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to the absence of any owing resident Clergy in this Colony beyond two or three Missionaries and the Naval and Military Chaplains, whose time is fully occupied, it is matter of extreme difficulty
a.
for the Colonial Chaplain when wishing to leave the Colony to obtain locum tenens.
a
As regards the Bishop, his duties as Bishop of South China call him away so frequently that he is constantly absent from the Colony,
I have the honour to be,
My Lord, Your Lordship's Most Obedient,
Humble Servant,
J. Sleming