BY W. y. D. BUTLEU, B.A., M.SC, LL.B. 31 



"lege, whilst instruction in forms of Church Government 

 "and in rites and ceremonies may bo communicated, at the 

 "discretion of the Principal and Fellows respectively, to 

 "the students whose parents or guardians wish them to rek- 

 "ceive it ; and that His Excellency the Lieutenant-Gover- 

 "nor be respectfully requested to receive this expression of 

 "the opinion of the Council." 



"That it is the opinion of this Council that a sum not 

 "exceeding £2,500 be applied from the Colonial Revenue 

 "to the formation of a fund for establishing Exhibitions 

 "from the Queens School to tlie Universities of the United 

 "Kingdom ; such Exhibitions to be regulated bv future ar- 

 "rangements, to be approved by the Lteutenant-Governor 

 "and the Executive Council." ("Gazette, " 1840, Pago 



936.) 



Addresses came in from various districts of the Island 

 expressing the sentiments of the Colonists upon the grea- 

 benefits about to be conferred upon them ; their opinion* 

 upon the religious principles on which it should be based ; 

 and their desire that the locality should be fixed withiu 

 their respective District Limits. Tlie latter petitions were 

 backed up by promises of specified subscriptions to a large 

 amount in ca.<»e of such Localities being selected ; in fact, 

 one part cf the Colony was bidding against another which 

 should have the College within its limits. (Narrative.) 

 For example, the Campbell Town residents offered a grant 

 of 50 acres of land and a sum of £1,500 towards the es- 

 tal)lii;hment, provided that the College was built in its dis- 

 trict. (Address presented to the Legislative Council 1st 

 September, 1S40. "Gazette," pages 879, 938.) 



Eventually, New Norfolk was fixed upon as the site, 

 the Governor granting 10 acres, the maximum amount he 

 had it in his power to appropriate to any public pui-pose 

 without the previous consent of the Secretary of State 

 part of the Government Farm in that Locality, for this 

 purpose. (This farm iq now known a.s Turrif Lodge.) 



Franklin writes:— "The fii-st stone of the College was 

 "laid on the Gth November, 1840, in the presence of tho 

 "Executive and Legislative Councils, and the heads of 

 "various Department?, of the Clei^y, and of my friends 

 "Captains Ross and Crozier, and the officers of the 'Erebus' 

 "and 'Terror,' then about to sail from our shores to the 

 "Antarctic Ocean. The College was dedicated to Christ 

 "Himself, the great Comer Stone of a building which was 

 "intende<:1 i<o train up Cliristiaii Youth in the faith, as well 

 "ac in the learning of Christian Gentlemen, and the 

 "Prayer of the late Excellent and Revered Archdeacon 

 "Hutchins invoked a blessinjr on our work.' ^Narrative.) 



The actual building of Christ's College at New Norfolk 



