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Tenure of Land by Aliens in Fanning Island and Washington Island Regulation 1908

GREAT BRITAIN (Pacific Islands)

PACIFIC ISLANDS.
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REGULATION respecting the Tenure of Land by Aliens in Fanning Island and Washington Island. July 18, 1908.

[No.2 of 1908]

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In the name of His Majesty King Edward VII, &c., &c.

King's Regulation relating to the Proprietorship of Fanning
Island and Washington Island.

(L.S.) EVERARD IM THURN

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No alien may inherit, or otherwise take by representation, or acquire, or hold, any estate or interest whatsoever in the lands of those islands of the Western Pacific Ocean respectively known as Fanning Island and Washington Island, except with the consent in writing of His Britannic Majesty's High Commissioner for the Western Pacific previously had and obtained.

2. The provisions of this Regulation shall not prejudice or vary the proprietorship of said islands existing at the date of the coming into operation thereof, nor prejudice or affect any Treaty rights or obligations acquired or incurred by His Majesty.

Published and exhibited in the office of the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, this 18th day of July, 1908

By command,

R.S.D. RANKINE
Acting Secretary, Western Pacific High Commission.

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