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 UKSEK OBOSE. 27B being erected at his own cost^ and on this understanding he ^^^ had generally been accommodated witb a variety of articles free of charge from the pnblic stores.'^ It is evident from this letter that Grose had taken a strong dislike to the Chaplain, who does not seem to have been aware at the time that he had incurred the displeasure of his superior officer, for that was the relation in which the Their Lieutenant-Governor stood to the Chaplain of the settle- reiatioM. mentj who, like himself, held a Commission from the Crown. Whether Grose thought sixty-seven pounds was too large a sum to pay for the erection of a church, or whether he meant to convey that the building constructed by Johnson ought to have been put up for less money, is not clear. On this point the ambiguity of his language leaves a good deal to conjecture. Had Grose maturely considered the question whether the church should have been built by the Government, which The had labour and material at its command, or by the Chaplain, «**• whose allowance was ten shillings, a day, he would have been obliged to confess that the responsibility rested with the Government, and not with Mr. Johnson. What was the cause of Grose's enmity there is no inde- The cause of pendent evidence to show; but reading Johnson's letters to enmity. Dundas, in connection with those sent by him to friends in England, and with the reports made by both the Chaplain and his assistant to Governor Hunter,t the conclusion can scarcely be avoided that Johnson incurred Grose's dis- pleasure because, in the exercise of his office, he protested against the neglect of religious observances and against a number of abuses which the Lieutenant-Governor took no steps to remove. Johnson had reason to complain of his m-tfeat- , /»' TT'. mentofthe treatment by Grose almost from the first. His convenience cbapiahi. was not consulted, his requests for necessary assistance were ' .'fAntto^p. ^76.
 * Historical Becords, tqL ii« p. 64.