of Income, hitherto enjoyed by the Colonial Chaplain.
Before I left England I was informed by my predecessor in Office that I should be entitled to certain fees for Marriages performed in the Cathedral which would average £75 per annum, in addition to fixed Salary;
This statement I have found to be correct, the average account of fees for the last four years having been £77-0-7.
3. The Average number of Marriages solemnized in the Cathedral, for the last seven years, has been 14: the largeness of the number being in a great measure accounted for by the fact that Licenses have hitherto only been granted for marriages to be celebrated in the Cathedral by the Colonial Chaplain or his deputy. The usual fee paid to the Chaplain for such marriages has, as a matter of courtesy been £5.
4. I am satisfied that if marriages are to be solemnized in the Cathedral after the passing of the new Ordinance, it will be necessary to abolish altogether the Colonial Chaplain's fee, or to reduce it to such a sum as will amount to almost the same thing. I therefore most respectfully suggest that some compensation should be made to me on this account, that is, for the loss of a privilege hitherto exclusively enjoyed.
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