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1374 ORDINANCE No. 7 or 1875 .


St. Paul's College.


sors, and to be called in all time the Diocese of Victoria ; and did constitute

the Church of St. John in the said city to be a Cathedral Church , and
Bishop's See ; and did appoint the Reverend George Smith , Doctor of
Divinity, to be ordained and consecrated Bishop of the said See and
Diocese under the title of the Lord Bishop of Victoria :

And whereas the statutes of St. Paul's College in Victoria were
approved by His Grace the then Archbishop of Canterbury on the 15th
day of October, 1849 , and the said statutes provided amongst other
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things ,

That all property of every kind thereafter to be given, transferred ,
or bequeathed to the purposes of the college should be vested in the

Bishop of Victoria for the time being as constituted by Her Majesty's
Letters Patent a body corporate ;

That the Government and entire control of the college should be
vested in the Bishop of Victoria as ex officio warden, except so far as any

jurisdiction or authority might be by him delegated to a sub- warden or
others ;

That it should be lawful for the Bishop of Victoria in conjunction

with the Archbishop of Canterbury for the time being to introduce such
a modification , alteration , or extension of the said statutes , as to them
jointly might seem fit :

And whereas a Crown lease dated the 5th day of September , 1851 ,

was made between Her Majesty of the one part, and the 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 dollar :

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