The church in Madras (Volume 2): being the history of the ecclesiastical and missionary action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries . tablished at Saugor, and later on at Jubbulpore. In1822 the Madras troops at Kamptee were relieved by Bengaltroops. The Resident at Nagpore wrote to Colonel HopetonScott eulogising the force under his Two yearslater Kamptee was again made a station for Madras troops,and it became a first-class command. Christ Church, Mhow.—According to the Official Return ofChurches in the Presidency of Madr
The church in Madras (Volume 2): being the history of the ecclesiastical and missionary action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries . tablished at Saugor, and later on at Jubbulpore. In1822 the Madras troops at Kamptee were relieved by Bengaltroops. The Resident at Nagpore wrote to Colonel HopetonScott eulogising the force under his Two yearslater Kamptee was again made a station for Madras troops,and it became a first-class command. Christ Church, Mhow.—According to the Official Return ofChurches in the Presidency of Madras dated 1852 the Churchat Mhow was built by the Government of Fort St. George in1826 and enlarged in 1840. It measured 66 x 45 X 21 feet,had sittings for 280 persons, and cost ,669. It is quitecertain, however, that no Chaplain on the Madras establish-ment was ever permanently stationed there. The last timerepairs were carried out at the expense of the Government ofMadras was in Christ Church, Kamptee.—The next Church to be built 1 Wilsons History of the Madras Army, iv. 35-55. 2 Wilsons History of the Madras Army, iv. 215. 3 Consultations, April 1, 1853, No. 16, LU111 h Q. < I o enDIO oQ So z CHURCHES BUILT BETWEEN 1825 AND 1835 333 was at Kamptee. The Directors sanctioned its erection in1828, but it was not taken in hand until 1831. There was adifficulty about the foundations, for the soil at Kamptee isblack cotton soil. The dimensions of the Church are 120 x 60X 24 feet; the accommodation is for 800 persons ; LieutenantDouglas of the Madras Engineers was the architect; the costwas ,679 ; and it was completed in Before theChurch was completed services must have been held in somebarrack building set apart for the purpose ; for in 1830Archdeacon Bobinson applied to Government for the allow-ances of a first-class Church, which means that the usual fouror five native servants were necessary to keep the building cleanand safe. According to
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