§ House in Committee (according to Order).
§ Clause 1 agreed to.
§ Clause 2:—
§ THE LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY said this clause provided that, from the date of the foundation of the Bishopric of Southwark, the existing residence of the Bishop of Rochester should become the residence of the Bishop 8 of Southwark, and that as soon after that date as practicable the Ecclesiastical Commissioners should, out of the surplusin their hands arising from the sale of Addington, after providing for an archiepiscopal residence at Canterbury, apply a sum of £15,000 to the provision of a suitable residence for the Bishop of Rochester. The object of the Amendment was simply to complete the proposal contained in the clause.
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Amendment moved—
In Clause 2, page 2, line 11, after 'provision' to insert 'and, so far as not required for the provision, towards the maintenance."—(The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury.)
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Clause 2, as amended, agreed to.
§ Clause 3:—
§ THE LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY said that the parishes of Bromley, Chislehurst, and Dartford were already in the diocese of Rochester, and that if the Bishop of Worcester consented to the transference to the Bishop of Rochester of the patronage of these benefices it would be a very great addition to the power of the latter to work his diocese.
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Amendment moved—
In Clause 3, page 2, line 33, after 'Act' to insert 'and on such a re-arrangement being made the scheme effecting the re-arrangement may, if the Bishop of Worcester assents thereto, contain provisions for transferring from the Bishop of Worcester to the Bishop of Rochester the patronage of the benefices of Bromley, Chislehurst, and Dartford, mentioned in that schedule."—(The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury.)
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Other Amendments agreed to.
§ Schedules amended and agreed to.
§ Standing Committee negatived.
§ The Report of Amendments to be received on Thursday next; and Bill to be printed as amended. (No. 107.)