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REGE 21 AUG 19

& Memorandum by the Acty. Chief Justice,

Your Excellency,

A British Subject is one who owes permanent allegiance

to the Crown as distinguished from an alien owing only temporary

allegiance while within the British dominions. British Subjects

are either natural born or naturalised British Subjects. It

seems clear that Chinese, born in the new territory, after that

territory became a part of this Colony, would be natural born

British Subjects. But a consideration of the 4 Forms of British

Subject Certificate granted to Anglo Chinese, approved by Lord

Salisbury (See Despatch of Secretary of State to the Governor

27th. June 1898) shows care must be exercised in granting them.

(1) Form A 100 (2) Form A 100 (a) (3) Form A 100 (b)

and (4) Form A 100 (c), specify that the person to whom the

Certificate is granted is a British Subject, born in the Colony,

but each Form, respectively, specifies the Status of the parents,

e. g. (1) of Chinese parents, his father having been previously

naturalized..

(2) of parents of Chinese origin who were themselves

British Subjects having been both likewise born in this Colony.

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