St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Christchurch. The first Presbyterian congregation established in Canterbury was that of St. Andrew's Church, in connection with which a committee was formed in 1854, with Mr. W. Wilson as secretary. The Rev. C. Fraser, M.A., arrived in April, 1856, and officiated for a time in the Wesleyan Church until February, 1857, when the first church built upon the present site, opposite the Christchurch Hospital, was opened, the total cost amounting to £900. The church was enlarged in 1862, and Mr. Fraser's connection with the ministry terminated in January, 1883. The Rev. W. Dinwiddie, LL.B., of North Belt, Christchurch, was inducted on the 12th of November, 1883, but resigned in 1886. On the 16th of December, 1887, the Rev. Gordon Webster, M.A., formerly of the Free Church, Girvan, Ayrshire, was inducted, and during his ministry the church was reconstructed at a cost of £2000. Mr. Webster was Moderator of the Assembly in 1898, and took a prominent place in Church courts, where his opinion carried great weight. Early in 1900 Mr. Webster, who had gone to the Old Country in search of health, was compelled to resign, and he was succeeded in October, of the same year, by the Rev. John Mackenzie, M.A., the present minister, who came from the Thames. In 1902 a commodious schoolroom was erected at a cost of £1250. At present (May, 1902) the church is being enlarged, and a pipe organ is about to be erected. The members number 190; the stipend is £400 a year, and the total revenue for 1901–1902 was £885.