BY W. F. D. BUTLKIl, B.A., M.SC, LL.K. 37" 



Venerable Archdeacon Hutchins and a, numerous bodv of 

 the inhabitants of Launcestoii were present, it was moved 

 by Dr. Seccombe, and seconded by Mr. ^Vnl. Henty, tnat 

 Messi'a. John T. Hill, James Henty, W. G. Sams, W. E. 

 Lawrence, L. W. Gelles, G. S. Davies, P. A. Mulgrave, 

 Henry D'Arch, Dr. Browne, and Henry Priaulx, be ap- 

 pointed a Committee to carry into effect the establishment 

 of a School in Launceston upon the Principles of the 

 Church of England, and under the superintendence of 

 a Minister of that Church. 



Subscriptions were received in aid of the School, and 

 an application was made for pennission to occupy a 

 piece of land fronting upon Church and Elizabeth streets, 

 Launceston, for the purpose of erecting a School, which 

 was granted, and eventually this land was granted by the 

 Crown in 1861 for this purjjose. 



The sum of over £500 was collected, and. not being 

 deemed sufficient to commence the School at once, was let 

 out at interest. 



Subsequently, a subscription was raised in Launces- 

 ton in memory of Archdeacon Hutchins amounting to 

 £126 7s. Od., and this was handed by the Subscribers to 

 the Grammar School Committee on condition free tuition 

 was granted to one scholar as the Hutchins scholar. 



(///) Siihscrij>fiot)!i for the Hiifrfiin'! School 



A meeting of the friends of the late Archdeacon 

 Hutchins took place immediately after his funeral on 

 Tuesday, 8th .Tune, 18-11, for the pui-pose of deciding upon 

 the most suitable tribute to the memory of the deceased, 

 and of carrying into efifect an object in which so general and 

 anxious an interest was manifested. 



The meeting having a.sscmbled in the Gi'ammar 

 School, Harrington-street, Sir John Pedder was called to 

 the chair, and it was ultimatelv det-emiined that the erec- 

 tion of a School, to be ' called -ARCHDEACON 

 "HUTCHINS SCHOOL," and to be placed under the sole 

 management of the Ecclesiastical Head of the Church of 

 England for the time being in this Island, was the most 

 appropriate tribute which could be rendered to the 

 memory of the deceased. 



A Committee was formed, and subscriptions collected 

 ill furtherance of this object, and in 1843 the Subscribers 

 handed over this money to the newly-aiTived Bishop to 

 carry out this scheme. Tenders were called for a site for 

 this School ("Courier,"' 22nd September, 1843), and a site 

 in Collins-street was purchased for that purpose. It was 

 proposed to erect a Hall to be iised for the purposes of 

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