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H.L. Swale to C.T. Longley. Grants to Colonial Bishops. Asks for an interview, 20 May 1845 (Item f. 283)

H.L. Swale, Settle, to C.T. Longley, Bishop of Ripon. Building and endowing of churches in Toronto, and in Norfolk Island for the benefit of convicts, 30 May 1845 (Item ff. 284-5)

H.L. Swale, Settle, to [C.T. Longley] Has paid £20,000 for the Colonial purposes, 30 June 1845 (Item f. 291)

Sam Wise, Ripon, to [C.T. Longley] Acknowledges trust fund credit, 5 July 1845 (Item ff. 294-5)

John Harrison, Ripon Old Bank, to [C.T. Longley]. Sums have been paid into Bank, 7 July 1845 (Item f. 296)

H.L. Swale, Settle, to [C.T. Longley]. Toronto scheme; South Australian plan for convicts, 16 July 1845 (Item ff. 298-9)

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Ernest Hawkins, London, to C.T. Longley, Bishop of Ripon. Gives addresses of Bishops of Tasmania and Toronto; both Colonial Dioceses need assistance. Norfolk Island, 28 July 1845 (Item ff. 300-1)

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C.T. Longley, Bishop of Ripon. Declaration that the £10,000 has been entrusted to him for special Colonial purposes, 30 July 1845 (Item ff. 302-3)

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Mrs. W.D. Erskine, Kirkley under Dale, to C.T. Longley. Anonymous benefactor. New Zealand's share must be used in payment of a bodyguard for the Bishop, 30 July 1845 (Item ff.304-5)

Statement of accounts. Includes interest on Colonial Fund, 1845 - 1848 (Item f.344)

Account for 'Our Church in the Colonies', 4 December 1845 - 31 December 1846 (Item f. 348)

H.L. Swale, Ingfield, to C.T. Longley. Has looked over the items, 28 October 1848 (Item f. 349)

Francis Russell Nixon, Bishop of Tasmania, Hobart Town, to C.T. Longley. Disposal of the £5,000 given to build and endow a church for the benefit of convicts in Norfolk Island, 12 January 1846 (Item ff. 1-2)

E.L. Swale to C.T. Longley. His sister-in-law agrees to the Bishop of Tasmania's proposal, 27 May 1846 (Item ff. 5-6)

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C.T. Longley, Ripon, to Francis Russell Nixon, Bishop of Tasmania. (Draft) Approval of his proposal to appropriate the £5,000 towards establishing a Mission Fund, 4 June 1846 (Item ff. 7-8)

F.A. Marriott, Hobart Town, to C.T. Longley. £5,000 to be invested in 'The Ripon Fund for missions to the settlers in the Bush' in Tasmania, 1 December 1846 (Item f. 13)

Terry and Harrison, Old Bank, Ripon, to C.T. Longley. Payment of £5,000 from the Colonial Fund, 25 May 1857 (Item f. 24)

George Augustus Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand, Richmond, to C.T. Longley. Appointment for a sermon and meeting on 3,4 Sept, 10 August 1854 (Item f. 188)

Henry Pelham Pelham-Clinton, Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State for the Colonies, Downing Street, to Ernest Hawkins, Secretary of the Colonial Bishoprics' Committee. Nomination of Colonial bishoprics, 24 February 1863 (Item f. 5)

Bill 'An Act to remove Doubts as to the effect of Letters Patent granted to certain Colonial Bishops and also to provide for the Succession to Property upon the Death, Resignation or Removal of Colonial Bishops'. [Printed], 1868 (Item ff.13-17)

Herman Merivale, Secretary to Sir Stafford Northcote, Secretary of State for India, India Office, to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies. Episcopal supervision of the Straits, 22 September 1868 (Item ff. 44-5)

F.H. Elliot, Secretary to the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Secretary of State for the Colonies, Downing Street, to Herman Merivale. Separation of the Straits from the Diocese of Calcutta, 6 October 1868 (Item f. 46)

Chaplain and Trustees of the British Episcopal Church at Valparaiso, Valparaiso, to the Bishop of London. Visit of the Bishop of Honolulu, 14 July 1868 (Item ff. 51-2)

Robert Gray, Bishop of Capetown, to A.C. Tait, Bishop of London. Position of the Colonial Churches, 15 January 1867 (Item ff. 210-12)

(Draft) C.T. Longley to [Rev. Frederick H. Cox of St. John's Hobart Town, Bishop elect of Maritzburg], 2 November 1866 (Item f.427)

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Difficulties concerning the consecration of a Bishop of Maritzburg, and Cox's acceptance of the post.

Frederick H. Cox, Hobart Town, to C.T. Longley, 24 July 1866 (Item ff. 428-30)

His acceptance of nomination as Bishop of Natal - he wishes to withdraw owing to the questionable validity of Dr. Colenso's deposition.

C.T. Longley, Croydon, to Henry Lascelles Jenner, Bishop of Dunedin, 19 December 1867 (Item ff. 237-40)

There is no analogy between Jenner's case and that of the Bishop of Salisbury. He recommended Jenner for a post and was therefore responsible; he has expressed his disapproval of the Ritualistic movement on several occasions.

H.J.C. Harper, Bishop of Christchurch, Christchurch, N.Z., to C.T. Longley, 5 June 1867 (Item f. 81)

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Accepts invitation; leaving N.Z. in July.

C.H. Bromby, Bishop of Tasmania, Hobart Town, to C.T. Longley, 24 June 1867 (Item ff. 82-3)

Declines to attend the Conference because he does not think his diocese should be left again so soon following a long interval between his predecessor's departure and his own arrival.

F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney and Metropolitan of Australia, Sydney, to C.T. Longley, 27 May 1867 (Item ff. 123-4)

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Excuses himself from attending the Conference.

Mathew B. Hale, Bishop of Perth, to C.T. Longley, 26 April 1867 (Item ff. 125-6)

Declining to attend the Conference because of his expanding Diocese.

A.B. Suter, Bishop of Nelson, Nelson, to C.T. Longley, 30 May 1867 (Item ff. 127-8)

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Declining to attend the Conference because of his expanding Diocese.

G.A. Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand, Auckland, to C.T. Longley, 30 April 1867 (Item f. 129)

Hopes to reach England in time for the Conference.

E.W. Tufnell, Bishop of Brisbane, London, to C.T. Longley, 10 March 1867 (Item ff. 136-7)

Regrets that he will not be able to attend the Conference.

C.T. Longley. Opening address to the Conference, 1867 (Item ff.227-45)

(Draft) C.T. Longley. Opening address to the Conference, 1867 (Item ff.246-8)

Charles Perry, Bishop of Melbourne, Melbourne, to C.T. Longley, 27 May 1867 (Item ff.255-6)

Declines to attend the Conference; states what he would like to see discussed.

William Williams, Bishop of Waiapu, Napier, to C.T. Longley, 26 June 1867 (Item ff.261-5)

Cannot attend the Conference because of the disorganization due to the native war; sending points for deliberation.

William Tyrrell, Bishop of Newcastle, Morpeth, N.S.W., to C.T. Longley, 15 July 1867 (Item f. 273)

Declines to attend the Conference as he cannot leave his Diocese.

Mesac Thomas, Bishop of Goulburn, Goulburn, to C.T. Longley, 22 July 1867 (Item ff. 275-6)

Declines to attend the Conference as he cannot leave his diocese; his views on some colonial questions.

Extracts from the Minutes of the Brisbane Diocesan Synod, on receiving the pastoral letter of the archbishops and bishops at the Lambeth Conference, 19 June 1868 (Item f. 321)

Copy of the resolutions of the fourth Synod of the Diocese of Wellington concerning the Conference, 4 July 1867 (Item ff. 322-3)

Printed leaflet: 'Fundamental Provisions and Regulations for the Government of the United Church of England and Ireland within the Diocese of Adelaide in South Australia', n.d. (Item ff. 324-7)

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Augustus Short, Bishop of Adelaide, to C.T. Longley, 31 July 1867 (Item ff. 328-9)

Cannot attend the Conference; his opinion on certain points.

C.J. Abraham, Bishop of Wellington, Wellington, to C.T. Longley, 6 July 1867 (Item ff. 330-1)

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The resolutions of the Diocesan Synod to be presented to the Conference.

C.J. Abraham, Bishop of Wellington, Wellington, to C.T. Longley, 16 July 1867 (Item ff. 332-4)

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Sending another copy of the resolutions of the Diocesan Synod.

C.J. Abraham Bishop of Wellington, Wellington, to C.T. Longley, 7 June 1867 (Item ff. 335-6)

Cannot attend the Conference but approves it; sends a copy of his address to his Diocesan Synod.

F.T. McDougall, Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak, Sarawak, to C.T. Longley, 7 February 1863 (Item ff. 144-5)

Congratulating him on his preferment to the See of Canterbury.

G.A. Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand, Auckland, to C.T. Longley. A Bishop for Dunedin, 4 January 1865 (Item ff. 199-202)

Edward Smith-Stanley, Earl of Derby, Prime Minister, London, to C.T. Longley, 28 November 1867 (Item ff. 43-4)

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Prevailing upon Bishop Selwyn of New Zealand to accept the Bishopric of Lichfield.

G.A. Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand, London, to C.T. Longley, 29 November 1867 (Item ff. 45-6)

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Whether he should accept the Bishopric of Lichfield.

Edward Smith-Stanley, Earl of Derby, Prime Minister, London, to C.T. Longley. Selwyn and the Bishopric of Lichfield, 30 November 1867 (Item f. 47)

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G.A. Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand, Windsor, to C.T. Longley, 1 December 1867 (Item ff. 43-9)

Has accepted the Bishopric of Lichfield providing that he may return to New Zealand for a time.

Augustus Short, Bishop of Adelaide, Adelaide, to C.T. Longley, 18 December 1867 (Item f. 50)

His approval of the Lambeth Conference which he could not attend.

Photograph of Archbishops and Bishops attending the Conference, grouped outside Lambeth Palace. With key (Item f. 2)

Photograph: George Augustus Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand (Item f. 5v)

Photograph: Francis Thomas McDougall, Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak; H.J.C. Harper, Bishop of Christchurch; Mathew B. Hale, Bishop of Perth (Item f. 6v)

Photograph: Thomas N. Staley, Bishop of Honolulu (Item f. 7)

Photograph: Henry Lascelles Jenner, Bishop of Dunedin (Item f. 7v)

Photograph: Edmund Hobhouse, formerly Bishop of Nelson, N.Z (Item f.11)

A.G. Burdett-Coutts, Torquay, England, to A.C. Tait, 3 December 1862 (Item ff. 331-4)

The pamphlet put out by the S.P.G. on the Bishop of Labuan, which she regrets.

William Selwyn (son of G.A. Selwyn), Cambridge, to [A.C. Tait], 7 December 1862 (Item f. 274)

Thanks for 'Charge to the Clergy of your Diocese'; has read with interest remarks on the Education of Candidates for Holy Orders in the University.

F.T. McDougall, Bishop of Labuan, Sarawak, to A.C. Tait, 30 June [1862] (Item ff. 1-4)

Writings of Dr. Colenso, Bishop of Natal. Difficulty with boats in visiting the station. His 45 years on the mission.

A.G. Burdett-Coutts, Torquay, England, to A.C. Tait, 30 January 1863 (Item ff. 17-18)

A letter written to the Times by the Bishop of Labuan. Encounter of the ship Rainbow with pirates.

A.G. Burdett-Coutts to A.C. Tait, 4 August 1865 (Item ff. 43-4)

Dr. Colenso case. Reference to the proceedings in the Synod of New Zealand.

A.G. Burdett-Coutts, Torquay, to A.C. Tait, Bishop of London, 30 December 1865 (Item ff. 77-8)

Her position in connection with the Colonial Episcopate. Has communicated with Earl Russell. Should object to any division of her Endowment.

A.G. Burdett-Coutts, Torquay, to A.C. Tait, Bishop of London. The Colonial question, 22 February 1866 (Item ff. 104-5)

Charles Perry, Bishop of Melbourne, Melbourne, to A.C. Tait. Ritualism, 23 August 1865 (Item ff. 130-1)

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Charles Perry, Bishop of Melbourne, Melbourne, to A.C. Tait. Authority against ritualism, 21 September 1865 (Item ff. 132-3)

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A.C. Tait, Hastings, to Charles Perry, Bishop of Melbourne. The English Church Union. (Draft), 19 April 1866 (Item ff. 134-7)

A.G. Burdett-Coutts, to A.C. Tait, n.d. (Item ff. 142-3)

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A letter she is sending to the Lord Bishop of Capetown.

A.G. Burdett-Coutts, London, to A.C. Tait. Her petition, 2 May 1866 (Item ff. 144-5)

A.G. Burdett-Coutts, London, to A.C. Tait, 5 May 1866 (Item ff. 155-6)

Thanks for his letter to accompany her petition.

A.G. Burdett-Coutts, London, to A.C. Tait, 11 May 1866 (Item ff. 163-6)

Her petition to the Queen on Colonial Sees.

A.G. Burdett-Coutts, Torquay, to A.C. Tait. Reference to the Bishop of New Zealand, 5 December 1867 (Item ff. 64-5)

James Moorhouse, Vicar of Paddington, London, to A.C. Tait, 30 October 1867 (Item ff. 252-4)

The post of Bishop of Melbourne offered to him.

G.A. Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand, London, to A.C. Tait, n.d. (Item ff. 353-4)

'Free Church' system in the colonies. Appointments in New Zealand.

Charles Perry, Bishop of Melbourne, Sydney, to A.C. Tait, 3 November 1868 (Item ff. 78-9)

His objection to one of the resolutions of the Lambeth Conference regarding Dr. Colenso.

G.A. Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand, S.S. Mooltar Red Sea, to A.C. Tait, 15 December 1868 (Item ff. 268-9)

Congratulations on his appointment as Archbishop of Canterbury. Church establishment.

Mesac Thomas, Bishop of Goulburn, Goulburn, to A.C. Tait, 31 December 1868 (Item ff. 305-6)

Congratulations on his appointment. Australian Bishops have voted that Letters Pater should be issued to all Colonial Bishops appointed by the Crown. (Damaged)

Charles Perry, Bishop of Melbourne, Melbourne, to A.C. Tait, 4 January 1869 (Item ff. 8-9)

Death of Archbishop Longley and the succession. Dr. Colenso. The Colonial Church.

A.B. Suter, Bishop of Nelson, Nelson, to A.C. Tait, 18 January 1869 (Item ff. 29-30)

Tait's appointment. Does he know of a young man that might come out to New Zealand for two years.

