stated by you Iappene of the arrangements which you have made with respect to these allotments of Land.
Jabloncun in the recommendation contained in your despatch of 400 that a piece of ground at Aberdeen should be allotted to the Honble Collidie Bishop on a Nominal Rent of a Dollar per annum provided it is used solely for Religious & Educational purposes.
$280. Financial.
Copy to have DP for report the hor/49.
My Lord,
9201. Amerong 1849 Victories Mongkong, - 24th August, 1849.
Menseigneur Sereade, the Catholic Bishop, some time after his arrival in Wongting established a Chinese school at the Village of Aberdeen under the superintendence of Abbé French Priest of his Mission, and having in May last applied for permission to hold a piece of land at Aberdeen wheren to build a Chapel and Missionary Residence, I decided in Council on the 26th May to recede to his request, and
The Right Honorable The Earl of Grey,
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