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As the increase in the Christian population of the Colony is entirely due to this addition to Bishop Raimondi's flock, his flock constitute almost the whole of the Christian settlers or permanent Christian population of Hong Kong, the necessity for some extension of his church and School accommodation appears to be manifest
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The fact that this large and increasing section, whom we have lately, on conscientious grounds, called upon to abstain from receiving any share of the Government grant for Education, is another reason why I ask your Lordship to sanction this grant of Crown Land.
6.
As the Bishop tells me that Schools for the poorer classes of Roman Catholics are urgently needed in the locality in question, and as he is anxious to begin building as soon as the Community is debased...