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opinion, may,

in the course

of time,

be strongly expressed in favour of a

~

material change in the existing conditions of the Grant-in-Aid Code

5

It will be further

perceived that in again urging

the

- insertion of a "Conscience Clause",

which he considers vitally important, Bishop Raimondi now offers an additional condition, to the effect

that, in the event of the Trustees

having to act on the proposed proviso enabling them to withdraw St. Joseph's College from the operation of the

Grant-in-aid scheme for conscientious reasons, "the amount of the building

grant should from that date become "a debt due to the Government bearing interest at 5 per cent and repayable "within five years"

6.

A reference to the

report of the Attorney-General which

was

forwarded with M. Marché's despatch No. 149 of the 7th March ultimo, will show that that officer considered "the proposed reservation in the "Trust Deed one which the Government

might properly accept. In Mr

Onnalley's

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