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Anglican Church in that colony, which originated with the late Bishop Selwyn, and (as is well known) was adopted as the model for the reconstruction of the disestablished Church of Ireland. Many useful hints may be derived from this source for the creation at Hongkong of some kind of church "Body" which could be entrusted with the ecclesiastical property and vested in the Colonial Government, or in trustees appointed by former Governors.
Enclosure 4. I forward herewith a copy of a letter addressed to me by Bishop Burdon, which will be read with interest, for it contains much valuable information respecting the peculiar position of the Anglican Church in this dependency of the Crown. There are now only three Anglican Clergymen at Hong Kong, and not one of the three is legally under the jurisdiction of Bishop Burdon. The Naval Chaplain is under the orders of the Admiralty; the Military Chaplain is under the orders of the ...
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