ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.
.Wiß»-iaa»KOI.in).BUCSIEX.fIFHSELTRB I!f ANYWAY "WITH THB OPINIONS EXPBE33E ) BY OUx CCftiSafL^PITOS OV THE 3P££HMK D TIMES). I Sißj^I 1 shall feel obligfechi' yofi**ritt* permit?' ffis to regly toVspTSfebl . made by.. MrTeafsoa, as reported in yo lr paper, a i Ckw&h, > Pfn Jsr^lajQ)<ii Tea <of fe<s«iag«-j h^ t &hMl£Ell£F&U- oa the 5 la t. 71". -j x°..J pro|>erby purchased for the church.-out at.. -arcdHioaofl''i«Qd. Ji-ItJv?asi.loake( -upofi 1 as; a security by those who had m&deifhefir' vanced to build the Church (at fp^esc^. MPpT^p'Wty has been r -terken"ffdin : ufe' to'ehttotf h^'itif Bishopric, ««idt^juthland:" .era* ,v..» As this Btatement > ...ifi:i,allo3Vei to passilitlnvitflrtra'ditftedp'4B)»cal:c«iflwted to create iil-fdeiirig; >i aia iy: tJ6 1 s ; dw the setd^WW 1 - 1 <unioiHa-ou'r€h\irca 1 , $bhg>fo state the "tearTac'fg: ""•%fe I ;Bfsli6g t£- JTOw;^^., land^'m J ' January" .'lßs7 A ' gav^' ;lje sttm^of. ..^^oo ia zfti bJHi «fi exuhang© o: i , Londony (received by myael£as-Treasiir *- for^the 1 OhiffKW) witfh't&J eipenses- l pr( Vißp, "bMt;; niTested mthe pu^sejp^ Ohurcfw any particular distri ct,:iui foE;Xtf''tlße.#n6^«Hi*c; i in Otago, ■ jecial purpose expencled the money in I'tbefoilowiog'punehase^c^wn mtu *Town Sections at h&4t*-*» (hlv>ui aw^jaJlfc* ... ... 6j * W'l-Qfi-'''^" ,a. t^a^i . . . . . 'r.j^w>j»yt|>fJ-»tJ
From the above it -will be -seen that the gflTacpS^ri^stcargill f to which Mr BftifcitoTi^M^ |puretyUAl(<si| of '^common fund, out with nion^y giveii_ b^^-iVrara^r^T*"STn^^r rif ~^ is '^ r^ ship thi&k&npfl&per to hand overjthis land to the Bishopric Endowmont-Fi rid, -what possible i%ht»lteS Mt Pelirkou, c v duyong •el»ei*o»obie©t?^'3otl*let us looH again the.t abot^usfcateflaent^-atfd tope noVtß't^ balance of the money which 8 %h< > trustees were permitted to^apjjlj to^ioea jpihurch., purposesjw^ ii,J»fjrppna^ed. v JTh.ei.Bra«^ca. -of-nSoiathlartda' Z1..,.. i..w«awd-.h .v. r.-iw-i £92 10 0 .. , J ,The.oil > Wvmcq..,ofn Onagcre-*-" ' ceived ...i.-i-nn-i 79 13 v 8. tJ ,,,oi, Ha^ Southland laYfy^eaSon to complain : of"ttS" J poftioa ? So inaja tor (thd ca l - : .dp^m&flt jftlapd. v m I'"""" ' ."" I will now refer to tho money enSoudtirf*2i "W "shovv what interg;^ revenue* 1 'In'tlheHe&f 1855, befopre South. /laM^waS'dre^me/^'bit the Bishoi of NewZieal^ng. gavp.^2so/ lon..condjtidnI on..condjtidn thafarf gfluaisUm" tions, and the whole vested id trustees-: as' an-endowraenfr-fUßid'fbr "gepjeiial church purposes in Otago. The reqi ired . v £urn » 'waS ttaftßd;? a'iid'in' th : e"list' ; pf,'isubscri<berS ( b - ejjq[re" i me^beJjeye, there,. is only onef ,oeraoja.|WJbo iiaa.ievfiri resided! iH Soiith 1 -" and yet -has 'always received ! -its ffiill'-' 'share r! df ' tbe interest ! ia«aruing from 1 ?