The system of registration & Naturalization will be both less and more than has been asked for.
It is for the F.O to decide whether and to what extent the labours of the Consular Authorities in China are to be increased, and whether Naturalization Certificates would not be procured by Chinese who would use them as against the Colony, despite rigorous punishments awarded by the Chinese Courts of Law.
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But what Hong Kong wishes is that a person committing a crime in the Colony and escaping to the Mainland shall, on proof of guilt, be returned to the Colonial Authorities for trial and punishment. The fact that the Chinese are not adhering to their reading of the XVI Article should be recognized...
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