William Cundall tabled a motion at the meeting which read: that it is the opinion of this meeting that the most feasible mode at present time of providing for the existing and still increasing want of Church accommodation for Charlottetown is by the erection of a Chapel of Ease or District Church at the western part of the city with seats free to all and unappropriated.(it being fully understood the church is not to cost more than 800.00)1 The parcel of land offered by William Cundall to be used for the new church building was situated in the western end of the city in an area known descriptively in those days as the "". The bog was a marshy area which extended to the harbour. Today, it houses P.E.I , government buildings. In those days there was a significant 'negro' (black) population in Charlottetown whose place of residence was in that vicinity. William Cundall was by no means a supporter of the tractarian movement, but he was a sound churchman and a loyal member of St. Paul's congregation. Although he disagreed with the choice of options desired by his rector, he did support the idea that the parish church should maintain control over the Chapel of Ease. Under normal circumstances the location of the land that was donated for the site of the building all but ensured that 'respectable' families would refrain from attending church in this less than desirable neighbourhood. It could be, and was argued, that the location of the land was indeed advantageous as it was ministering to the very real needs of the poor William Cundall — Public Archives 1. Minutes of the Congregational Meeting of St. Paul's Church, August 16th, 1866. St. Paul's Church Archives, Charlottetown . The sentence in brackets at the end of the Resolution was added in pencil after the Minutes had been completed. It is possible that they were added at the next meeting as an amendment to the Minutes as presented at the reading.