admittance, but sat outside the open doors, a common occurrence in Uganda, the doors and windows, on account of the heat, never being closed. This is very convenient for people with bad colds, who do not wish to disturb their fellow-worshippers. Of the 3,000, some 1019 stayed to Holy Communion, and the collection was over £7 sterling. Much of this was undoubtedly offered by the chiefs; but it must be remembered that the wages of a labouring man are only, roughly speaking, 11⁄4d. a day—that is, one hundred cowrie shells, which vary in value very considerably, and were at the time about eighty-eight to a penny.
Services had been held in the cathedral previous to this, the formal opening, when Bishop Tucker returned to Mengo early in December; but the first service of all was held whilst the church was still building. That was on June 26, the proposed coronation day of King Edward VII., for
