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could be enforced, and that there are no defined 

 persons nor classes of persons who can claim to be 

 entitled to the benefits of them, or at whose in- 

 stance they could be enforced by any legal process. 



" As to the properties (if any) vested in trus- 

 tees appointed by Booth, it appears to me that 

 the only person who has a locus standi to enforce 

 these trusts is Booth himself, and that he would 

 have absolute power over the trusts and the pro- 

 perty, and might deal with the property as he 

 pleased, and that, as in the former case, nothing 

 could be done in the way of enforcing any trusts 

 against him. 



"As to the moneys contributed or raised by 

 mortgage for the general purposes of the mission, 

 it appears to me that Booth may expend them as 

 he pleases, without being subject to any legal 

 control, and that he cannot even be compelled to 

 publish any balance-sheets. 



"Whether there are any provisions in the 

 Charitable Trusts Acts which could be made avail- 

 able for enforcing some scheme for the applica- 

 tion of the property or funds is a question to 

 which I should require to give a closer consid- 

 eration should it become necessary to go into it; 

 but at present, after perusing these Acts, and 

 especially 16 and 17 Vict. c. 137 and 18 and 19 

 Vict. c. 124, I cannot see how they could be 

 made applicable to the trusts as declared in this 

 deed. 



