Bishop G.A. Selwyn to Gladstone, 24 May 1841-01 December 1867
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- File ff.79-161
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- Letters mainly written from New Zealand. They deal with Selwyn's appointment as first Bishop of New Zealand, drafting of letters patent, endowment of Bishopric, first impressions of Auckland, Wellington and Nelson, Native Fund, disputes between natives and settlers, Governor R. FitzRoy, Church system for Australasia, establishment of St. John's College, Lord Grey and Maori land rights, Sir William Martin, difficulties of New Zealand Company, mission to Pacific Islands, G. Pritchard, Roman Catholic missionaries, relations with Canterbury Association, Governor Sir George Grey; proposed penal settlement at New Caledonia, visit to England in 1854, Maori Wars and Selwyn's opposition to Government's policy, 1867 Lambeth Conference, appointment as Bishop of Lichfield.
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- M2233
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