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UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE, HOME OFFICE,

LONDON, SW 1.

e the following number quoted;—

407,672.

41552

HEAD

Brc 23 AUG 201

HOME OFFICE,

WHITEHALL.

21st August, 1920.

sir.

1/20.

With reference to your letter of the 30th ultimo

transmitting copies of a despatch and enclosures from the

Governor of Hong Kong relative to the difficulty in obtaining

permission for a Chinese servant to land in England, I am

directed by Mr Secretary Shortt to say for the information

of Becretary Viscount Milner that he is not aware that any

difficulty has arisen in the past in accepting certificates issued by the Colonial Secretary in Hong Kong. I am to

point out, however, that a certificate in the form attached

to the Governor's letter is not a document of nationality

as required by Article 15(1) of the Aliens Order, 1920, and

that in order to meet the requirements of that Article, the

nationality of the holder should be stated on the certificate

It is also desirable that the certificate should be s0

worded/

Under Secretary of State,

COLONIAL OFFICE.