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&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words"&gt;Sir,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words"&gt;I am to signify to you The Queen's Commands that you prepare for Her Majesty's Signature, a Warrant addressed to the Lord High Chancellor, to cause Letters Patent, in conformity with the draft Warrants hereto annexed, to be passed under the Great Seal of the Realm granting to the Archbishop, Bishops and Clergy of the Province of Canterbury in Convocation assembled Her Majesty's Royal Licence and Authority to confer together and agree upon such new or altered Canons as they shall think necessary and convenient for the removal of many doubts which have arisen and do arise to the hindrance of the work of the Church of England as set out in the Address to Her Majesty from the Convocation of Canterbury bearing date the 10th November, 1953, and to exhibit the same unto Her Majesty for Her Royal Consideration; and that such Warrant shall set forth the tenor and effect of such Letters Patent, and shall contain all such clauses as are usual and requisite.&lt;/p&gt;
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