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ZA HPRA AB867-B-Bb-Bb8-Bb8.2
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Letters from Ab. A.C. Tait to B n. R. Grav and W.W. Jones
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- 1870 - 1877 (Creation)
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Consecration of Missionary Bishops and the question of the Bishop of the Orange River Colony being consecrated in Scotland, from which arises the problem of taking the oath of obedience to both Canterbury and Cape Town.
The general question is one of Letters Patent and the colonial church. Archbishop Tait agrees to consecrate Bishop Bousfield(Pretoria) and administer the oath of obedience to Cape Town in the course of the seryice.