and that upon that statement I shall be prepared to take the necessary steps for founding the proposed Bishopric.
Before, however, the first Bishop is appointed to the intended See, I think it will be right that the endowment of the Bishopric should be legally secured.
(signed) Grey
COLONIAL CHURCH LEGISLATION, &c.
RETURN to an Address of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 20 February 1852;-for, "COPIES of any PETITIONS to the QUEEN, and of any Representations to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State in the Colonial Department, on COLONIAL CHURCH LEGISLATION, or on any Points affecting the Management of the Affairs of the Church in the Colonies since 1845."
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(Sir Robert Harry Inglis.)
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PART IV.
CEYLON and HONG KONG.
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