CO129-510-9 George Ludwig Rode- naturalisation 1-3-1928 - 4-6-1928 — Page 16

To

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No. F-10/3728-Public.

Government of India,

HOME DEPARTMENT.

His Majesty's Under Secretary of State for India,

London.

New Delhi, the 1st March, 1928.

Subject: Application from Mr. Georg Ludvig Rode for a

certificate of na turali sation.

Sir,

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I am directed to forward, for the information of

the Secretary of State, a copy of the papers noted in the

margin, relating to the application of one Georg Ludvig Rode,

a Norwegian subject by

Letter from the Government of Bombay,

No.S.55/109-A, aated the 11th January 1928, and enclosures.

birth, for the grant of a

certificate of naturalization under the British Nationality

and Status of Aliens Act, 1914. It will be seen from Mr. Rode's

application that he has been serving as an Engineer on board

British steamers and steamers owned by British subjects for

the last twenty five years and that he has resided in British

India during the last three years whenever he was not on

service at sea. His residence on shore within His Majesty's

dominions does not however amount to the necessary aggregate

of four years within the 8 years preceding the application,

nor has he resided on shore either within the United Kingdom

or within British India for the year immediately preceding

the application. He is therefore not qualified to receive

acertificate of naturalisation either under section 2 or

under section 8 of the British Nationality & Status of Aliens

Act, 1914, unless periods of service on board a British ship

can/