THE LONDON GAZETTE, 10 FEBRtTAftY, 1911. 1035 four hundred and seventy-five pounds or there- of . The Crown and we the said abouts. Bishop of Llandaff alternately are the patrons '' There is in the same county of Mbnmouth of the benefice of Penmaen and the Reverend and diocese of Llandaff the "benefice or per- Henry Charles Penbyre Belcher, clerk, rector petual curacy of Penmaen the parish or dis- of Aberystruth in the said county of Mon- trict whereof contains a population of fourteen niouth is the patron of the benefice of St. thousand or thereabouts. The net annual Michael . value of the said benefice of Penmaen arising '' The Reverend Daniel Eelix, clerk, is the from all sources is two hundred and sixty- present incumbent of the benefice or rectory eight pounds or thereabouts. of Llanhilleth, the Reverend David Gower, " There is also in the same county of Mon- clerk, is the present incumbent of the benefice mouth and diocese of Llandaff the benefice or or perpetual curacy of Penmaen, and the perpetual curacy of St. Michael Abertillery Reverend Hiram Smyth Rees, clerk, is the the parish or district whereof contains a popu- present incumbent of the benefice or perpetual lation of twenty-one thousand or thereabouts. curacy of St. Michael Abertillery. The net annual value of the said benefice of St. " Pursuant to the directions contained in Michael Abertillery arising from all sources is the 26th section of the Pluralities Act 1838 two hundred and fifty pounds or thereabouts. we the said Bishop 'of Llandaff have drawn up " A certain part coloured green on the plan a scheme in writing annexed to this represen- hereto annexed of -the district called tation describing the respective districts so as Crumlin which is situate within the said aforesaid proposed to be annexed to the respec- parish of Llanhilleth and which con- tive parishes of Llanhilleth and Penmaen and tains a population of about one thou- the mode in which it appears to us that the sand persons which lies contiguous to the alterations may best be effected and how the said parish of Penmaen (the other portion of changes consequent thereon in respect of such district of Crumlin being already in the ecclesiastical jurisdiction glebe lands tithes rent same parish of Penmaen) may from its geo- charges and other ecclesiastical dues rates and graphical position as well as the fact that these payments and in respect to patronage and mountain villages are sometimes included in rights to pews may be made with justice to all two and sometimes three parishes be with great parties interested and we do hereby submit advantage to the religious interests of the popu- the same to your Grace together with the lation resident there separated from the said necessary consents in writing of the Most parish of Llanhilleth and annexed to the said Honourable the Marquess of Abergavenny parish of Penmaen. K.G. the patron of the benefice or rectory of " That a certain district called Llanhilleth, of the First Lord of the Treasury with a population containing about one thou- on behalf of the Crown and us the said Bishop sand persons is situate in the said parishes of of Llandaff the patrons alternately of the Llanhilleth Penmaen and Abertillery. benefice or perpetual curacy of Penmaen and '' Those portions thereof which lie within the of the Reverend Henry Charles Penoyre said parishes of Abertillery and Peumaeu being Belcher, clerk, rector of Aberystruth afore- coloured respectively blue and red upon the said the patron of the benefice or perpetual said plan Such district of Aberbeeg is situated curacy of St. Michael Abertillery. And in between the two hamlets called and case you shall upon full consideration and Llanhilleth and is about two miles from Aber- enquiry be satisfied therewith we request that tillery the latter being a compact town with a your Grace will be pleased to certify the same population of about twenty-one thousand per- and the consents aforesaid by your report to sons higher up the valley and is also about His Majesty in Council. three miles distant from the parish church of " The incumbent of St. Michael Abertillery Penmaen but only about half a mile distant being now ready to consent together with all from the parish' church of Llanhilleth and other necessary parties to the proposed scheme therefore such portions of the district of Aber- it can now be carried into effect but as the beeg could with great advantage to the re- final clause of the Order of .fifteenth January ligious interests of the population resident one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven within such portions of the said district of rendered that Order inoperative unless and Aberbeeg be separated from the said parishes until a vacancy should occur in the benefice of of Abertillery and Penmaen and annexed to St. Michael Abertillery it becomes necessary the'said parish of Llanhilleth. to repeat the scheme as a whole and obtain an " It appears to us'the said Bishop of Llan- entirely new Order in Council." daff and we do hereby represent to your Grace And whereas the said scheme drawn up by that under the provisions of the Pluralities the said Bishop is as follows: — Acts the several places or districts hereinbefore referred to may be advantageously separated " SCHEME. from the parishes to which the same now severally belong and be severally annexed to " It is proposed to separate from the parish the parishes as follows: — of Llanhilleth all that portion of the said " (a) That portion or district of the parish parish which is coloured green upon the plan of Llanhilleth hereinbefore distinguished annexed hereto and which lies to the south- and called by the name of Crumlin (coloured west of an imaginary boundary line between green on the plan) to be annexed to the the parishes of Penmaen and Llanhilleth four parish of Penmaen. hundred and forty yards to the south-west of " (b) The portions of the parishes of a public house known as the Royal Oak situate Abertillery and Penmaen hereinbefore de- on Craig and runs thence in a south- scribed as forming part of the district of east direction in a straight line to Swffrydgarol Aberbeeg (and coloured respectively blue and thence to Pontbren Cottage and from this and red on the plan) to be annexed to the place along the present boundary line between parish of Llanhilleth. the parishes of Llanhilleth and Mynyddyslloyn. " The Most Honourable the Marquess of "It is proposed to separate from the said Abergavenny K.G. is the patron of the benefice parishes or ecclesiastical districts of Abertillery