CO129-055 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [3-5] — Page 17

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Crown Colony Secretary's reference to the Attorney General, and this officer's legal opinion on the subject.

I have already, as Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary in China, brought the acts of the Victoria Legislature to the notice of the Earl of Clarendon, and since its operation has now come before the Governor of this Colony, I think it right to call your attention to the apparent fact that the Colonial Legislature have interfered with a Sovereign Treaty, and that this interference may seriously embarrass our negotiations with the Chinese authorities, when the time for such negotiations shall have arrived.

Nor is this all; under the Interpretation clause of the Colonial Act, an invasion of the rights of certain British Subjects is sanctioned, and those born in a British Colony of Chinese parents who have become naturalized by special enactment or otherwise, are debarred, except under penalty, from enjoying those privileges to which they are lawfully entitled.

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14 Crown Colony Secretary's reference to the Attorney General, and this officer's legal opinion on the subject. I have already, as Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary in China, brought the acts of the Victoria Legislature to the notice of the Earl of Clarendon, and since its operation has now come before the Governor of this Colony, I think it right to call your attention to the apparent fact that the Colonial Legislature have interfered with a Sovereign Treaty, and that this interference may seriously embarrass our negotiations with the Chinese authorities, when the time for such negotiations shall have arrived. Nor is this all; under the Interpretation clause of the Colonial Act, an invasion of the rights of certain British Subjects is sanctioned, and those born in a British Colony of Chinese parents who have become naturalized by special enactment or otherwise, are debarred, except under penalty, from enjoying those privileges to which they are lawfully entitled.

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Crionini sicretary's reference to the Attorney General, and this officer's legal opinion on the subject.

ماساة

the Glonial

forward Secutary's rerly to the runigration

fficer

I have already, as Her Majesty's Plenipotenting in China, brought the acts of the Victoria Leqiciature to this notice of the Earl of (Garcnden,

and since its operation has now

sue as

come before Governor of I this Erlony, I think it right to

call

your

attention to the apparent

fret that the Polonial Legislature. have interfered with a

Sovereign

Treaty, and that this interference

may seriously embarran our negotiations with the Chinese authorities, when the time for such negotiations shall have

arrived.

Nor is this all; under the

Interrrctation clance of the Colonial

üct

an invasion

invasion is canetionel

of the rights of certain Mitich Subjects, and those born in i British Colony of Chincu barents who have becomic naturalized by special ruactment or otherwise, are debarred cxcept under renalty from enjoying those privileges to which they lawfully entitled...

are

ran

جھے

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