AUDLEY GOSLING, Her Britannic Majesty’s Consul-General to british subjects, November 30, 1880

notice to british subjects.

The undersigned, Her Britannic Majesty’s consul-general for Hungary, desires to draw the attention of British subjects resident in Hungary and the territories belonging thereto to paragraph 48 of Law L of December 24, 1879, which prescribes that—

“Whosoever shall have resided in Hungary, or the territories belonging thereto, at the time the present law came into force, (namely, the 24th of December, 1879,) for a period of at least five consecutive years, although at different places, and whose name has been entered in the register of tax-payers in any parish within the said dominions, shall be deemed to be a Hungarian subject, unless he shall prove within one year from the date above referred to (the 24th of December, 1879) to the magistrate of the place in which he resides, that he has retained his foreign nationality.”

Under these circumstances, and in order to obviate difficulties which might arise to subjects of Her Britannic Majesty in establishing their nationality, the undersigned suggests the advisability of British subjects resident in Hungary having their names entered in a register kept for that purpose at Her Britannic Majesty’s consulate-general at Buda-Pesth.