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Preamble.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST MARCH, 1860.

Powers, &c., vest-

ed in the Principal

nance transferred to Her Majesty's Secre-

War Department.

HONGKONG.

ANNO VICESIMO TERTIO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ.

No. of 1860.

By His Excellency SIR HERCULES GEORGE ROBERT ROBINSON, Knight, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.

An Ordinance for transfering to One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State the Powers and Estates vested in the Frincipal Officers of the Ordnance.

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Whereas Her Majesty the Queen hath thought fit to revoke the Letters Patent of some of the Principal Officers of Her Majesty's Ordnance, and by other Letters Patent to transfer to One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State the Administration of the Department the Duties of which were previously executed by the said Principal Officers of Her Majesty's Ordnance: And whereas it is expedient that the several Powers and Authorities at any time heretofore given to or vested in and exercisable by, and the Lands, Hereditaments, Estates and Property, at any time heretofore purchased, taken, used, occupied, and vested in the Principal Officers of Her Majesty's Ordnance, and all Title, Estate, and Interest therein res- pectively, should be also transferred from the said Principal Officers, and vested in One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State: Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

I. All the Powers, Authorities, Rights, and Privileges whatsoever, which by virtue of Officers of the Ord- any Act or Acts of the Imperial Parliament, or of the Colonial Legislature, or of any other Law, Custom, or Usage whatsoever, have been or were at any Time vested in or exercisable rary of State for the by the Principal Officers of Her Majesty's Ordnance, or any of them, shall from henceforth continue in full Force, and shall be and the same are hereby declared to be transferred to and vested in and exercisable by Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Time being to whom Her Majesty shall think fit to entrust the Seals of the War Department, and such last-mentioned Principal Secretary of State shall be entitled to the same Exemption from personal Responsibility as the said Principal Officers were entitled to.

ed in such Officers

cretary of State.

All Lands,&c.,vest- II. All Lands, Hereditaments, Estates, and Property whatsoever which by virtue of

any vested in the said Se- Act or Acts of the Imperial Parliament, or of the Colonial Legislature, or of any Conveyance, Surrender, Lease, or other Assurance, or of any Law, Custom, or Usage whatsoever, before and at the Time of the Revocation by Her Majesty herein-before mentioned were vested in the Principal Officers of the Ordnance, on behalf of Her Majesty, or which have been at any Time before the passing of this Ordinance held, used, or occupied, or purchased, vested, or taken, by or in the Name of or by any Person or Persons in trust for Her Majesty, for the Use and Service of the said Department or for the Defence and Security of the Realm, and which have not been sold, aliened, or parted with, shall from henceforth be and the same are hereby declared to be transferred to and vested in the last-mentioned Principal Secretary of State for the Time being, on behalf of Her said Majesty; and when and so often as the said last-mentioned Principal Secretary of State, and any succeeding Principal Secretary of State to whom Her Majesty shall have intrusted the Seals of the War Department, shall cease to hold such Office, the said several Lands, Hereditaments, Estates, and Property, and all Lands, Hereditaments, Estates, and Property which hereafter shall be purchased or other- wise acquired by any such last-mentioned Principal Secretary of State for the Time being, on behalf of Her said Majesty, shall by virtue of this Ordinance be absolutely divested out of such Secretary of State so ceasing to hold such Office as aforesaid, and shall by virtue of this Ordinance be transferred to and vested in his Successor in the said Office, immediately upon his receiving the Seals of the said Department, absolutely; and the said Lands, Here- ditaments, Estates, and Property hereby vested and hereafter to be vested in the said last- mentioned Principal Secretary of State and his Successor shall, as to such of them as were or shall have been purchased, or are or shall be held for an Estate of Inheritance in Fee Simple, be so vested in such last-mentioned Principal Secretary of State and his Successors in the same Manner as if the Fee Simple thereof had been originally conveyed to such Principal Secretary of State as a Corporation Sole and his Successors; and as to all Lands, Hereditaments, and Property purchased or held for any less Estate than an Estate of In- heritance in Fee Simple, as if the same Lands, Hereditaments, and Property had been originally conveyed, surrendered, demised, or otherwise assured to such Principal Secretary of State as a Corporation Sole, and his Successors, for all the existing Estates or Interests therein respectively, and so from Time to Time.

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