BY W. V. D. BDTLER, B.A., M.8C., LL.B. 45 



and visitation over the boys' school at Winchester. At 

 the present time this has devolved into a merely formal 

 visitation. 



The Appeals in the Colony, however, were of a more 

 definite chai-acter. The Colonists were, of course, well 

 aware of the subscriptions for the Hutchins School in the 

 hands of the Bishop, a,nd also of the subscriptions for tlie 

 Launceston Church Grammar School, of which latter Insti- 

 tution the Bisliop was also the Visitor. Gell s Circular 

 ^ives little information as to the character of Christ's Col- 

 lege, and none as to any connexion with the Schools. Such 

 an omission would be strange were it not known that the 

 prpjxised Institution was not of a new character, but was 

 merely carx*ying out the well-known and discussed 

 proposals .of Sir John Fi-anklin. The Bishop's Charge is 

 more definite, but it, again, v/as px^actically a quotation 

 from Marriotts Appeal in England. 



A good deal of the earlier historv on this point has 

 still to be found. 



Cell's Circular was published on the 7th April, 1846; it 

 was followed by the Bishop s Charge on the 23rd. The Ab- 

 stract of Statutes was published on the 2nd May. On the 

 9th we have the "Courier " stating that the LaunCeston 

 Church Grammar School will be under the superintending 

 care of the Bishop of the Diocese, and in intimate corre- 

 spondence with the College, which it is now proposed to 

 establish upon similar principles 



The Bishop, in his sjieech at the S.P.C.K. ("Courier, ' 

 17/6/46), states: — "Collaterally, and in connexion with the 

 "College, it was his earnest wish to secure to the Colony 

 'two other educational establishments — a Grammar School 

 "at Launceston and another in Hobart Town. The former, 

 "indeed, was already in operation, and the latter would 

 "shortlv be commenced under the superintendence of 

 "a scholar eminently lit ted for the work. These important 

 "Institutions — a Grammar School in each of the large 

 "towns, and a College in the interior — he hoped to leave as 

 "hi.s best and parting legacy to the Colony. ' 



On the 8th July the first list of subscriptions to the 

 proposed scheme appears, and, as above quoted, the sub- 

 scriptions are definitely stated to include the Grammar 

 Sehools, as well as Christ's College, within their object. 

 In subsequent is.sues, in addition to the moneys given for 

 the general scheme, acknowledgments for subscriptions for 

 special objects appeared — such as scholarships at the Col- 

 lege, and included in such special gifts are moneys sub- 

 scribed exclusively for the two Schools. These lists appear 

 in numerous issues of the "Courier'" in 1846 and 1847. 