«fciif s • 'fund, 51 m 'May be seeji. [in i th6'ann ! iial- i publishe > d- r y,bcoui]ts of the®.t;tgo»i and- "Southland -Kural Deaii'6'ry r ßoa!rd. A^aiii 1 1 ksrlc; 1 ■has'Sou't lla^d y re.xson — to — eonrefem — of— itis- portion in thiSsi'ttndiS amdii^lMr Pearson ji.stifi^^jin/ saying " If you think with me, you will *;sg£P9/^Qi SopAi»t©i?i from H the Dunedin branch of our church, they do v 3 no good There is yet another subjest m Mr Pearson's speech to which I mint refer — I #ii. J v th6 wo !PWfir sßmHb^ric'o'fl ptagf^aiV^ > Sdu%Waiad'/' | Hy v itboti l ft"eD'aQto3ntir.ij on.jth^, unseemly eispcessions i.,aud.. iili istraticius.. .yyiiifih. j?foa.r.3.ct l e.rigej....ithis part of the speech, aud in. which , 1 ,, cinn^t believe Mr Pearsons audience acquie^cod, I willloKl.nl J.» ».,. »»valj.. A~..Ul .C . , confine myself to his objections ujvged 1 ' I thy'"Bis'h'o ) prfd" c 'He cays 1 /^' I" heard with surprise that "hfs'ficr^njp.of, ••G&inßtiehuiHthja/Di?. Saupep, in addressing /the iSyaoi 113^61^.8,^641*1161 m?-nbers of .4he|j^nglis|[i i |Ql}uych. j in ( ,Qj:agp aid South * land,"' earnestly, desired a Bisiiop,. The Churchwardens wrote to the K-urai deanery 'BoVtfd"of JDuik'ainV'st; tu^.tbi,^ [ "wb tUd-'iSot-Wdnfe'-'to" b^ 1 in^Tnl^d' iv the 11 ' that- we- could" not contribute ■ .tow.nirdij. .thecmtiintenar cc of the that we "earnestly desired i, "^BJTs^pjjj,, l,Wha.t is r the use of a Bishop to us, living 3 alfT)unediir? Having been absent fr'oWtte colony rifflrt<ie i l'SB4 l > " 4 I' > 'am ll i^noraßi}' r of what has i taken -pIAGe-ia. the-' meantime -ab i;he Kural iDeanerjc.lßdard^fcat.lipresume overy disuiVfit J»iQ]:aglit.MAd S.Q.ut;h.liU^h:Jd its own reyresen^atiyes >4 at the sittings of the Board as usual, and Bishop ,£far of course base his statements at the not only on his own peisQaal.exti., perience in the two Provinces, btii-aisiT^ i'oa-thefea^w^^setbcoiiviction- of tl ie Board, vwhidv trfipceaent&cl.; £he . whftie b'-idj^ r df " -Pbjigch,i)f,,Hplnglap.d .memb9rs,m i\\k part of the.dioce^. . Now- let us see what .the.. Board have stated in their pubti»hea-«ei" pbrtsV^u regard to :i a •Bi^h'd'pric. ■•■"» - i 'hJas"tafeb:n rj itltb consideration the o'i-eaß i\n■■•po^iance of endowing a Bisiopric of Otago and Southl.-ud. but nc plan of •••• •' -— _ feEPOgT.FO.g l- TEAB, >I l!jfG^,— Ti o°iSsTlffw- ' ing Resolution was adopted— "That, a fund to be-' called the Otago ard Southi,and, Bisjjppric^fitnd, be established,-and contributions solicited througioxft "thfe : i es ; hi' l aid«df'fbefun .'\ tl . REgqofti^^gA.B 1863.—" Ttoe^Gishop made an earnest appeal on behalf...o£»itha. i; pi?op«s©d 'Bishopric ofiOtago »and Sou-fch-'llai!rdi ,' >^d""Ee»priu:fcions l - l iHi fa\-o' of the : app'ea l l"Wefe ad^M."- •- ; '? e ir *' ;.i.