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THE HONGKONG

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No. 3.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 18TH JANUARY, 1873.

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Copy of Letters Patent passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom revoking the Letters Patent of the 11th May, 1849, constituting the Bishopric of Victoria (Hongkong), and appointing the Reverend GEORGE SMITH, D.D., to be Lord Bishop of the See; also revoking the Letters Patent of the 14th of January, 1867, appointing the Reverend CHARLES RICHARD ALFORD, M.A., to be Lord Bishop of the said See in succession to Dr. GEORGE SMITH,-is published for general information.

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By Command,

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.

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Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th January, 1873.

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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 Hongkong 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, Docter 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 of the 14th day of January, 1867, in the thirtieth year of Our Reign, We did, on the resignation of the said George Smith, appoint Our well-beloved Charles Richard Alford, Clerk, Master of Arts, to be ordained and consecrated Lord Bishop of the said See of Victoria; And whereas by the resignation of the. said Charles Richard Alford the said See and Bishopric has become vacant, and it is expedient to revoke and determine the said recited Letters Patent: Now know you that We have revoked and determined, and by these Letters Patent do revoke and determine the said recited Letters Patent of the 11th day of May, 1849, and 14th January, 1867, and every Clause, Article, and thing therein contained.

In witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent. Witness Ourself at Westminster, the 1st day of November, in the thirty-sixth year of Our Reign.

By Warrant, under the Queen's Sign Manual.

C. ROMILLY.

No. 8.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonics has been pleased to approve of II. E. WODEHOUSE, Esquire, acting in the Police Department as Superintendent of the Chinese Contingent of the Police Force of Hongkong.

Mr. WODEHOUSE will rank as an Assistant Superintendent, according to date of appointment.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Ilongkong, 14th January, 1873.

CECIL C. SMITII, Acting Colonial Secretary.

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