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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