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motion, until he shall be ordained according to the form and manner by law established in the Church of England." Every person so admitted must read the service once a month, administer the sacrament, &c. If he use any other order or form of Common Prayer, &c., than what is prescribed "by the Liturgy," "being convicted thereof in the Supreme Court, or at the Assizes, he shall be, ipso facto, dis- abled to officiate in the Church and deprived of his benefice," and the Governor may present on the vacancy. Any person duly "inducted" into the rectory of any church shall be deemed to be the rector of any other church or churches in the same or any other parish, upon receiving the sanction of the Governor, and letters of institution from the Bishop. The remaining provisions of the Statute relate to rights in pews, and the creation of church corpo- ration to hold property.

I do not find in the "Revised Statutes " any pro- visions respecting the rights of other religious bodies.

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ter's dwelling-house, glebe, &c., provided that he shall have no right to possess the same after biş license shall be withdrawn, cancelled, or revoked

"temporal

by the Bishop upon cause shown.

The Act 2 Vict., No. 7, regulates the " affairs of the religious societies denominated Wes- leyan Methodists, Independents, and Baptists," through trustees" upon the trusts to be set forth in

a model deed.”

The Act 8 Wm. IV, No. 7, regulates the temporal affairs of Presbyterian churches and chapels con- nected with the Church of Scotland "by enabling subscribers to chapels and seat-holders to elect trustees for the purpose, confining the duties of those trustees to the temporal affairs of the Churches," Ministers to be recognised by the "Presbytery of New South Wales," who can also be judge of the qualification of trustees, and to nominate in certain cases.

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This Act was amended by 4 Vict. No. 18, sub- stituting for the Presbytery "the Synod of Aus- tralia in connexion with the Established Church of Scotland," so soon as that body shall be formed.

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I have not found any law passed in these Colonies on the subjects now under consideration.

VICTORIA.

Having been separated from New South Wales only in 1851, has the same laws in Church matters.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Act "to regulate the temporal affairs of churches and chapels of the United Church of England and Ireland," 8 Wm. IV, chap. 5, (reciting a former general Church Act), makes provision for the appointment of trustees of Church property, and regulates the amount of free sittings, the mode of dealing with pew rights, glebes, burials, appoint- ment of churchwardens, and their powers, &c. It also enacts that no minister shall officiate unless licensed by the Bishop; and that a clergyman, as long as he shall be so licensed, shall have the minis

TASMANIA.

No special Church of England legislation. The Act" to make provision for the support of certain ministers of the Christian religion, and to promote the erection of places of divine worship," 1 Vict., No. 16, provides that when certain sums are raised by subscription for the erection of places of public worship, contribution may be made thereto from public funds. It also establishes and regulates trusteeships, &c. Section 12 provides that salaries may be paid to the ministers of the churches of C

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