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H.M. Consul-General, Shanghai, to H.M. Minister, Peking.
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H.B.M. Consulate-General 68 G
SHANGHAI,
30th January, 1925.
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No. 17 (623/25)
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| Hankow. July 10, 1917.
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I have the honour to request your instruc- tions regarding an application for registration As a British subject by a person of Chinese race named Chen Hen-ming).
Mr. Chen is employed on the staff of the North China Daily News and is known to this Consulate-Veneral, having on several occasions came to see me on matters connected with the paper. He is a relative by marriage of Kang Yd-wei; has been given an appointment as
and adviser to the Bureau for Foreign Affairs, has always to my knowledge passed as a Chinese
subject.
When he made his application to the pass- port office for registration he was therefore referred to the Acting Consul for further
inquiry.
As proof of British nationality he produced a birth certificate issued at Sydney, New South ales, in the name of Walter Leslie Young, sone of Sam Ah Young, a gardener, and
He Ah Sam Hoo Chong, both born in Canton. explained that his father's real name was Chen Yang, but owing to the Western custome
ir Ronald Macleay,
K.C.M.G..
His Majesty's Minister,
PEKING.
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