the sum to be paid by Government
paid by Government did not exceed
L. 6,000. This agreement His Excellency fully
admits, indeed, it is clear beyond
the
doubt from
letter; and,
correspondence
denied attached to your had the community subscribed. L. 3000 before
the
passing of Ordinance No. of 1847, dated
the March, he would concur with
you in thinking that the Government had made itself liable
for double that
amount; but, if you will have
the
& goodness
to refer to the Ordinance, it will be
found from the preambles that, at that date, the Community could only have subscribed £2,300; and as Sir John Davis's undertaking to contribute two thirds of the expense of the Church was dated nearly 3 years before, it must be concluded that, when the Ordinance was passed, this was the total amount of subscriptions that could have been then expected from the community. His Excellency is therefore of opinion that, in granting £. 14600 for the Church, this Government
has performed all that can be legally required
it cannot be admitted that sums
of it ; for
238
subscribed subsequently to the passing of the
Ordinance, and
part of which have even been collected in the Church itself, since its completion,
can bind the Government to any further payment
072
on this account
2 : From a paper furnished to the Governor by Mr Surveyor General Eldred, it appears that the total expenditure on account of the Church, and sums due to Contractors, when the Church
was opened
on the 11th March, 1849, amounted to
L.
2. 4487 1.6.10, this showing that, at that
time, there
was ample funds
in the hands
of the Trustees to pay all that
was absolutely due
but, since that date, further outlays
amounting to
on account of painted windows, &c., amount
of the erection of a tower;
£. 1,150 « 14 «10, and
for
&c, with the Architect's commission, amounting
to £. 1113 « 18 « 4, have been incurred. These
sums
conjointly aggregate, L. 2.264 « 13. 2, and to their claims, His Excellency
it is partly to liquidate