When the time came for the work to be carried on, and when 1 waa not capable, it pleased God to give Bishop Patteson to the work, and the work of God has prospered in his hands. 1 certainly have no fear in going to England. I go there simply as an obedient son of the Church of England, and the more so, perhaps, because it has been said that 1 was an , advo cate* for ,the severance of the Church of New Zealand from the mother Church— to make her entirely independent of the mother Church. I desire to show no, such feeling at all. I desfre-to carry an expression of your opinion that we, as^a, body of English Churchmen, are as united in feeling to the mother Churoh as we should have been if we bad remained , in our native country — (applause) — ! that, we have not* separated' from her in any reapecb — that we have done everything we could to carry out the liturgy of the Church, and that we have not deviated in any respect from .the doctrines of the Church of England. I would nowsay a few words with regard to the Synod and the constitution. The speakers who have re ferred to that .subject have mentioned me as the originator of that constitution. I have the pleasure p£ saying to you all that there was something more touching in the origin of that constitution, than per sons are generally aware of. The first draft of the present constitution was drawn by. 