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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
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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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