Enclosure 2.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.
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Hongkong,
5th November,
1904.
Report on Ordinance No.
18
of 1904
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance, entitled
An Ordinance to enable "The Trustees of Saint John's
Cathedral Church in Hongkong" to hold and deal with
property for the purpose of promoting the work of the
Church of England in Hongkong and China
and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to
the Governor's Instructions.
The object of this Ordinance is to supply the need
which has long been felt of the existence of some statutory
corporate body empowered to hold and deal with property for the
use of the Church of England in this Colony and in China.
Saint John's Cathedral Church Ordinance, 1899, pro-
vides for such a body as regards the Cathedral itself, and
this Ordinance is not intended to alter or derogate from the
statutory powers conferred upon such body as regards the