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in August, 1852, and a priest in November. The 

 Society for the Propagation of the Gospel put him 

 on its list with a salary of fifty pounds a year, 

 and he was introduced to many distinguished 

 people, among them being Queen Victoria, who 

 gave him portraits of herself and the Royal family. 



He returned to Pitcairn in 1853. 



Pitcairn had now become too small for its 

 inhabitants, to which had been added a number of 

 English families, and soon after the return of Mr. 

 Nobbs, Admiral Moresby wrote the Admiralty 

 that measures should be taken for securing a 

 more adequate dwelling place for the people of 

 this " small rock in the West.'' Government had 

 abandoned Norfolk Island as a convict station, and 

 as this island was regarded as especially desirable 

 for the new home of the Pitcairn colony, over- 

 tures, which proved successful, were made for 

 securing it for that purpose. 



Though almost broken-hearted at leaving 

 their beloved Pitcairn, the colonists gratefully 

 acquiesced in the plans made in their behalf, only 

 stipulating that they were to live, as heretofore, 

 in seclusion from the outside world. 



They landed on Norfolk Island in June, 1856. 



There is nothing to relate of the Norfolk 

 Islanders, except the gradual introduction among 



