M 617 footing of a sum, equal. M should be placed on an equality with their fellow subjects and taxpayers of the Anglican Communion as regards Ecclesiastical grants, and that the Bishop would be satisfied if a sum equal to that granted to the Church of England were given, to be surrendered on the death of the first recipients. The Bishop further requested compensation on account of past inequalities. This latter claim was reiterated shortly afterwards.
9. On the 21 March 1881, the following extract from the Secretary of State's Despatch 7211 of 1881 was communicated to Bishop Raimondi: "I do not feel able to entertain Bishop Raimondi's proposal that, as long as any Ecclesiastical grants are continued in the Colony, the Roman Catholic Church should be granted the same amount as is now allowed from Government funds to the Church of England." — To this Bishop Raimondi replied that, though the Secretary of State declined to make...