COLONIAL

ECCLESIASTICAL ESTABLISHMENT,

Xc. &c.

BEING A

BRIEF VIEW

OF THE STATE OF THE

COLONIES OF GREAT BRITAIN,

AND OF HER

ASIATIC EMPIRE,

IN RESPECT TO

RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION:

PREFACED BY

SOME CONSIDERATIONS

ON THE

NATIONAL DUTY OF AFFORDING IT.

TO WHICH IS ADDED,

A SKETCH

OF AN

ECCLESIASTICAL ESTABLISHMENT FOR BRITISH INDIA.

HUMBLY SUBMITTED TO THE CONSIDERATION OF

THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

BY THE

REV. CLAUDIUS BUCHANAN, D.D.

LATE VICE-PROVOST OF THE COLLEGE OF FORT WILLIAM IN BENGAL, AND
MEMBER OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR CADELL AND DAVIES, IN THE STRAND.