Gifts to the Cathedral from its earliest days have added to its treasurers. The early Georgian Silver was given in 1815 by the Superintendent Colonel George Arthur, later Governor of Tasmania, and the silver baptismal basin by Mary Armstrong in 1825. In 1862 a Silver Chalice was presented by General Bruce Mitchell in memory of Augustus Gough Waburton. These are still used in the services of the Cathedral.

There were five brass chandeliers, but only one remains which was saved by Mr. Hugh Smith, M.B.E., after the 1931 hurricane, and restored by Mr. Walter Cargill in 1972. The brass Eagle was given in 1890 in memory of Ethel Louise Usher. The stained glass window in the Sanctuary was a gift from the Diocese of Jamaica after the 1931 hurricane. Unfortunately, the stained glass windows containing the Creed and the Ten Commandments which were the gifts of Marshall Bennett in 1814, have been destroyed by hurricane.

From St. Paul’s Cathedral in London there is a small piece of marble which is now engraved into the altar. From Canterbury there is the Canterbury Cross at the West Door and from Coventry the Cross of Nails, now in the vestry. The Silver Cross on the Altar is a gift from Wymondham Abbey in Norfolk and the Silver Sanctuary Lamp in the Chapel is a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Russell Grant of Scotland.

The Processional Cross of St. John’s was given in memory of Alice Irene Beattie, younger daughter of Bishop Farrar, who died in 1920.

There is a plaque in the North Transept acknowledging our gratitude to the Diocese of South East Florida, which helped to restore the Cathedral after the hurricane of 1961, under the supervision of Dean Vernon who had previously been Bishop of Madagascar before arriving in Belize in 1957.

In the Baptistry, there is “The Descending Dove,” a modern work by Mr. George Gabb, M.B.E., a distinguished modern Belizean artist. The Lenten Frontal is a modern tapestry designed by Miss Joan Dunn, a young artist who died in 1976.

Pictured above: The Interior of St John's; The Eagle Lectern