C.H. Bromby, Bishop of Tasmania, to A.C. Tait. Congratulations on his appointment, 29 January 1869 (Item f. 43)

H.J.C. Harper, Bishop of Christchurch, Christchurch, to A.C. Tait, 12 February 1869 (Item ff. 63-4)

Congratulations on his appointment. He (Harper) has been elected to the Primacy of the Church in New Zealand. Bishop Jenner.

J.B. Laughton, Presbyterian Church of New South Wales, Parramatta, to A.C. Tait, 15 July 1869 (Item ff. 179-82)

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His book 'Christ the Counsellor'. Memories of him as a fellow student at the University of Glasgow. Tait's appointment. The Anglican and Presbyterian Churches shared faith.

Charles Perry, Bishop of Melbourne, Melbourne, to A.C. Tait, 16 July 1869 (Item ff. 183-4)

Protests against the affairs in Natal over Dr. Colenso.

G.A. Selwyn, Bishop of Lichfield, Lichfield, to A.C. Tait, 4 August 1870 (Item f. 256)

Two distinct modes of communication open to the Irish Bishops and Clergy.

Charles Perry, Bishop of Melbourne, Melbourne, to A.C. Tait, 12 August 1870 (Item ff. 143-4)

Hopes he will preserve his strength after his illness.

James Moorhouse, Paddington, London, to A.C. Tait, 21 June 1872 (Item ff. 155-6)

Disquiet felt on boast by Ritualists that Mr. Bennett has been acquitted.

G.A. Selwyn, Bishop of Lichfield, Lichfield, to A.C. Tait, 1 August 1872 (Item f. 176)

Appointment of Curator is reason for occupying the tower. Revives his intercourse with books much interrupted during 30 years of rough life by land and sea.

Charles Perry: Bishop of Melbourne, Melbourne, to A.C. Tait, 11 August 1873 (Item ff. 236-7)

Asks if there is to be a Lambeth Conference in 1875. Lack of young men qualified for the Ministry in Victoria.

J. Moorhouse, Paddington, London, to A.C. Tait. Messrs. Moody and Sankey, American Evangelists, 25 March 1875 (Item ff.175-8)

G.A. Selwyn, Bishop of Lichfield, Lichfield, to A.C. Tait. Thanks for sympathy on death of his brother, 26 April 1875 (Item ff. 197-8)

James Moorhouse, Vicar of Paddington, London, to A.C. Tait. The possibility of his accepting the post of Bishop of Melbourne, 18 April 1876 (Item ff. 93-4)

James Moorhouse, Paddington, London, to A.C. Tait. Is inclined to accept the post of Bishop of Melbourne, 1 May 1876 (Item ff. 110-11)

James Moorhouse, Paddington, London, to Davidson ? In praise of Archbishop Tait, 28 September 1876 (Item ff. 209-209a)

William Selwyn, Lichfield, to A.C. Tait. Mother thanks him for kind letter. Bulletin on G.A. Selwyn, 10 April [1878] (Item f. 100)

C.J. Abraham, Bishop of Wellington, to A.C. Tait. Death of G.A. Selwyn, Bishop of Lichfield, 11 April 1878 (Item f. 62)

Charles Perry, Bishop of Melbourne, London, to A.C. Tait. Congratulations on recent Conference, 30 July 1878 (Item ff. 91-2)

James Moorhouse, Bishop of Melbourne, to A.C. Tait, 5 August 1878 (Item ff. 99-100)

Commiseration on the death of Tait's son. He finds his new post congenial.

F.R. Nixon, Bishop of Tasmania, Hobart Town, to A.C. Tait. Sympathy to him in his sorrow, 19 March 1879 (Item f. 66)

S.H. Selwyn, widow of G.A. Selwyn, to A.C. Tait, 18 June [1879] (Item ff. 126-7)

Thanks for kindness, blessing will be comfort to her son. Ship sails at noon on Wed.

Arthur Gordon, missionary to Fiji, Ascot, to A.C. Tait, 3 July 1879 (Item ff. 133-4)

Hopes that the Archbishop might be able to attend the service given for him (Gordon) and his associates. Going to Fiji.

H.H. Montgomery, Westminster, to A.C. Tait. Accepts living of St. Marks, Kennington, 7 July 1879 (Item ff. 137-8)

Mesac Thomas, Bishop of Goulburn, Goulburn, to A.C. Tait, 22 June 1880 (Item ff. 11-12)

The book 'Catherine & Crawford Tait'. News of his Diocese; references to the new Cathedral being built and the Bill in Parliament on Church Schools.

G.A. Selwyn, Bishop of Lichfield, Lichfield to Mrs. Tait, 22 December 1871 (Item ff. 295-6)

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Sends notice of the Archbishop (as Bishop of London) preaching the Scottish Episcopal Chapel at Dollar.

G.A. Selwyn, Bishop of Lichfield, Lambeth, to Mrs. Tait, 3 February 1873 (Item ff. 298-9)

Sends donation for convalescent home. Waiting with son and his wife for their ship to sail. From Lambeth Chapel he was 'sent forth with the Blessing of Archbishop Howley on the 17th October 1841'.

Augustus Short, Bishop of Adelaide, Adelaide, to Davidson, 26 March 1887 (Item ff. 101-5)

On a contribution towards Davidson's book on Archbishop Tait, with a copy of the Archbishop's Benediction and Prayer, and an extract from his diary for St. Andrew's Day 1882 an a visit to the dying Tait.

Augustus Short, Bishop of Adelaide, Adelaide to Davidson, Advent Sunday 1889 (Item ff.122-4)

Memories of the late Archbishop Tait, and recounting a story he has told them.

Printed report of the Committee of the Upper House of Convocation appointed to consider and report on the best mode of increasing the home and foreign missions of the Church of England, [c.July 1857] (Item ff. 411-12)

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Printed Report of the Committee of the Lower House of Convocation on Home and Foreign Missions, [10 July 1857] (Item ff.413-17)

Mesac Thomas, Society of the Colonial Church and School Society, London, to A.C. Tait, 26 August 1858 (Item f. 223)

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A man James, ordained to go to Perth, is not now going to the colony.

Mesac Thomas, Secretary of the Colonial Church and School Society, London, to A.C. Tait. Address of the Rev. James, 31 August 1858 (Item f. 224)

G.A. Moreton, Sydney, to A.C. Tait, 5 October 1858 (Item ff. 316-9)

Thanks for admitting him to holy orders. The voyage. His duties in Australia. Goldfinds. Travels of the Bishop.

Circular on the resignation of Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak. Printed, [March 1859] (Item ff. 276-7)

Prospectus of the British Workmen's Emigration Society, with an added ms. letter 8 Nov. 1859, from the Chairman G.H. Gordon to A.C. Tait on assisting emigration to New Zealand. Printed, 8 November 1859 (Item ff. 1-2)

John Patteson, Spitalfields, to Mr. Gell. Assistance to families to emigrate, 10 November 1859 (Item ff. 3-4)

Resolution of the Committee of the Upper House of Convocation of the Province of Canterbury on missionary bishops. Printed, 3 December 1859 (Item ff. 305-6)

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'Representation of the Lower House of Convocation on the Subject of Missionary Bishoprics.' Printed, 7 June 1860 (Item ff. 307-8)

E.W. Tufnell, Bishop of Brisbane, London, 2 May 1860 (Item ff. 17-18)

The Brisbane Church Extension and Mission Fund. Printed with ms. note for E.W. Tufnell.

James Carter, Picton, N.S.W., to A.C. Tait, 10 July 1860 (Item ff. 153-6)

Has spent 9 years working in the cause of Christian education and parochial ministrations now wants to return to England. Christianised people needed to enter Australia; he wishes a post in London in evangelical work to help encourage this. Note of reply added: preferment rarely given outside of diocese.

John Potter, Ballarat, to A.C. Tait, 24 November 1860 (Item ff. 236-7)

On L.L. Grosse who is on his way to England; he wishes to become a Christian but he should beware of him.

James Carter, Picton, N.S.W., to A.C. Tait, 19 December 1860 (Item ff. 338-41)

Thanks for reply to his previous letter. The salary he would need if he worked in London; feels that his colonial experience would stand him in good stead for such work.

James Carter, Picton, N.S.W., 1 January 1861 (Item ff. 15-16)

Anxious to return to London and do parochial work there. Notes on the back include: 'About a fortnight ago a letter was written to Mr. Carter not encouraging him'.

E.W. Tufnell, Bishop of Brisbane, to A.C. Tait, 13 March 1861 (Item ff. 139-40)

Dispersal of money received from the Colonial Bishoprics Fund. State aid will probably eventually be abolished in the colonies.

Ernest Hawkins, Secretary of S.P.G., London, to A.C. Tait, 24 June 1861 (Item ff. 81-2)

Moneys from the Colonial Bishoprics Fund for endowment of the Bishopric of Brisbane.

T.N. Staley, Bishop of Honolulu, Wandsworth, London, to A.C. Tait, 5 Aug. [1861] (Item ff. 18-21)

The Hawaiian Mission from which they might evangelise the more western isles of the North Pacific.

J.B. Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury, Addington, to A.C. Tait. Rev. Staley and the Hawaiian Mission, 21 October 1861 (Item f.332)

T.N. Staley, London, to A.C. Tait. Errors in a paragraph in the Times on the Honolulu Consecration, [1861] (Item ff. 40-41)

Manley Hopkins, Hawaiian Consulate, London, to A.C. Tait, 15 November 1861 (Item ff. 42-3)

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Errors in press statements on the mission to the Hawaiian Islands; disclaims any part in the hostilities.

Printed article: 'The Church in the North Pacific'. On the Hawaiian Islands and the church there. Seeking subscriptions to be sent to the Hawaiian Consulate or the Hawaiian Church Fund, [1861?] (Item f. 44)

F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, Whitehaven, to A.C. Tait, 15 August 1862 (Item ff. 396-7)

Appointment of the Bishop of Goulburn. With an addition of 19 Aug.

H.J. Vernon, Assistant Secretary of S.P.G., London, to A.C. Tait, 23 July 1862 (Item ff. 447-50)

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Sending a copy of a document of the Board on an enquiry into the fitness and sufficiency of candidates for missionary employment.

Ernest Hawkins, Secretary of S.P.G., London, to A.C. Tait. Selection of candidates for posts, 2 August 1862 (Item ff. 451-2)

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Unsigned note on selection of candidates, n.d. (Item ff. 453-4)

Walter Chambers, missionary in Borneo, Banting Linga, to F.T. McDougall, Bishop of Labuan, 26 August 1862 (Item ff. 13-14)

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A defence against Mr Spenser St. John who has written on the Bornean mission.

Pamphlet: 'A Vindication of the statements respecting the Bornean Mission contained in the last chapter of 'Life in the Forests of the Far East' by Spenser St. John late H.M.'s Consul-General in Borneo, by the Author', London William Ridgway, 1862. Printed, 1862 (Item f. 15)

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Pamphlet of C.J.B., London,: 'The Borneo Pirates' on the engagement between the Sarawak Government steamer 'Rainbow' and a piratical fleet off the coast of Borneo. Printed, 25 November 1862 (Item f. 16)

R.W. Jelf, Principal of Kings College, London, to A.C. Tait, 25 November 1862 (Item ff.218-22)

On Rev. H.J. Hose late Warden of St. Pauls College of Sydney who was compulsorily retired from office.

C.H. Bromby, Church of England Training College, Cheltenham, to A.C. Tait. Concern at possible closure of College, 6 December 1862 (Item ff. 274-5)

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? , Shuttleworth, Gawthorpe, Purley, to C.H. Bromby, 3 December 1862 (Item ff.276-7)

Regret that Cheltenham College for raising teachers is likely to be closed.

Principal Residents of Cheltenham College to Rt. Hon. Lord Fitzhardinge, n.d. (Item ff. 278-9)

Request for influence in recommending for favourable consideration C.H. Bromby, incumbent of St. Pauls and Principal of College.

(Draft) [A.C. Tait], Fulham Palace, London, to Sir Frederick Rogers, Under Secretary for the Colonies, 14 January 1863 (Item ff. 2-3)

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Money raised for the Diocese of Sydney.

F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, Liverpool, Eng., to A.C. Tait. James Ross, a candidate for ordination for the colonies, 17 January 1863 (Item ff. 4-5)

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'The Diocese of Sydney', an appeal for the Diecese by the Bishop of Sydney. Printed, n.d. (Item ff. 6-7)

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F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, London, to A.C. Tait. To arrange Mr. Thomas' consecration, 29 January 1863 (Item ff. 8-9)

G.D. Engleheart, Colonial Office. The difficulties over Thomas' ordination have been overcome, 29 January 1863 (Item f. 10)

Mesao Thomas, Secretary of the Colonial & Continental Church Society, London, to A.C. Tait, 18 February 1863 (Item ff. 208-9)

His consecration; hopes for a successor quickly to his post with the Society.

Mesac. Thomas, Bishop of Goulburn, London, to A.C. Tait. Second English Church at Cannes, 12 May 1863 (Item f. 224)

Mesac Thomas, Bishop of Goulburn, London, to A.C. Tait. New church at Homburg, 20 July 1863 (Item ff. 399-400)

Lewis Barratt White, Secretary of Colonial & Continental Church Society, London, to A.G. Tait, 31 July 1863 (Item ff. 401-2)

Comments on letter the Bishop of Goulburn has forwarded re Homburg Church.

L.B. White, Sec., C. & C.C.S., London, to Herr Schuber. English Church at Homburg, 31 July 1863 (Item ff. 403-4)

D. Puseley, London, to A.C. Tait. Visiting New Zealand chiefs would like to visit him, 22 July 1863 (Item f. 105)

(Forged letter as from) John Brame, Christian Colonisation Movement, London, to A.C. Tait, 29 July 1863 (Item f. 107)

The visiting New Zealand chiefs. Note on the back that it is a forgery.

(Forged letter as from) George Hunter, Christian Colonisation Movement, London, to John Jenkins, 29 July 1863 (Item ff. 109-10)

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Introducing Samuel Brame. Printed heading includes 'Albertland New Zealand'.

Pamphlet 'Eleventh periodical report of the Albertland Christian Colonisation Association, New Zealand'. Printed, n.d. (Item f. 111)

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W. Jenkins, London, to A.C. Tait. Visit of the New Zealand chiefa, 29 July 1863 (Item ff. 112-13)

(Draft) on behalf of the Bishop of London, Fulham Palace, [to the Christian Colonisation Movement], 30 July 1863 (Item ff.114-15)

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Wishes to clear up the matter of the forged letters received on the Movement's notepaper.

