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THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE,
HOME OFFICE,
LONDON, S.W., 1.
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REA 317
WHITEHALL.
30th March, 1917.
I am directed by Secretary Sir George Cave to
say that he wishes to bring the following case to the
netice of 'Mr. Secretary Leng with a view to such enquiries as may be possible in the matter being made in Hong Kong.
On the 19th July last a Deportation Order was
made under Article 12 of the Aliens Restriction (Consolida-
tien) Order, 1916, against Won Tip, a Chinaman residing at Liverpool, who had been engaged with a number of other
Chinamen in opium muggling, and the Liverpool Pelice were
instructed to take the necessary steps to enforce the
Order by sending Wen Tip to China. The deportation had,
however, to be suspended, as an application was made to
the High Court for a writ of Habeas Corpus on the ground
that Won Tip was a British subject in virtue of birth at
Hong Kong. On the hearing of the application on the 5th
September last, the Divisional Court granted an adjourment
of four months in order to enable Won Tip to obtain
evidence of his birth in Hong Kong; when the case came
on again in January, a number of statutory declarations and affidavits by Chinamen and there as to his birth in Hong Kong were produced, and, in view of this evidence and the
decision of the Divisional Court in the case of Derais
alias the Duke of Chateau-Thierry, which had not at that date been over-ruled by the Court of Appeal (see "Times'
The Under-Secretary of State,
repert
Colonial Office.