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 . me characterthe Chaplains have as a rule retained them in use, in spite oftheir inconvenience. In 1858 permission was sought by theChaplain of Kamptee to have the old vessels melted down atthe Mint in order that a new and more convenient set mightbe Many will agree that both the request and thesubsequent sanction to do this were ill-advised, even thoughthe Directors approved of the step. The
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 . me characterthe Chaplains have as a rule retained them in use, in spite oftheir inconvenience. In 1858 permission was sought by theChaplain of Kamptee to have the old vessels melted down atthe Mint in order that a new and more convenient set mightbe Many will agree that both the request and thesubsequent sanction to do this were ill-advised, even thoughthe Directors approved of the step. The Chaplain appointed to Kamptee was regarded as theChaplain of the Nagpore and Nerbudda Province. His dutywas to visit the various civil and military stations round about; 1 Letter, April 19, 1842, 2, 3, 4, Eccl. ; Despatch, March 19, 1844, 12, Eccl. 2 Letter, May 9, 1848, 2-4, Eccl.; Despatch, July 16, 1851, 17, Eccl. ;Letters, Nov. 11, 1851, 8, Eccl., and Feb. 9, 1854, 21-25, Eccl.; Despatches,March 2, 1858, 17, Eccl., and Aug. 29, 1855, 36, Eccl. 3 Letter, July 6, 1855, 9, Eccl. ; Despatch, July 23, 1856, Eccl. 4 Letter, Feb. 16, 1858, 6-8, Eccl.; Despatch, Sept. 29, 1858, No. 1, O tu g o (/) (S z g ° CC eg -; a X o O 2 co Q a: £ Hi +J HCO CHURCHES BUILT BETWEEN 1825 AND 1835 335 namely Saugor, Mhow, Jubbulpore, Hoshangabad, and Seeta-buldee (as the station of Nagpore was called). The first twowere over 100 miles distant. Travelling by bullock coach isgraphically described * by the Eev. S. T. Pettigrew, as it wasbetween 1856 and 1863. The first Chaplain appointed wasthe Eev. E. P. Lewis, who was at Kamptee from 1825-27. Hewas succeeded by the Eev. Christopher Jeaffreson, who sawthe building and furnishing of the Church in 1831-32, andremained at the station till 1838. The succeeding Chaplainswho were resident in the station long enough to exercise morethan a little influence in the place were : Tears. The Eev. John McEvoy . . 1843-51 The Eev. Alfred Kinloch . . 1852-
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