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Chaplain who has not another post

and

other duties which demand

all his available time and energies.

& call

I have also your atten-

A

-tion to the fact that for the five years and a quarter during

during which

was resident here

as

diocesan

before Mr Irivinis arrival. There

was

only a period of ten months

during

which the duties of the to- -lonial Chaplaincy were performed by a claggman not filling another

situation in addition thereunto:

The cause

of religion and of the Church of England suffered from neglect of the pastoral duties of visiting. the flock . Mr Irwin's predecessar Rev W. Baxter gained his

appointment

J 1

A

Appointment by the exchange

with the pre-

of a

a small re

rectory -vious colonial chaplain Rev? S.

W. Steedman; and the records

of

the Colonial Office may explain the heavy anxieties entailed up-

on me in

excluding him from the fathedral pulpit and myself

fulfilling or providing for his

duties therein, des

during

his siz

month's residence at đang dùng before the despatch announcing his dismissal by the Home Government arrived to save me from further trouble.

I beg respectfully to

submit that (clonial Chaplains

an

leave

of absence should within six months or cartier de-

- clare their bona fide intention

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