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(No. 10 of 1889.)

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Enclosure in No. 2.

EXTRACT from the MINUTES of the proceedings of the Council of Government of Mauri- tius at a Meeting held at Government House, Port Louis, on Tuesday the 2nd day of July 1889.

Present:

His Excellency Sir John Pope Hennessy, K.C.M.G., President.

The Hou. Colonel T. E. A. Hall, Officer Commanding the Troops.

The Hon. E. B. Sweet-Escott, Acting Colonial Secretary.

The Hon. Lionel Cox, Procureur and Advocate-General.

The Hon. L. E. Schmidt, Acting Receiver-General.

The Hon. T. Elliott, Auditor-General.

The Hon. J. F. Seymour, Collector of Customs.

The Hon. O. L. O'Connor, Acting Protector of Immigrants.

The Hon. M. Connal, Surveyor-General.

The Hon. Dr. O. Beaugeard.

The Hon. Vincent Geffroy.

The Hoa. C. Antelme, C.M.G.

The Hon. H. Leclézio.

The Hon. C. J. Planel.

The Hon. L. E. Antelme.

The Hon. Sir V. Naz, K.C.M.G.

The Hon. H. J. V. Portal.

The Hon. Dr. C. Meldrum, C.M.G., Director of the Observatory.

The Hon. J. Fraser.

The Hon. G. Guibert.

The Hon. W. Newton.

The Hon. H. St. George Caulfeild, Engineer and General Manager of Railways. The Hon. Dr. F. V. Pougnet, Visiting and Superintending Surgeon of the Civil Hospital.

The Hon. L. de Rochecouste, President of the Chamber of Agriculture.

The Hon. H. Stein, President of the Chamber of Commerce.

D. P. Garrioch, Esquire, Acting Secretary.

Absent:

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que d'ailleurs, plusieurs Secrétaires d'État pour les Colonies ont expressément reconnu

comme le devoir du Gouvernement.

(Signé)

E. DE BOUCHERVILLE, T. ROUSSET,

LCE. LE MAIRE,

ADOLPHE MACquet,

L. SPÉVILLE,

EST. DE BOUCHERVILLE,

A. MARTIN,

And 191 other Signatures.

Dr. M. X. NALLÉTAMBY,

Ev. MANES,

C. FARQUHARSON,

C. DARUTY DE GRANDPRÉ, M.D., L. PITOT,

A. B. DE GERSIGNY, J. LAGESSE,

9. The Hon. Dr. O. Beaugeard also gave notice that, at the next meeting of Council, He would move :--

That the principle, lately introduced in the Dependency of Seychelles, on which the ecclesiastical grant annually voted for the use of the Christian churches is to be apportioned to those churches according to the number of their adherents, be laid down likewise for this Colony, and gradually carried into practice, provided that all rights vested in the present titulars be reserved.

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No. 3.

SIR J. POPE HENNESSY to LORD KNUTSFORD.

(Received August 3, 1889.)

Government House, Mauritius, July 11, 1889.

(No. 330.) MY LORD,

ADVERTING to my Despatch, No. 329, of to-day's date, I have the honour to enclose a letter from the Bishop of Mauritius of yesterday's date, containing the reasonable request that your Lordship's judgment should be suspended respecting Dr. Beaugeard's motion until the Bishop has been able to lay before you the position of the Church of England with respect to ecclesiastical grants.

I have, &c. (Signed) J. POPE HENNESSY.

The Right Hon. Lord Knutsford, G.C.M.G.,

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The Hon. C. F. H. Adam.

The Hon. G. Arlanda.

The Hon. J. A. Ferguson.

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8. The Hon. Dr. O. Beaugeard laid on the table the following memorial, having for its object a more equitable distribution of the ecclesiastical grants :-

À l'honorable OnÉsipho Beaugeard, Senior Député de Port Louis.

MONSIEUR ET CHER DÉPUTÉ,

Nous, soussignés, Electeurs des divers Districte de la Colonie, avons l'honneur de vous prier de vouloir bien proposer au Conseil Législatif une Ordonnance établissant une repartition plus équitable du Budget Ecclésiastique.

D'après les statistiques officielles, le Gouvernement ne paye que 64 Centièmes par tête aux catholiques, tandis qu'il alloue 6 Roupies et 34 Centièmes, par tête aux protestants.

Nous demandons qu'à Maurice, on agisse comme aux Seychelles, à Trinidad et dans d'autres Colonies Anglaises, et qu'on admette ici la principe pratiqué dans cer paye, à savoir: que sans toucher à la somme affectée tous les ans aux deux cultes par le Budget, les salaires et allocations venant à vaquer par la mort ou la retraite des ministres protestants soient assignés au culte catholique, jusqu'à ce que la juste et équitable proportion des allocations calculée sur le nombre des adhérents soit obtenue.

Par votre parole, nous en sommes convaincus vous saures faire valoir nos droits au Conseil Législatif, et la première assemblée du pays ne refusera pas de voter ce

MY LORD,

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&c.

Enclosure in No. 3.

Bishopthorpe, Mauritius, July 9, 1889. In the course of this morning's meeting of the Legislative Council, I am informed, that, at the request of his Excellency the Governor, a proposition which was to have been made by the Hon. Dr. Beaugeard for an equalisation of the ecclesiastical grants according to a mere numerical proportion was withdrawn, pending a reply from your Lordship to a Despatch upon the subject.

2. In view of the very peculiar and important circumstances of this case, I have the honour to request your Lordship to be so good as to suspend your judgment thereon until I shall have been able to lay the position of the Church of England before your Lordship, as I hope to do by the next mail.

To the Right Hon. Lord Knutsford,

&c.

&c.

Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies.

• No. 2.

I have, &c. 1 (Signed)

P. & MAURITICA.