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on the fifth day of May 1849 under

authority of

an

Act

of

230

652

that 100 Miles from the

Coast of China should be

Parliament passed in the

Session of the 12th and 13th

years of Our Reign entitled

"An Act

for the better

"Government of Her Majesty's

Subjects

in China" We

were pleased to Order and

Direct that

all persons

in Holy Orders of the

United Church of England

and Ireland being within

the dominions of

the

Emperor of China or within

any Ship or Vessel at

a distance of not more

subject

to the Authority and Jurisdiction of the

See of Victoria

and the

Bishop thereof in the

same

as if they

were Resident in the Island of Hong Kong. And whereas by Our Letters Patent under

the

Great Seal of Our United

Kingdom of Great Britain

and Ireland bearing date

the 18th day of May

in the

year of Our Lord 1849 We did Declare

that

The