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previously paid by the Colonial

Government:

feel

5. The Church Body therefore.

that the only

course open to them

is to earnestly request reconsideration by the Government of the decision ar- rived at and in doing so they wish to point out that the accommodation. provided by the bathedral is much in excess of that required by the Church of England community in this Colony were it not for the military require- ments for garrison services. It there- fore does not seem unreasonable that the Church

Body

should receive con-

吧

the

sideration on account of was and tear: to pavement, seat, books te caused bey the presence of or large body of troops every Sunday and of additional expence of maintaining the fabric of a building much in excess of the requirements of the civil community.

6. In 1890 the bolonial Chaplain obtained leave of absence to visit England. At the time of his departure neither the trustees nor the congregation

of