East India Bishops absent on leave. 2. Further Furlough and Allowance may be granted. 3. Furlough Allowance to of Calcutta, who shall have resided in the East Indies for a period of And be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful for Her Majesty to grant to any such Bishop who, having obtained such Furlough and 15 received such Furlough Allowance, shall have returned to the East Indies, and have resumed the functions of his office, a second Furlough of similar duration and of similar amount, to commence from and after the expiration of Five Years from the time of such Bishop's resuming the exercise of his functions in the East Indies. Provided always, and it is hereby Enacted, That it shall not be be granted to lawful for Her Majesty to grant such Furlough Allowance to more than One such Bishop at one and the same time. but One Bi shop at a time. 4. Additional Allowance to Bishops performing func tions of Bi shops absent 20 And be it Enacted, That in case it shall please Her Majesty to extend the Ecclesiastical jurisdiction and functions of the Bishops of Madras 25 and Bombay, or of either of them, so as to enable such last-mentioned Bishop, during such absence of the Bishop of Calcutta, to perform on Furlough. the functions of the said Bishop of Calcutta, then and in that case, so long as the Bishop of Madras or the Bishop of Bombay shall form the functions of the Bishop of Calcutta, the said Bishop of 30 Madras or the Bishop of Bombay shall, in addition to his salary as Bishop of Madras or Bombay, have and be entitled to a further annual allowance of Ten thousand Company's Rupees, for so long time as he shall perform the functions of such Bishop of Calcutta. per ! A BILL For better enabling Ecclesiastical and Spiritual Corporations, aggregate and sole, to grant Building and Repairing Leases of their Lands and Houses, and Leases of Watercourses and Ways and other Easements in, upon or over their Estates. 5 W HEREAS it would be advantageous to the Estates of Ecclesiastical and Spiritual Corporations, aggregate and sole, if such Corporations were empowered to grant Building and Repairing Leases for a term not exceeding Ninety-nine Years, under proper restrictions and reservations, of such of the lands and houses belonging to such Corporations respectively as are or may be suitable to be let on such Leases; and also if such Corporations were empowered to grant Leases for long terms of years, under proper reservations and restrictions, of Watercourses and Ways and other Easements in, 10 upon or over their Estates; 15 20 May it therefore please Your MAJESTY, That it may be Enacted; And be it Enacted, by The QUEEN's most Excellent MAJESTY, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, THAT it shall be lawful for each or any Ecclesiastical or Spiritual Corporation, either aggregate or sole, from time to time, after the passing of this Act, with such consent and under such restrictions as are hereinafter mentioned, by any deed duly executed, to lease all or any part of the lands or houses of or belonging to such Corporation, in his or their corporate capacity (except as hereinafter is mentioned), and whether such lands or houses may or may not have been previously leased under the pro 5 visions of this Act, for any term or number of years not exceeding Ninety-nine Years, to take effect in possession, and not in reversion or by way of future interest, to any person who may be willing to improve or repair the present or any future houses thereon, or any of them, or to erect other houses instead thereof, or to erect any houses or other buildings on any lands whereon no building shall be standing, or who shall be willing to annex any part of the same lands to buildings erected or to be erected on the said lands or any part thereof, or otherwise to improve the said premises or any part thereof; and with or without liberty for the Lessee to take down any buildings which 10 may be upon the lands in such Leases respectively to be comprised, and to dispose of the materials thereof to such uses and purposes as shall be agreed upon; and with or without liberty for the Lessee to set out and allot any part of the respective premises to be comprised in any such Lease, as and for ways, passages, sewers, drains, wells, reser- 15 voirs, yards or otherwise, for the use and convenience of the respective Lessees, tenants or occupiers of the premises, or for the general improvement of the premises; and also with or without liberty for the Lessee to dig, take, and carry away and dispose of such earth, clay, sand, loam or gravel, as it shall be found convenient to remove for 20 effecting any of the purposes aforesaid; so as there be reserved by every such Lease the best yearly rent that can be reasonably obtained for the premises therein comprised, payable half-yearly or oftener; and so as every such Lease be made without taking any fine, premium, or foregift, or any thing in the nature thereof, for or in respect of the 25 making the same (other than the surrender of the existing Lease or Leases for the time being of the same premises or any part thereof); and so as in every such Lease made for the purpose of having buildings erected there shall be contained a covenant on the part of the Lessee to build, complete and finish the houses which may be agreed 30 to be erected on the premises, if not then already done, within a time or times to be specified for that purpose, and to keep in repair during the term such houses; and so as in every such Lease made for the purpose of having buildings repaired or rebuilt there shall be contained a covenant on the part of the Lessee or Lessees substantially 35 to rebuild or repair the same within a time or times to be specified for that purpose, and to keep in repair during the term the houses agreed to be rebuilt and repaired; and so as in every such Lease, whether for the purpose of having buildings erected or otherwise, there be contained on the part of the Lessee a covenant for the due pay- 40 ment of the rent to be thereby reserved, and of all taxes, charges, rates, assessments and impositions whatsoever affecting the same premises, and also a covenant for keeping the houses erected and to be erected on the premises to be therein comprised (except any works or manufactories which may not be insurable) insured from damage by fire, to the amount of Four-fifths at least of the value thereof, in some |