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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD JULY, 1875.

Right Reverend George Lord Bishop of Victoria, in the island of Hongkong, ex officio Warden, on behalf of the Church of England Missionary Institution known as St. Paul's College. of the other part, and thereby the land therein described (being Inland Lot No. seventy-six) with its appurtenances was demised to the said Lord Bishop of Victoria, and his successors, being such Warden, To Hold unto the said Lord Bishop of Victoria and his successors being such Warden for the full term of nine hundred and ninety-nine years, commencing on the 19th day of April, 1850, at the yearly rent of one dollár:

And in the said lease the said Lord Bishop of Victoria as Warden of St. Paul's College, and for the Wardens to be from time to time appointed, covenanted with Her Majesty to pay the said rent and all taxes, charges and impositions that should thereafter be assessed or charged upon the said land. And further that neither the said lessee or Warden, nor any person, should during the said demise, use the said lands for any other purpose than the promotion of the charitable designs and ob- jects 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 Go- vernor 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 Novem- ber, 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, 1807, 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:----

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I. From and after the passing of this Ordinance, the above The lease and recited Crown Lease dated the 5th day of September, 1851, and site of St. all the portion of land therein described with its appurtenances, to vest in the and St. Paul's College and all other buildings erected on the said Archbishop of land shall vest in His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury and Canterbury his successors for all the unexpired residue of the term of nine and his hundred and ninety-nine years created by the said lease, upon and for the trusts, intents and purposes in the said lease expressed and declared,and subject to the covenants and condi- tions therein contained, and the said Archbishop and his successors shall be deemed to be the lessees of the said land as fully and effectually and to the same extent as if they had been originally named as lessees in the said lease.

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II. The Right Reverend John Shaw Burdon, the Bishop Bishop Burdon aforesaid, is hereby named Warden of St. Paul's College in of St. Paul's. Victoria, and by virtue of such nomination may lawfully exercise and perform all the powers and duties conferred and imposed upon the Warden by the above recited statutes of the said Property to College, and all property belonging to the College (other than the vest in him. land comprised in the aforesaid lease) shall, upon the passing of this Ordinance, vest in the said Bishop as such Warden.

III. The Archbishop of Canterbury in conjunction with the Alteration of aforesaid Warden and the Colonial Secretary of the Colony, or the existing with either of them in the absence or inability of the other, statutes. may alter the existing statutes of the College in such manner as they jointly think fit; but so nevertheless that provision be made for the appointment and removal of future Wardens, for the vest- ing of all property (other than the land comprised in the aforesaid lease) belonging to or that may come to the College, and for altering the statutes of the College as occasion may, from time to time, require.

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