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DIEU DROIT




HONGKONG ,


ANNO DECIMO




VICTORIÆ REGINÆ .


No. 2 of 1847 .


Y His Excellency Sir JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS, Baronet, Governor
B and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipo-
tentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects
in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.

An Ordinance to Provide for a Church in Victoria in the Island Title.
of Hongkong.
[ 11th March, 1847.]

WHEREAS several Persons have subscribed certain Sums of Preamble.
Money for the purpose of erecting a Church at Victoria in the Island
of Hongkong for the Celebration of Divine Worship according to the
Rites of the United Church of England and Ireland, and by some 46000
Minister thereof duly appointed by the Government : And whereas 2.30 } 6,900
His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice and
Consent of the Legislative Council thereof, has consented to grant
from the Public Chest a Sum equal to Double of the Amount of
Subscriptions contributed, provided that such Grant shall not exceed
the Sum of Four Thousand Six Hundred Pounds Sterling : And
whereas it is expedient to provide for the immediate Appointment
and continual Succession of Trustees for the Direction of the Building
of the said Church, according to such Plan and Specification as shall
have been sanctioned by His Excellency the Governor, and confirmed
by Her Majesty's Government :


I. It is therefore hereby enacted by His Excellency the Gover Governor empower-
nor of Hongkong, with the Advice and Consent of the Legislative ed to give Four
sand Thou-
Hundred
Council, That it shall be lawful for the Governor, by Warrant under Pounds, towards build-
his Hand, to authorize the issue from the Treasury of this Colony of ing a Church.
any Sum or Sums, not exceeding in all Four Thousand Six Hundred
Pounds