on which the cost of secular buildings is distributed 

 between landlord and tenant, and he had thought out 

 a scheme on this basis in some detail. He had also 

 very clear views as to methods of providing pensions 

 for clergy. For three years (iSy^-Sz), at the urgent 

 request of Bishop Moberly, he acted as Diocesan In- 

 spector for Schools in the Poole Deanery ; but the 

 expenses of travelling from place to place in the 

 Deanery, almost entirely in hired carriages, were more 

 than he could meet, with five sons to bring up ; and 

 when it appeared that the Bishop was unable to carry 

 out his undertaking that these expenses should be met 

 from Diocesan sources, he was obliged to give up the 

 work, to the great regret of his brother clergy of the 

 Deanery, as well as of the Bishop. When he became 

 Rector of Bloxworth in 1868 he at once made certain 

 changes in the services he instituted monthly instead 

 of quarterly celebrations of Holy Communion, in addi- 

 tion, of course, to celebrations at the Great Festivals, 

 and began to hold special services in Holy Week 

 changes which were then considered great advances, 

 though more recent practice has gone far beyond them. 

 He also took pains with the training of the mixed 

 choir of boys and girls which has always led the singing 

 in Bloxworth Church ; his conduct of Divine Service 

 was most reverent and dignified, and his reading of 

 the Bible (a matter in which many clergy are sadly 

 incompetent) was both impressive and intelligible. He 



