infringed on the rights of the Crown as expressed through the duties of the Lieutenant - Governor , a servant of the Crown. Two, the wording of the Act infringed on the rights and duties of the Bishop in regard to "Institution". Under the Act the Lieutenant - Governor was to induct the TVIinister' into his new parish. It is worthy of note that the controversy did not in any way involve the question of paramount authority and jurisdiction between the Bishop of London, named in the P.E.I. Church Act of 1802, and the Bishop of Nova Scotia , specified in the Royal Instructions . (The Royal Instructions which Charles Douglas Smith received were merely copies of the Commission and Instructions sent to Sir George Prevost in Nova Scotia , dated October 21st, 1811). Although it is not possible to find a direct answer to the controversy in the form of official correspondence from Whitehall to Smith in the CO. 226 Series on Microfilm at the Public Archives in P.E.I. , there are certain facts that must not be overlooked. Smith did raise a serious question and it must be presumed that the officials in London investigated the question thoroughly. The Church Act of 1802 remained the official governing legislation (without amendment to those specific points mentioned) for the island until it was finally repealed in 1879. In 1878 the Lieutenant - Governor reserved "An Act to repeal certain Acts relating to the Church of England in this Province, and to make provision in lieu thereof, for consideration by the Governor - General of Canada . He reserved the Act because: the Act transmitted therefore dis-establishes the Church of England in this Province, and consequently interferes with the Prerogative of the Sovereign as the Temporal Head of that church, and it has no suspending clause-63 It was allowed to pass into law the following year, 1879. It is obvious that the Government of Great Britain saw no contradiction between the Church Act of 1802, through which the Lieutenant - Governor acted as a true representative of the Crown (the Temporal Head of the church), and the authority and jurisdiction granted to the Bishop of Nova Scotia in 1787. The Lieutenant - Governor and the Legislature of Prince Edward Island continued to have an authoritative voice in local church affairs despite the presence of a Bishop in Nova Scotia . The Bishop of London also continued to hold some form of jurisdiction (nominally at the very least) over the island through the Act of 1802 until its repeal in 1879. 63. Lieutenant - Governor Robert Hodgson to the Governor - General . Despatches to the Secretary of State 1873-84. July 11th, 1878, Public Archives of Prince Edward Island . 41