CO129-271 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1896 [1-4] — Page 259

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and persons of European des. cent, and, if the latter, what sinterpretation should be ~ placed upon the word "des-

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"cent."

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

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Your most Obedient!

Humble Servant,

Withnaine Robingsy.

Minute by Mr.Goodman.

Hon. Colonial Secretary.

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My personal views are contained in my memo

of 16th. July, 1895, in C.0.D.131 of 1895. But,of course,I

shall be happy to revise the ordinance on the lines speci-

fied in C.0. D. 224, Do you see any necessity on reading

through the Ordinance to do more than add to section 39

(Ordinance 14 of 1875 as amended by Ordinance 3 of 1895)

some such words as:-

"And also to marriages where neither of the

parties professes the Christian religion but one or both

of such parties is or are of European descent. For the pur-

poses of this Ordinance a Jew shall be deemed to be of

European descent. "

Of course "European descent" is a somewhat

ambiguous term and I should be glad to know whether it is

to be confined to cases where the father or mother was born

in Europe or to apply to cases where a remote ancestor was

born in Europe either on the father's or mother's side.

Possibly it might be well to ask for instructions on that

head.

(Sd.) W. M. Goodman.

22.10.95.