514 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH NOVEMBER, 1871.
In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed there- to their respective seals.
Done at London, the thirteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy.
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Inclosure 3.
Order in Council.
CLARENDON.
JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY.
At the Court at Windsor, the 17th day of August, 1870.
Present,
THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
Whereas by "The Naturalization Act, 1870," it is enacted that, where Her Majesty has entered into a Convention with any foreign State, to the effect that the subjects or citizens of that State who have been naturalized as British subjects may divest themselves of their status as such subjects, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by Order in Council, to declare that such Convention has been entered into by Her Majesty; and from and after the date of such Order in Council, any person being originally a subject or citizen of the State rcferred to in such Order, who has been naturalized as a British subject, may, within such limit of time as may be provided in the Convention, make a declaration of alienage; and from and after the date of his so making such declaration, such persor shali be regarded as an alien, and as a subject of the State to which he originally belonged as aforesaid. And whereas, on or about the thirteenth day of May last past, a Convention between Her Majesty and the President of the United States of America was duly signed at London, the ratifications whereof were duly exchanged at London the tenth day of August instant, whereby the subjects or citizens of the United States of America who have been naturalized as British subjects are at liberty to renounce their naturalization, and divest themselves of their status as such British subjects, provided that such renunciation be publicly declared within two years after the exchange of the ratifications of the said Convention. Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, doth hereby declare that Her Majesty has entered into a Convention with the said United States of America, to the effect that the subjects or citizens of those States who have been naturalized as British subjects may divest themselves of their status as such subjects.
Inclosure 4.
Section 3 of 33 Vict., cap. 14.
3. Where Her Majesty has entered into a Convention with any foreign State to the effect that the subjects or citizens of that State who have been naturalized as British subjects may divest themselves of their status as such subjects, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by Order in Council, to declare that such Convention has been entered into by Her Majesty; and from and after the date of such Order in Council, any person being originally a subject or citizen of the State referred to in such Order, who has been naturalized as a British subject, may within such limit of time as may be provided in the Convention, make a declaration of alienage, and from and after the date of his so making such declara- tion such person shall be regarded as an alien, and as a subject of the State to which he originally belonged as aforesaid.
A declaration of alienage may be made as follows; that is to say,-If the declarant be in the United Kingdom in the presence of any Justice of the Peace; if elsewhere in Her Majesty's dominions in the presence of any Judge of any Court of civil or criminal jurisdiction, of any Justice of the Peace, or of any other Officer for the time being authorized by law in the place in which the declarant is to administer an oath for any judicial or other legal purpose. If out of Her Majesty's dominions, in the presence of any officer in the Diplomatic or Consular Service of Her Majesty.
Convention between Her Majesty and the United States of America relative to Naturalization—Signed at
London, May 13, 1870, (Ratifications exchanged at London, August 10, 1870.)
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the President of the United States of America, being desirous to regulate the citizenship of British subjects who have emigrated or who may emigrate from the British dominions to the United States of America. an of citizens of the United States of America who have emigrated or who may emigrate from the United Statets of America to the British dominions, have resolved to conclude a Convention for that purpos and have named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Hono able George William Frederick, Earl of Clarendon, Baron Hyde of Hindon, a Peer of the Unite! Kingdom, a Member of Iler Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, lie Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs;
And the President of the United States of America, Jolm Lothrop Motley, Esquire, Enver Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Her Britannic Majest:: Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found to be in gen and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles:-
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