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The
Hague, September 14,
1868.
No. 280.]
My Lord: With reference to your
lordship’s dispatch circular No. 43, of the 11th ultimo,
instructing me to furnish a report, for the information of the
naturalization commission, on the state of the Netherlands law
with regard to the nationality of children born of alien parents
within the Netherlands dominions, I have the honor herewith to
transmit to your lordship copy of a note, dated the 3d instant,
from the Netherlands minister of foreign affairs, supplying
information on the subject.
I have, &c.,
The Lord Stanley, M. P., &c.
The Hague, September 3,
1868.
Mr. Minister: By your note of 17th
August last you were so good as to request information from
me respecting the nationality of children born of foreign
parents on the territory of the kingdom. I have the honor to
inform you that a distinction should be made between entire
nationality, extending to the exercise of civil and
political rights, and partial nationality, comprising only
the enjoyment of civil rights.
Entire nationality is acquired by children born of foreign
parents—
- 1.
- When they are born, either within the kingdom or
abroad, of parents settled in the kingdom in
Europe.
- Article 3 determines the conditions of the
settlement.
- 2.
- When they are born in the kingdom in Europe of
parents who are not settled there, and the year
after having reached the age of twenty-three, by
authority of their place of birth, declare their
intention to continue to reside there.
The children of parents born abroad enjoy only partial
nationality.
- 1.
- Those who are born, either on the territory of the
Netherlands or in a foreign country, of parents settled
in the kingdom or its colonies.
- 2.
- Those who are born in the kingdom in Europe of parents
who were not settled there when they themselves
settled.
Hoping that the foregoing will be sufficient for the end
which the commission of naturalization has in view,
I take this occasion, &c.,
