Registrar of the Supreme Court, appointed by Government,

Francis Parry, Esquire, and Robert J. Walker, Esquire,

elected

by the Seat-renters.

The property of St. Stephen's Mission Chapel is vested also in Trustees nominated by the representative of the Church Missionary Society. They are the Honorable W. T. Mercer, the Rev. Thomas Stringer, and Julius C. Paver, Esquire.

There

are

Churches at the Consular

Ports, which I have mentioned, but I

am

not

aware in whom the property

vests, except that I believe Her Majesty's

Consul at each port

has

some voice in its control;

There

are no

Colonial Charters in this

Colony relating to the Churches and

Clergy of the United Church of England and Ireland, their appointments and

stipends, or their Synodical powers of meeting

(1). The designation assigned by Her Majesty's Letters Patent of 11th May 1869 to the Bishop of this Diocese is the Lord Bishop of Victoria, whilst I am

not aware

of any particular designations to be applied by law to any of the Clergy.

I have

only to add that,

as regards this Diocese I can confirm the

accuracy of the Return of Colonial Bishops

laid before Parliament on 28th

July, 1869,

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