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an application from the Reverend F. Ignatius Bergazzi soliciting apistance from this Government towards support of the bharituble institutions fastered and originated by the thoman Catholic &

Misionaries and the Sisters of Charity. 2. I

so

convinced

of the great

whom otherwise some shelter should

be found.

H.

4. The Relemmatory for boys superintended

by stather Raimondi is most judiciously

conducted.

as.

on the chilchen

without

attempting to fance

any religious teaching

contrary to Chinese prejudices, it aims at

am

derives from

guing

very

advantage which the belony derives these institutions that I should be

any way

reasonable aid and

glad

to be instrumental in

in giving them

every

3. I may

encouragement.

may say

that the schools and

institutions in question effect a considerable Sausing to the Sublic by relieving the Colonial Treasury from the charge of Some hundreds of destitute children for

them in the

in the first instance,

a

knowledge of some useful trade, and prepares them by a system of general

instruction to be able to select

and a

a career

religion for themselves. 5. The Registrar General. M becil

b. Smith,

has at

Enclosure 1. Mem

my

now

acting as bolonial Secreting.

desire drawn up the enclosed

all the information required

gring

by Your Grace

on the subject of the several

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