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Class 1. The Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, the Treasurer, the Director of Public Works, the Registrar General, the Principal Civil Medical Officer and the Director of Education. Class 2. Two British Members and three Chinese Members of the Court to be elected by the Court.

Class 3. Four Members of the Senate elected by the Senate, of whom two shall be Professors or Lecturers whose services are exclusively at the disposal of the University and two shall be other Lecturers.

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2. The members in Class 2 shall, subject as herein- after mentioned, hold office for three years. the first yearly meeting of the Court and at every subsequent yearly meeting of the Court two of the members of this Class shall retire, those longest in office retiring on each occasion. The Council shall determine by Ballot the order in which the first mem- bers of this Class shall retire. Any members retiring may be re-elected.

3. The members in Class 3 shall, subject as here- inafter mentioned, hobl office for two years. At the first yearly meeting of the Senate, and at every subsequent yearly meeting of the Senate, one-half of the metchers of this class shall retire, those longest in office retiring on each occasion. The Senate shall determine the order in which the first members of this class shall retire. Any members retiring may be re-electeri.

4. All vacancies in Class 2 may be filled up tem- porarily by the Council penling the next Assembly of the Court.

5. Any member of the Council may resign by writing addressed to the Registrar of the University.

6. The above provisions so far as applicable shall apply to the first members of the Council,

7. The appointment of each member of the Council shall be notified in the Gazette.

8. Seven Members of the Conncil shall form a

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POWERS OF THE COUNCIL.

Subject to the provisions of the Ordinanco the Council shall in addition to all other powers vested in them have the following powers :----

1. To nominate the first Vice-thancellor and also after consultation with the Senate the successors to the first Vice-Chancellor for appointment by the Court.

2. To appoint the Pro-Vice-Chancellor from the members of the Senate after consultation with the Senate,

3. Subject to the provisions of Part II of the First Schedule to elect its own Chairman and Vice-Chairman and to prescribe their periods of office. Provided that the Vice-Chancellor shall be Vice-Chairman unless elected to he Chairman.

4. To select and appoint Professors, Lecturers and other Agulemic Officers of the Univer- sity and after report from the Senate to appoint external 'examiners, provided that when the Senate is constituted no appoint- ment shall be made without consulting it.

3. To appoint a Registrar and other officers of

the University.

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6. With the concurrence of the Senate, to rec- ommand to the Court names for Honorary Degrees.

7. To institure Professorships, Realerships, Lectureships or other teaching offices after report from the Senate subject to the approval of the Court.

8. To abolish or hold in abeyance after re- port from the Senate any Professorship, Lectureship, Readership of other academic office in the University subject to the approval of the Court.

9. To draft Statutes as and when it sees fit and submit the same to the Court for considera- tion and enactment.

10. To make Regulations subject to the veto of of the Court, in regard to any matters in respect of which Regulations are authorised to be made, except that in amtters referring to Courses of Sindy, Degrees or Diplomas and Affiliation of Colleges or Recognition of Teachers, Regulations shall be submitted by the Senate to the Council which shall forward them to the Court for confirmation with such amendments as they may suggest.

All Regulations made under this sub- section shall be operative from the date on which they are made pending the necessary confirmation by the Court.

11. To exercise all such powers as are conferred on the Council by the Ordinance and Statutes and to carry the Ordinance, Statutes and Regulations into effect.

12. To govern manage and regulate the finances, accounts, investments, property, business and all affairs whatsoever of the University and for that purpose to appoint Bankers, Counsel, Solicitors and any other officers or agents whom it may seem expedient to appoint.

13. To invest any moneys belonging to the University, including any unapplied in- come, in such stocks, finds, fully paid shares or securities, mortgages, debentures or debenture stock as the Council shall from time to time think fit, whether anthorised by the general law for the investment of trust moneys or not, and whether within the Colony of Hongkong or not, or in the purchase of leasehold property in the Colony, with the like power of varying such investments from time to time by sale and re-investment or otherwise. 14. To purchase, grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender and yield up, exchange, partition, mortgage, demise, reassign, transfer and accept leases of real and personal property on behalf of the University.

lã. To provide the buildings, premises, furniture and apparatus and other means needed for carrying on the work of the University, and to allocate such buildings, premises, furniture, apparatus and means to the different faculties with power to alter such allocation of any time.

16. To borrow money on behalf of the University and for the purpose (if the Court and Council think fit) to mortgage all or any part of the property of the University whether real or

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