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4. Your Memorialist's parents poun wied during the early
infancy of your Memorialist who was brought up by an orphan
Home at Cedar Rapids aforesaid, Your Petitioner nas no
record and is therefore unable to give any particulars as
to his parents.
5. Your Memorialist has resided within nis Britamic
Majesty's Dominions at the Colony of Hong Kong aforesaid
since une 19th day of February 1916 in the manner and to
the extent in the next paragraph of this Memorial mentialed.
Your Memorialist nas regularly pursued his occupation
as an officer on board one or other of the Steamships owned
by Messieurs Douglas Lapraik and company which necessitates
perious of absence from the said Colony.
6.
With the exception of one voyage to Mesopotamia and one
to Vladivostock these perious of absence nave been from nine
to ten days.
The intervals between these voyages have been from
three to four days ana in suan intervals your petitioner has
always returned to nis nome at No.30 Praya East.
7. Your Memorialist is possessed of such a knowledge of
the English language as enables him to speak read and write
it fluently. In the event of this Memorial being granted,
your Memorialist intends to reside in His Britamic Majesty's
Dominions at Hong Kong aforesaid.
Dated this
AND Your Memorialist will ever pray
etc., etc.
nd way of December 1922.
22nd
Walter Buthur Ervin
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