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There is, it is believed, no local legislation on Ecclesiastical matters in New Zealand.
EASTERN COLONIES.
The diocese of Colombo was originally au Arch- deaconry of that of Madras, but was erected into a diocese (comprising the Island of Ceylon) by Letters- Patent of 1845, with powers of jurisdiction. The Bishopric is suffragan to that of Calcutta.
Ceylon is a Crown Colony. The Patent of the present Bishop, appointed in 1861, continues to him the powers given to his predecessor.
The first Bishop was appointed like the Bishop of New Brunswick during pleasure, the second for life. The Bishoprie of Victoria, in Hong Kong, was founded in 1849.
An Order in Council had previously passed (1st of May, 1849), declaring under authority of 6 & 7 Vict., cap. 80 (for the government of Her Majesty's sub- jects in China), that all persons in Holy Orders of the Church of England in China, or within 100 miles of the coast, should be subject to the authority of the Bishop of Victoria.
The Letters-Patent (11th May, 1849) recite this Order in Council, and found the Bishopric of Vic- toria with powers of visitation.
The Bishopric of Mauritius, a Crown Colony, was created in 1854, with powers of jurisdiction.
The Bishopric of Labuan, also a Crown Colony, was created in 1855, with the same powers.
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Town with the same powers, and the Bishop of Cape Town was declared to have Metropolitan Jurisdiction over these Bishops.
The diocese of Graham's Town was part of the Cape Colony.
That of Natal was coincident with the Colony of that name. Natal did not at that time possess repre- sentative institutions, but under the authority of certain Letters-Patent of 1847, revocable by the Crown, but not containing any express reservation
of the Crown's prerogative power of legislation, laws were made by a Legislative Council composed of the Lieutenant-Governor and other persons nomi- nated by the Crown during pleasure.
By Letters-Patent of 1859 the Bishopric of St. Helena was carved out of that of the Cape, reserving Metropolitan Jurisdiction to the Bishop of Cape Town.
It includes, the Island of St. Helena and that of Tristan d'Acunha.
In St. Helena laws are made either by the Crown
in virtue of an Act of Parliament (4 Wm. IV, cap. 85), or by the Governor in virtue of a Com- In the mission issued in pursuance of that Act. Island of Tristan d'Acunha (which was not part of
the diocese of Cape Town) there is no legislation.
The Bishopric of Sierra Leone was founded in 1852 with powers of jurisdiction.
Sierra Leone is n Colony in which laws are made in pursuance of an Act of Parliament either by Order in Council or by a Legislative Council consti- tuted and appointed by the Crown.
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AFRICA.
The Bishopric of Cape Town was established in 1847 with powers of visitation, the Cape being then a Crown Colony, and the Tasmanian question of jurisdiction being just determined.
The Letters-Patent were surrendered and a fresh Patent issued in 1853, the Cape having meantime received representative institutions; at the same time the Bishopric of Natal was created, and that of Graham's Town was carved out of that of Cape
MEDITERRANEAN.
The Bishopric of Gibraltar was created in 1842, with powers of jurisdiction over the Diocese of Gibraltar, and within the churches and chapels of Malta.
In Gibraltar laws may be made either by Order in Council or on the spot by the Governor under his Commission.
In Malta laws may be made either by Order in Council or on the spot by a partially representative Legislative Council.
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