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by instead of $1,400 they would probably
have ohrunk from a position
of such grave responsibility in which they
Now
as that
- find themselves.
They therefore earnestly request His the Governor that for at
Excellency
least 3
· 3 years,
the term of the Chaplain's
agreement, the sum
of $1700 for baol.
use.
Hospital & Cemetery, work, and the of the Cathedral by the troops should be granted, a sum which they venture to
think they
were
justified in expecting.
at the time when circumstances ren-
dered it necessary for them to make
arrangements for the continuance
Cathedral services,
14. There is one
which I
other point to
of
am directed to request this Excellency's attention, viz., amongst the proposals of the Government was one
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of a grant of $1000 per annum for burial fees. This eum it appears, w intended for distribution amongst all denominations, afee of $5 being paid to the clergyman who performed.
the burial service over
any person dying or found dead within the
Colony.
without
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