CO129-050 - Sir Bowring and Lieut Governor Caine - 1855 [5-6] — Page 328

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Wind; and do not enable me to hold out the early prospect of well-educated and competent interpreters fit for situations of the kind contemplated by your-

While I desire to thank the Government for the £250 annual payment just received, I feel it right to mention that I labour under considerable educational difficulties in sustaining my staff of European tutors through the demands of the Government Chaplaincies in the Colony. The absence of Chaplains through furlough, death, or other reasons well known to your Excellency has deprived the College of two most efficient tutors, and it has been difficult to supply their place. Mr. C. Odell, who has for the last two years sustained the pastoral duties both of the Garrison and of the Colonial Chaplaincies, is the second case of my loss of a gentleman's services from the College from this cause.

After having spent money on a private friend's outfit and passage from England, I have lost his services (on his appointment as permanent Military Chaplain above a year ago) at a period of their greatest efficiency, and out of the £250 just received from Government, I have to remit to England £200 for the outfit and passage of his expected successor. I feel grateful to the Government for their Grant and as long as they think it right to continue it, I shall do my best to render it promotive of the cause of Anglo-Chinese education. But I wish at the same time to remind your Excellency that the pecuniary benefaction of the Government has been less than might...

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Wind; and do not enable me to hold out the early prospect of well-educated and competent interpreters fit for situations of the kind contemplated by your- While I desire to thank the Government for the £250 annual payment just received, I feel it right to mention that I labour under considerable educational difficulties in sustaining my staff of European tutors through the demands of the Government Chaplaincies in the Colony. The absence of Chaplains through furlough, death, or other reasons well known to your Excellency has deprived the College of two most efficient tutors, and it has been difficult to supply their place. Mr. C. Odell, who has for the last two years sustained the pastoral duties both of the Garrison and of the Colonial Chaplaincies, is the second case of my loss of a gentleman's services from the College from this cause. After having spent money on a private friend's outfit and passage from England, I have lost his services (on his appointment as permanent Military Chaplain above a year ago) at a period of their greatest efficiency, and out of the £250 just received from Government, I have to remit to England £200 for the outfit and passage of his expected successor. I feel grateful to the Government for their Grant and as long as they think it right to continue it, I shall do my best to render it promotive of the cause of Anglo-Chinese education. But I wish at the same time to remind your Excellency that the pecuniary benefaction of the Government has been less than might... SA. 321 Page 10 (no original page break or other page information detected beyond "Page 10" )
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10.

Wind; and do not enable me to hold out

the early prospect of well educated and Competent interpreters fit for sitriations

of r

the Kind Contemplated by your-

While I desire to thank the

Government for

6 for the £250 annual-

payment just received, I feel it right

to mention that I labour under Considerable

educational

difficulties

culties in sustaining my staff of European tutors through

: through the demands of the Government Chaplaincies in the Colony. The absence of Chaplains through furlough, death, or other reasons

well known to

recent

your Excellency.

in the

rtunate circumstances of this

Funfortunat

has deprived the College of

community, has deprived

two most efficient tutors, and

their place Reve

it has been difficult to supply. Mr. C. Odell, who has for the last two years. sustained the pastoral duties both of the

Garrison and

SA.

321

of the Colonial Chaplaincies.-

is the second case

of my loss of a

Gentleman's

services from the College from this cause

After baving seprayed from private frends

as

his outfit and passage from England, Shave lost his services (on his appointment permanent Military Chaplain above a year agos at a period of their greatest efficiency,

and of

the £250 just received,

ceived from Government This surety I have to remit to lugland £ 200 through

was not

initinded

least 7.0.

Causes connected with the Government, for

t and overland passage of

the outfit.

hi

expected successor. Ifeel grateful to the Government for their Grant and as

they think

mey

long

R

right to continue it I shall as

best to render it promotive of the cause

of Anglo Chinese education. But I wish at the same time to remind your Excellency that the pecuniary benefaction of the Government has been less than

might

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