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niul laiijffiia^fts. I Will Pfiler willingly 

 KOiiift details oti this inteie!*tiii(^ 

 t?u' jecf-, so niiich so, aa a certain jour- 

 uut uf Calcutta ns^erteil iiKety, that the 

 nuiubfip of Cutliol]i!M in the Straits 

 does not beyond 200, The simple 

 expmS of facts, nil] prove ttiut the 

 iiuthnr of t\m iishei tion wrote wilUout 

 ti^ving^ exaiikiiked ihe question be trea- 

 tedt ar^lliat hiTwIjlingly and kucj^iti^- 

 Xj |iiih]ishet) a false !4tatemetit> 



(hir uiis^toii n'fi!^ j^eparnted from 

 that of t^iatii atid erected in « VUm- 

 r$ie Apo»roite> in the year 18410. Uur 

 first BislHip vras the Kt. Rev. Dontor 

 Conrveiyt Vieiir Apostolic of ihe Ma- 

 layan Perdtisuln. Mince the division 

 of thi^ Alii^sian from that of Slant, it 

 has been irices»snntiy In the ifay of 

 progres!^, and \\ hatt nonsideidbly in> 

 creased in every respect. Hence, in 

 18iO, we bod at tiiri^jipore only a 

 Rmall cKapel^ hardly Bpacious enough 

 to ei>ritaiii IO<J individuals : to-day, 

 we have in town a large and wdl 

 built Church, We have bciiides m the 

 distriets of liiiklt Tiinah ^lul Weraii- 

 f^oon two other Churches, which are 

 spacious and wtrongiiy buiU, in ivhrch 

 numerous Chinese neophytea attend 

 Divine Service nn Sunday and Holy* 

 days. In the district ot Kranjfe, an- 

 other chapel to whicb a school is an- 

 nexed^ haf^ he 01) lately erected* 



At Pinangj where our Venerated Bi- 

 shop res id e*!, wc have in town a splen ' 



