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2 Jullunder, Hooshiarpoor, Ferozepoor, Loodianah, Kussowlie, Simla,
3 Umritsur, Murree; so that eventually there would be sufficient accom-
4 modation for the probable number of attendants at Divine Service, and
5 no station of any size or consequence would be without a sacred edifice.
6 183. During the period under Report, that is, from May 1854 to May
7 Progress in the build. 1856, creditable progress has been made with the .
8 ing of Churches. Unmballa Church ; the Peshawur Church has been
9 half constructed ; the Meean Meer Church is far advanced towards com-
10 pletion; the Rawul Pindee Church has been successfully finished. Again,
11 Churches have been commenced at Dhurmsala and at Jhelum. A Church
12 has been planned at Mooltan. Progress has been made with the Murree
13 Church. The Kussowlie, Jullunder, and Anarkullee Churches have been
14 improved. A small Church has been erected at Goojranwallah from
15 private subscriptions and the Church Building Society’s Funds. In
16 Propriety of Architee. most cases regard has been had not only to
17 beret atyles the adaptation of the structure to the necessi-
18 ties of climate, but also to its architectural propriety. Endeavour has
19 been made to erect buildings, which, while fulfilling the requirements
20 of an Eastern climate, may yet present an exterior indicating their
21 sacred character and preserve the religious associations so much venerated
22 in the mother country. It is obvious that when large sums are being
23 spent on Churches, the buildings may be rendered elegant and appro-
24 priate without any additional expense or labor; thought and knowledge
25 on the part of the architect being alone required. The Umballa Church
26 will, it is believed, prove a good specimen of the decorated Gothic, and
27 the Meean Meer Church of the early or pointed Gothic, In a former
28 Report it has also been mentioned that the Sealkote Church possesses
29 architectural pretension. In the minor Churches also the proper style
30 of Ecclesiastical Architecture has been more or less followed. The
31 erection of the Churches has been conducted by the Engineer Officers of
32 “Government ; but the Chaplains have also evinced the most laudable
33 interest in the work, and have ‘rendered much assistance. On the
34 whole, it may be said, that the Government has spent, or is spending
35 sums which will amount to not less than 34 lakhs of. Rupees or £35,000
36 for some seventeen Churches, to provide accommodation for 7,000, per-
37 haps for 8,000 persons, a number equal to nearly two-thirds of the —
38 European Forces stationed in these Territories,