^??i?J-....?P®.! 1 ?! ..J-???.4."~ Sums 'k'mounting"to,^3,d.oJQ ) sa,Yie 3iaen promisad towards the endowment of ;he r - 'hew- 1 - Difehoprie- 3 —^GOO»"frtHn" I the -061buM* '•6fsti6't/rlc t 'lliii'dr £t;OOO : 'fi l d'h"-th 3"Sociefy ' fßK KHffiofmg Christian Kno>vl ;d^e^and.. £ I, oo(^l^9 nj^Q^snbjacribers^pf i Sso<, eacii,v iv this and the adfbining Pr jviiice 1 °oE : fSh6tMaiA3. a Wna)t?itihe Board has do r iie ..ainceiLi^ayj^xaOißenpntSeiito she w p \ o D f ut :I Tp can hardjj ioaagiae it would> o recadt} tamed for 4 years, and the tact 08-g&f,Ol>y 'nlving-'been promisS^by 20 s lbscrtbfefor ja Qtago and Southland, as staied'fn^'tlie* ittftP.Wt^o£,ijß64,, is, ,a ..Fqi.r ,prp|f taa&...the i . -iCl^aivh .raaa^hßrji.appriweil.jafiJil e jftesolu- • feiiona ad^>pted-by>° tlieir—Eepr-ese ntatives. " ...:■ q.. a ..-<re|si-^.. fa 3M; r J Pears^n^ ■ptU&J&ipkLi' o'.': $t stter.jiljan6 q.uo±e i.Bishop rflanper's, letter as to the i -d'Uty | -of f & Bishop,- alre»ufy -pabli: hed in the J ttepo^far fch^ykir-1869.^' 1 ' Evefj v^si^ whicn'T li&v^ijaid to the Jiyim ?m*° } the gold fields uas conviuced me more ana m'ore"fc J Eai.'fcKe"sjXrii;ual wants of the [,fnQp^rs !4 Q^ o^ floppy jq^» who are now . spreading themselves in rapidly increasing numbers. throtHghoat •theilPtovinces, can•hDt' b&t eftectuall^-"-»up\jlieol sxc^pt. Wbfta'whidh'^fe^uvre 1 more- jfei sonal and ~un^em\tifcijij&^ be given .by si^V^Qp'cQVden^.at 1 'Cjwistmurch.ultii mußb'beiJDorTQe.ia-imiiMLthat.itbje duty of W-Bwh'oto-in 1 th^se-Pife'rin^eft-iS iot limited" tß* tJhe^o^eVsi^Jit jfrrinejl^ 'Parishes' or X3h J Urclie^Jf ,.^Qih ist Tollo ,v "toral, and gold mining distßi^js, and ascertain by personal observations whrre congre■yLaSS&fiffib P^ne^ char sfos-bttU*, l a*d.'d°m*fnist;er^- t se§t^ 1 and byhij repeated. ltj*J«» and^jdb.drtations stir 'up the peo^le^;
or rTtOTS^Baore frequently." For sneh unanswerable reasons we -g^mtiM-mrc-TCTrd all i-ejuiw-o^^tfa^^ i*ws of hfivifig avßipbpo- tf<? ll FI (t Y I b';?l° t ** ni the kbltrafct^ wbilMf s&t»«fy and ne J nlfil » H .f tj ? matters.. little whether he rdmdes. an Duned'n Jnvercarajll^pr t £ ny. o 1 teiP^jfe of the Diocese. I should i|dfeed. with,, rmny others, prefer.'tfia*'-the afctual ap-'-pNinWent had ■beewposbp'enied bjitjl.,^,. Provinces Avere recovered f rom the tinan^al^pfes^oV of VecehHry and ttijf 'VWtTpbf '•tWcfrek Vere out of dfebt';' D^Wintie^e; kppbiatffient has b|en mnftfe, an^qjir'-WWPW sonn c an^ on - st n *' wa.canp#,^nd..,tnusJt Jt no^. forceij t^l^U members of our church are ednj^y ,inftcresi/e*l in»u-ffitirt^*tt)S Jidpport [the M.pd •tvw^'hi^ tl>e'weWare-6f'the4jd% mainly. depend: "Tf ! we,. are happy in fie aelecy^Mrji^ to^ f .^ we|h^^(ichitri^e the duties ,jQrf p. ( ,,Bishop as de.aatnbed in Bishop Har.por.V-lettej'^'th'Sif ' ( : fcure"he will 5 nW l only relidve'^lis^pfij all ansietv as to the Bishopric uiid, but wjlj'^ncjii-^.