DIEU C
HONGKONG ,
ANNO NONO
VICTORIÆ REGINÆ.
No. 10 of 1845 .
Y His Excellency Sir JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS , Baronet, Governor
B and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its
Dependencies, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superinten-
dent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of
the Legislative Council of Hongkong.
An Ordinance for the Naturalization of Aliens within the Colony Title.
of Hongkong and its Dependencies.
[1st October, 1845. ]
WHEREAS certain Aliens, Merchants and others, have hitherto Preamble.
become Residents within the said Colony of Hongkong ; and whereas
it is probable that other Aliens may hereafter settle therein for the
purposes of Trade and to the Advantage of the Colony, and it appears
fitting and desirable to aid and encourage such Persons ; and whereas
also, some of the said Persons have applied to the said Governor that
they should be Naturalized :
I. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by his Excellency the Power to the Gover-
Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council nor
grantofLetters
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of Na-
thereof, to encourage the settling of Aliens, and for the Aid and turalization in certain
Assistance of those already settled , That it shall and may be lawful Cases, thethereby
conferred Privileges
be-
to and for the Governor of the said Colony, and his Successors from ing limited to the said
Time to Time, and in all Cases where he or they may deem it Colony.
expedient, to grant Letters of Naturalization under the Seal of the
Colony, to any Person or Persons being already settled, or who shall
come to reside and settle therein, and that they respectively, having
first duly taken and subscribed the Oath of Allegiance before a Magis-
trate of the said Colony, shall, under and by virtue of the said Letters,
be to all Intents and Purposes fully and completely naturalized :
Provided always, that Letters of Naturalization shall not be granted
by the Governor under the Provisions of this Ordinance to any
Person who shall not, at the Time of the same being granted, be
registered