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Government will defray the cost of the passage to Hongkong from England of a locum tenens to discharge his duties while the Colonial Chaplain is on leave for six months on half pay. Mr. Jennings' application was brought before the Governor previous to his departure on the 19th instant, but Sir William Des Vœux had not time to address Your Lordship on the subject before he left.
I may mention, however, that Sir William Des Vœux considered that Mr Jennings' case was a very hard one, but felt unable to accede to his request, without Your Lordship's sanction, in view of the abolition of the principle under which subsidies are paid for ecclesiastical purposes (except as regards actual incumbents of office).
Mr Jennings has been
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Government will defray the cost of the passage to Hougtong from England of a locum tenens to discharge his
duties while the Colonial,
Chaplain is
months on
2.
is on leave for
Six
half pay. Mr. Jennings' application
was brought before the Governor previous to his
departure
the 19th instant, but Sir
on
William Des Vœuxe had not
time to address Your Lordship
on
the subject-
before
before he left.
3.
I may mention, however,
that Sir William Des Vœux
considered that Mr Jennings'
hard one,
case was a
very
but felt unable to accede to his request, without Your Lordship's sanotion, in view of the abolition of the principle
under which subsidies are
paid for ecclesiastical purposes (except as regards actual_ incumbents of office).
4
Mr Jennings has
been
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