BY AV. F. D. BUTLER, B.A., M.SC, LL.B. 5J> 



ideas of the founders that their School sliould develop to 

 and obtain the privileges of a chartered corporation and 

 the advantages of a University. 



In conclusion, besides the quotations above noted, I 

 have freely made use of facts taken from the late Mr. T. 

 Stephens s "Hisioiy of Christs College, " and from letters 

 written in "The Mercury ' by the late Mr. J. B. Walker. 

 I desire, also, to express my thanks to the Rev. J. V. 

 Buckland, the second Headmaster of the Hutchins School, 

 and a worthy successor to his father, for his valuable 

 assistance in supplying me not only with papei-s he had 

 collected, but also with early documents connected with 

 the School. 



