DESPATCHES EROM THE SECRETARY OE STATE

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Natuealization Acts, 1870. Declaration of Alienage by a Person who is by origin a British Subject. I, A.8., of , having been born out of Her Britannic Majesty's Dominions of a father being a British subject, do hereby renounce my nationality as a British subject. (Signed) A.B. Made and subscribed this day of , 18 , before me, (Signed) G-.H. Justice of the Peace. [or other official title.]

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Natttbalization Acts, 1870. Declaration of British Nationality. I, A.8., of being a natural-born subject of Her Britannic Majesty, and having voluntarily become naturalized as a subject [or citizen] of CD., on the of ,18 , do hereby renounce such naturalization, and declare that it is my desire to be considered and treated as a British subject. (Signed) A.B. Made and subscribed this day of ,18 , before me, (Signed) E.F. Justice of the Peace [or other official title]. Note.— The Act of Parliament under which this declaration is made provides that the declarant " shall not, when within the limits of the foreign State in which he has been naturalized, be deemed to " be a British subject, unless he has ceased to be a subject of that State in pursuance of the laws " thereof, or in pursuance of a treaty to that effect."

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ll.—The forms of Certificates granted in pursuance of the said Acts shall be respectively as follow: — Naturalization Acts, 1870. Certificate of Naturalization to an Alien. Secretary of State's Office, Whitehall. Whereas A.8., an alien, now residing at , has presented to me, the Eight Honorable E.F., one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, a memorial, praying for a certificate of naturalization, and alleging that he is [Particulars according to the "Instructions"'], and that in the period of eight years preceding his application he has resided for five years within the United Kingdom [or has been for five years in the service of the Crown] as , and intends, when naturalized, to reside in the United Kingdom [or to serve under the Crown] ; and whereas I have inquired into the circumstances of the case, and have received such evidence as I have deemed necessary for proving the truth of the . allegations contained in such memorial : Now, in pursuance of the authority given to me by the said Acts, I grant to the aforesaid A.B. this certificate, and declare that he is hereby naturalized as a British subject, and that, upon taking the oath of allegiance, he shall in the United Kingdom be entitled to all political and other rights, powers, and privileges, and be subject to all obligations, to which a natural-born British subject is entitled or subject in the United Kingdom; with this qualification, that he shall not, when within the limits of the foreign State of which he was a subject, be deemed to be a British subject, unless he has ceased to be a subject [or citizen] of that State in pursuance of the laws thereof, or in pursuance of a treaty to that effect. In witness whereof I have hereto subscribed my name this day of , 18 . (Signed) B.F. NaTTTEAUZATIOIC ACTS, 1870. Certificate of Naturalization under the Acts of 1870 to an Alien naturalized under the Act of 1844. Secretary of State's Office, Whitehall. Whereas A.8., an alien, now residing at , has presented to me, the Eight Honorable E.3T., one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, a memorial, praying for a certificate of naturalization under the Naturalization Acts, 1870, and alleging that he was naturalized in the United Kingdom in pursuance of the Act 7 and 8 Viet. c. 66, on the day of ,18 , that he was originally a subject of , and that in the period of eight years preceding his application he has resided for five years within the United Kingdom [or has been for five years in the service of the Crown as ], and intends, if he receives the certificate of naturalization for which he prays, to reside in the United Kingdom [or to serve under the Crown] ; and whereas I have inquired into the circumstances of the case, and have received such evidence as I have deemed necessary for proving the truth of the allegations contained in such memorial: Now, in pursuance of the authority given to me by " The Naturalization Acts, 1870," I grant the aforesaid A.B. this certificate, and declare that he is hereby naturalized as a British subject, and that, upon taking the oath of allegiance, he shall in the United Kingdom be entitled to all political and other rights, powers, and privileges, and subject to all obligations, to which a natural-born British subject is entitled or subject in the United Kingdom ; with this qualification, that he shall not, when within the limits of the foreign State of which he was a natural-born subject [or citizen], be deemed to be a British subject, unless he has ceased to be a subject [or citizen] of that State in pursuance of the laws thereof, or in pursuance of a treaty to that effect. In witness whereof I have hereto subscribed my name this day of , 18 . (Signed) B.F.