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Church of England Trust.

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and general

powers of

the trustees;

5. (1) The trustees shall be a body corporate under the Incorporation name of "The Trustees of the Church of England in the Diocese of Victoria, Hong Kong", and by that name shall have perpetual succession and shall and may sue and be sued in all courts and shall and may have and use a common seal and may break, change, alter and make anew the said seal.

acquire

(2) The trustees shall have power to acquire, accept power to leases of, purchase, take, hold and enjoy any lands, buildings, property; messuages or tenements of what nature and kind soever and wheresoever situate, and also invest moneys upon mortgage of any lands, buildings, messuages or tenements, or upon the mortgages, debentures, stocks, funds, shares or securities of any government, municipality, corporation or company, and also to purchase, acquire and possess goods and chattels of what nature or kind soever, for the purpose of endowing, supporting, maintaining, carrying on or otherwise promoting the work of the Church of England in Hong Kong or else- where in the diocese whether such work be of a religious, educational or social nature or otherwise.

dispose of property;

(3) The trustees, subject to the provisions of section 6, power to shall further have power by deed or writing under their common seal to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender, yield up, mortgage, demise, reconvey, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of or deal with any lands, buildings, messuages, tenements, goods and chattels or other property which are for the time being vested in or belonging to the trustees, upon such terms as to the trustees may seem fit: Provided that nothing in this section shall be construed so as to authorize any breach of trust on the part of the trustees.

(4) All deeds and other documents requiring the seal of the trustees shall be sealed with such seal in the presence of the Bishop or his commissary and shall be signed by such Bishop or commissary and by two trustees.

use of seal.

property in

Saint John's

6. (1) Saint John's Cathedral

Cathedral Church and the Vesting of precincts thereof (a plan of which, signed by the Director trustees of Public Works and sealed with the seal of the Colony, was deposited at the Land Office on the 29th day of April, 1892) together with all buildings, rights, easements and appurten- ances thereunto belonging, and together with all the estate,

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Cathedral precincts;

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