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Statement by the Officer Administering the Government.
I certify that E. SHELLIM who made and signed the
two Declarations marked with the letters "A" & "B" is the
Honourable Mr. Edward Shellim, Manager of David Sassoon & Co.,
Ltd., an Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council, a Justice
of the Peace, &c.: C. P. CHATER who made and signed the Declara-
-tion marked with the letter "C" is the Honourable Sir Catchick
Paul Chater, C.M.G., an Unofficial Member of the Executive
Council, a Justice of the Peace, &c.: C. S. GUBBAY who made and
signed the Declaration marked with the letter "D" is Mr. Charles
Sassoon Gubbay, Manager of E. D. Sassoon & Co., a Justice of the
Peace, c.: and EDWARD HOWARD who made and signed the Declara-
-tion marked with the letter "E" is Mr. Edward Howard, a Bill and
Bullion Broker of this Colony.
I am not personally acquainted with the said Mr.
RAYMOND MENASHIH JOSEPH as he has been a resident in Shanghai,
but from the statements made and declared by the said Mr. Raymond
Menashin Joseph at His Britannic Majesty's Consulate-General at
Shanghai, and from the declarations referred to above, all of which
are made by well-known and respected residents of the Colony who
I am satisfied are fit and proper persons to make such declara-
-tions, I am satisfied as to his character and recommend that
this certificate should be granted.
Aansteven
Officer Administering the Government
Government House,
Hongkong, 2nd. October, 1918.