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Gothic diurrh, wliich may he Cimsi- 

 dered as the tiiieeit and Uie mmt re> 

 gularly built ohurch in the Straits j 

 unfttrtunatelvj the wai.t of pecimiftry 

 resources hiw pre vers ted us fi'nm finia^j- 

 ing it, and it is etill without ceiling 

 atid any decorations. Annexed to the 

 churt^hf K ^ iirooil and itpadouH paro- 

 cbial hons^e* Wy have a amaW chapel 

 at Bandar Ilthcr, where a goc^d nuut- 

 ber rneet every Sunday to attend Di- 

 vine Service. 



Let us row say something on the 

 MiasiiHi among the Mantras, which is 

 the object of all my predelirtion, ii^, 

 it has been founded by inyss^lt, Thb 

 mission was f^^rpatly tried tmd ncuHy 

 destroyed in 1868, in cmnequence of 

 tiiv bejDg Cdiupellcd to emigrate from 

 DuRiion Marifi (Koombia) in Martu 

 Pi II da (Ayer Sal] ah), but iioft, thank 

 God, it h prOHperouiji, owiti^ to the 

 title we Imve obtained to poisess de- 

 tiiiitively this ucw ff round, tvbich bag 

 been given to us in exchange lor that 

 of Kootnbia. This lilte vt'iW produre 

 B good effi'ct on tite ininds of our poor 

 savagep, and will encourage ibeiii to 

 work and eetiie altogether iu thin 

 place* I'fiey n ill not ^^ay to tne any 

 more* " to wliat use It is to make pad- 

 dy fit;Idh> wh^ tibould we plant fruit 

 trees to ^ee tbeni in a fen'^ yearn in the 

 hands o( another rich Chinaman^ who 

 will asit the government for tiicm, as 



