J.
Α.
THREE DOLLARS
港
HONG)
KONG
In the matter of the Application of19
Raymond Menashin Joseph for a Certi-
ficate of Naturalization under the
British Nationality and Status of
Aliens Act, 1914.
and
In the Matter of the Statutory
Declarations Act, 1835.
I, EDWARD SHELLIM, residing at No.102, The Peak, Victoria, in
the Colony of Hongkong and carrying on business at No.8, Des
Voeux Road, Victoria, aforesaid, Manager of David Sassoon &
Co. Ltd., Merchants, a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of
Hongkong and a Member of the Legislative Council of the said
Colony, do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and say as
follows:
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1. I am the Manager of David Sassoon & Co. Ltd., Merchants,
carrying on business at No.8, Des Voeux Road, Victoria, aforesaid.
2.
The said Raymond Menashih Joseph was, from the time I first
knew him in the year 1899 down to the month of October 1915,
employed in Hongkong, by the Firm of David Sassoon & Co. Ltd.,
and I know and am well acquainted with the said Raymond Menashin
Joseph having known the said Raymond Menashin Joseph, since the
year 1899, and I am able to the best of my knowledge information
and belief to testify to the facts as to the residence of the
said Raymond Menashin Joseph from my personal knowledge of him
and not from information only - I having been in almost daily
contact and communication with the said Raymond Menashin Joseph
since the year 1899 aforesaid down to the month of October 1915
when the said Raymond Menashih Joseph proceeded to Shanghai as
mentioned
1.