CO129-090 - Public Offices & Others - 1862 — Page 91

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quil Visefin Ayout is carryian on the silk srade as importir and exporter fir

long number of years

That

That your petitioner interest into partner with the suich-Poseph a sefact for carryin; in the said trade between Great Britain and i hina at Hongkong in the British dependency Victoria and that in conseque thereef the sacil Poseph Oxford and the suid Pact Arnhold estableiture Alemu lo at Hing kong in the said colony of Weiter silkmachants under the firm of Rapi

your positioner is the maniging partner of

The said forms of Oxford 4: at thongkong in & sina and intenols fur. manently to pside under British, muis as the aforesaid business may requivi within the united Kingslom or at the afvresund dependency residing at Songson and that he intends further so, reside; there that to the scxid Poseph Oxford the Certificate of Naturalisation by Her My Frincipal Secretary of the Home depo ment was granted in conformity with Une aut passed in the session of partiem houden in the 7 and §.

5 year of the reign of Her Majesty. Queen Victoria entituted an tes to ument the Juues relating. Aliens

That

your numble petitioner not comin with the ances prevailing as to the noturni of forces nos resident at Hongkong applied: Her Majestys principal Secretary for the

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Home department for the grant of a vatificate of Naturalisation under the uforisuil st of Parliament pressed in The 7 and 8th year of Her Majesty decen victoria and that ne supported that uppication in conformity with the aforismil cest of Parliament by ich declarations of four housele Aders bern crites subjects vouching for the truck of the statements made and containe in his memorial for the said Pertiguish and I for his loyalty and respectability

your

humble pensioner uses, informe by Her Majestys principal Secretary for the Home department on the 24 of August 1862 that his application could, not be enter Amined by the Home departments and that this master was, within the province

of the Colonial department.

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That your petitioner is, not auure that this

any power within the local authorities of the said dependency of Victoris to grant letters of naturalisation

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"your humile positioner is ready and willing to subjert himself to British. and thereby to enjoy the rights and cafeen ities of a British subject, in order to have the

protection of Her Majestys Gevermosos at the bit belong in depending Victoria in & luna, and to avout those dificuition and disg nglyficetings which for cogners, may be subject

I not your petitioner respectfully begs mention that he has applied to the