CO129-216 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1884 [5-6] — Page 378

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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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