George Brame, Christian Colonisation Movement, London, to George Hunter, 30 July 1863 (Item ff. 116-17)

He has not addressed any communication to the Bishop of London. Suspects who is guilty of writing forged letters.

W. Jenkins, London, to A.C. Tait. Appointment for the visit of the New Zealand chiefs, 3 August 1863 (Item f. 118)

W. Jenkins, London, to John Hassard. Visit of the New Zealand chiefs, 3 August 1863 (Item f. 119)

W. Jenkins, London, to A.C. Tait. The New Zealand chiefs; his appeal, 11 August 1863 (Item f. 120)

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Note from J. Keefe? to A.C. Tait. On a subscription [to W. Jenkins], n.d. (Item f. 121)

W. Jenkins,. London, to A.C. Tait. Visit of the New Zealand chiefs, n.d. (Item f. 122)

C.B. [sic] Bromby, Training College, Cheltenham, to A.C. Tait. Rev. Frederick Blunt, 22 March 1864 (Item f. 158)

Unsigned note on Rev. V. Ransome, returned from Brisbane, n.d. (Item f. 330)

Vincent Frederick Ransome, late chaplain of Toowoomba, Bournemouth, England, to A.C. Tait, 27 April 1864 (Item f. 331-2)

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Has returned from Brisbane due to his father's and his own bad health. Needs his sanction to take a home post after having been ordained for the colonies.

V.F. Ransome, Bournemouth, to 'Reverend Sir'. Refers him to a letter from the Bishop of Brisbane, 2 May 1864 (Item f. 333)

Commander B.A. Wake, R.N., at sea between Hongkong and Bombay, to A.C. Tait, 18 May 1864 (Item ff. 396-8)

Is writing to Mr. Cardwell, Colonial Secretary on the Bishopric of Victoria, Hongkong. It is possible that the See of Victoria may be absorbed in that of Labuan which is not desirable, with the Chinese situation; at the moment there is no missionary effort there.

Commander B.A. Wake, R.N., China Sea, to A.C. Tait, 1 September 1863 (Item ff. 399-400)

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A replacement will be needed for the Bishop of Victoria, Hongkong, and he suggests Rev. J. Gray, Consular Chaplain at Hongkong.

Commander B.A. Wake, R.N., at sea between Hongkong and Bombay, to Edward Cardwell, Colonial Secretary, 18 May 1864 (Item ff. 401-2)

Suggests Mr. Gray for the vacant Bishopric of Victoria.

T.N. Staley, missionary Bishop of Honolulu, Honolulu, to A.C. Tait. Introducing the Rev. W. Heapili Kaauwai, 7 May [1865] (Item ff. 312-13)

Note signed A.M., headed 'Bishop of Goulburn's letters'. Money granted and raised in the colony for the Church there, n.d. (Item ff. 336-7)

Note on the Bishop of Goulburn, 1866 (Item f. 338)

Mesac Thomas, Bishop of Goulburn, Goulburn, to A.C. Tait, 20 January 1866 (Item ff. 339-40)

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His Diocese; population; land use; buildings; education; the Governor Sir John Young.

Mesac Thomas, Bishop of Goulburn, Goulburn, to A.C. Tait, 20 January 1866 (Item ff.341-2)

The Diocese has received little support from London; has approached the Council for the Propagation of the Gospel for a grant. Needs more clergymen for such a large area.

(Draft) A.C. Tait, nr. Hastings, to Sir George Grey, 3 May 1866 (Item ff. 322-6)

Sending a petition to the Queen from Miss Burdett-Coutts concerning his anxiety over funds given to endow Capetown and other Sees.

Henry Lascelles Jenner to [A.C. Tait] Will be at Deanery at time named, 22 August 1866 (Item f. 221)

Edwin Guest, Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, to A.C. Tait, 20 February 1867 (Item ff. 274-5)

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Rev. Henry J. Hose of whom there have been unpleasant rumours including over his resignation from a post in Australia, What is his judgement of him? He is being considered for a post of Master of Newport School.

(Draft) A.C. Tait, Fulham Palace, to Edwin Guest, 22 February 1867 (Item ff. 276-7)

His letters regarding Hose have not been preserved but he has an impression in his favour.

Edwin Guest, Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, to A.C. Tait, 26 Feb. [1867] (Item f. 278)

Hose's conduct has been so extraordinary that he will not be appointed to Newport School.

Note on Bishop Jenner, n.d. (Item f. 25)

Lord Wenleydale, Abbey Woburn, to A.C. Tait, 12 April 1867 (Item f. 26)

Sending a cutting from the Pall Mall Gazette on the Bishop of Dunedin.

Newspaper cutting on a confirmation held by the Bishop of Dunedin at St. Alban's, Holborn (Item f. 27)

Rev. Henry W. Tucker, Assistant Secretary of S.P.G., London, to A.C. Tait, 3 October 1868 (Item f. 296)

Rev. Arthur Walker who has offered himself to the Society for a vacant mission in Borneo.

Edmund Hobhouse, Bishop of Nelson, Nelson, to A.C. Tait, 12 October 1864 (Item ff. 42-4)

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Is sending his resignation due to failing health. Requests that he select a successor; the position of the Colonial Office. In a P.S. mentions clergy who wish to work in New Zealand.

John Greenwood, Secretary to the Bishop of Nelson, Nelson, to A.C. Tait, 12 October 1864 (Item f. 45)

Sending a copy of the Church Constitution of New Zealand.

Delegation to the Lord Bishop of London to nominate a successor to the present Bishop of Nelson, 14 October 1864 (Item ff. 47-8)

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G.H. Johnstone, Bishops Commissory and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Nelson , Nelson, to A.C. Tait, 11 November 1864 (Item ff. 49-50)

Asking him to nominate a successor to Bishop Hobhouse.

F.G. Blomfield, Chaplain to the Bishop of London, Worthing, to A.C. Tait, 31 December 1864 (Item ff. 51-2)

Mr. Webber, a possible selection for the vacant Bishopric of Nelson.

A.C. Tait, Fulham Palace, to Edwin Hobhouse, Bishop of Nelson, 23 January 1865 (Item f. 53)

Grief on hearing of his illness. Is seeking a successor.

A.C. Tait, Fulham Palace, to G.H. Johnstone. Is seeking a successor for Bishop Hobhouse, 23 January 1865 (Item f. 55)

C.M. Adderley, Birmingham, to A.C. Tait. Ernest Hawkins as a possible candidate for the vacant Bishopric of Nelson, 1 February 1865 (Item ff. 56-7)

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T.C. Sneyd-Kynnersley, Birmingham, to A.C. Tait. On Mr. Anderson, suitable for a colonial post, 4 February 1865 (Item ff. 58-63)

H.S. Selfe, London, to A.C. Tait. Mr. Kynnersley's view is worth having., 4 February 1865 (Item f. 64)

T.C. Sneyd-Kynnersley, Birmingham, to H.S. Selfe, 3 February 1865 (Item ff. 66-7)

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On his friend Anderson whom he hopes will be offered the Bishopric of Nelson.

John Patteson, London, to A.C. Tait. Mr. Suter, a candidate for New Zealand, 17 February 1865 (Item ff. 68-9)

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Brief biography of the Rev. Andrew Burn Suter, n.d. (Item ff. 70-1)

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A.C. Tait, London, to E. Hobhouse, Bishop of Nelson. Is recommending the Rev. A.B. Suter for his successor, 18 February 1865 (Item ff. 72-3)

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A.C. Tait. The Rev. A.B. Suter as the new Bishop of Nelson, 18 February 1865 (Item ff. 74-76)

A.B. Suter, London, to A.C. Tait, 25 July 1865 (Item ff. 78-80)

Has heard from Bishop Hobhouse, and awaits more information. With an enclosure copied for the Lyttelton Times, approving his nomination.

C.T. Longley, Archbishop of Canterbury, Addington, to A.C. Tait, 31 July 1865 (Item ff. 81-2)

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Sending him the contents of a packet from the Bishop of New Zealand. Bishop Hobhouse's successor. The constitution of the Church in New Zealand.

A.B. Suter, London, to the Bishop of Nelson, 5 August 1865 (Item ff. 83-8)

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Will confer with the Archbishop before making his decision - expects to accept. Source of his stipend. Very grateful for his encouragement.

London. Note on correspondence re successor to Bishop Hobhouse, 29 July 1865 (Item ff. 89-90)

Edward Cardwell, Colonial Secretary, Chorley, Lancashire, to A.C. Tait. Will raise no difficulties over the Bishop's selection, 27 August 1865 (Item ff. 91-2)

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C.S. Parker to Fremantle. Sending enclosures, 5 September 1865 (Item f. 93)

Frederic Rogers, 1st Baron Blachford, Under Secretary for the Colonies, London, to A.C. Tait. The Nelson Bishopric, 21 December 1865 (Item ff. 95-6)

Statement of payments to the Trustees of the Colonial Bishoprics Fund in 1847 by Miss Burdett-Coutts, 16 June 1866 (Item f. 97)

William James Farrer, London, to A.G. Burdett-Coutts. Her endowments, 17 June 1866 (Item f. 99)

A.G. Burdett-Coutts, London, to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Her endowments of the Sees of Adelaide and Capetown, 12 July 1865 (Item ff. 101-2)

[A.G. Burdett-Coutts], to A.C. Tait, n.d. (Item ff. 103-6)

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Sending a copy of her letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Position of funds in colonial Sees if the clergy surrender their Letters Patent and set up colonial churches. The position in other churches.

W.J. Farrer, London, to the Rev. Ernest Hawkins. Position of endowments placed in the colonial church, 3 February 1859 (Item ff. 107-9)

Printed, private and confidential, 'Draft for consideration of the Missionary Bishoprics Committee', n.d. (Item f. 122)

Suggestions by which complete unity in doctrine and discipline be maintained with the Home Colonial Church.

Notes and newspaper cuttings on the 1867 New Zealand Synod, Diocese of Christchurch, June 1867 - July 1867 (Item ff.128-31)

Mesac Thomas, Bishop of Goulburn, Goulburn, to A.C. Tait, 22 July 1867 (Item ff. 134-5)

Cannot attend the meeting of Bishops at Lambeth, so asks the Bishop of London to represent his views.

Draft of the Colonial Bishops Bill. Printed, n.d. (Item f. 174)

(Part of a letter from F.T. McDougall, Bishop of Labuan). His encounter with pirates, n.d. (Item ff.256)

Note on correspondence headed 'Bpric. of Grafton and Armadale', n.d. (Item f. 20)

Charles Perry, Bishop of Melbourne, Ballarat, to F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney. Schism in Church matters in South Africa, 9 July 1869 (Item ff. 90-93)

Includes:

William Morton, Secretary of the Sydney Diocesan Registry, to Charles Perry, Bishop of Melbourne, 15 June 1869: Sending a (copy) letter of 3 Feb. 1869 from the Bishop of Capetown to the Bishop of Sydney, that he had consecrated the Rev. W.K. Macrorie as Bishop of Natal. (f. 91)

Henry Venn, Honorary Secretary of C.M.S., London to A.C. Tait. Movement towards independence in the colonial churches, 24 January 1867 (Item ff. 221-2)

Note 'Diocese of Labuan and Sarawak' (Item f. 362)

F.T. McDougall, Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak, Labuan, to A.C. Tait, 17 Dec. [1866] (Item ff. 363-4)

The head of the Church must be a Patriarch to be able to keep the scattered branches together. Labuan to be included in the new Straits Government. Believes that Singapore is the proper centre for the church in his part of the world.

F.T. McDougall, Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak, Labuan, to A.C. Tait. His views on the desirable structure of the Colonial Church, 17 December 1866 (Item ff. 365-6)

Dr. F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, Sydney, to A.C. Tait. Colonial Church Bill, 23 August 1868 (Item ff. 5-6)

A.G. Burdett-Coutts to A.C. Tait, April 1868 (Item f. 25)

'Return of the names of colonial Bishops', 1868, does not acknowledge she provides for the sustenance of the Bishoprics of Adelaide and Capetown. Printed.

W.J. Oldham, Christchurch, N.Z., to A.C. Tait, 18 October 1866 (Item ff. 33-6)

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Dissociates himself from moves by certain N.Z. Bishops for more autonomy for the New Zealand Church.

S. Kempthorne, a member of the general synod, Auckland, N.Z., to A.C. Tait, 1 June 1869 (Item ff. 37-8)

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Questions certain aspects of the Synodical system. Printed.

Robert Hannan, lay member of Synod, Christchurch N.Z., to A.C. Tait, 6 July 1867 (Item ff. 39-41)

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Bishop Harper's proposed submissions to the next Lambeth Conference.

H.J.C. Harper, Bishop of Christchurch, Christchurch, N.Z., to A.C. Tait, 29 October 1870 (Item ff. 382-3)

Octavius Hadfield consecrated as Bishop of Wellington.

H.J.C. Harper, Bishop of Christchurch, Christchurch, N.Z., to A.C. Tait. Copy of ff. 282-3, 29 October 1870 (Item f. 384)

Henry Lascelles Jenner, Preston Vicarage, Sandwich, to A.C. Tait, 23 July 1869 (Item ff. 1-2)

Has arrived in England and assumed duties of parish. Asks for an interview.

A.C. Tait, Addington, to H.L. Jenner. Sympathises in his many anxieties. In town on Thursday., 26 July 1869 (Item ff. 3-4)

H.L. Jenner, Preston Vicarage, Sandwich, to A.C. Tait, 16 August 1870 (Item ff. 5-6)

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Asks Tait's advice on the morality and legality of his claims to the Bishopric of Dunedin, N.Z.

H.L. Jenner, Sandwich, to A.C. Tait. Further documents for Tait's information on his case, 6 August 1870 (Item ff. 6-7)

List of 'considerations to which it is thought that weight ought to be allowed'. Refers to H.L. Jenner's case, n.d. (Item f. 8)

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'The case of the Rt. Rev. H.L. Jenner, D.D. consecrated for the See of Dunedin, N.Z.'. London, Charles Gill. Printed, [1870?] (Item ff. 9-16)

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A.C. Tait to H.L. Jenner, Sandwich. Dunedin case. 2 letters, 3 September 1870 (Item ff. 17-20)

H.L. Jenner, Sandwich, to [Tait]. Despatch of certain documents to be used as evidence in Dunedin case, 5 September 1870 (Item ff. 21-2)

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A.C. Tait to the Bishop of Lichfield. Jenner's evidence, 10 October 1870 (Item ff. 23-4)

A.C. Tait. Draft memorandum or letter; he sees no objection to Jenner being appointed Bishop of Dunedin, 22 October 1870 (Item ff. 25-6)

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H.L. Jenner, Sandwich, to A.C. Tait. Thanks for intervention in Dunedin case, 26 October 1870 (Item ff. 27-8)

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G.A. Selwyn, Bishop of Lichfield, to A.C. Tait. Jenner case, 12 December 1870 (Item ff. 29-33)

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Royal permission to A.C. Tait for appointment of H.L. Jenner as Bishop in New Zealand, 14 August 1866 (Item f. 34)

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N.P. Tanner, chairman of Invercargill vestry meeting, Invercargill, to A.C. Tait. 'Resolutions passed at a meeting of the Invercargill vestry', 19 July 1867 (Item f. 35)

Text of a petition to A.C. Tait to be signed by members of the United Church of England and Ireland in the Provinces of Otago and Southland, N.Z. (Item f. 37)

Requests Tait not to allow the appointment of Jenner to Dunedin.

