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osure No. 1 in Tokyo No. 58 Treaty, October 22nd, 1918.

Copy of despatch from Hongkong Government, Oct. 4th, 1918.

sir,

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I have the honour to forward the enclosed copy of a

letter addressed to this Government by the Consul-General

for Japan, and to request that you will be so good as to inform me of the arrangements made with regard to the placing of a visa on passports by a British Military

Inspector in Yokohama.

2. Mr. Suzuki has correctly stated this

Government's policy as regards Japanese.

I have etc.,

(Sd) Claud Severn.

Officer Administering the

Government.

Enclosure in above.

sir,

I have the honour to inform you that I am in

receipt of a telegram stating that all Japanese subjects desiring to enter or pass through any British Colony should be provided with a passport visaed by the British Military Inspector stationed in Yokohama in addition to the usual visa made by the British Consuler

Officer.

I understand from your communication to my

predecessor under date of July 14th, 1915 that the policy

adopted by the Colonial Government under the Travellers

Restriction Ordinance, 1915, and Government Notifica-

tion No. 310 of 1915 has been such as not to require of the Japanese subjects who enter this Colony to produce a passport or a certificate of a Nationality and also, if the Examining Authorities are satisfied as to their

Nationality, not to put any questions and enquiries to

them.

I should esteem it a favour if you would kindly in-

form me whether I am correct in assuming that the above practice