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No. 118.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3rd JULY, 1875.
The Bishop
IV. The Bishop aforesaid may resign the wardenship by may resign or letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and may be removed in the same manner as Wardens to be appointed under the statutes when altered.
be removed.
If a vacancy occur before the statutes are altered, property to vest in the Colonial Secretary.
Commence ment. Short title.
V. In the event of a vacancy in the wardenship occurring before the statutes are altered, all property belonging to the College (other than the land comprised in the aforesaid lease) shall thereupon vest in the Colonial Secretary, to be by him transferred to such person as the statutes when altered may direct.
VI. This Ordinance shall commence on the passing thereof, and may be cited for all purposes as "The St. Paul's College Ordi- nance, 1875."
Statement of Objects and Reasons.
The object of this Ordinance, which is the result of correspond- ence with the Secretary of State, is to provide means for altering the statutes of St. Paul's College and to arrange for the devolu- tion of the site of the College and other property belonging to it. The preamble gives a brief history of the College, and it will be seen that, upon the revocation of the Letters Patent which created the Bishopric of Victoria, St. Paul's College was reduced to a most unsatisfactory state, for which legislation affords the simplest, if not the only, remedy.
The lease of the College site had been taken in the name of the Bishop of Victoria, who as a body corporate would, it was thought, have been a perpetual undying tenant of the land; and the statutes provided that all other property should for the same reason vest in the Bishops of Victoria.
The Bishops of Victoria became ex-officio Wardens, charged with the whole management or control of the College, and their consent was required for any modification or alteration of the statutes; consequently when the Bishopric was annulled by the revocation of the Letters Patent after Bishop Alford's resigna- tion, there was no person capable of being tenant under the Crown Lease, no person competent to become legally Warden of the College, and no person competent to alter the statutes so as to create a Warden.
This Ordinance is introduced to remedy this state of affairs, and to relieve the Right Reverend Prelate, who is now acting as Warden, from the somewhat doubtful position in which he finds himself placed.
Hongkong, 28th June, 1875.
JOHN BRAMSTON, Attorney General,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that Mr. TARO ANDO, Vice-Consul for Japan, has reported his resumption of the duties of the Vice-Consulate at this Port.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st July, 1875.
No. 119.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
It is hereby notified that the Queen's Warrant for the appointment of the Honourable HENRY Lowcock, to be a Member of the Legislative Council of this Colony, received Her Majesty's Signature on the 22nd May last.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd July, 1875.
No. 120.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
The Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies has been pleased to confirm the appointment of ALFRED LISTER, Esquire, to be Postmaster General and Collector of Stamp Revenue, vice MITCHELL retired on a Pension.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd July, 1875.
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