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of my wishes in Mr. Nobbs's ordination, and 
the future prospect opening to the Pitcairn 
community. A small sum will suffice to keep 
up a knowledge of the Tahitian language 
the voice by which the extension of the 
Gospel will be forwarded. It fortunately hap- 
pens that I have received this morning a letter 
from the Rev. W. Holman, dated Pitcairn, 
21st December. I send a copy. 
" I have now only to hope and trust, that 
it will please God to give his blessing to all 
that has been done." 
Mr. Holman's letter to the Admiral, espe- 
cially on the subject of the first communion 
on the island, speaks volumes in favour, not 
only of the people, but of the care and faith- 
fulness of the pastor who had so long laboured 
to train them to all that is good : 
"Pitcairn's Island, Dec. 21st, 1852. 
" The arrival of the English whaler, Mary 
Nichols, and her departure to-day for the 
Island of Chiloe, affords me an opportunity of 
communicating intelligence from this place. 
The Cockatrice arrived on the 17th of Novem- 
