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COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH—NOT TO BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHICALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE. LONDON:

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RETURN OF THE NUMBER OF CHURCHES, LIVINGS, &c.

Diocese of Victoria

Parish Churches and Livings

Parish	County/District	Extent (sq. mi.)	Population	Rector	Value of Living	Parsonage House	Glebe	Church (Situation & Capacity)
Victoria	—	—	—	Rev. I. I. Irvin	£800 per annum	None	None	St. John’s Cathedral, Victoria (200 sittings)

Attendance and Denomination

Persons Generally Attending	Chapel (Situation & Capacity)	Persons Generally Attending	Denomination
566	St. John’s Cathedral, Victoria (225 sittings)	225	Protestant

Remarks

Wong Nei Chong Valley — for burial service.
Parsonage House — Ditto.
Dimensions — Faces of World.
First stone laid 11th March 1847; opened for divine service 11th March 1849; rebuilt in 1860.

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Other Places of Worship in Victoria

Roman Catholic

Church/Chapel	Situation	Sittings	Capacity	Denomination	Remarks
Our Lady of the Conception	Victoria	400	Upwards of 1,000	Roman Catholic	Rebuilt in 1860. Principal: Rev. Father E. Ambrosi (Society of the Propaganda Fide).

Protestant

Church/Chapel	Situation	Sittings	Average Attendance	Denomination	Remarks
Union Chapel	Victoria	200	150	Protestant	—

Chapels for Chinese

Chapel	Situation	Average Attendance	Denomination	Remarks
Chapel at Lower Bazaar	Victoria	—	Protestant	London Missionary Society, built 1865. Principal: Rev. J. Sage, D.D.
Chapel at Taiping Shan	Victoria	—	Protestant	—
Chapel at Wan Chai	Victoria	—	Protestant	—
Chapel of Sisters of Charity	Victoria	—	Roman Catholic	—
Chapel at Aberdeen	Aberdeen	—	Roman Catholic	—
Chapel at Sok Kwu Po	Sok Kwu Po	—	Roman Catholic	Inmates’ attendance.

Total Chapels — Protestant and Roman Catholic (Ditto).

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RECORD OFFICE PUBLIC 133 COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH—NOT TO BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHICALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE. LONDON: --- RETURN OF THE NUMBER OF CHURCHES, LIVINGS, &c. Diocese of Victoria Parish Churches and Livings Parish County/District Extent (sq. mi.) Population Rector Value of Living Parsonage House Glebe Church (Situation & Capacity) Victoria — — — Rev. I. I. Irvin £800 per annum None None St. John’s Cathedral, Victoria (200 sittings) Attendance and Denomination Persons Generally Attending Chapel (Situation & Capacity) Persons Generally Attending Denomination 566 St. John’s Cathedral, Victoria (225 sittings) 225 Protestant Remarks Wong Nei Chong Valley — for burial service. Parsonage House — Ditto. Dimensions — Faces of World. First stone laid 11th March 1847; opened for divine service 11th March 1849; rebuilt in 1860. --- Other Places of Worship in Victoria Roman Catholic Church/Chapel Situation Sittings Capacity Denomination Remarks Our Lady of the Conception Victoria 400 Upwards of 1,000 Roman Catholic Rebuilt in 1860. Principal: Rev. Father E. Ambrosi (Society of the Propaganda Fide). Protestant Church/Chapel Situation Sittings Average Attendance Denomination Remarks Union Chapel Victoria 200 150 Protestant — Chapels for Chinese Chapel Situation Average Attendance Denomination Remarks Chapel at Lower Bazaar Victoria — Protestant London Missionary Society, built 1865. Principal: Rev. J. Sage, D.D. Chapel at Taiping Shan Victoria — Protestant — Chapel at Wan Chai Victoria — Protestant — Chapel of Sisters of Charity Victoria — Roman Catholic — Chapel at Aberdeen Aberdeen — Roman Catholic — Chapel at Sok Kwu Po Sok Kwu Po — Roman Catholic Inmates’ attendance. Total Chapels — Protestant and Roman Catholic (Ditto). --- Page 120 Page 121

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RECORD OFFICE PUBLIC 133 COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO | BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- 20 ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE. LONDON: -: sausajay Names of the Parishes, in what County or District, and Extent in Square Miles [239] RETURN of the NUMBER of CHURCHES, LIVINGS, &c Population of each Parish. Name of the Bactor, and Value of the Living. Parsonage House. Glebe. Church, where ribaated, and the number of Persons it will contain. Diocese of Victoria Read I. I. Irvin £800 annum [Nome | None! St. John's bathedral Victoria [200] Number Number of Persons generally attending Chapel, where situated, mod the Number of Persons it will contain. of Persons generally attending. Whether Protestant of Roman Catholic. 566. 225. Protestant Wong nei chong Valley for burial service. Ditto Parsonage House. Dimenting Faces of Worldys, Romarks. First Stone laid 114 March 1847 and opened for divine Service 114 Branch 1849: Rebuilt in 1860 Our Lady of the Conception Victoria, Littings 4400 but the church is capable 1.748 Catholic of Containing upwards of 1000 Union Chapel Victoria Sittings 200. 150 intestant Chapels for Chinese The averag besides union Chapel at the fan Lower Bazaar Taiping shan Wain chai Chapel of Eesters of Chariti Chapel as aberdeen Chapel at: Soskumpoo. inmunts attendance Chapels pultogether Evos • Roatholic Ditta Ditte of the Society of the Propaganda Fide. Rebuiltin Principal The Reverend Father £. Ambrosi London Misionary Society built in 1865 Principal The Revd J. Sagge D.. 119 Page 120Page 121

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RECORD OFFICE

PUBLIC

133

BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC-

20 ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE. LONDON:

-: sausajay

Names of the Parishes, in what County or District, and Extent in Square Miles

[239]

RETURN of the NUMBER of

CHURCHES, LIVINGS, &c

Population of each Parish.

Name of the Bactor, and Value of the Living.

Parsonage House.

Glebe.

Church, where ribaated, and the number of Persons it will contain.

Diocese of

Victoria

Read I. I. Irvin

£800

annum

[Nome | None!

St. John's bathedral

Victoria

[200]

Number

of Persons generally attending

Chapel, where situated, mod

the Number of Persons it will contain.

of Persons generally attending.

Whether Protestant

of Roman

Catholic.

566.

225.

Protestant

Wong nei chong Valley for burial service.

Ditto

Parsonage

House.

Dimenting

Faces of Worldys,

Romarks.

First Stone laid 114 March 1847

and opened for divine Service 114 Branch 1849:

Rebuilt in 1860

Our Lady of the Conception

Victoria, Littings

4400

but the church is capable 1.748 Catholic

of Containing upwards of

1000

Union Chapel Victoria

Sittings 200.

150 intestant

Chapels for Chinese The averag besides union Chapel at the fan

Lower Bazaar

Taiping shan

Wain chai

Chapel of Eesters of Chariti

Chapel as aberdeen Chapel at: Soskumpoo.

inmunts

attendance

Chapels

pultogether

Evos •

Roatholic

Ditta

Ditte

of the Society of the Propaganda Fide. Rebuiltin

Principal The Reverend Father £. Ambrosi

London Misionary Society built in 1865 Principal The Revd J. Sagge

D..

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