CHURCH OF ENGLAND RURAL DEANERY BOARD.
The Rural Deanery Board met again aC 11 &.m. on Saturday. Bishop Harjcr presided. the nisuornic of dunbdtk. Tlie Ror'ai. Dkan (Rev. E. G; Edwards) moved —"That this Board cm aider what stepn should be taken towards nusropntinjij tbe Ofngo nnd Southland Bishopric Fond, and providing the Bishop wuh a house.** He considered thnt, among t'ne steps which; it might be agreed upon to take, it wonld be proper to send an address to the Primate, suggesting that he should ask the other Bishopr td join wi'.h him in calling upon the Iny mr-inbers of the Church, throughout New Zealand to contribute. The rrotioit having been agreed to. The Rev. Mr Granger suggested thafc tbe Standing Committee should com municate with those subscribers wha haul not yet paid their sab-«criptions, distribute any circular whicli might be issued by th«r Primate, and obtain contributions ifroa* those who had not already contributed. The Rev. Mr Giftoro thought, it highly importaut that the public shonld he reached, and that it should be suggested to lhe clergy to call meetings of "their parishioners. It would probably te the last Bishopric that would be formed it* New Zealand for a very longtime, and tbaft it waa desirous that every publicity shonld be given to the effort that waa being made; and that, through the Primatov aabatantial co-operation should be invit«Ji 1 Be?eral mattow were gcopoaetJ, ttt mm

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