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the Roman Catholic Reformatory, Lot 582 to the Catholics as a
site
for Joseph's Chapel and at Shaukiwan and Aberdeen two small lots given
to the Basel and Roman Catholic.
St Missions respectively. Crown Lands have also been conceded for burial purposes i.e. lot 288 Mussulman Cemetery, lot 299 Roman Catholic Cemetery, lot 364 Parsee Cemetery,
and lot 610 London Mission Protestant Chinese Cemetery
All the nominal rent of
foregoing pay a
one dollar per
Apart from the above land
Villages has been conceded in the
to the natives for places of worship
free of charge..
I happen to be aware from personal Knowledge of the existence of the want set forth by Bishop Raimondi in his letter and if I could be deterred from
commending this application to the favourable consideration of His Excellency the Governor, it would only be for reasons of a purely personal" and therefore perhaps selfish nature. "As however I am aware
that the Bishop wants the ground partly for a girls school destined to relieve the present dreadful overcrowding at the Italian Convent, I have no-
Corrected version in HTML format as requested:the Roman Catholic Reformatory, Lot 582 to the Catholics as a site for St. Joseph's Chapel and at Shaukiwan and Aberdeen two small lots given to the Basel and Roman Catholic Missions respectively. Crown Lands have also been conceded for burial purposes i.e. lot 288 Mussulman Cemetery, lot 299 Roman Catholic Cemetery, lot 364 Parsee Cemetery, and lot 610 London Mission Protestant Chinese Cemetery.
All the foregoing pay a nominal rent of one dollar per annum.
Apart from the above land in Villages has been conceded in the New Territories to the natives for places of worship free of charge.
I happen to be aware from personal knowledge of the existence of the want set forth by Bishop Raimondi in his letter and if I could be deterred from commending this application to the favourable consideration of His Excellency the Governor, it would only be for reasons of a purely personal and therefore perhaps selfish nature. As however I am aware that the Bishop wants the ground partly for a girls school destined to relieve the present dreadful overcrowding at the Italian Convent, I have no-