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not be
was directed further to
for the purposes
transmit to us,
9
reference, copies of
the Order in Council
14 May 1843. (erroneously inferred
in the Mer... and...
to
as the Order in Council
to
of 14 May 1843) 1. which all persons in
of the United Church
of England and Ireland being within the
(
Dominions
being within
distance
J
China, or
on
vessel at
a
the Emperor of any ship
not more than 100 miles
from the Coast
of China, are subject to the
jurisdiction of
Victoria,
the See
and the Bishop thereof.
in the same manner
Hong
a
o if they
were
9
Kong.
resident in the Island
of Hong Kong.
3. That the Bishopric
dated the 12
a
recital
Victoria
was created by Letters Patent
12
4 May 1849, by
which after
the Order in Council
of
1 May 1849, the City of Victoria and all the Territory comprised in the Island of Hong Kong and its dependencies was declared to be the See
of Victoria.
the Bishop
4. The
Bishop of
the same Letters Patent the
Victoria
empowered to
exercise Episcopal functions and to
visit Clergy
of
the United Church
of England and Ireland, not only
within the Diocese
of Victoria but
in