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" Majesty's Treasury of this Colony as consideration 

 •' money or quit rent for the said land : 



" Now I therefore in the name and on behalf of Her 

 " Most Gracious Majesty do hereby grant unto the said 

 " Right Reverend William Clancy, as aforesaid, and 

 " his successors in office ; for the use of the Roman 

 " Catholic Church in British Guiana, this my licence and 

 " permission, to occupy, cultivate and improve, theherein- 

 " before described tra6l of land, with all its appurtenances, 

 " during Her Majesty's pleasure, subje6l to the following 

 " condition and restri6lion, vizt. : 



" That the said tra6l of land shall be subjeft to the 

 " Laws and Regulations respe6ling Roads and Bridges, 

 " now in force in the Colony, or yet to be ena6led. 



" And that the occupants of said land, or any of them, 



" or any person or persons employed by them, shall not 



" use any violence or outrage upon the persons, orcom- 



" mit any depredation on the property of the Indians. 



" Given under my hand and seal of Office, at the 



" Guiana Public Buildings, this Twentieth day of 



« July, 1840, and in the Fourth Year of Her Ma- 



" jesty's Reign." 



Registered 20 July, 1840, 



(Sd). J. Hadfield, C.S. 

 It will be observed that the Morocco, or Moruca, is 

 described as being " on the West Coast of the County of 

 " Essequebo." Now, in pursuance of that grant of land, 

 there is a Roman Catholic Mission at Moruca unto this 

 day. It has not only a local habitation but a distin6live 

 name, being called Santa Rosa.* The Mission has for 



* A Roman Catholic Priest had been stationed in the Moruca Dis- 

 trict, as far back as 1837, when the Abbe Hermant came from Trinidad 

 for the Mission. 



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