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native ; and have been dedicated to the service of 
the Redeemer. Some of them are constructed 
with rushes ; others, with bark neatly sewed to- 
gether; others, with both these materials, con- 
jointly ; and one, more substantial, has been 
erected with weather-board. They are spacious 
enough to contain between 150 and 200 persons 
each : and though much cannot be said for their « 
internal decorations, yet they are, for native 
workmanship, peculiarly neat, comfortable, and 
well secured from all the inclemencies of the 
weather. A regular course of visiting is kept up 
by the Assistant Missionaries, every Sabbath; 
and the Service of the Church of England is per- 
formed by them, whenever the weather does not 
prevent travelling. At other times, they are 
visited by the resident Clergyman of the Waimate ; 
and occasionally, on the Sabbath-day, his attention 
is directed towards them, but only when it is not 
likely to interfere with the spiritual duties of the 
settlement. 
In these villages. Sabbath and Week-day Schools 
have been established, with the sanction of the 
chief, under the instruction of some of the people 
who have previously been taught in the Mission 
Schools. In the settlement itself, there are four 
Schools in active operation : an Infant School, at 
which there is an average attendance of twenty- 
five* ; a School for youths and adults, open from 
* From the local facilities of this Station, the children in 
the Infant School are brought up in habits of industry. They 
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