Text of petition to James Smith from members of the Diocesan Synod of Dunedin thanking him for pleading the cause of H.L. Jenner at the recent session of the Synod, n.d. (Item f. 38)

James Smith. Reply to above, n.d. (Item f. 40)

[Waite Stirling] to Archbishop of Canterbury. Forwards a letter relating to his consecration, 6 October 1870 (Item ff. 41-43)

Kimberley to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Reply to the Archbishop's letter on the precedence of Bishop Stirling, 21 October 1870 (Item ff. 44-45)

[Waite Stirling] to Rev. C.W. Sandford, 26 October 1870 (Item f. 46)

Clergy of the Deanery of St John to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Request for condition of Church of England in Fredericton and advice regarding the formation of a synod, 6 April 1868 (Item ff. 47-48)

John Fredericton. Constitution of the Synod of the Diocese of Fredericton, 4 July 1867 (Item ff. 49-50)

Travers Twiss to Archbishop of Canterbury, 24 April 1868 (Item ff. 51-52)

(?) to Archbishop of Canterbury, 28 July 1868 (Item ff. 53-54)

Note on nomination of a new Bishop of Grafton and Armidale, n.d. (Item f. 55)

Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Colonial Office, to A.C. Tait, 21 April 1868 (Item ff. 56-7)

Forwards a letter (contained in despatch from the Governor of N.S.W.) from Dr. F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, on the consecration of Dr. Sawyer as Bishop of Grafton and Armidale.

Earl of Belmore, Sydney, to the Duke of Buckingham. Consecration of Dr. Sawyer as Bishop of Grafton and Armidale, 29 January 1868 (Item f. 58)

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F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, to Lord Belmore. Consecration of Dr. Sawyer, 24 January 1868 (Item ff. 59-60)

Alexander Gordon, Chancellor of the Diocese of Sydney, Sydney, 30 December 1867 (Item ff. 61-4)

Memorandum enclosed in F. Barker's letter (ff. 59-60) concerning the status of Dr. Sawyer.

F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, Sydney, to A.C. Tait, 30 June 1868 (Item ff. 65-6)

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Further discussion on Dr. Sawyer and on general questions to do with the consecration of colonial Bishops.

Dr. F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, to ?. He has written to A.C. Tait. (ff. 65-6 as above), 1 July 1868 (Item f. 67)

Sir. F. Rogers, Downing Street, to A.C. Tait, on instruction of the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, C.O., 8 December 1868 (Item f. 69)

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Encloses copies of correspondence between the Governor of New South Wales and the previous Archbishop of Canterbury on the Bishopric of Grafton and Armidale.

W. Tyrrell, Bishop of Newcastle, Morpeth, to Rev. G. Currey D.D., 11 August 1868 (Item ff. 70-1)

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Arrangements made by him for the endowment of the See of Grafton and Armidale and the stipend of the Bishop (enclosed in f. 69).

Memorandum by Dr. Tyrrell, Bishop of Newcastle. Diocese of Grafton and Armidale (enclosed in f. 69), n.d. (Item f. 72)

A.C. Tait to Rev. J.F. Turner, vicar of North Tidworth, Wilts, 18 September 1868 (Item f. 73)

Acknowledges Turner's willingness to be considered as Bishop of Grafton and Armidale.

W. Tyrrell, Bishop of Newcastle, Morpeth, N.S.W., to Rev. G. Currey, 8 September 1868 (Item ff. 74-5)

Pleasure of possibility of Rev. J.P. Turner being appointed to the See of Grafton and Armidale.

W.T. Bullock, Secretary of the Colonial Bishoprics Fund, to A.C. Tait, 12 January 1869 (Item f. 76)

Sends copy of resolution on Grafton and Armidale passed by the Colonial Bishoprics Council.

Extract from minutes of the Colonial Bishoprics Council concerning the Bishoprics of Grafton and Armidale, 30 December 1868 (Item f. 78)

Thomas Watson, Kent, to A.C. Tait. Recommends Rev. James Turner to Grafton post, 20 January 1869 (Item f. 80)

Thomas Watson, Kent, to A.C. Tait. Theology of Rev. James Turner, 23 January 1869 (Item f. 82)

Lord Granville, F.O., to A.C. Tait. Appointment of James Turner as Bishop of Grafton and Armidale, 17 February 1869 (Item ff. 84-5)

Correspondence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1870 (Item ff. 86-141)

Mostly in Greek.

Includes: Report of His Grace the Archbishop of Syra and Tenos on his journey to England in the original Greek with English translationeh>. F.T. Cartwright, 1871.

T.N. Staley, Bishop of Honolulu, Honolulu, to A.C. Tait, 29 September 1866 (Item ff. 144-9)

Hawaiian youth; religious training. Attire in church, wishes to see the Bible circulated. Queen Emma has not arrived.

T.N. Staley, Bishop of Honolulu, Honolulu, to A.C. Tait, 22 May - (Item ff. 150-1)

Thanks for consideration of his request to be relieved of Episcopate; native services; schism caused by the Dean.

T.N. Staley, Bishop of Honolulu, Honolulu, to A.C. Tait, 14 December 1869 (Item ff. 158-65)

Present condition of Hawaiian Church, history of the Mission, finances. American interests advancing.

Manley Hopkins, London, to A.C. Tait, 4 February 1870 (Item ff. 166-7)

Has had letter from Mr Mason, Archdeacon of Hawaii, making known trouble there. May be desirable that Bishop Staley should retire.

C.A. Hervey, Honolulu, to A.C. Tait, 5 February 1870 (Item ff. 168-9)

Is informed that the Bishop of Honolulu has written to resign; accompanied him as Chaplain during visit to South America; Bishop Staley's character. He [Hervey] is leaving Honolulu, will be in England in May and could answer questions.

S. Wilberforce, Bishop of Winchester, London, to A.C. Tait, 19 March 1870 (Item ff. 170-1)

Manley Hopkins has written hoping that the Archbishop will accept resignation of Bishop Staley.

S. Wilberforce, Bishop of Winchester, London, to A.C. Tait, 26 March 1870 (Item f. 172)

Acceptance of Staley's resignation of immediate importance.

J. Jackson, Bishop of London, London, to Mr. Sandford, 22 March 1870 (Item ff.174-5)

Has had conversation with Mr. Mason, former Archdeacon of Honolulu. Reputation of Bishop Staley.

Manley Hopkins, London, to A.C. Tait. Necessity of Bishop of Honolulu's resignation, 29 March 1870 (Item ff.176-7)

J. Jackson, Bishop of London, London, to A.C. Tait, 4 April 1870 (Item ff.178-80)

Sending back Honolulu papers; has cross-examined Mr. Williamson representing the English congregation there. Resignation should be accepted.

A.C. Tait, Addington, to the Bishop of Winchester. Resignation of the Bishop of Honolulu as territorial Bishop, 11 April 1870 (Item ff.181-2)

S. Wilberforce, Bishop of Winchester, London, to A.C. Tait. Anxious that Bishop Staley should not delay resignation, 13 April 1870 (Item ff.183-4)

S. Wilberforce, Bishop of Winchester, London, to Mr. Sandford. Bishop Staley must resign his See to the King, 6 April 1870 (Item ff.185-6)

S. Wilberforce, Bishop of Winchester, House of Lords, to A.C. Tait, 5 July 1870 (Item ff.187-8)

Agrees on importance of obtaining an early resignation. Has received letter from the King of Hawaii.

C.A. Hervey, Saffron Walden, to A.C. Tait, 13 July 1870 (Item ff.189-90)

Encloses letter from the Bishop of California re Bishop Staley. Staley wrote in Dec. requesting consecration of an American clergyman as his successor in See of Honolulu.

T.N. Staley, Bishop of Honolulu, London, to ?, 29 July [1870] (Item ff.191-2)

Absence to collect funds abroad had caused trouble; Hopkins misconceived what he was to do, had written letter to His Grace damaging to himself. Want of steady provision on the Mission. Has asked the Archbishop to accept his resignation; hint that last post not fitting his secular qualifications.

J. Jackson, Bishop of London, Fulham Palace, to A.C. Tait, 30 July 1870 (Item ff.193-6)

Sends letters relating to Bishop Staley and Honolulu. Has seen the Bishop who has made out a fair case, desirable that he should resign; not possible to maintain such an episcopal mission. Bishop of Winchester has all the letters from the Bishop and Queen Emma.

A.C. Tait, Addington, to T.N. Staley. Should complete resignation without loss of time, 2 August 1870 (Item f. 197)

Manley Hopkins, Cornhill, to A.C. Tait, 2 August 1870 (Item ff.198-9)

Has written letter afresh, making omission suggested. Desires Staley's complete resignation.

T.N. Staley, Bishop of Honolulu, Pall Mall, to A.C. Tait. Will execute resignation at Mr. Lee's office on Monday, 2 August 1870 (Item ff.200-1)

T.N. Staley, late Bishop of Honolulu, Leamington, to ?. Choice of successor as Bishop of Honolulu, 29 Aug. [1870] (Item ff.202-3)

C.A. Hervey, Saffron Walden, to A.C. Tait, 29 September 1870 (Item ff.204-5)

Sends letter from Dr. Hutchinson. Minister of the Interior, Honolulu; begs him to consider appointment of a committee. Rev. Henry Jubb asks questions about Honolulu, mentioned as candidate for See.

A.C. Tait, Addington, to Manley Hopkins, Bishop Staley, Rev. W.T. Bullock and Rev. C. Hervey,, 1 October 1870 (Item ff.206-7)

Has had paper on Church in Hawaii calling for subscriptions and implying that a Bishop will shortly be sent out; does not think steps should be taken without full consideration of the matter. Should be glad to see any letter from the King on the subject.

A.C. Tait, Addington, to Rev. W.T. Bullock and Bishop Staley. Sends copy of letter addressed to Manley Hopkins, 1 October 1870 (Item f. 208)

C.A. Hervey, Saffron Walden, to A.C. Tait, October 1870 (Item ff.210-13)

Returns list of Hawaiian Church Committee, represents party in Church, should refrain at present from active measures for selection of a Bishop and fresh staff of missionaries. Mission has failed and is almost bankrupt. Bishop Staley as ritualist. King disgusted by failure of the Mission.

Manley Hopkins, Hawaiian Consulate, London, to A.C. Tait, 6 October 1870 (Item ff.214-15)

Refers to paper giving extracts of letters received from the King and Queen Emma. Concurs that all steps taken be given the Archbishop's consideration. Meeting of the Committee. King of Hawaii's wish for a successor to Bishop Staley.

C.A. Hervey, Saffron Walden, to A.C. Tait. Sends letter from Mr. Jubb re Bishopric of Honolulu, 8 October 1870 (Item ff.216-17)

W.T. Bullock, S.P.G., London, to Rev. C.W. Sandford, 10 October 1870 (Item f.218)

Rev. E.L. Cutts is Secretary of the old Hawaiian Committee; meeting on 19 Oct. The Bishop has published his balance sheet in Oct. number of 'Mission Life' and deposited parcel of Vouchers in S.P.G. office.

S. Wilberforce, Bishop of Winchester, Newark, to A.C. Tait, 19 October 1870 (Item ff.220-5)

Meeting of Hawaiian Committee. Encloses letter from King of Hawaii. Ought not to abandon the Mission and hand it over to the Americans. ff.222-3 sep. letter - inter alia refers to meeting of the Committee and scheme for the Mission.

A.C. Tait, Addington, to the Bishop of Winchester, 22 October 1870 (Item ff.225-6)

Desirable that the Church of England should not withdraw from the Mission, another Bishop to be consecrated. King or some other person in Hawaii should be responsible for proportion of expenses of the Mission; statement of accounts to be prepared.

Bishop T.N. Staley, London, to A.C. Tait, 29 October 1870 (Item ff.227-8)

Meeting of old Hawaiian Committee. Telegram sent to the King re nomination of a Bishop. Refers to American missionaries, attitude of British Consul.

'The Church in Hawaii'. Printed, n.d. (Item ff.229-30)

'Invitation to Establish the Church in the Islands of the North Pacific'. Printed with ms. Additions, n.d. (Item f.231)

(?) T.N. Staley. Resignation of the Bishopric of Hawaii; attested by Notary Public (unsigned), n.d. (Item ff.232-3)

Scheme and estimate for the Hawaiian Church Mission, n.d. (Item f.234)

Correspondence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1866 - 1870 (Item ff. 236-270)

Includes:

Notes on correspondence between the Bishop of Kingston and Governor of Jamaica, 1866-1867.

Letter to Rev. Henry Clarke, n.d.: Passing of a bill for clergy salaries.

The Case of the Clergy of Jamaica, 1868.

Bishop of Kingston to Archbishop of Canterbury, Apr. 7 1870.

William Rowe to Archbishop of Canterbury, 27 May 1870.

Papers regarding the Church of England in Jamaica.

Notes on "the late civil war in Japan".

Lord Granville, F.O., to A.C. Tait. Arrangements for the Straits Settlements and Labuan after their amalgamation, 1 March 1870 (Item ff.271-2)

H.H. George Ord, Penang, to Lord Granville. Ecclesiastical arrangements for Labuan, 15 January 1870 (Item f.273)

Minutes of the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlement containing resolution that the S.S. be included in Diocese of Hong Kong, Ceylon or Labuan, 28 May 1868 (Item ff.277-9)

A.C. Tait to the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, C.O. Recommends Dr. Walter Chambers to the Bishopric of Labuan, 30 November 1868 (Item ff.280-1)

Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, C.O., to A.C. Tait. Willing to sanction any appointment Tait wishes, 2 December 1868 (Item f.282)

Earl Granville, F.O., to A.C. Tait, 24 August 1869 (Item ff.284-5)

Straits Settlement has been detached from the Diocese of Calcutta and annexed to the Diocese of Labuan. Seeks advice on future ecclesiastical arrangements.

