Your Lordship such information as it is in my power to afford, premising that I am unable to supplement that information by any reference, as intimated, to the Bishop of Victoria, no successor to Bishop Alford having yet been appointed.
With reference to the motion of the Bishop of London in the House of Lords, embracing seven points respectively to the seven by it, I have to observe as follows:-
(1). The late Bishop (Alford) of Victoria was appointed to his See in May, 1849, and resigned in January, 1873 (not 1965, likely OCR error for date), receiving a conditional pension of £500 from the Colony. I am only aware of one local Ordinance in which the authority of the Bishop of Victoria is recognized: No. 5 of 1850, in which certain powers are given to the Bishop in connection with the Cathedral which were previously vested in the Colonial Chaplain under Ordinance No. 2 of 1847;
(2). The Revenue of the Bishopric is £1,000 a year and derived from the Colonial Treasury, as appears from the Parliamentary Return No. 2 in Return forming Enclosure No. 2 in Your Lordship's Circular;
(3). It is difficult to ascertain the number of Clergymen subject to the Bishop of Victoria, without a reference to himself, as it includes Missionaries within the territories of the Emperor of China, who are quite unconnected to the Government of this Colony. Of those within...
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having yet been appointed.
With reference to the motion of the Bishop of London in the Warse of Lords,
en points embraced
seven
and respectively to the seven by it, I have to observe as follows:-
(1). The late Bishop (Amik) of Victoria
appointed
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nvas
in May, 1849, and
resigned in Jarmary, 1965, receiving
conditional
Jansion of £500
the Colony. I am only
a
a year from.
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of one
local Ordinance in which the authority the Bishop of Victoria is recognized:
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referred to. N. 5 of 1850, in which I certain powers are given to the Bishop
in connection with the Carhedral which
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-preciously vested in the Colonial Chaplain under Ordinance W.2 of 1847;
£1,000
( 2). The Rumus of the Bishopnie is Liece
a year
and derived from the Colonial
Bishopuries. Find, as appians from the Parliamentary Retin
No 2 in
in
Relun forming Enclosure
Your Lordship's Circular,
(3). It is difficult to ascertain the number
of Clergymen subject to the Bishop of Victoria, without a reference to himself,
as it includes Missionaries wiition the territories of the Emperor of China, who
au
quite unthueren to the Gemment of this Colony. Of thos uistir ons
within
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