^jlej' members of our communion tp". work together wi th •••■*]oFe•qHr.istiflni ilpTp<and/UTu>y,i/:;and Yor"ltessr ..splfislb^nds thaniTareiappeair to have 'done • W-therto. lfl MennwhileV-e^iT district has v> its-'tturdeVfg; aildvT 1 regret 'to say, nearly eyejy r jtfhurch its dobt. The .-biji^u^ fan fl<?V < ? r / )^ Kfi* "^ °^ • epaliae itSißyJbrm pftrti.ffl.'.WiJf/AW ual 'brtt .. the ehiir.ehes; should jha^e 1 4iabilife?B^ they-shtoaM : ovf& no man aiiythins:, and now is the time b 3fQ i r.e < o l ur •■ tb'^^B ; bnfe ! 'm^re effort tpdeai^pff once and. for ever the various aeftfeppon the existinpr ifuHdinss, s«'i?hat' they may *be renllv free offerings in the seniPfuJf.ifi»r..Cnpator. Both O^tf'aild^ ijPouithland havienmaaelaijjto.iido ir >s r;e f spect,.am4'T! pineerelv trust that wep,jpe 5^ spective efforts will soon be crowned ■ St. Paul's Church. Dmedin. «• .Bflfnedini'iyth- January, 1867 "'■> • ' ■'i <» J .1 li r i n 0 i (TO TRW EDTTOH OF THH SOtrrrtTiAl!rt> Tr>THS). ■ Sir: — Tn justice to the eomvr it^ee, f wi]o Mm devo.tiJjdiiiat c / pnsi4?,r^ble l ,hn,4t.hn«f!.. ,sme-tQ the propriety of saving the Pro-< vince from the expense of maintftiiv-r •ih^»offifcittlß-7pe«nit in me"%n its D'eh"&# u to J cpntijac|icjt ;a, sfa^emeiit.j by one Mr Timothy S'nnbks'. Tliat gentleman states ilih^tjfbe.,cjfpmi»ittee panted tft ower the officials snlaries to the lowest print — £20 was mentionefl as the figure. This assertion •btf?te"'felsb, the committee ..Jievejr saughtyf^feyduqe^anjj. pfficjal'a s.g,lar.y. : Rp.. jow. j? oiL^be c-ontorjj a.s much as £80 per annum™ will ibe> |>aid to ;he ; heaJd' of some 1 'departments. ,^..i«...0. » v I xtixV lfke&ise state that in., order, "^"pfq^icfe, a^' much* as possible .fo,r,,,th# comfQCjb w pf^,.the married omc:al3^a- pro--: position- ie -now mnder discussi<id-b'y jthecommittee to order quantities )f second hand, furniMre 1 from thesales-room"of^lr ', J^.and^fa^nKß^some^^'tlie .aoyexn.,, me.pt.i vmvm, "a»ti. tJie. I spre,,^ > p u enße-o.Sihe pulolic? •ando allowithfi.anarried (iffi-cia-ls'td 1 livri rerit-frde-.- 1 "It-is^filso^'pircposed^to^ allow i\lr Commissioner Weldod \o reside" u?-R-* ',?^Wf *p°Clp!^A]^^i^^v^lu * . I 'PT!S? v ?i^' -^ ne nn " 'o*erta!ves night' ..piityot'/lu'fyliiKrc e times a < Nveek— ."^ow...if.^W>3 .is... not boSh liberal iwtd 1 afeh-mmdeu,'l4em'e oui«'r3aders to, '"letter sil'ould noii bLQ,.ajrowß(i:.!toi..g<i>.*mcontradicted, and thereby be the 1 -nfeaTis' of errfa'tliil^ I'^'-Wrong1 '^ '-Wrong impressidn jO^'/jth'^ mfifdfof th'e-pe'^ler^lfelrfAin, Ac., - "'ir^x •«•■:.•; ';■;-■ :tm&™> ■ ...a 2itK.Janj»jgr f »a867..:..-...i p.S.-^A.s-ito> the-i -No- .JBfa 
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