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more
complete Report at Pages 1974-138 of the Blue Book will be found amply to coroborate the above statement, and to prove that this belony is much, healthy than many others of Her Majesty's inter-tropical possessions. Even
of the Troops ( by no means
in the case
att
infallible test of climate,) the mortality was reduced to meorly a half during the a last year, before their present excellent
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barracks were completed; and now that the soldiers have been housed in them;
I entertain no doubt of the marked and favorable resulte
Colony
Soon after my arrival in the Places of Worsh in 1844, I represented that
while the Romanists and Dissenters
were
already provided, with respectable. places of worship, the members of the
-Established Church met in a species
of
Education.
of shed ; but however anxious to the erection
not.
of a.
commence
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a more suutable edifice, I have t yet been fortunate enough to obtain that authority for the expenditure, without_ which I was officially informed it must not be undertaken. On the arrival of the necessary sanction, I hope that a proper _. building may
the course of
a year,
be raised in the
lof
and there seems little doubt of obtaining -third of the cost from among
the inhabitants.
There are four European establishments Victoria, into some.
for education in
are
1of
which the use of the Chinese Language is introduced. They & present entirely supported by voluntary contributions In Despatch No 4 of January 20th I proposed to Her Majesty's Government
some small annual contribution to a
school established by the Rev 4 . 17 Stanton
for