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DRAFT OF LETTERS PATENT passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom revoking the Letters Patent of the 11th of May, 1849, constituting the Bishopric of Victoria (Hong Kong), and appoint- ing the Rev. George Smith, D.D., to be Lord Bishop of the See; also revoking the Letters Patent of the 14th of January, 1867, appointing the Rev. Charles Richard Alford, M.A., to be Lord Bishop of the said See in succession to Dr. George Smith.

Letters Patent,

Dated 1st November, 1872.

Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, to all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:

WHEREAS by Our Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the 11th day of May, in the year of our Lord 1849, We did declare the city of Victoria and all the territory comprised within the Island of Hong Kong and its dependencies to be the Diocese of the Bishop therein named, and of his successors, and to be called in all time the Diocese of Victoria, and did constitute the Church of St. John in the said city to be a Cathedral Church and Bishop's See, and did name and appoint Our well-beloved the Reverend George Smith, Doctor in Divinity, to be ordained and consecrated Bishop of the said See and Diocese, under the title of the Lord Bishop of Victoria. And whereas by Our Letters Patent

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