CO129-486 - Public Offices - 1924 — Page 288

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I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of

our Excellency's note to the following effect:-

"It has been agreed that in the event of Chinese

ho have assumed Dutch nationality being desirous, on their

return to China, of retaining the same, they should within

bhree months of their return report to a Dutch Consul, and

that if they propose to make a prolonged stay in China they

should during the first three months of each solar year again

report to a Dutch Consul; persons who fail to take these steps

being considered as having lost their Dutch nationality.

"I fear, however, that Chinese who may be of Dutch

nationality owing to their compliance with the steps above

laid down may for their own advantage pretend to the general

public to be of Chinese nationality, thus being at one time

Chinese, at another time Dutch. Such action is most

improper. Again it is impossible that an individual without

any intentional pretence on his part but simply in ignorance

of his nationality may also give rise to mistakes. This also

is an improper state of affairs, and steps should be taken

to guard against it.

"In my opinion these evils will be sufficiently

guarded against if organs of Chinese administration are made

aware of the names of persons registered at Dutch Consulates

in China; for the organs in question will then know that they

should treat persons so registered as Dutch subjects.

"For

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