CO129-536-8 I.A. Levis- application for registration of children's births 1-10-1931 - 1-10-1931 — Page 12

In any further communication

on this subject, please quote

No. T 13126/13126/378

and address--

not to any person by name,

but to-

The Under-Secretary of State,''

Foreign Office,

London, S.W.1.

FOREIGN OFFICE.

S.W.1.

28th October, 1931.

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Sir,

I am directed by the Marquess of Reading to transmit

to you herewith a copy of a despatch from His Majesty's Consul-

General at Shanghai relative to an application which has been

received from Mr. I.A. Levis, a resident of Shanghai, for the

registration at the Consulate-General of the births of his

seven daughters born in Shanghai. The statutory declaration

and the marriage certificate referred to in the despatch are

enclosed in original, and I am to request that you will be good

enough to return them to this Department in due course.

Subject to the point mentioned in the following

2.

paragraph, Lord Reading proposes to authorise registration of

the births provided that His Majesty's Consul-General is satis-

fied that Mr. Levis was born in the Aden Settlement (as distinct

from the Protectorate) or in some other way possesses British

nationality.

3. It will be observed, however, that Mr. Levis was

married in Hong Kong in accordance with Jewish rites, and before

replying to Mr. Consul-General Brenan in the above sense

Lord Reading would be glad to be informed whether the Jewish

ceremony is a form of marriage which is recognised as valid

in Hong Kong.

to for @ 3

Ausi

The Under-Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

I am,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

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