PRO holds a series of surrendered titled deeds relating to the land of CMS compound and St. John's Hall (HKRS265-11A-1289 to 1291).
Here is a summary of the land histroy for the CMS compound:
14th June 1862
Crown lease of I.L. 753 granted to Henry Arnould for 999 years from 7th January 1862.
I.L. 753 was bounded:
to the North and West, by Pokfulam Road,
to the South, by Bonham Road,
to the East, by I.L. 754 (Fairlea / St. John's Hall),
i.e. the land on which Sunnyside and CMS Compound stood.
20th March 1866
I.L. 753 section B assigned by Henry Arnould to three persons holding on trust for the Church Missionary Society. The three persons were William Thomas Mercer (Colonial Secretary), Rev. Charles Frederick Warren (CMS Clerk Missionary) and Robert Scott Walker (Merchant).
I.L. 753 section B was bounded
to the north, by Pokfulam Road,
to the south, by Bonham Road,
to the east, by I.L. 754,
to the west, by I.L. 753 remaining portion,
i.e. the land on which CMS Compound stood.
14th May 1895
I.L. 753 section B assigned by the trustees to Church Missionary Trust Association, in pursuance of a resolution of the CMS.
19th March 1928
I.L. 753 section B (together with I.L. 754 i.e. St. John's Hall) surrendered by CMTA to the Crown.
This was in consideration of an exchange of a new Crown lease of I.L. 754, comprising the original I.L. 753 section B and I.L. 754, together with a strip of extended land to the south of these 2 plots of land (created by diverting Bonham Road in c. 1911-12).
4th April 1928
New I.L. 754 granted to CMTA on the same term.
18th April 1934
I.L. 754 section A surrendered by CMTA to the Crown for a sum of $89,700.
Area of section A comprised the Church Mission House (aka St. Stephen's House) and the entrance portion of the St. Stephen's Church. Its eastern boundary very oddly cut through the middle of the Church and the compound, as shown by an attached map.
7th January 1963
I.L. 754 remaining portion surrendered by CMTA to the Crown.
This is in consideration of a number of things, including the government granting "the part thereof now occupied by St. Stephen's Church and St. Stephen's Primary School and Kindergarten to The Church Body of the Chinese Anglican Church in Hong Kong on the terms and conditions contained in Conditions of Grant No. 7635".
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History of the land
PRO holds a series of surrendered titled deeds relating to the land of CMS compound and St. John's Hall (HKRS265-11A-1289 to 1291).
Here is a summary of the land histroy for the CMS compound:
14th June 1862
Crown lease of I.L. 753 granted to Henry Arnould for 999 years from 7th January 1862.
I.L. 753 was bounded:
i.e. the land on which Sunnyside and CMS Compound stood.
20th March 1866
I.L. 753 section B assigned by Henry Arnould to three persons holding on trust for the Church Missionary Society. The three persons were William Thomas Mercer (Colonial Secretary), Rev. Charles Frederick Warren (CMS Clerk Missionary) and Robert Scott Walker (Merchant).
I.L. 753 section B was bounded
i.e. the land on which CMS Compound stood.
14th May 1895
I.L. 753 section B assigned by the trustees to Church Missionary Trust Association, in pursuance of a resolution of the CMS.
19th March 1928
I.L. 753 section B (together with I.L. 754 i.e. St. John's Hall) surrendered by CMTA to the Crown.
This was in consideration of an exchange of a new Crown lease of I.L. 754, comprising the original I.L. 753 section B and I.L. 754, together with a strip of extended land to the south of these 2 plots of land (created by diverting Bonham Road in c. 1911-12).
4th April 1928
New I.L. 754 granted to CMTA on the same term.
18th April 1934
I.L. 754 section A surrendered by CMTA to the Crown for a sum of $89,700.
Area of section A comprised the Church Mission House (aka St. Stephen's House) and the entrance portion of the St. Stephen's Church. Its eastern boundary very oddly cut through the middle of the Church and the compound, as shown by an attached map.
7th January 1963
I.L. 754 remaining portion surrendered by CMTA to the Crown.
This is in consideration of a number of things, including the government granting "the part thereof now occupied by St. Stephen's Church and St. Stephen's Primary School and Kindergarten to The Church Body of the Chinese Anglican Church in Hong Kong on the terms and conditions contained in Conditions of Grant No. 7635".