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Wellington State Schools' Defence League.

Object:—"To maintain the present system of free compulsory and secular education in the Primary Schools as provided by the Education Act, 1877."

Executive for 1904-5.

President

• J. R. Blair.

Vice-Presidents

• Rev. W. A. Evans.
• W. T. Grundy.

Hon. Secretary

• S. Arnold Atkinson.

Hon. Treasurer

• D. McLaren.

Committee:—

• Mrs. A. R. Atkinson.
• Hon. F. H. Fraser, M.L.C.,
• Dr. J. G. Findlay,
• A. Lindsay,
• A. R. Atkinson,
• John Gammell,
• John Hutcheson,
• Rey. J. Crewes, Geo. Macmorran,
• W. H. Hampton.

This Pamphlet is the first of a series of publications which the League proposes to issue in defence of popular education and religious liberty against the clerical propaganda by which they are now imperilled.

The nature of these publications and the extent of their circulation must, however, depend in a large measure on the financial support which the League can secure, and it is hoped that in time the organisation may cover the whole colony.

Suggestions, criticisms, and contributions for these purposes will be thankfully received by the Hon. Sec., 27 Featherston Street, Wellington,