CO129-383 - Public Offices - 1911 — Page 27

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Enclosure 3 in No. 3.

Sir F. May to Mr. Max Müller.

Sir,

Hong Kong, Augu WITH reference to Mr. Scott's letter of the 11th instant, I hav to point out that the Government did not request Ilis Majesty's cons Hankow to assume jurisdiction over Ho Pak-ki. Mr. Fraser telegrap whether the person in question was entitled to British protection. As a British subject, having been born in the colony on the 17th Novemb answer in the affirmative was sent. This Government had, of course, i whether Ho Pak-ki had complied with the formalities necessary for pi British subject in China, and, failing those formalities, it had no desire t should be extended to Ho Pak-ki.

Sir,

I enclose copy of a letter addressed to Mr. Fraser on the subject.

I have, &c.

F. H. MAY, Cfficer Administering the

Enclosure 4 in No. 3.

Sir F. May to Consul-General Fraser.

Hong Kong, duy

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 1 and to thank you for the action taken to [sic] Ho Pak-ki's case. Nod has been received from him on the subject of a British-born-subject ce shall be obliged if you will warn him that if he desires your protection in must obtain such certificate and register himself. Perhaps you could i engineering students who claim to have been born in the colony in t The fact that such certificates are necessary for Anglo-Chinese going this colony is well known, judging from the number of applicatio certificates, and the recipients are invariably warned that they must nearest British consulate on arrival in China.

I have, &c.

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