BRITILE CONSULATE,
TAKSUI, Julý 6th, 1923.
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With reference to the question of the nationality of Kain descendants in Formosa of Yeap Thean Lye, a British feet of Chinese reos, the Foreign Office morandum (1)
April, 1920, cony of which was forwarded in Sir 0.Mist': patch Re. 20, of Enteber 31st 1922, raiced the question e 5) of the rarriage law or custom which has been in
ree in Powder since the latter became part of Japan,
I accordingly remuested information from the Emesan Government as to the practice followed by them in gard to the recognition of marringas by Zomosane and jouired na to the moet sonne of Ordinancé Fo.93, of 1905. Mar which machinery was orested for the civil registrațion
such MarriANODEL
!Aa veneæde Jannnese, the law of Japan
in forme under which registration in due form is essential a marriɛg de to have legal validity.) I have the honour onglase translation of a degantch received from the
[rector-gineml of the Promennon government, from whính it
112 be seen. that the mlidity of a Formosan marriage
bends in no way upon registration, but reats to all intents #4 PLIN2803 wholly on the orsi testimony of the alleged
ticipants.
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The sole means of establishing the validity of the
Bir of the descendants of Yeap Thoan liye to British
tionality would accordingly be to investigate the verbal
stimony of the parties to certain alleged marriages in
scdo rdan se
fret, Enqre,,
★M, Chargé d'Affaires,