46 PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS FOR SECONDAIIV EDUCATIOX, 



In the Prospectus relating to Christ's College, also 

 circulated in 1846, the connexion is yet more definitely 

 stated, as follows: — "In addition to these subscriptions 

 "for the general O'bjects of the College, contributions have 

 "been made for special purposes connected with the same; 

 "and from the avowed importance of the Grammar Schools 

 "in Hobart Town and Launceston to the perfection of the 

 "whole sjT^stem, they have been incorporated into it, and 

 "the sums hitherto subscribed to them in particular will 

 "therefore appear with propriety at the head of the 

 "special subscription-list." 



"No one can complain that the peculiar advantages 

 "of either a town or a country institution for learnmg^ 

 "have been foregone, in a system which has made provis- 

 "ion for both. Three distinct positions have been taken 

 "up — in Hobart Town, Launceston, and the Rural Dis- 

 "tricts — each combining with the others to meet peculiar 

 "wants, and to* offer peculiar advantages."' 



At various other timesi the connexion between the 

 College and the Schools was refened to The Eev. J. P. 

 Gell, at the opening of the Hutcbins School, commenced 

 his speech: — "It has become my duty, upon the present 

 "occasion, to' appear before you for the first time as the ac- 

 "credited representative of learning, and the public advocate 

 "of her claims.'' . . . "As a colleague in one combined svstejin 

 "of education, brought up under the same master, imbued 

 "with the same views, it will be my chief anxietv to ren- 

 "der every aid and share every labour which can he shared 

 "with my reverend friend at the head of this establish- 

 "ment. . . . " 



And, again, at the ceremony of the laying of the 



foundation stone of the Launceston Grammar School, the 



Warden and Fellows of Christ's College were present in 



their official capacity, and the Reverend J. P. Gell thus 



referred to' the connexion between the Institutions : — "The 



'occasion which has summoned us here to-dav is one of 



'mora importance than may at first sight appear. We 



'meet at a moment when representatives of everj^ pai'ty 



'are combined in a systematic undertaking for the promo- 



'tion of sound learning and religious education through 



'the length aud breadth of the land. One portion of 



'thisi combined system we plant here to-dav, invoking 



'upon our work the blessing of the Giver of all Good, bv 



'whose favour alone it can flourish and abide. Not many 



'moinths ago the establishment of the College Avas our 



'anxious care. Out Bishop was absent, though not 



'without leaving behind him a munificent testimonv of 



'his interest in our arrangement? and success. Of such 



'an eixample the colonists proved themselves not un- 



