THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH JUNE, 1892.
No. 11 or 1892.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to provide for the due performance of divine worship and other services in accordance with the rites of the Church of England at St. John's Cathedral Church at Victoria in this Colony and else- where, to incorporate a Church Body, to vest the said Cathedral in such Body and for other purposes in connection therewith.
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WILLIAM ROBINSON,
Governor.
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[28th May, 1892.]
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HEREAS St. John's Cathedral Church aforesaid was erected on Crown Land partly by means of private subscriptions and partly by means of Public moneys and has since been maintained and kept up and divine worship has been performed by the Colonial Chaplain for the time being in accordance with the provisions of Ordinances No. 2 of 1847 and No. 3 of 1850 and whereas the office of Colonial Chaplain has been abolished and it is expedient to provide for a continuance of the duc performance of divine worship and other services according to the rites of the Church of England. And whereas the said Cathedral Church is now vested or purported to be vested in trustees whereof two were elected by the seatholders in the said Cathedral Church and four were nominated and appointed by the Governor of the Colony. And whereas it is expe- dient to transfer the said Cathedral Church to a Church Body and for that purpose the persons whose names appear hereunder have been nominated the first members of such Body and it is expedient to constitute such persons a Cor- poration and otherwise to make provision in connectiou therewith. Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The St. John's Cathedral Church Ordinance, 1892.
2. Ordinances Nos. 2 of 1847 and 3 of 1850 are hereby repealed.
3. The Church Body shall consist of the Right Reverend JOHN SHAW BURDON, D.D., Bishop of the Church of England residing and officiating at Victoria in Hongkong, and the Reverend CHRISTOPHER DOUGLAS HAMILTON, Clerk in Holy Orders at present acting as Chaplain of the said Church, and their successors in office for the time: being and of six lay members, viz.:-
EDWARD JAMES ACKROYD, Esquire,
The Honourable FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER, FIELDING CLARKE, Esquire,
CHARLES FORD, Esquire,
The Honourable JAMES JOHNSTON KESWICK,
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The Honourable NORMAN GILBERT MITCHELL-INNES, all resident in this Colony and hereafter of the persons for the time being duly elected and appointed in the place of the above or any of them as their Successors in accordance with regulations to be made as hereinafter provided.
4. The Church Body as constituted from time to time shall be and is hereby declared a Body Corporate and shall have the name of "The Trustees of St. John's Cathedral Church in Hongkong" hereinafter in this Ordinance re- ferred to as the Church Body and by that name shall have perpetual succession and shall and may sue and be sued in all Courts of Justice and before all Magistrates in this Colony, and shall and may have and use a common scal, and the said seal may from time to time break, change, alter and make anew as to the Church Body may seem fit and the Church Body shall have full power to acquire, accept leases of, purchase, take, hold, and enjoy any land, buildings, messuages, or tenements of what nature or kind sever and
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