been conferred upon the New Zealand Islands by the Church Missionary Society, authorize Archdea con Hadfield to communicate with the Society, in order to ascertain whether they would be willing to resign into the hands of the Clergy and Laity of the district of Wellington their present charge of the Native Settlements in that district ; and upon what conditions they would assist in forming a fund for the permanent endowment of Native Parishes and Schools." I would earnestly recommend to this Synod the adoption of a resolution of a similar kind, including the whole field of the Society's Mission in New Zealand. My apology for the length of this address must be that I have endeavoured to condense, within the smallest compass, the deeply important subjects which it is my duty, as jour Piesident, to bring be fore you, and I will now conclude by the expres sion of my earnest prayer that we may be so blessed with the spirit of counsel as to have a right judg ment in all things.
