Letters from Australia and New Zealand to Rev. John Bonar, convenor of the Colonial Committee of the Free Church of Scotland, January 1851-November 1854

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The letters, including copies and extracts, are in a bound volume and are arranged chronologically. There is an index at the beginning of the volume.

The Australian correspondents include Andrew Allan (Sydney), Archibald Bonar (Melbourne), Thomas Brown (Hobart), William Buyers (Sydney), Rev. Adam Cairns (Melbourne), Rev. Archibald Cameron (Sydney), Rev. George Divorty (Melbourne), Rev. James Forbes (Melbourne), Rev. John Gardner (Adelaide), Rev. Thomas Hastie (Buninyong, Victoria), Rev. William Henderson (Williamstown, Victoria), Rev. John Hume (Melbourne), George Hutton (Hobart), Rev. John Lillie (Melbourne), Rev. James Lindsay (Launceston),David McConnell (Brisbane), D. McDonald (Geelong), Rev. William McIntyre (East Maitland), Rev. George Mackie (Kiama), J.H. McLachlan (Geelong), Hugh McLeod (Sydney), Lachlan McLeod (Melbourne), Rev. Walter McLeod (Sydney), Rev. Andrew Maxwell (Melbourne), Rev. John Miller (Melbourne),Rev. William Miller (Melbourne), Rev. William Nicolson (Hobart), Rev. Arthur Paul (Sydney), Edward Rennie (Sydney), Rev. Alexander Salmon (Sydney), Rev. Arthur Sherriff (Clarence Town, NSW), Rev. Patrick Simpson (Lauriston, Victoria), James Smith (Melbourne), Rev. John Tait (Geelong) and George Young (Adelaide).

The New Zealand correspondents include James A. Blyth (Wellington), Rev. David Bruce (Auckland), Rev. Thomas Burns (Dunedin), Capt. William Cargill (Dunedin), Archibald Clark (Auckland), D.J. Clauders (Nelson), Rev. William Dron (Hutt River), Thomas Gorrie (Auckland), John McGlashan (Otago), Peter McQuimish (New Plymouth), Rev. John Moir (Wellington), Rev. Thomas Nicholson (Nelson), W. Purdie (Dunedin), D. Sclanders (Nelson) and Rev. William Will (Dunedin).Other correspondents include Rev. John Bonar (Glasgow), writing to Rev. John Lillie (Hobart), and Stephen Walcott and John Walpole of the Colonial Land and Emigration Office in London. The latter wrote to Bonar about the appointment of schoolmasters on emigrant ships.

In addition to letters, there are extracts from minutes of presbyteries, a completed questionnaire, and a few printed items, including reports on the Presbyterian Church in Auckland and Otago.

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