CO129-529-6 Miscellaneous 24-6-1931 - 31-12-1931 — Page 32

Two enclosures,

Buber 49.

(and two copies)

British Consulate-General,

Shanghai.

20th. July 1931.

sir.

I have the honour to report that I have

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Statutory Declar-

ation by Mrs. Yadar. received from Mrs. Sarah 'mdar, a British subject

Statutory Declar-

ation by four witnesses to

marriage.

registered at this Consulate-General, an application

for the registration of the births of her eight

children

George, bern 26th. April, 1896 at Shanghai

Charles, born 9th. April, 1901

trick, born 17th, rah, 1903

May.

born 22nd. May, 1904

Thomas, born 21st. May 1906

Dorathy, barn 10th. August,1907

Harry, born 9th. December,1909

Evelyn, born 18th. February, 1913

The applicant states that her husband neglected

to register these births, and advances this reason for not registering the births within the prescribed period of seven years,

2. I enal.ose herewith a Statutory Declaration by Mrs. Madar, setting forth the grounds on which the children's claim to British ratiomlity is based. 3. With regard to the proof of the marriage of the parents, I have the honour to venture the following observationsi The Hongkong Marriage Ordinance (.7) of 1875 provided for the regis- tration of marriages celebrated in Hongkong, but

His majesty's Principal Secretary of

State for Foreign Affairs,

Foreign of fios,

Landon,

My