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A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH IN NEW ZEALAND


                        To the
                     RIGHT REVEREND
                WILLIAM LEONARD WILLIAMS,
                sometime Bishop of Waiapu.

                      THIS BOOK

         is respectfully dedicated in memory of
  the eminent services rendered to the New Zealand Church
           by himself and others of his name.


[Illustration: REV. SAMUEL MARSDEN.]


A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH IN NEW ZEALAND

by

H. T. PURCHAS, M.A.

Vicar of Glenmark, N.Z.
Canon of Christchurch Cathedral, and Examining
Chaplain to the Bishop.

Author of
"Bishop Harper and the Canterbury Settlement,"
"Johannine Problems and Modern Needs."







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