeszgra at as obem znisɗ FnoMSZNSTIA

!

edвoovba пword sit

bivode vïaserT sið tørt dasgawa bluoda 9w XoidJ I

י

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

!moittanq Legel siit to engwa sber: ers yant neɗw、oa ob of

Jduob on blow job ent .9jatad bioï edit of bisyer at

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At be 10 best and to sent! end no emerɔa s

ers' ។

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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