F.T. McDougall, Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak, Dorset, to A.C. Tait. Willing to accept the ecclesiastical charge of the Straits Settlement, 3 September 1869 (Item ff.286-7)

Earl Granville, Downing Street, to A.C. Tait, 18 September 1869 (Item ff. 288-9)

Not prepared to pledge the Colony to any condition beyond those sanctioned by the Legislative Counfil. Recommends free grant of passages to the Bishop of Labuan between the three Settlements.

Walter Chambers, Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak, Sarawak, to A.C. Tait. Acknowledges Earl Granville's approval of his appointment, 24 September 1869 (Item ff.290-1)

Correspondence regarding the creation of a bishopric in Madagascar, 1866 - 1871 (Item ff. 292-395)

Correspondents include: W.T. Bullock, [Robert Gray, Bishop of Capetown], [Vincent Ryan, Bishop of Mauritius], [Lord Granville?], Joseph Mullens, and Henry Venn.

Page headed 'Diocese of Melbourne' listing correspondence, n.d. (Item f.396)

Charles Perry, Bishop of Melbourne, to 'The Archbishops and Bishops of the United Church of England and Ireland', 16 February 1866 (Item ff.398-9)

Printed circular on the proposed formation of an English Church Union for the Diocese of Melbourne. The circular also contains related extracts from other correspondence.

T.T. a'Beckett, Registrar of the Diocese of Melbourne, to A.C. Tait, 22 February 1869 (Item ff.400-06)

Forwards following Acts of Parliament:

Charles Perry, Bishop of Melbourne, to A.C. Tait. Proposes that a new bishopic be established at Ballarat, 9 October 1869 (Item ff.407-8)

Charles Perry, Bishop of Melbourne, W.J. Bullock, Secretary of S.P.G., London. Acknowledges the Society's grants to Melbourne for 1870; compares with other dioceses, 16 July 1869 (Item ff.409-10)

T.N. Staley, Bishop of Honolulu, Monte Video, to W.E. Gladstone. Formation of the Diocese of the Falkland Islands, 12 July 1869 (Item ff.250-55)

J. Jackson, Bishop of London, Penzance, to A.C. Tait. Has written to the Bishop of Honolulu, re South America, 30 September 1869 (Item ff.256-7)

F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, Sydney, to A.C. Tait. Matters discussed at a meeting of all Australian Bishops, excluding Perth, in Nov. 1868, 4 December 1868 (Item ff.273-4)

List of proposed questions for the conference held in Sydney 23 Nov. to 4 Dec. 1869., n.d. (Item f.275)

'Minutes of proceedings at a conference of the Metropolitan Bishops…Sydney 1868', Sydney, Joseph Cook. Printed, 1868 (Item ff.276-81)

Resolutions of the Australian Bishops, n.d. (Item ff.282-3)

F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, Sydney, to A.C. Tait. A new diocese at Bathurst, 29 December 1868 (Item ff.284-5)

F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, Sydney, to A.C. Tait. Diocese of Bathurst to be established out of those of Sydney and Newcastle, 29 December 1869 (Item ff.286-7)

F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, Sydney, to A.C. Tait. Proposed appointment of the Rev. S.E. Marsden to the See of Bathurst, 24 March 1869 (Item ff.288-9)

G.A. Selwyn, Bishop of Lichfield, Lichfield, to A.C. Tait. Marsden's proposed consecration, 31 March 1869 (Item f.290)

F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, Sydney, to A.C. Tait. Questions the status of the Rev. James Turner, recently arrived in N.S.W., 20 April 1869 (Item ff.291-4)

W. Tyrrell, Bishop of Newcastle, Morpeth, to F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney. Confirms that he is willing that the western part of his diocese be transferred to the new Diocese of Bathurst, 24 March 1869 (Item f.295)

Two letters from the Archbishop's legal adviser? to A.C. Tait, 6 July 1869 (Item ff.297-300)

Legal advice on the status of the Bishop of Sydney. Legality of the creation of the Diocese of Bathurst.

[Dr. M. Thomas, Bishop of Goulburn] to A.C. Tait. Meeting of the provincial synod of New South Wales, 19 May 1869 (Item f.302)

F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, Sydney, to A.C. Tait. Several resolutions passed at the provincial synod meeting, 20 May 1869 (Item f.303)

Augustus Short, Bishop of Adelaide, Adelaide, to A.C. Tait. Bishops' Conference of Nov. 1868, 17 June 1869 (Item ff.305-6)

(Copy) A.C. Tait to F. Barker. Bishop of Sydney, July 1869 (Item ff.307-308)

Marsden's consecration at Westminster Abbey. The formation of a new diocese by Letters Patent was not allowable, thus Marsden was to have no territorial title.

A.C. Tait to the Rev. S.E. Marsden, 17 August 1869 (Item ff.309-311)

The colonial office has agreed to licence him as Bishop of Bathurst.

Copy of above letter Tait to Marsden, 17 August 1869 (Item ff.312a-312b)

F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, Sydney, to A.C. Tait, 4 November 1869 (Item ff.313-316)

Acknowledges and thankd hm for the creation of the Diocese of Bathurst.

List of subscribers to the Bathurst Bishopric Endowment Fund, n.d. (Item ff.317-318)

J.M. Arnold, Chaplain, Batavia, to A.C. Tait, 23 March 1871 (Item ff.60-61)

Has obtained copy of book on Flora of Java.

J.M. Arnold, Chaplain, Batavia, to A.C. Tait, 5 April 1871 (Item ff.62-63)

Flora of Java despatched by same mail.

J.M. Arnold, formerly Chaplain of Batavia, London, to A.C. Tait, 5 September 1871 (Item ff.64-65)

Difficulty in finding suitable post since his return to London.

A.C. Tait to J.M. Arnold, London., 15 September 1871 (Item ff.66-67)

Powerless to change his unfortunate situation.

Foreign correspondence of the Archbishop of Canterbury (Item ff. 1-13)

Includes:

W.T. Bullock: Commendatory letters for clergy of Quebec and Ontario; provincial synod, 25 July 1871.

W.T. Bullock: Christian emigration to Canada; schedule of information form, [1871?].

[Edward Field, Bishop of Newfoundland?]: New lectionary, 12 October 1871.

H.H. Parry: Vacancy of Barbados diocese, 1871.

Clergy and laymen of the rural deanery of S. Vincent: H.H. Parry's intention not to be a candidate for Barbados, 2 August 1871.

T.T. a'Beckett, Registrar of the Diocese of Melbourne, to A.C. Tait, 2 January 1871 (Item ff. 14-16)

Forwards copies of following Acts:

F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney to A.C. Tait. Proposed new See from Rockhampton to the Gulf of Carpentaria, 11 June 1870 (Item ff. 17-18)

F. Gell, Bishop of Madras, Longport, Somerset, to A.C. Tait. Recommends Rev. G.M. Gordon to the new Bishopric in Queensland, 2 September 1870 (Item ff. 19-20)

[unknown], C.M.S., to A.C. Tait. Suitability of the Rev. G.M. Gordon for new Queensland Bishopric, 1 September 1870 (Item ff. 21-2)

F.S.C. Chalmers, Kent, to A.C. Tait. Recommends Rev. G.M. Gordon, 14 September 1870 (Item ff. 23-5)

Vincent Ryan, Bishop of Bradford, London, to Rev. C.W. Sandford. Satsifaction at Rev. G.M. Gordon's appointment to the new Queensland See, 12 October 1870 (Item ff. 26-7)

Petition to A.C. Tait from 'the incumbent and churchwardens of Trinity Church and members of the Church of England and others in Bowen', 1 March 1871 (Item f. 28)

Thanks for creating the North Australian See; asks that Bowen be considered as the centre.

Robert Herbert, C.O., to A.C. Tait. Advises against Bowen as the centre of the new See, 21 June 1871 (Item ff. 29-30)

A.C. Tait, in reply to petition f.28. Will keep Bowen in mind but Rockhampton seems more likely as centre of new Queensland See, 5 July 1871 (Item ff. 31-2)

F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, England, to A.C. Tait. Encloses letter to Tait from the Bishop of Brisbane, 2 November 1871 (Item f. 33)

E.W. Tufnell, Bishop of Brisbane, to A.C. Tait. Wish that part of his Diocese be included in the new See and offering £1,000 if this is done, 1 September 1870 (Item ff. 34-6)

J.D. Archibald, Temple, to A.C. Tait, 24 June 1871 (Item ff. 37-8)

'Memorandum of conversation held at Mr. Archibald's chambers in the Temple on June 17th 1871 with the Bishop of Sydney on the subject of an appeal from the doctrines of the church tribunals in Australia on questions of doctrines and ritual'

A.C. Tait to F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, in England, 15 July 1871 (Item ff. 40-1)

Approval of his ideas on appeals from the decisions of church tribunals in Australia on doctrine and ritual.

M.B. Hale, Bishop of Perth, Perth, W.A., to A.C. Tait, 24 January 1867 (Item f. 42)

Circular of resolutions passed at a meeting of clergy and churchwardens of his diocese called in response to Tait's circular of 13 Oct. 1866. (Printed)

Unsigned memorandum accepting recommendations, n.d. (Item f. 43)

F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney. Memorandum on the status of the church in the colonies, December 1871 (Item f. 43a)

Unsigned memorandum to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Legal discussion on the Australian church tribunals authority on ritual and doctrine, 29 December 1871 (Item ff. 43b-f)

Foreign correspondence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1870 - 1871 (Item ff. 44-75)

Includes:

George Foggs to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Forwards a memorial from members of the Church of England in Bombay regarding changes to public worship and letters to and from Deputy Secretary to Government,Ecclesiastical Department, 1870-1.

Henry Poole & Sons to Rev. Charles W. Sandford. Sketch of font, 18 May 1871.

W.T. Bullock to Sandford. Request for information, Archbishop's health, 22 May 1871.

Daniel F. Sandford to Rev. Charles W. Sandford. Personal and Church news, 9 and 25 May 1871.

Kimberley to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Seeks clergyman to recommend for Bishopric of Colombo, 1 June 1871.

T.N. Staley, retiring Bishop of Honolulu, Kensington, to A.C. Tait, 13 June 1871 (Item ff. 76-7)

Encloses 5 documents concerning the Church in Hawaii and the appointment of a new Bishop.

Letters from King Kamehameha and Foreign Minister of Hawaii to Lord Clarendon. The Bishopric of Honolulu, n.d. (Item f. 78)

Reverse side: 'Resolutions at the first Lay Representatives and Trustees at Honolulu' and 'Resolutions of the Hawaiian Church Committee, London', 26 Oct. 1870 and 13 Feb. 1871. Printed. (Enclosure 1), 26 March 1870 (Item f. 78/1)

'Testimonies from the Chaplaincies visited' (on a journey from London to Honolulu). Section of diary kept on sea voyage. Printed. (Enclosure 2), n.d. (Item f. 79)

'Mission Life'. Hawaii. (Enclosure 3), 1 June 1871 (Item ff. 80-1)

Biographical details up to 1870 of T.N. Staley. (Enclosure 4), n.d. (Item f. 82)

'Transaction of the Geographical Society'; speeches by Sir Roderick Murchison and Lord Houghton on Hawaii. Printed. (Enclosure 5), 22 June 1868 (Item ff. 83-4)

Foreign correspondence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1871 (Item ff. 85-102)

Includes:

W.T. Bullock to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Suggestion people for the vacant Ceylon bishopric, 3 July 1871.

G.F. Maclear to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Has written to the Earl of Kimberley, 19 July 1871.

G.F. Maclear to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Bishopric of Colombo, 20 July 1871.

King Kamehameha, Honolulu, to A.C. Tait. Desires continuance of Mission. With 2 copies, 28 January 1871 (Item ff. 103-8)

T.N. Staley, Kensington, to A.C. Tait, 14 Feb. [1871] (Item ff.109-10)

Should have received letters from the King of Hawaii and Bishop of Winchester on Island Episcopate. Concurs proposal about Bishop Whipple. Accounts presented at last Committee.

Two resolutions enclosed in ff.109-10 (Item ff.111-12)

A.C. Tait, Cannes, to the King of Hawaii, 25 March 1871 (Item ff.113-14)

Satisfaction of H.M.'s approval of English Church Mission in Hawaii. Decision to ask Bishop Whipple of Minnesota to superintend the Mission.

S. Wilberforce, Bishop of Winchester, London, to A.C. Tait, 22 May [1871] (Item ff.115-17)

Bishop Whipple will not resign Minnesota but probably willing to head the Hawaiian Mission from Dec.-April.

A.C. Tait, Thanet, to the Bishop of Winchester. Approves the proposal of 4 months of Bishop Whipple on the Mission, 24 May 1871 (Item f.118)

King Kamehameha, ?Kaunakakai, to A.C. Tait. Approval of nomination of Bishop Whipple, 27 May 1871 (Item ff.119-20)

Bishop T.N. Staley, London, to A.C. Tait, 19 June 1871 (Item ff.121-2)

Advances in Hawaiian Episcopate while he was present, indiscretion of young clergymen, measures adopted on return restored peace. Insults of Rev. Lord C.A. Hervey.

Bishop T.N. Staley, London, to A.C. Tait, 11 July [1871] (Item ff.123-6)

Encloses testimonies from W.W. Follett Synge and Adm. Richards on his position in Honolulu (ff.125-6).

S. Wilberforce, Bishop of Winchester, Oxford, to A.C. Tait. The Dean's answer, 22 July [1871] (Item ff.127-8)

Manley Hopkins, London, to A.C. Tait. Expenditure and audit of the Hawaiian Mission - no one has asked to see the account, 27 July 1871 (Item ff.129-31)

Bishop T.N. Staley, London, to ?, 31 July [1871] (Item ff.132-3)

Thanking the Archbishop for Hopkins' letter. Concurs with Hopkins that '…nothing as yet accomplished for preserving the benefits of our Church to the Hawaiian people'. Has written articles and preached, circulated accounts. Willing to render assistance. General feeling in islands without Bishop.

[W.T. Bullock] Hambleden Rectory, Henley-on-Thames, 16 August 1871 (Item ff. 134)

Informed that Bishop Willis has declined the Bishopric of Honolulu. Advantages in selection of an American clergyman. (Incomplete)

S. Wilberforce, Bishop of Winchester, Petworth, to A.C. Tait, 25 August 1871 (Item ff.135-7)

An American clergyman would be distasteful to the King, Queen Emma and the Synod. Encloses letter from Sir George Prevost re Mr Phillips at Rochester who may accept offer, also letter from Mr. Willis.

