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on a scale

and in the Civil Hospital similar to that adopted for the allilitary Roman Catholie Chaplain, and direct

that a

proposal may

this principle .

be made on

Read also a Memorandum. by the Assistant Military Secretary.. (Colonel Barton), showing the principle adopted by the Military

•Authorities for the payment of the Salary of the Roman Catholic Chaplain to the troops in Houghong . It appears that there is now an average of 200 Roman Catholics in the Garrison,

and a similar average in the saol and Civil Hospital; ared that the

94500

that the

Jugg

capitation rate gives the Roman average Catholic Military Chaplain about

$60.

$60. ( sixty dollar) a month.

Bishop Raimondi, having been

d having

communicated with, and,

expressed officially his willingness to accept an arrangement based on a principle resembling that adopted for the payment of the Salary of the Roman Catholic Chaplain, viz: - rate calculated on a capitation

basis, the Council advise that a vote

to

of $60. (sixty dollaw) a month, subject

5 readjuctient at the end of of ti years, should be proposed to the legislative Council as payment for the Services of

a

Roman Catholic Chaplain in the Taol and the Civil Hospital.

It is understood, in accordance

with the directions of the Secretary of

State

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