HOME OFFICE,
WHITEHALL.
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Any communication
on the
subject of this letter should be
addressed to-
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE,
ALIENS DEPARTMENT,
HOME OFFICE,
LONDON, S.W.1.
RECEIVED
23rd December, 1937.
24 DEC 1937
L 6767.
and the following number quoted: ·
O. REGY
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Sir,
I am directed by Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare to refer to the Colonial Office letter (53528/43/37) of the 23rd June, 1937,
regarding the national status of Ahlow Lowing, a Chinese on whose
behalf Sir Eugene Ramsden, M.P., applied for a certificate of
naturalization, but who now may possibly be regarded as a Briti sh
subject.
Sir Samuel Hoare understands from the final paragraph of the
Colonial Office letter that to be regarded as a British subject, Lowing must show that, firstly, he was inhabiting the New Territory of Hong Kong at the time of the cession in 1898, and secondly, that
he was a Chinese subject before that date. It will be seen from
the first paragraph of the copy of Lowing's letter to the Department which was enclosed with the Home Office correspondence of the 11th June, that Lowing states that he was born in Kowloon Tong (which is situated in the new territory) in 1885, and that he came to England in 1910, and that he gives information on the locality and
on his step-father which may enable his statements to be verified
locally.
It has been a matter of some difficulty for Lowing to find persons in a position to confirm his statement in this country, but he has given the names of Chinamen in London who say that they
The Under Secretary of State,
COLONIAL OFFICE.
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