Archdeacon A. Grant, Rochester, to A.C. Tait. Mr. Willis reconsidering the proposal that he go to Honolulu, 11 September 1871 (Item ff.138-9)

S. Wilberforce, Bishop of Winchester, Darlington to A.C. Tait, 18 September 1871 (Item ff.140-1)

Mr. Willis should have time to make up his mind; believes he is highly qualified for the post.

S. Wilberforce, Darlington, to A.C. Tait. Sends Bishop Whipple's letter, 19 September 1871 (Item f.142)

A.C. Tait, Addington, to the Bishop of Winchester. Should give Mr. Willis an opportunity of reconsidering the Bishopric of Honolulu, 20 September 1871 (Item f.143)

S. Wilberforce, Bishop of Winchester, to A.C. Tait, 27 Sept. [1871] (Item ff.144-5)

Mr. Willis accepts the Bishopric. The sooner he can be prepared for consecration the better.

A.C. Tait, Addington, to the Bishop of Winchester. Can recommend Mr. Willis for consecration as soon as an endowment guaranteed, 2 Oct. [1871] (Item f.146)

W.T. Bullock, S.P.G., London, to Rev. C.W. Sandford, 6 October 1871 (Item f.147)

Manley Hopkins about to summon meeting of Hawaiian Committee. No endowment of Honolulu See, the King allows a sum, S.P.G. provides £400 p.a. - would consider certain amount applicable to the Bishop. Asks if name of designate should be made public.

Manley Hopkins, Treasurer, Hawaiian Consulate, London, to A.C. Tait, 25 October 1871 (Item ff.149-51)

Bishop designate of Honolulu introduced to members of the Hawaiian Committee. Gives means by which the Bishopric is to be supported. Encloses printed accounts of Mission.

'General Statement of Account by The London Treasurers of the Hawaiian Church Fund'. Printed, 13 February 1871 (Item ff.152-3)

S. Wilberforce, Bishop of Winchester, Southampton, to A.C. Tait. The King [of Hawaii] pledges £100 p.a. more than counted on, 31 Oct. [1871] (Item ff. 154-5)

Extract from letter of the Hon. F.C. Hutchinson, Honolulu. The King will pay £400 p.a. towards the Bishop's salary, n.d. (Item ff.156-7)

Manley Hopkins, London, to A.C.Tait, 1 November 1871 (Item ff.158-9)

Rev. Alfred Willis has been Incumbent of St. Mark's New Brompton, Chatham, for 10 years. Forwards extracts from letter written on behalf of Hawaiian King (ff. 156-7).

Alfred Willis, Stamford, to A.C. Tait. Readiness to accept the post of Bishop in Hawaii. Encloses circular, 2 November 1871 (Item ff.160-1)

Alfred Willis, Bishop Designate of Honolulu. Printed Circular to raise funds for the Mission, n.d. (Item f.162)

A.C. Tait, Staplehurst, to the Bishop of Winchester. King's annual subscription should be added to the salary of the Bishop of Honolulu, 4 November 1871 (Item ff.163-4)

A.C. Tait, Thanet, to Earl Granville. Applies for licence for consecration of Rev. Alfred Willis, 6 November 1871 (Item f. 165)

W.T. Bullock, S.P.G., London, to A.C. Tait, 19 November 1871 (Item f. 166)

Has informed the Committee of selection of Rev. A. Willis; will continue allowance of £250 p.a. Asks for certification of selection.

Earl Granville, F.O., to A.C. Tait, 16 November 1871 (Item ff.167-8)

Will he send to him a memorial for the Queen for H.M.'s Licence. Encloses copy addressed to the Queen by Archbishop Sumner in 1861 for licence to consecrate Bishop Staley.

C.A. Hervey, Saffron Walden, to A.C. Tait, 16 November 1871 (Item ff.169-72)

Deep interest in success of Hawaiian Church. Importance of revision of the 'Charter' and position of its Bishop before anyone is consecrated as successor to Bishop Staley. Has received a letter from Dr. Hutchinson, the King of Hawaii's Prime Minister.

C.A. Hervey, Saffron Walden, to A.C. Tait, 27 November 1871 (Item ff.173-4)

Synod should not be entirely dependent on the Bishop. Blot in 'Charter' that it is not compulsory for the Bishop to appoint one to preside in his absence.

C.A. Hervey, Saffron Walden, to A.C. Tait. Has sent copy of 'Charter of Hawaiian Church. Anxious as to future of the Mission, 2 December 1871 (Item ff.175-6)

C.A. Hervey, Saffron Walden, to Rev. C.W. Sandford. Encloses 'Charter' of Hawaiian Church for the Archbishop, 2 December 1871 (Item f. 177)

Manley Hopkins, Hampstead, to Rev. J.W. Sandford, 14 December 1871 (Item ff.178-9)

Rev. Willis' consecration as Bishop of Honolulu. Charter and Synod of Hawaiian Church. Funds for Bishop's stipend.

Foreign correspondence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1870 - 1871 (Item ff. 180-305)

Includes:

Appeal of Kakasherry David against the Bishop of Madras, 1870.

[Reginald Courtenay, Bishop of Kingston, Jamaica?]. Appellate jurisdiction for appeal of doctrine, 8 May 1871.

W. Edward Pierce. Seeks opinion on resolution passed by the Synod, 7 March 1871.

[Frederick Gell, Bishop of Madras?] to Sandford. Returns letter from Kakasherry David, 24 January 1871.

Archbishop of Canterbury to Bishop of Kingston. Response to letter regarding resolution of the Synod of the Church of England in Jamaica, 4 Feb. 1871.

Copy of a protest read in the Parish Church of St. James in the County of Cornwall, in the Island of Jamaica, on Ascension Day, May 18th 1871.

A second protest in the same case, 25 May 1871.

Extract from a letter to the Archbishop of Jamaica, from the Venerable Archdeacon Campbell, Bishop of Kingston, Jamaica, 24 April 1871.

Correspondence between the Government and the Reverend D.R. Morris, Rector of St. James, 1871.

S. Kempthorne, Auckland, to A.C. Tait. Encloses two petitions, 7 September 1871 (Item f.305)

'The Church of England in New Zealand - by voluntary compact and prescriptive right - ought to be maintained as an integral branch of our national church…presented to House of Representatives on the first day of meeting by the Hon. E.W. Stafford', 1 August 1871 (Item f. 307)

Position to the Rt. Rev. the Lord Bishop of Christchurch, Primate of New Zealand… S. Kempthorne, Auckland, Jan. 1871, n.d. (Item ff.308-9)

H.L. Jenner, Bishop of Dunedin, Sandwich, to A.C. Tait. Questioning his right to the Bishopric, 4 February 1871 (Item ff. 310-11)

Rev. C.W. Sandford, Lambeth, to H.L. Jenner. His right to accept the See of Dunedin, 24 February 1871 (Item ff.312-3)

A.C. Tait, Cannes, to H.L. Jenner. Reply to letter of 4 Feb. (ff.310-11), 24 February 1871 (Item f.314)

H.L. Jenner, Sandwich to C.W. Sandford. Confusion at Tait's statements on his rights to the Dunedin See, 28 February 1871 (Item ff.315-16)

H.L. Jenner, Sandwich, to A.C. Tait. Intends to relinquish claims to Dunedin, 28 February 1871 (Item ff.317-18)

A.C. Tait to H.L. Jenner, Sandwich. Approves of decision to renounce claims to Dunedin, 29 March 1871 (Item f.319)

W. Williams, Bishop of Waiapu, to A.C. Tait. Jenner has relinquished claims to Dunedin, 25 February 1871 (Item ff.320-9)

A.C. Tait, Thanet, to W. Williams, Bishop of Waiapu, 20 May 1871 (Item f. 330)

Bishop Jenner has withdrawn claims to the See of Dunedin. More definite rules required in the Constitution of the Church of New Zealand with regard to formation of new dioceses and the appointment of bishops.

H.J.C. Harper, Bishop of Christchurch, Christchurch, to A.C. Tait, 28 February 1871 (Item ff.331-2)

Wishes him well in the task of 'revising the authorised version of the sacred scriptures'.

H.J.C. Harper, Bishop of Christchurch, to A.C. Tait. Discussion on Jenner at meeting of General Synod in Feb. 1871, 28 February 1871 (Item ff.333-4)

A.C. Tait to H.J.C. Harper, Bishop of Christchurch. Jenner has resigned his claims to Dunedin, 20 May 1871 (Item f. 335)

H.L. Jenner, Sandwich, to A.C. Tait. In view of what the Synod said he has decided to recontest the Dunedin See, 28 May 1871 (Item ff.336-7)

A.C. Tait to H.L. Jenner, Sandwich. Encloses Bishops' letters ff. 333-4, 320-9, 25 May 1871 (Item f. 338)

H.L. Jenner, Sandwich, to A.C. Tait. Dunedin case, 31 May 1871 (Item f. 339)

H.L. Jenner, Sandwich, to A.C. Tait. Formal request that he re-examine the question, 5 June 1871 (Item ff.340-1)

H.L. Jenner, Sandwich, to A.C. Tait. Does not have documents for use as evidence in Dunedin case, 8 June 1871 (Item ff.342-3)

Bishops of the Province of Canterbury to H.L. Jenner. Advice 'to resign all rights and title to the Bishoprick sic of Dunedin', 13 June 1871 (Item f. 344)

H.L. Jenner, Sandwich, to A.C. Tait. Displeasure at advice of the Bishops but agrees to resign, 15 June 1871 (Item ff.345-6)

H.L. Jenner, Sandwich, to A.C. Tait. Formal resignation of all claims to the See of Dunedin has been lodged with the Bishop of Lichfield, 15 June 1871 (Item f. 347)

G.A. Selwyn, Bishop of Lichfield, to A.C. Tait. Forwards H.L. Jenner's resignation, 21 June 1871 (Item ff.348-9)

H.J.C. Harper, Bishop of Christchurch, Otago, N.Z., to A.C. Tait. Creation of separate Province of Otago and Southland, 8 June 1871 (Item f. 350)

Foreign correspondence of the Archbishop of Canterbury (Item ff. 350a-460)

Rev. J.M. Arnold, Leyton, to A.C. Tait, 22 April 1871 (Item ff.13-18)

Congregation at Leyton have petitioned for his appointment. Difficulty over arrangements for licence - licenced for Chaplaincy at Batavia.

Rev. J.M. Arnold, Leyton, to A.C. Tait, 13 May 1872 (Item ff. 19-22)

His position; Moslem Missionary Society; whilst in Batavia he declined the Bishopric in the non-British Indian Archipelago. Pension for the Consulate and other Chaplains.

Rev. J.M. Arnold, Leyton, to A.C. Tait, 9 December 1872 (Item ff. 23-30)

Pension from Batavia, quotes application to Earl Granville, and reply refusing to grant pension.

A.C. Tait, Lambeth, to Rev. J.M. Arnold, 13 December 1872 (Item ff. 31-2)

Fears no chance of obtaining any alterations in decision of Lords of the Treasury. Is willing to write to Lord Granville.

Rev. J.M. Arnold, Leyton, to A.C. Tait, 17 December 1872 (Item ff. 33-6)

Statement of service at Batavia, quotes Treasury Minute placing Consular Chaplains. Gives salary, was offered a gratuity.

Rev. J.M. Arnold, Leyton, to A.C. Tait. Grieved that he had failed to make his case clear. Sends printed paper, 30 December 1872 (Item ff. 37-8)

C.A. Hervey, Saffron Walden, to A.C. Tait, 11 January 1872 (Item ff.249-52)

Intentions of Bishop Staley, desirable not to make such matters public. Relieved that he has done all that could be expected by Queen Emma and others on the island. Trusts that new Bishop may give new life to the Mission.

A.C. Tait to Lord Charles Hervey. Glad he is satisfied with result of Meeting of Hawaiian Church Committee, 13 January 1872 (Item ff.253-4)

A.C. Tait to Bishop Staley. Trusts his mind is at rest on charges brought against him. Committee considers matter at an end, 17 January 1872 (Item f. 254)

F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, Burton-on-Trent, to A.C. Tait, 10 January 1872 (Item ff. 1-2)

Encloses copy of letter sent to Lord Kimberley. Lord Chelmsford approves of proposed tribunal.

F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, Burton-on- Trent, to the Earl of Kimberley, 10 January 1872 (Item ff. 3-8)

Future appointment of Colonial Bishops. Church in Australia generally desires to maintain connections with the Church of England. Submit: Draft Clause amendment to Bill on Colonial Bishops, prepared by legal friend.

A.C. Tait, Addington. Memorandum in answer to the Bishop of Sydney's question, 1 February 1872 (Item ff. 9-11)

F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, Burton-on-Trent, to A.C. Tait, 12 February 1872 (Item ff.12-13)

Forwards copy of Lord Kimberley's reply. Refers to proposal contained in Draft Bill in letter to Kimberley.

Robert G.W. Herbert, Downing Street, to F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, 27 January 1872 (Item ff.14-15)

Acknowledges letter sent to Lord Kimberley. Consecration of Colonial Bishops, Lord Kimberley not prepared to recommend change. Sees no objection to clergy ordained by Colonial Bishops being placed on same footing as Scotch Episcopal Clergy.

Lord Kimberley, Downing Street, to A.C. Tait, 27 April 1872 (Item ff. 16-17)

Transmits copy of Draft Bill to revoke Letters Patent creating Dioceses in the Colonies, together with copy of Opinion of Law Officer of the Crown. Should be glad of suggestions.

Bill to enable Her Majesty to revoke Letters Patent creating Dioceses in the Colonies, n.d. (Item ff. 18-19)

Law Officers of the Crown, Temple, to Lord Kimberley. Colonial Church, Draft of Bill revoking certain Letters Patent, 12 April 1872 (Item ff. 20-28)

R.H. Meade, Downing Street, to A.C. Tait, 6 May 1872 (Item f. 29)

Lord Kimberley has no objection to him communicating confidentially to the Council for Colonial Bishoprics the Draft Bill.

