of
duly appointed Church
Body here, I am of opinion,
that
even
since
disestablishment,
preferable to a continuance
of the method on which appoint-
ments
have hitherto been
15. As to
hardly any means and ways can be said to be in existence. Seat-rents
bring
in about £2200, but there must
always vary from year
to year, and the sum
barely
to
cover
working expenses. There are
no
Offertories, but
these are chiefly
for charitable objects in the Colony.
There is no
endowment,
and there is
no
means of raising
any excepting by subscriptions from a Community already
overdone by subscriptions. There is no Parsonage house. The raising
of necessary funds will
be
a matter of immense difficulty.
There are, it is true, wealthy people
here, but those
of
them who
are
inclined to help religious efforts are
very
few. This is the case where Religious Buildings and schemes are supported by the large Subscriptions of a com-
paratively few. In
a shifting community
like this, such a
small
"few" limited
as they must be to the bona
fide
members of the Church
of England', becomes a
very
small
number indeed. These Gentlemen
tax themselves, most
generously
now in order to keep up the Educational and Religious efforts existing amongst us.
The sudden
addition, for I fear nothing will be done till the actual disestablish-
ment comes,
of the entire expenses
connected with the Cathedral, will
be
very