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lately become too small for the needs
the needs of the Ro
"Catholic Mission of Honghe
inconvenien
and being very situated, the neighbourho having changed to the wor the R. Catholic Mission of said Lacred Congregation Propaganda have, out of the
moneys, purchased, than three years ago,
owr
lands
more
an
other
favourably sites
and have rrected new and of cious Schools thereon, and have laid the foundation of and are now in course of erecting
another port
on
of the said land a dral Church
moze
Cathe
Zuited
the needs of the Mission. D contracts for carrying
the works have been made signed, and we calculated. have the necessary funds to do it from the result of the sale which we intended to he
of the said Lot 14° 50. In fa
the Lot 50 was sold once i the end of 1881; the sale was on, and no questio
carried
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about the title was raised. The
conditions of sale however not having
been complied with __ the property returned to us. In the beginning of this year we were about to sell it again
loan by mortgaging
or to have a
on the
the said Lot 50, when, occasion of a
a case at the su preme Court in which the London Missionwright Society were concerned, the Chief fucke Sir George Philippe declared, that the Missionaries Lociety HongKong could not wit a they were not recognized as Incorporated, and that it was necessary
that they should
in
as
apply to the Legislature which could, by
an Ordinance give
the Trustees the power to cell-
Doubts arose
therefore for the first time in Hanghong,
to whether the Lacred Congre gation of the Propagation of
the Faith
are entitled to
mortgage and tell the said land and premices. The doubts which have arisen caused
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