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5. The position of the directors as shown in this document is consistent with that shown in Exhibit O. This is a petition presented to the Episcopal Governor of Mylapore by the Pariahs of Big Parcherry, dated the 27th May 1817, and the order thereon. In the petition the Pariahs state that by a special miracle they have obtained possession of the church from the Reverend Jaao Fidelis, and in order that the Christians may not be deprived of divine worship, the petitioners, as dharmakartas of the church and describing themselves as "regularly appointed by the Bishop of St. Thome and by your Lordship," pray that the church may be re-opened for mass and divine service. In the order, dated the 29th May 1817, the Episcopal Governor gives a certificate authorising the opening of the church and appointing a vicar for the same.