2672 THE LONDON GAZETTE, 26 APRIL, 1927.

watch at the dinner hour so that it may be . of April, 1927, have certified to His Majesty obtained by the crew in time to drink during j that the annual value of the Endowment Fund. their meal. | of the Bishopric of Portsmouth together with 7. This Order may be cited as the Merchant the annual sum which will be payable in pur- Shipping (Anti-Scorbutics) Order in Council, suance of the said Measure from the endow- 1927. ment or income of the Bishopric of Winchester Colin Smith. (when calculated in the manner in the said Measure mentioned) is not less than Three thousand three hundred pounds a year : At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 22nd And whereas after consultation with the- day of April, 1927. Ecclesiastical Commissioners pursuant to the- PEESENT, said Measure it has been determined by His- The KING'S Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Majesty in Council that the Church of Saint Thomas, Portsmouth, shall be the Cathedral T^HEKEAS in pursuance of the fifth •Church of Portsmouth: VV section of " The Now, therefore, hi pursuance of the above- (Division) Measure, 1923," the Ecclesiastical mentioned Measure, His Majesty is pleased, Commissioners for England, by an Instrument under their Common Seal dated the 7th day of by and with the advice of His Privy Council, April, 1927, have certified to His Majesty that to order and declare as follows: — the annual value of the Endowment Fund of (1) The Bishopric of Portsmouth is hereby the Bishopric of together with the founded. annual sum which will be payable in pursuance (2) The Diocese of the said Bishopric shall of the said Measure from the endowment or consist of the present Archdeaconries of the income of the Bishopric of Winchester (when Isle of Wight and Portsmouth, now in the calculated in the manner in the said Measure Diocese of Winchester. mentioned) is not less than Three thousand and (3) The Parish Church of Saint Thomas, fifty pounds a year: Portsmouth, subject to the rights of the And whereas after consultation with the Patrons and the Incumbent of that Church, Ecclesiastical Commissioners pursuant to the shall be the Cathedral Church of the said said Measure it has been determined by His Bishopric. Majesty in Council that the Church of the Holy (4) The Bishop of Portsmouth is constituted Trinity, Guildford, shall be the Cathedral a Body Corporate and is hereby invested with CLurch of Guildford: all such rights, privileges and jurisdictions as Now, therefore, in pursuance of the above are possessed by any other Bishop in England, mentioned Measure, His Majesty is pleased, and is subjected to the metropolitan juris- by and with the advice of His Privy Council, diction of the . ix/ order and declare as follows :— (5) This Order shall come into operation on the first day of May, 1927. (1) The Bishopric of Guildford is hereby Colin Smith. founded. (2) The Diocese of the said Bishopric shall consist of the present Archdeaconry of , now in the Diocese of Winchester, At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 22nd and the ecclesiastical Parishes of Aldershot ; day of April, 1927. Aldershot, Holy Trinity; Ash with Ash PEESENT, Vale; Cove; CrondaE; Crookham; Ewshott; The KING'S Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Farnborough; Farnborough, Saint Mark; 1OI7HEEEAS in pursuance of the Bishops Fleet; Hawley; Minley; Yatelsy; in the said * * Eesignation Act, 1869, a representation Diocese of Winchester. has been made to His Majesty by the Eight (3) The Parish. Church of the Holy Honourable and Most Eeverend Cosmo Trinity, Guildford, subject to the rights of Gordon, by Divine Permission Lord Arch- the Patron and the Incumbent of that bishop of York, Primate of England and Church, shall be the Cathedral Church of Metropolitan, at the instance of the Eight the said Bishopric. Eeverend Herbert Louis, by Divine Permission (4; The Bishop of Guildford is constituted Lord Bishop of Newcastle, and as such a Bishop a Body Corporate and is hereby invested of a Diocese within and of the Province of with all such rights, privileges and jurisdic- York, that the said Bishop is desirous of re- tions as are possessed by any other Bishop signing his Bishopric (such resignation to take in England, and is subjected to the metro- formal effect upon the 1st day of August, 1927), politan jurisdiction of the Archbishop of by reason that he is incapacitated by perma- Canterbury. nent physical infirmity from the due per- (5) This Order shall come into "operation formance of his duties as Bishop: on the first day of May, 1927. And whereas His Majesty is satisfied of such Colin Smith. incapacity and that the said Bishop has canonically resigned: Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 22nd the advice of His Privy Council, is pleased to day of April, 1927. declare,- and it is hereby declared, that the said PEESENT, Bishopric of Newcastle shall become vacant The KING'S Most Excellent Majesty in Council. on the 1st day of August, 1927, and His T^yHEEEAS in pursuance of the fifth Majesty, by and with the like advice, is pleased to 'direct, and it is hereby directed, * ™ section of " The Diocese of Winchester 1 (Division) Measure, 1923," the Ecclesiastical that this Order be forthwith registered by the Commissioners for England, by an Instrument Eegistrar of the Diocese of Newcastle. under their Common Seal dated the 7th day Colin Smith.