F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, Sydney, to A.C. Tait. Telegraph message of meeting of General Synod of Australia, 26 October 1872 (Item f. 85)

F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, to A.C. Tait. Cable on 25th General Synod meeting in Sydney, 26 October 1872 (Item f. 86)

F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, Sydney, to A.C. Tait. Meeting of Synod, 4 November 1872 (Item ff. 87-8)

H. Cotterill, Bishop of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, to A.C. Tait. Colonial Church, 1 April 1872 (Item ff. 89-90)

[A.C. Tait.] Draft of memorandum on Colonial Bishops Oath of Canonical Obedience, n.d. (Item f. 91)

Further draft of f.91, n.d. (Item ff. 92-3)

Final draft of f.91, n.d. (Item f. 95)

W.G. Cowie, Bishop of Auckland, Auckland, to A.C. Tait, 9 August 1872 (Item ff.255-7)

College of St. John the Evangelist lately reopened, asks that Doctor of Divinity or Laws be conferred on master, Rev. John Kinder. Encloses letter of Sir W. Martin, late Chief Justice of N.Z.

Sir Wm. Martin, Taurarua, to the Bishop of Auckland. Recommends Rev. Kinder, 8 August 1872 (Item ff.258-9)

S.T. Nevill, Bishop of Dunedin, Shelton, to A.C. Tait. Intends to be present at the consecration of Dr. Willis of Honolulu, 1 February 1872 (Item f. 112)

Rev. C.W. Sandford, Lambeth, to S.T. Nevill. Regrets he was not included in Dr. Willis' consecration ceremony, 15 February 1872 (Item f. 114)

S.T. Nevill, Bishop of Dunedin, Stoke-on-Trent, to C.W. Sandford. Circumstances of the misunderstanding in f.114, 16 February 1872 (Item f. 116)

S.T. Nevill, Bishop of Dunedin, Stoke-on-Trent, to C.W. Sandford, 16 February 1872 (Item f. 118)

Acknowledges the decision of the Council of Bishops to recognise him as second Bishop of Dunedin.

A.C. Tait to H.J.C. Harper, Bishop of Christchurch, N.Z. Council's decision to recognise Nevill as second Bishop of Dunedin, 20 February 1872 (Item f. 119)

'The See of Dunedin, N.Z.; the title of the Rt. Rev. H.L. Jenner D.D. to be accounted the first Bishop, briefly vindicated with a few remarks on a recent charge of the Lord Bishop of Wellington N.Z.' London, J.T. Hayes, 1872 (Item ff.120-133)

Printed.

'The New Zealand Church News', December 1871 (Item f.134)

Vol. 2 no. 15.

Contains article by Rev. J.C. Brooke 'Melanesian Mission: murder of the Rt. Rev. Bp. Patterson, Rev. J. Atkin and Stephen Taroaniara.' Printed.

H.J.C. Harper, Bishop of Christchurch, Christchurch, to A.C. Tait, 19 January 1872 (Item ff.135-136)

Death of Bishop Patteson.

H.J.C. Harper, Bishop of Christchurch, Christchurch, to A.C. Tait, 10 January 1872 (Item ff.137-138)

Petition from the Bishop, clergy and laity of the Diocese of Christchurch on kidnapping in the South Pacific inspired by Patterson's death.

W.T. Bullock, Secretary, S.P.G., to A.C. Tait, 19 January 1872 (Item ff.139-140)

Preparation of a petition to Parliment on the South Pacific 'labour trade'.

'Additional letters relating to the death of Bishop Patteson' and 'Brief history of the Melanesian Mission'. London, Clay, Son and Taylor, 1872 (Item ff.141-144)

Printed.

'Bishop Patteson on the Labour Trade.' Printed (Item ff.145-146)

'Memorandum from Bishop Patteson to General Synod (on the Melanesian Mission)'. Reprint, 11 January 1871 (Item ff.149-153)

'The Lyttelton Times'. Cuttings on South Pacific labour trade and death of Bishop Patteson, 6 November 1871 (Item f.155)

Resolution of the Standing Committee of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, January 1872 (Item ff.157-159)

On future arrangements for the Melanesian Mission together with notice of the approval of the Bishops of Canterbury, Ebor, Armagh, Dublin and Eden.

H.J. Holland, C.O., to A.C. Tait, 11 July 1872 (Item ff.162-163)

Draws attention to an alleged remark of Sir George Bowen on the importation of South Sea Islanders to Queensland.

H. Swabey, S.P.C.K., to A.C. Tait, 13 July 1872 (Item ff.164-165)

Possibility of surpressing the labour trade.

Extract 'Slave trade in Fiji Islands' from 'Reports and notices from Standing Committee (of S.P.G.)', July 1872 (Item f.166)

'Melanesia: condition and prospects of the Mission', c. 1872 (Item f.167)

A letter from the Rev. R.H. Codrington to the Secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. Printed.

Bishop T.N. Staley, London to A.C. Tait, 5 April 1873 (Item ff.108-111)

Precis of confidence between himself and Mr. Swabey, S.P.C.K. New grant to Bishop Willis. Salary on Hawaiian mission.

Henry Swabey, Sec., S.P.C.K., London, to A.C. Tait, 7 April 1873 (Item ff.112-113)

Case of Bishop Staley has been before their committee repeatedly - decided that he has no claim to lapsed grant. They have recommended a new grant for his former Diocese. With draft reply by A.C. Tait.

H. Swabey, Sec., S.P.C.K., London, to A.C. Tait, 29 April 1873 (Item f.114)

Question of Bishop Staley's claim reopened.

H. Swabey, Sec., S.P.C.K., London, to A.C. Tait, 24 June 1873 (Item ff.115-116)

Result of committee's reconsideration of Bishop Stanley's claim to lapsed grant.

(Copy) H.J. Swabey, Sec., S.P.C.K., London, to Bishop Stanley., 24 June 1873 (Item ff.117-118)

Committee does not recommend a revival of grant.

Manley Hopkins, Hampstead, to A.C. Tait, 28 July 1873 (Item ff.119-120)

Asking the Bishop of Winchester to permit him to call the Hawaiian Church Committee together to consider the demand by Bishop Staley.

Bishop T.N. Staley, Lichfield, to Rev. H.M. Spooner., 7 July 1873 (Item ff.121-122)

Mr. Hopkins has always had indefinite views about the matter. Wants the facts known to him so he may take the right documents to the meeting.

Manley Hopkins, Hawaiian Consulate, London, to A.C. Tait, 7 July 1873 (Item ff.123-126)

Facts and considerations on the claim made by Bishop Staley.

Includes 'Copy of Minute of Committee 12 December 1861'resolving that Rev. T.N. Staley be paid an amount.

(Copy) Rev. C. W. Sandford, Lambeth, to Manley Hopkins, 11 July 1873 (Item f.127)

The Archbishop thinks that Hopkins letter of 7 July should be forwarded to Bishop Staley. Sum voted to him by S.P.C.K. but was paid to the Hawaiian Committee who gave it to Bishop Willis.

Manley Hopkins, Hawaiian Consulate, London, to Rev. C.W. Sandford, 12 July 1873 (Item ff.128-129)

No objection to Bishop Staley seeing letter. Inaccurate statement by Staley of grant by S.P.C.K.

Manley Hopkins, Hawaiian Consulate, London, to A.C. Tait, 15 July 1873 (Item ff.130-131)

Meeting of Hawaiian Church Fund Committee held. Bishop Staley present. With copy of Resolution passed by the Committee.

T.N. Staley, London, to [unknown], 17 July 1873 (Item ff.132-135)

Asks for return of Mr. Hopkins letter to the Archbishop, was not recieved until the day of the meeting of the Hawaiian Committee. Agrees that grant made by S.P.C.K. be paid direct to Bishop Willis. No way of recovering the 200 pounds. Manley Hopkins charges.

F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, Sydney, to A.C. Tait, 7 July 1873 (Item ff.3-4)

Who is to succeed the present Bishop of Brisbane on his imminent retirement.

Charles Perry, Bishop of Melbourne, Melbourne, to A.C. Tait, 19 April 1873 (Item ff.5-10)

Ecumenical tendencies among the Protestants of the Diocese of Melbourne.

Petition signed by members of the Church of England, Melbourne to A.C. Tait, April 1873 (Item ff.11-14)

Ecumenism is expedient for the colonial churches; requests exchanges of preachers with the Presbyterian Church of Victoria be allowed.

'Report of the Ministers and Members of the Church of England in Victoria and of Ministers and Elders of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria', 29 July 1873 (Item ff.15-16)

Printed extract from Minutes of Meeting.

A.C. Tait to Charles Perry, Bishop of Melbourne, Melbourne, 28 July 1873 (Item f.17)

General approval of ecumenism among Victorian Protestants; leaves Perry with decision of how far he should go.

A.C. Tait to H.A. Billing, first signatory of petition (ff.11-14), 29 July 1873 (Item ff.18-19)

Perry is in charge of ecumenical matters in Victoria henceforth.

Three Presbyterian Ministers, Melbourne, to A.C. Tait, 20 May 1873 (Item ff.20-21)

Dissatisfaction with petition (ff.11-14); they were not consulted.

Rev. Benjamin Webb, London, to A.C. Tait, 28 July 1873 (Item ff.22-23)

Petition from 200 communicants in Melbourne who wish to have the Anglican pulpit solely for the use of Anglican preachers.

Text of petition to A.C. Tait, to be signed by the disgruntled female communicants of Melbourne, 9 October 1873 (Item f.26)

Signatures of female communicants to petition (f.26) (Item ff.27-32)

Text of petition to A.C. Tait, to be signed by males, 9 October 1873 (Item f.33)

Signatures of males to petition (f.33) (Item ff.34-38)

Charles Perry, Bishop of Melbourne, Melbourne, to A.C. Tait, 5 February 1873 (Item ff.39-40)

Bearer of letter, Rev. W.K. Brodribb, graduate of University of Melbourne, qualified as Priest in the Church of England.

Alfred William, Bishop of Honolulu, Honolulu, to A.C. Tait, 5 December 1873 (Item f.165)

Encloses Charter of Incorporation granted to the Honolulu Mission.

Charter of Incorporation of the Trustees of the Anglican Church in Hawaii, 7 November 1873 (Item ff.167-168)

W. Chambers, Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak, Kuching, to A.C. Tait, 15 October 1873 (Item ff.199-201)

Asks for an assistant to head the Land Dyak Mission.

Unknown (Mauritius) to A.C. Tait (incomplete), 16 October 1873 (Item ff.202-205)

Missionary work on Mauritius; tensions between labourers and employers.

S.E. Marsden, Bishop of Bathurst, Bathurst, to A.C. Tait, 3 November 1873 (Item ff.223-224)

General summary of conditions in the Diocese of Bathurst.

M. Thomas, Bishop of Goulburn, Goulburn, to A.C. Tait, 3 November 1873 (Item ff.225-228)

Goulburn Diocese.

C.H. Bromby, Bishop of Tasmania, to A.C. Tait, 3 November 1873 (Item ff.229-230)

Affairs in Tasmania with reference to Aborigines.

A. Short, Bishop of Adelaide, Adelaide to A.C. Tait, 4 November 1873 (Item ff.231-232)

Missionary and parochial affairs in the Diocese.

A.C. Tait (Croydon) to H.J.C. Harper, Bishop of Christchurch, 15 October 1872 (Item)

Church business; branch of Dunedin.

H.L. Jenner, Sandwich, to Rev. C.W. Sandford, 17 March 1873 (Item ff.234-235)

Trouble getting information on affairs of Dunedin See.

H.L. Jenner, Sandwich, to Rev. C.W. Sandford, 22 March 1873 (Item ff.236-237)

Will not give up until the legitimacy of his former claims to the Dunedin see is acknowledged.

H.L. Jenner, Sandwich, to A.C. Tait, 7 April 1873 (Item ff.238-239)

Asks what conclusions were reached on Dunedin Bishopric at recent Lambeth Conference. With draft of Tait's reply.

G.A. Selwyn, Bishop of Lichfield, Lichfield, to A.C. Tait, 2 August 1873 (Item f.246)

Jenner could be acknowledged as the first Bishop and Nevill as the second.

H.L. Jenner, Sandwich to A.C. Tait. See of Dunedin, 4 August 1873 (Item ff.247-249)

H.L. Jenner, Sandwich, to A.C. Tait, 8 August 1873 (Item f.251)

Thanks for sending a copy of the Bishop of Lichfield's letter (f.246).

'A letter to the Archbishops and Bishops in communion with the Church of England', 1873 (Item ff.252-263)

By Henry John Chitty Harper D.D., Bishop of Christchurch and Primate of New Zealand, Christchurch, G. Tomb and Co. Printed.

C.H. Bromby, Bishop of Tasmania, Hobart to A.C. Tait. Future of Norfolk Island, 2 December 1872 (Item ff.264-265)

Rev. R.H. Codrington, Norfolk Island, to C.H. Bromby, Bishop of Tasmania, 23 May 1872 (Item ff.266-267)

It might be more convenient if Norfolk Is. was included in N.Z. ecclesiastical jurisdiction.

G.A. Selwyn, Bishop of Lichfield, Lichfield to A.C. Tait, 11 February 1873 (Item ff.268-269)

Summary of ecclesiastical history of Norfolk Is.

G.A. Selwyn, Bishop of Lichfield, Lichfield, to A.C. Tait, 21 February 1873 (Item ff.270-271)

Legal references to ecclesiastical status of Norfolk Is.

H.J.C. Harper, Bishop of Christchurch, N.Z., to A.C. Tait, 22 December 1873 (Item ff.275-276)

Hopes that Croasdaile Bowen of Canterbury, N.Z., will be awarded a BD degree without examination.

Charles Bowen, Middleton, Lancs., to A.C. Tait, 23 December 1873 (Item f.277-278)

Possibility of his brother being awarded a BD degree.

John B. Lee, Secretary to the Province of Canterbury, Westminster, to H.M. Spooner, Chaplain, Lambeth, 8 April 1874 (Item f.279)

Costs incurred in recieving a BD degree.

Chipperfield and Sturt, Southwark, London, to H.M. Spooner, Chaplain, Lambeth, 22 April 1874 (Item ff.310-311)

Mrs. Mina Jury formerly of Hobart and Auckland, is contemplating legal action for recovering of certain money she beleives is owing to her.

H.M. Spooner, Chaplain, Lambeth, to Chipperfield and Sturt, 24 April 1874 (Item f.312)

Thanks for letting him know about Mrs. Jury.

Personal details about Mrs. Mina Jury, n.d. (Item f.313)

H.J.C. Harper, Bishop of Christchurch, Christchurch, to A.C. Tait, 18 December 1873 (Item ff.101-102)

Day of Intercession for Missions. Lack of men for work of ministry.

John A. Allen, Colonial and Foreign Banks Guarantee Fund, London, to A.C. Tait, 31 July 1874 - 6 August 1874 (Item f.89)

G.W. Spooner of Tokamairoro, N.Z., given as a reference, asks for comments on his character. With draft of Tait's reply 6 August 1874.

