The Bishop of Christchurch to the Under Secretary, Native Secretary's Office.

Sir,—

I enclose copies of two letters addressed to me by His Excellency the Governor. The letter written in November 1863, was an indorsement by me of an application to the Governor, made by the Rev. J. W. Stack, for some assistance from the public funds for Maori purposes in furnishing the school buildings at Kaiapoi, which had been erected, since my application for an additional grant in 1861, by private contributions, aided by a grant from the Provincial Government of Canterbury. The latter part of this letter is, as you will see, an application from myself for some aid in providing school buildings in the Chatham Islands.

I have received no answer to either of these letters.