CO129-292 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [6-8] — Page 631

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C O P

No.104.

Enclosure 2.

419

I

05027

Face Fee 18 SEP

Her Majesty's Consulate

Canton, July 24, 1899.

628

Off

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your despatch of the 19th instant enclosing copy of a petition signed by certain Anglo-Chinese on the subject of their right to British protection in China, and asking if I can point out any reasons against the grant of the prayer in the petition.

As explaining the position taken up on this question by Consular Officers in China, I quote from the "Instructions to Her Majesty's Consular Officers in China and Japan" by Sir Edmund Hornby, Kt, formerly Chief Justice of Her Majesty's Supreme Court, for China and Japan, edited and revised in 1885 by Sir Richard Rennie, Kt, the then Chief Justice of the Court.

The quotation runs thus:-

"All persons of Chinese race born in a British possession, are in strictness, according to English law, British subjects; but, as against the Authorities of China,

The Honourable

The Colonial Secretary.

Hung-Hong

children

...

さばなり

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C O P No.104. Enclosure 2. 419 I 05027 Face Fee 18 SEP Her Majesty's Consulate Canton, July 24, 1899. 628 Off Sir, I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your despatch of the 19th instant enclosing copy of a petition signed by certain Anglo-Chinese on the subject of their right to British protection in China, and asking if I can point out any reasons against the grant of the prayer in the petition. As explaining the position taken up on this question by Consular Officers in China, I quote from the "Instructions to Her Majesty's Consular Officers in China and Japan" by Sir Edmund Hornby, Kt, formerly Chief Justice of Her Majesty's Supreme Court, for China and Japan, edited and revised in 1885 by Sir Richard Rennie, Kt, the then Chief Justice of the Court. The quotation runs thus:- "All persons of Chinese race born in a British possession, are in strictness, according to English law, British subjects; but, as against the Authorities of China, The Honourable The Colonial Secretary. Hung-Hong children ... さばなり
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1 C O P No.104. Enclosure 2. 419 I 05027 Face Fee 18 SEP Her Majesty's Consulate Canton, July 24, 1899. 628 Off sir, I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your despatch of the 19th instant enclosing copy of a petition signed by certain Anglo-Chinese on the subject of their right to British protection in China, and asking if I can point out any reasons against the grant of the prayer in the petition. As explaining the position taken up on this question by Consular Officers in China, I quote fromthe "Instructions to Her Majesty's ConsularOfficers in China and Japan" by Sir Edmund Hornby, Kt, formerly Chief Justice of Her Majesty's Supreme Court, for China and Japan, edited and revised in 1885 by Sir Richard Rernie,Kt, the then Chief Justice of the Court. The quotation runs thus:- "All persons of Chinese race born in a British possession, are in strictness, according to English law, British subjects; but, as against the Authorities of China, The Honourable The Colonial Secretary. Hung-Hong children さばなり
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C O P

No.104.

Enclosure 2.

419

I

05027

Face Fee 18 SEP

Her Majesty's Consulate

Canton, July 24, 1899.

628

Off

sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of

your despatch of the 19th instant enclosing copy of a petition

signed by certain Anglo-Chinese on the subject of their right

to British protection in China, and asking if I can point out

any reasons against the grant of the prayer in the petition.

As explaining the position taken up on this

question by Consular Officers in China, I quote fromthe

"Instructions to Her Majesty's ConsularOfficers in China and

Japan" by Sir Edmund Hornby, Kt, formerly Chief Justice of Her

Majesty's Supreme Court, for China and Japan, edited and revised

in 1885 by Sir Richard Rernie,Kt, the then Chief Justice of

the Court.

The quotation runs thus:-

"All persons of Chinese race born in a British

possession, are in strictness, according to English law,

British subjects; but, as against the Authorities of China,

The Honourable

The Colonial Secretary.

Hung-Hong

children

さばなり

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