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kuk", a proposal was made by Sir John Joseph Hennessy to the Earl of Kimberley, who was at that time Secretary of State for the Colonies, for the introduction of an ordinance giving the Society legal status. To this Lord Kimberley in his despatch No. 139 of 3rd November 1881 replied that if the Society required corporate powers, it might be incorporated under the Companies' Ordinance of 1865, and in any case formal approval could be given to its rules and regulations by the local Government.
It was found impracticable to adopt His Lordship's suggestions, but effect was given to the latter by the publication of the rules of the Society, as approved by the Attorney General and subsequently approved by the Secretary of State, in the Government Gazette of the 3rd August, 1882.
Since then the Society has continued its excellent work uninterruptedly, but it has from time to time repeated its representation of the necessity of its being granted a defined status by law.
At length in 1891, the Directors of the Society announced their inability to carry on their work unless these representations were complied with, and after due consideration I caused ...
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