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THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE,

HOME OFFICE,

LONDON, S.W., 1.

and the following number quoted:----

288570/22

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HOME OFFICE,

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REA 317

WHITEHALL.

30th March, 1917.

I am directed by Secretary Sir George Cave to

say that he wishes to bring the following case to the

netice of 'Mr. Secretary Leng with a view to such enquiries as may be possible in the matter being made in Hong Kong.

On the 19th July last a Deportation Order was

made under Article 12 of the Aliens Restriction (Consolida-

tien) Order, 1916, against Won Tip, a Chinaman residing at Liverpool, who had been engaged with a number of other

Chinamen in opium muggling, and the Liverpool Pelice were

instructed to take the necessary steps to enforce the

Order by sending Wen Tip to China. The deportation had,

however, to be suspended, as an application was made to

the High Court for a writ of Habeas Corpus on the ground

that Won Tip was a British subject in virtue of birth at

Hong Kong. On the hearing of the application on the 5th

September last, the Divisional Court granted an adjourment

of four months in order to enable Won Tip to obtain

evidence of his birth in Hong Kong; when the case came

on again in January, a number of statutory declarations and affidavits by Chinamen and there as to his birth in Hong Kong were produced, and, in view of this evidence and the

decision of the Divisional Court in the case of Derais

alias the Duke of Chateau-Thierry, which had not at that date been over-ruled by the Court of Appeal (see "Times'

The Under-Secretary of State,

repert

Colonial Office.