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    {
        "id": 344611,
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        "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案",
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        "document_key": "CO129-248 - Public Offices & Others - 1890",
        "page_number": 609,
        "title": "CO129-248 - Public Offices & Others - 1890",
        "content_text": "VB & L(x)--573-3000-10-89\n\nOffice or Individual.\n\nChequer Edubrugh\n\nDate.\n\nStong tong\n\nNo. 3985\n\n(Subject.)\n\n605 DOMESTIC.\n\n•\n\nREC?\n\nC. O.\n\n3985\n\nREGE 3 MADO\n\nEstate of Police Constable Parker\n\n1890\n\n287\n\nLast previous Paper.\n\n5\n\nCopy\n\nAgents inf\n\n66934\n\nmr\n\nSinds Memo tack's what are views & practice of C.O in Similar cases of illegitimacy\n\nBramstons.\n\n(Minutes.)\n\nPlated (Intestate's estate/437)\n\nin General Defel.\n\nMID 19.4.90\n\nMe Scotch Exchequer is ignorant (1) of the Act 15&16 Vic. c. 39, (2) Treasury Minute of 20 April 1857 interpreting it, (3) which is referred to & confirmed by Treasury minute of 21 May 1866, (4) which was sent out in Circular of 6 June 1866, (5) and was model legislation given Circular of 25 Jan 1867.\n\nIn no reply from Hong Kong can be traced, but (6) Order 7 of 1885 provides for disposal of Intestate Estates for which no heirs can be found.\n\nThe next subsequent Paper.\n\n>",
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        "id": 344612,
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        "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案",
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        "page_number": 610,
        "title": "CO129-248 - Public Offices & Others - 1890",
        "content_text": "uterine relations in this \n\nin case, should, I suggest, be given the amount. \n\nBut perhaps the simplest course would be to inform the Scotch Exchequer of the document mentioned above, & ask them to be good enough to do, on behalf of the Hong Kong Govt, what they would do in a Scotch case, remitting any balance to the Crown Agents? \n\nSome Colonies (e.g. \n\n& probably all \"Roman-Dutch\" or \"French Colonies) \n\nSee Ear 15008 \n\nto give illegitimate relations legal rights of inheritance \n\nif \n\nbut \n\ndoes \n\nnot, it seems unnecessary \n\nto incur the delay of referring the matter to the Governor. \n\nSw. 2/3 \n\nOne policy is to find back the bequests \n\nto the illegitimate relations. In England I am not sure \n\nwhat deduction is allowed, it is 10 to 20 per cent. \n\nI am not to assume that Sir Edward Haking \n\nwishes to adopt any \n\npolicy \n\nwhich \n\nhas been adopted. \n\nIn the Crown Colonies generally; and \n\nDefer to 15416 Vin c. 397 British office letter - \n\nthe names \n\nhave been sent to the Colonial \n\ntill \n\nin Hong Kong, \n\na report touches the case, passion is made for denying within \n\nhat it is a repayment of it less 10 per \n\nIf an allowance for Administration is \n\nto be made to the relations, \n\nwith the \n\nCrown Solicitor's advice to \n\nand quote them to do this and \n\nthan this done on \n\ntheir behalf, refunding the deduction",
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