Benjamin Glennie, Council of the Diocese of Brisbane, Brisbane, 7 July 1874 (Item ff.17-19)

Encloses letter from himself to E.W. Tufnell, Bishop of Brisbane, requesting that every effort be made to hasten the appointment of a successor to the Bishop when he retires.

A.C. Tait to B. Glennie, Brisbane, 19 September 1874 (Item f.20)

Requests immediate notification by telegram as soon as the Bishop announces his resignation.

H.J.C. Harper, Bishop of Christchurch, to A.C. Tait, 4 June 1872 (Item ff.203-204)

Appointment of S.T. Nevill as Bishop of Dunedin.

'Extract from minutes of meeting of the Standing Commission' on the division of the Diocese of Christchurch, 22 May 1871 (Item f.205)

Certificate of consecration of the Rev. S.T. Nevill as Bishop of Dunedin, 4 June 1871 (Item ff.206-207)

Signed by the other four New Zealand Bishops.

Certificate signed by H.J.C. Harper, Bishop of Christchurch and Primate of New Zealand, to install Nevill as Bishop of Dunedin, 4 June 1871 (Item f.208)

Certificate signed by Harper to testify that Nevill is now Bishop of Dunedin, 4 June 1871 (Item f.209)

H.J.C. Harper, Bishop of Christchurch, to A.C. Tait, 11 June 1872 (Item ff.210-211)

Events surrounding Nevill's consecration as Bishop of Dunedin.

A.C. Tait to H.J.C. Harper, Bishop of Christchurch, 8 August 1872 (Item f.212)

Acknowledges receipt of documents (ff.203-211).

J. Jackson, Bishop of London, London, to A.C. Tait, 20 May 1874 (Item ff.212a-b)

H.L. Jenner ought to be recognised as first Bishop of Dunedin.

H.L. Jenner, Sandwich, to A.C. Tait. Dunedin See, 4 August 1874 (Item ff.212c-d)

'A letter to the Rt. Rev. H.L. Jenner D.D. in reply to his pamphlet', 1874 (Item ff.212e-245)

Pamphlet entitled "The See of Dunedin, N.Z.: the title of the Rt. Rev. H.L. Jenner D.D. to be accounted the first Bishop briefly vindicated..." Christchurch Press, 1874.

'The Bishopric of Dunedin: a reply to the letter of the Very Rev. the Dean of Christchurch of 7 September 1874 by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Abraham'. Printed.

T. a'Beckett, Registrar of the Diocese of Melbourne, Melbourne, to A.C. Tait, 6 November 1873 (Item ff.177-179)

On instruction of C. Perry, Bishop of Melbourne, forwarding the following Act:

Act 1/1873: An Act to create a new Diocese in the colony of Victoria and to provide for the appointment of the first Bishop thereof.

Charles Perry, Bishop of Melbourne, Melbourne to A.C. Tait, 31 December 1873 (Item ff.180-181)

Proposes to visit England in February.

T. a'Beckett, Registrar of the Diocese of Melbourne, Melbourne to A.C. Tait, 24 November 1873 (Item ff.182-186)

Forwards Acts:

Act 2/1873: An act to provide for the appointment of Bishops to the Diocese of Melbourne and for the performance of certain duties of a Bishop during vacancy of the See.

Act 3/1873: An act to provide for the constitution of a board for promoting the systematic religious instruction of the young and for appropriation of moneys derived from the letting or selling of school lands.

T. a'Beckett, Registrar of the Diocese of Melbourne, Melbourne to A.C. Tait, 20 February 1874 (Item f.187-189)

Forwards Act:

Act 1/1874: An Act to constitute the colony of Victoria a province and appoint a Metropolitan thereof from and after the constitution of the diocese of Ballarat.

H.J.C. Harper, Bishop of Christchurch, Christchurch to A.C. Tait, 26 May 1875 (Item ff.161-162)

Disputes the recognition of H.L. Jenner as first Bishop of Dunedin.

H.J.C. Harper, Bishop of Christchurch, Christchurch, to A.C. Tait, 4 June 1875 (Item ff.163-164)

Has written to the editor of The Guardian on the Jenner case.

W.T. Bullock, Secretary, S.P.G., to A.C. Tait, 25 June 1875 (Item ff.195-196)

Sending a clergyman to Fiji.

G. Hardy, War Office, to A.C. Tait, 1 July 1875 (Item ff.197-198)

Arrangements the War Office is prepared to make towards sending a clergyman to Fiji.

Robert Sellar, Church of England and Presbyterian Pastoral Aid Society, Melbourne to A.C. Tait, 1 November 1875 (Item ff.338-339)

Results of deliberations of Assembly.

'Church of England and Presbyterian Church Pastoral Aid Society of Victoria: Report for the year', 26 October 1874 (Item ff.340-341)

Printed.

'Church of England and Presbyterian Church Pastoral Aid Society of Victoria: Report for the year', 30 September 1875 (Item ff.342-343)

Printed.

'Speech of the Bishop of Ballarat at the annual meeting of the Church of England and Presbyterian Church Pastoral Aid Society', 11 October 1875 (Item f.344)

Printed.

Bishop Hale, Perth W.A. to A.C. Tait W. Robinson, incomplete, 9 August 1875 (Item ff.366-367)

W.G. Cowie, Bishop of Auckland, Auckland, to Rev. Craufurd Tait, A.C. Tait's Chaplain, 27 October 1876 (Item ff.24-25)

Awarding of Lambeth MA degrees to three of his clergy.

Craufurd Trait to W.G. Cowie, Bishop of Auckland, 7 December 1876 (Item ff.26-27)

Forwards MA exam papers.

W.G. Cowie, Bishop of Auckland, Auckland, to A.C. Tait, 2 December 1875 (Item ff.28-29)

Need for training indigenous clergy in New Zealand.

W.T. Bullock, S.P.G., to Rev. C. Tait, Chaplain, Lambeth, 11 May 1876 (Item f.30)

Proposed financial aid to Bishop Cowie.

E. [unknown] Edenburgen, London, to R.T. Davidson, 23 November 1876 (Item ff.31a-b)

Regrets decision made by important people in Australia and New Zealand in letter by Lady Ferguson on Church rule of Mothers Union and affiliation with Scottish Mothers Union.

Proceedings of the First Session of the Ninth Synod of the Diocese of Christchurch, N.Z., 1875 (Item f.153)

Diocesan Statutes, Regulations, Resolutions and other Synodical Documents.

Charles Perry, Bishop of Melbourne, Cambridge, to Rev. Craufurd Tait, 11 May 1876 (Item f.128)

Asks if resignation or the Bishopric of Melbourne has been accepted by his father and registered.

Acts from the Diocese of Melbourne, c.1875 (Item ff.130-136)

39 Victoria/1875: An Act to regulate the management of the clergy widow and orphan fund.

Church assembly: Act to amend the Trustees and Vestries Act.

Act to suspend the operation of the act known as 'The province and metropolitan act' for a certain period.

Act to amend the act of the chuch assembly no.2 1873.

Herbert Laurence, S.P.G., Rochester, to A.C. Tait, 2 January 1876 (Item ff.221-223)

Vacant Diocese of Perth, Synod will request appointment of successor to Bishop Hale. Clergyman in his Deanery who may accept the See.

Charles Perry, Regent's Park, to Rev. Craufurd Tait, 16 March 1876 (Item ff.225-226)

Selection of a new Bishop of Perth.

[unknown] G.N.W. Henderson, Metropolitan Police Office, to Rev. Craufurd Tait, 27 March 1876 (Item ff.227-228)

Rev. S. Watson has qualifications for vacant W.A. See.

Bishop of Carlisle, Kendal, to A.C. Tait, 31 March 1876 (Item ff.229-230)

Opinion of Mr. Watson.

Draft of reply of A.C. Tait to the Perth Division Synod meeting on 20 January 1872, 18 March 1876 (Item f.231)

A.J. Woodhouse, Sevenoaks, Kent, to A.C. Tait, 24 April 1876 (Item ff.233-234)

Recommends an acquaintance to succeed the Bishop of Melbourne [Perth].

Herbert Laurence, S.P.G., to Rev. Maxwell Spooner, 27 May 1876 (Item ff.235-236)

Recommends Rev. G.B.P. Viner to Perth See.

A.J. Woodhouse, Sevenoaks, Kent, to A.C. Tait. Perth See, 19 June 1876 (Item f.237)

A.J. Woodhouse, Sevenoaks, to A.C. Tait, 4 August 1876 (Item ff.238-239)

Reasons for him not going to Perth.

James Hunt, Southall to A.C. Tait, 4 August 1876 (Item ff.240-241)

Papers recommending him to Bishopric of Perth in hands of the Earl of Carnarvon.

[A.C. Tait] to Mr. Dean., 25 July 1876 (Item f.242)

Rt. Rev. Henry Parry selected as Bishop of Perth.

James Allen to A.C. Tait, 2 August 1876 (Item ff.243-244)

Has accepted chaplaincy at Greenough, W.A. but would prefer Perth.

H. Parry, Bishop of Perth, to Rev. C. Tait, Chaplain, Lambeth, 17 August 1876 (Item ff.245-246)

Acknowledges receipt of papers on James Allen.

D.G.C. Carr, South Kensington, to A.C. Tait, 25 November 1876 (Item ff.247-248)

Asks if he may pay 50 pounds to H. Parry.

H.J.C. Harper, Bishop of Christchurch, Christchurch, to A.C. Tait, 10 January 1877 (Item ff.124-125)

Difficulty of filling the vacant See of Waiapu, N.Z.

Alfred Willis, Bishop of Honolulu, Hawaii, to A.C. Tait, 23 January 1877 (Item ff.167-168)

Miss Sellow's Memorial Appeal.

'Memorial to Miss Sellon.' Printed memorandum (Item ff.169-170)

Francis Lowe, Temple, to A.C. Tait, 25 April 1877 (Item f.171)

Church in Hawaii.

Extract of letter Bishop of Christchurch to Rev. H.W. Tucker, 30 March 1877 (Item f.353)

Bishop of Peterborough, Peterborough, to A.C. Tait, 19 November 1878 (Item ff.387-390)

Encloses report on meeting of S.P.G. (f.391). Selection of missionaries.

Extracts from Standard. 'The Holy Cross Society and Foreign Missions'. Printed, 15 November 1878 (Item f.391)

Bishop of Peterborough to A.C. Tait, 23 November 1878 (Item ff.392-393)

Vote on missionaries.

A.C. Tait to Sec. of S.P.G., 23 November 1878 (Item ff.394-397)

Qualifications of missionaries supported by the society.

Henry W. Tucker, Acting Sec., S.P.G., to A.C. Tait, 25 November 1878 (Item ff.398-399)

Committee summoned on selection of candidates for missionary work.

Bishop of Peterborough to A.C. Tait, 25 November 1878 (Item ff.400-404)

Thanks for sending copy of S.P.G. letter. Account of proceedings in Friday's Guardian. Objectional character of Resolution.

'Construction of the board of Examiners.' Printed, n.d. (Item f.405)

Henry W. Tucker, Acting Sec., S.P.G., Westminster, to A.C. Tait (Item ff.406-407)

Forwards Minute passed by Standing Committee. Notice given that Resolution passed in November be rescinded.

Henry W. Tucker, S.P.G., Westminster, to A.C. Tait, 24 January 1879 (Item ff.408-410)

Sends copy of letter from the Bishop of Bombay re Rev. C. Rivington (ff.409-410)

S.P.G., 'Standing Orders,' printed, 20 February 1874 (Item f.411)

'Constitution of the Board of Examiners,' printed, n.d. (Item f.412)

Alfred Willis, Bishop of Honolulu, Honolulu, to A.C. Tait, 24 April 1877 (Item ff.237-240)

Interpolation of masonic ritual into the burial ceremonies of the Kings of Hawaii.

H.L. Jenner, Preston Vicarage to A.C. Tait, 16 January 1878 (Item ff.61-62)

Encloses printed extracts on Dunedin See.

W.S. Tanner, Invercargill, to A.C. Tait, 26 February 1878 (Item ff.63-66)

Sends copy of letter and list of transactions in Dunedin Bishopric case.

(Copy) W.S. Tanner, Invercargill, to S.T. Nevill, Bishop of Dunedin, 15 February 1878 (Item ff.67-70)

Claim as first Bishop of Dunedin.

F.Barker, Bishop of Sydney, Sydney, to A.C. Tait, 21 January 1878 (Item ff.146-7)

Suggests Rev. G.H. Stanton be appointed new Bishop of North Queensland.

W.T. Bullock, Sec., S.P.G., London, to A.C. Tait, 21 January 1878 (Item ff.148-149)

Suggests G.H. Stanton not be appointed to North Queensland See.

Charles Perry, Bishop of Melbourne, London, to A.C. Tait, 25 January 1878 (Item ff.150-151)

Bullock is being petty in opposing G.H. Stanton's appointment to North Queensland.

Charles Perry, Bishop of Melbourne, London, to A.C. Tait, 29 January 1878 (Item ff.152-153)

Any objections the S.P.G. holds to appointment of G.H. Stanton to North Queensland See should be stated formally and publicly.

J. Jackson, Bishop of London, to A.C. Tait, 29 January 1878 (Item ff.154)

Does not think Stanton should be appointed to North Queensland.

F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, Genoa, to A.C. Tait, 2 February 1878 (Item ff.156-157)

His preference for Stanton as Bishop of North Queensland.

F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, Rome, to A.C. Tait, 11 February 1878 (Item ff.158-159)

May have succeeded in getting an alternative to S.P.G. as source of income for North Queensland See.

W.T. Bullock, S.P.G., to A.C. Tait, 12 February 1878 (Item f.160)

Appoinment of a Bishop to North Queensland.

F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, Rome, to A.C. Tait, 21 February 1878 (Item ff.161-162)

Recommendation of G.H. Stanton as Bishop of North Queensland.

Bishop David Anderson, Clifton, to A.C. Tait, 26 February 1878 (Item ff.163-164)

North Queensland.

W.T. Bullock, S.P.G., to Davidson, Lambeth, 2 March 1878 (Item ff.165-166)

G.H. Stanton.

[Unknown], House of Lords. Bishop of Sydney (incomplete), 5 March 1878 (Item f.167)

F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, Naples, to A.C. Tait, 11 March 1878 (Item ff.169-170)

North Queensland See and G.H. Stanton.

A.C. Tait to F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, 22 March 1878 (Item ff.171-172)

Prepared to take Barker's advice on Stanton.

F. Barker, Bishop of Sydney, Venice to A.C. Tait, 23 March 1878 (Item ff.173-174)

Arranges meeting on arrival in London.