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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST APRIL, 1899.

No. 8 or 1899.

An Ordinance to provide for the Performance of Divine Worship and other Services in accord- ance with the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England at Saint John's Cathedral Church at Victoria and elsewhere in this Co- lony; for the Incorporation of a Church Body in which the said Cathedral Church shall be vested and by which it shall be administered and for other purposes connected with the said Cathedral Church.

LS

HENRY A. BLAKE,

Governor.

[23rd March, 1899.]

WHEREAS Saint John's Cathedral Church at Victoria in this Colony was erected on Crown land partly by means of private subscriptions and partly by means of public moneys, and has since been maintained and kept up and divine worship has been performed therein and elsewhere in this Colony in accordance with the provisions of certain Ordinances from time to time enacted for that purpose, and it is expedient to provide for a continuance of the perform- ance of such divine worship and other services according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England; and whereas the said Cathedral Church is now vested in and administered by an incorporated Church Body, and it is expedient to provide for the continuance of the said Church Body, for the purposes and with the powers bereinafter mentioned, and for other purposes connected with the said Cathedral Church:

Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council · thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Saint John's Ca- Short title. thedral Church Ordinance, 1899.

2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise re- Interpreta-

tion of terms. quires,―

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"The Church' means Saint Johu's Cathedral Church

at Victoria in this Colony:

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"The Church Body means the Trustees of the

Church hereinafter mentioned and described:

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"The Regulations means the regulations made under

this Ordinance and for the time being in force.

The Church Body.

3.-(1.) There shall be as heretofore, but subject to the Constitution provisions of this Ordinance, a Church Body for Saint of the Church John's Cathedral Church at Victoria in this Colony.

(2.) The Church Body shall consist of the Bishop of the Church of England for the time being residing and officiat- ing at Victoria in this Colony, of the chaplain herein- after mentioned for the time being holding office, and of six lay members of the Church for the time being duly elected or appointed and holding office in accordance with the Regulations.

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