Ordinance No.5, 1845, Cape of Cood Hope, for authorising the appointment of a vestry and churchwardens for St. Paul's, Rondebosch.

Ordinance No.3, 1847, Cape of Good Hope, for authorising the vestry of St. Paul's to raise a sum not exceeding K2110, to enlarge the church.

Draft of a Bill, 1853, for the bettor government of the church in the colonies.

Act No.10, 1891, Cape of Cood Hope, to authorise and repeal cortain ordinances, to conduct and management of vestry meetings and other parochial business.

Report of the Select' Committee of the English Church Ordinance Repeal Bill, 1891.

Address book, 1963, listing letters sent on each date. Personal correspondence, including letters from Sir Robert and Lady Teresa Alford and Bishop E.M.H. Capper.

Complimentary addresses to Bishop Cray from the children of Papendorp Church School, lay members and clergy of the diocese ef Cape Town, clergy of the Eastern Province and inhabitants of Bloemfontein and Rondebosch. (Amongst the signatures is that of Juana Smith, wife of Sir Harry Smith). Letters of thanks from Bishop Cray to the Dean of Cape Town and Archdeacon Welby of Ceorge, thanking them for the affectionate addresses sent by the clergy in Cape Town and Ceorge.

Deed of Trust for the Diocese of Adelaide, undated. Minutes of.

Proceedings of the Province of Australasia, Sydney, 1850.

Proceedings of the Conference of the Diocese of Adelaide, 1852.

Constitution for associating together as a Branch of the United Church in the Colony of New Zealand, agreed to at a Conference, Auckland, 1857.

Appointments of Welby to be one of a council to act in Bishop Gray's absence, 1857, and to act an the Bishop's commissary in the Diocese of George, 1857.

Letter of institution and mandate for Merriman to be Archdeacon of Grahamstown, 1849 and tho oaths of supremacy, allegiance and subscription to articles taken by Merriman. Also appointment of Merriman as Dean of Cape Town, 1870 and his election as Bishop of Crahamstown, 1871.

The records of the Archbishops of Cape Town relate to the activities of the Church of the Province of South Africa (Anglican) in Southern Africa, comprising South Africa, Mozambique, the Rhodesias, the former protectorates of Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland and also St. Helena, which falls under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of Cape Town. These records cover the years 1835 to 1968 with the preponderance between 1848 and 1938.

The primary interest of the records is in the description they provide of the foundation and progress of the various dioceses, together with the development of a synodical form of government for the church. Also described is the work of the church in its missionary aspect. The researcher will also find material relating to the controversies between Bishop Gray of Cape Town and Bishop Colenso of Natal, which threatened to split the Anglican Church in Africa; issues relating to race relations; black nationalism; and the rivalry between Boer and Briton.

The Bishops and Archbishops of Cape Town accumulated these records in the course of their ecclesiastical duties. They are primarily concerned with the activities of the first two bishops, Robert Gray (1847-1872) and William West Jones (Bishop 1874-1897, Archbishop 1897-1908).