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Her Majesty's Government and the Chinese Government regarding the British Protection to be afforded to Anglo-

Chinese in China, which

formed the subject of the

• printed correspondence : enclosed in the Confidential despatch of the 23rd of December, 1886, signed

on

behalf of the Secretary of State by Mr Wingfield.

view of

of the

rapidly increasing number

of

22732 Prats

of Anglo-Chinese resident in

Colony,

and the frequent

this Co

applications made by them to this Government for

certificates, varying according to the status of the applicant,

to enable them to claim-

British protection in China,

it would seem.

very

desirable that some clear

understanding

On-

the

subject should be arrived at with the Chinese

Government.