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Certificate of Alienation insed by the Ministry of the 336 Interier, he would always be regarded by the Chinono ÖSTOTELENÍ As a Chinese sitisen.
On the 17th. instant I again addressed the Goumissi oner the subject (sspy sad translation enclosed) protesting aguimet his reflexions en Mr. Xing's bona fides, and reiterating the demand that Toap Seng Keon should be regarded To this communi en tion I have received as a British Bubject,
no reply.
In the mesatine, Tony Sang Toon himself, on being informed that this offies again recognised him as a British Subject, addressed to me a letter, sany of which form the third snalosure in this despatch, from which it apposen that he has bom Zined $100 by the Commissioner for Foreign Affairs for opening an hotel without a license and 1600 by the Police office for fraudulently claiming to be a British subject. The original official receipts for these finer are in my hands,
I have not so far olained repayment of those fines In the first plass, Mr. King by the local authorities.
has already reported that the "Tourist Hotel”, in respost of which the finon were levied, is a purely Chinese samadan and secondly I am quite starinsed that the Chinese officials would refuse to adult the claim » they could not de other- wise se long as they hold that Yeay Song Toen in a Chinese
aitinen.
Should you consider it advisable that I should
a formal demand for a refund of the fines which have been inflicted en Yeap Bang Keon, I have the honour to request that instructions in that sense may be given to me. however, respectfully to point out that the constant reiteration of demands in regard to the national status
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