P.^ W . 1\ I). Bl'TLKK, B.A., M.SC, LL.B. 51 



THE CARRYING OUT OF TIIF, SCHEME. 



C/in'xf'x C'lif/ff/e. 



Large subscriptions having been both promised and 

 paid in the Colony, as well i;s in the Mother Country, 

 part of the estate of Vron, at Bishopsbourne, was pur- 

 chased for the sum of £9,000, and the Bishop allowed 

 the use of part of his Episcopal Estate in that locality for 

 the purpose of the College, which was opened on the 1st 

 October, 1846, in the presence of a representative gather- 

 ing. The Rev. J. P. Gell was formally inducted into the 

 office of Warden by Archdeacon ^larriott, who gave an 

 addres.s, setting forth the objects of the Institution over 

 wliich at last Mr. Gell had been called to preside, and the 

 assemblage then proceeded to lay the foundation stone of 

 the new building, which was to be the temjx>rary home 

 of the College. Besides the Warden, there was a Sub- 

 Warden, also in holy orders, and the secular concerns 

 were managed by a gentleman who resided at the College. 

 There were 3 additional fellowships occupied by 

 candidates for holy orders, who, in addition to their 

 scholastic studies, also assisted in the teaching of the 

 lower forms of the Institution. 



In IS'IS the Rev. J. P. Gell resig-ned the office of War- 

 den, and the Rev. F. H. Cox was formallv inducted into 

 the vacant office. ("Courier," 14th June, 1848.) Subsc- 

 Cjuentlv, the Rev. S. B. Windsor became Warden, and, on his 

 'resigning in 1853, the Rev. P. V. M. Filleul was formally 

 inducted in his place, but by this time the College was not 

 prospering as expected by its founders. Under the last- 

 menticned Warden, however, it temporarily regained its 

 IK'sition. 



At a meeting of the College Trustees on the 6th Feb- 

 ruarv, 18o5, it was reported that there were 42 Students 

 ill residence, but the financial position was such that 

 Bishop Nixon was reluctantly compelled early in 1857 

 to decide that operations must be suspended, and the rents 

 of the Estate applied to the gradual extinction of its accu- 

 mulated debts. 



The real causes of the failure are ablv set out in the 

 Jlistorv of Christ's College, compiled by Mr. T. Stephens, 

 late Director of Education, and President of the Council 

 of Christ's College, who also very shortly gives the later 

 histoi-\- of this Institution, which it is not the intention of 

 the ]>rescnt paper to describe. 



On the College being clo.sed, new tnjstees— Messi-s. Wm. 

 Henty, J. D. Toosey, ChaWes Arthur, and Thomas 

 Reibev — were appointed, and the property of the College, 

 but not including the two Gi'ammar Schools, was conveved 



