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No. 124.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH JULY, 1875.
The lease and site of St. Paul's College to vest in the Archbishop of Canterbury and his
successors.
Bishop Burdon
of St. Paul's
And whereas by the revocation of the said Letters Patent the said See and Bishopric of Victoria ceased to exist as theretofore constituted:
And whereas it is therefore expedient to provide for the devolution of the property comprised in the aforesaid Crown Lease, and to provide means for altering the statutes of St. Paul's College to meet the state of circumstances that now exists:
And whereas the Right Reverend John Shaw Burdon, Doctor of Divinity, has been duly consecrated to be a Bishop of the Church of England, and as such Bishop is residing and officiating in this Colony, and as such Bishop and by the desire of His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury has undertaken the management of St. Paul's College and is now discharging the duties of Warden of the said College: Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
I. From and after the passing of this Ordinance; the above recited Crown Lease dated the 5th day of September, 1851, and all the portion of land therein described with its appurtenances, and St. Paul's College and all other buildings erected on the said land shall vest in His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury and his successors for all the unexpired residue of the term of nine hundred and ninety-nine years created by the said lease, upon and for the trusts, intents and purposes in the said lease expressed and declared,and subject to the covenants and condi- tions therein contained, and the said Archbishop and his successors shall be deemed to be the lessees of the said land as fully and effectually and to the same extent as if they had been originally named as lessees in the said lease.
II. The Right Reverend John Shaw Burdon, the Bishop named Warden aforesaid, is hereby named Warden of St. Paul's College in Victoria, and by virtue of such nomination may lawfully exercise and perform all the powers and duties conferred and imposed upon the Warden by the above recited statutes of the said College, and all property belonging to the College (other than the land comprised in the aforesaid lease) shall, upon the passing of this Ordinance, vest in the said Bishop as such Warden.
College.
Property to west in him.
Alteration of the existing statutes.
The Bishop
III. The Archbishop of Canterbury in conjunction with the aforesaid Warden and the Colonial Secretary of the Colony, or with either of them in the absence or inability of the other, may alter the existing statutes of the College in such manner as they jointly think fit; but so nevertheless that provision be made for the appointment and removal of future Wardens, for the vest- ing of all property (other than the land comprised in the aforesaid lease) belonging to or that may come to the College, and for altering the statutes of the College as occasion may, from time to time, require.
IV. The Bishop aforesaid may resign the wardenship by may resign or letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and may be removed in the same manner as Wardens to be appointed under the statutes when altered.
be removed.
If a vacancy occur before the statutes are altered, property to vest in the Colonial Secretary.
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vient. title.
V. In the event of a vacancy in the wardenship occurring before the statutes are altered, all property belonging to the College (other than the land comprised in the aforesaid lease) shall thereupon vest in the Colonial Secretary, to be by him transferred to such person as the statutes when altered may direct.
VI. This Ordinance shall commence on the passing thereof, and Short may be cited for all purposes as "The St. Paul's College Ordi-
nance, 1875."
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 7th Day of July, 1875.
H. ERNEST WODEHOUSE,
Clerk of Councils.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency the Administrator has been pleased to recognize provisionally, pending the arrival of the Exequatur, Don ANTONIO FERANDO Y STAGNO, as Consul for Spain at this port.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th July, 1875.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary: