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Acknowledgements

Grateful acknowledgements are made to those who have assisted in the compilation and editing of this book, particularly Miss Hazel Ward of County Down, Northern Ireland, who is a great niece of the author, Mr C. R. Straubel, joint editor of the Official History of Canterbury, Mr R. E. Gillespie of the Christchurch Press, Dr Roger Duff, Director of the Canterbury Museum, Mr J. Wilson, Museum Librarian, and Mr Harding of the Christchurch Lands and Survey Department.

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