DCHP-3

Clergy Reserve

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1

a lot or subdivision of land belonging to the Clergy Reserves.

Quotations

1813
The rent of these lots, called Clergy reserves, is given to the Clergy to the amount of $800 a year.
1855
Clergy reserves are sold on ten years credit.
2

in British Columbia, a tract of land set aside for the support and maintenance of the clergy.

Quotations

1854
But from returns to the Imperial Parliament just received, it appears that a Clergy Reserve of two thousand one hundred and eighteen acres of land has been set apart in Victoria district alone. . . .