ORDINANCE No. 7 OF 1875 . 1375
St. Paul's College.
person, should during the said demise, use the said lands for any other
purpose than the promotion of the charitable designs and objects of the
said St. Paul's College, as they might be, from time to time, legally
established , without the previous licence of Her Majesty, her heirs ,
successors , or assigns , signified by the Governor of the Colony , or other
person duly authorized in that behalf:
And whereas by Letters Patent dated the 14th day of January, 1867 ,
Her Majesty did appoint the Reverend Charles Richard Alford, clerk,
master of arts, to be ordained and consecrated Lord Bishop of the said
See of Victoria, in succession to the said Bishop Smith, who had resigned :
And whereas by Letters Patent dated the 1st day of November, 1872 ,
after reciting the above mentioned Letters Patent , and that the said See
and Bishopric had become vacant by the resignation of the said Bishop
Alford , Her Majesty was pleased to revoke and determine the said recited
Letters Patent of the 11th day of May, 1849 , and of the 14th day of
January, 1867 , and every clause, article, and thing therein contained :
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 :
1. From and after the passing of this Ordinance, the above recited The lease and
site of St.
Crown lease dated the 5th day of September, 1851 , and all the portion Paul's Col
lege to vest in
of land therein described with its appurtenances , and St. Paul's College the Archbis
hop of Canter
and all other buildings erected on the said land shall vest in His Grace bury and his
successors.
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