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Kenthomew,
the Colonial Office,
Victoria), (Hongkong) July 8th: 184n
Sam directed by His Excellency the Governor in Council to state, with reference to the subject of your letter of the 3rd Instant, that, in consideration of the great inconvenience arising from the defective condition of the mat shed in which divine service is at present conducted, His Excellency will undertake, on the part of Her Majesty's Government, to contribute a sum not exceeding two thirds of the expence of building a Church.
It must be distinctly understood that, should the cost exceed £6,000, the Government will not contribute more than the sum of £6,000, and the excess must be borne by the Community.
Reverend V. Stanton
A. Anderson, Esq.