LANGUAGE OF NEW ZEALAND. 231 
degree fixed, and a sufficient copiousness of words 
obtained, the work of translating portions of the 
Holy Scriptures, and of the Liturgy of the Church 
of England, was commenced. This was conducted 
with so much success, under the blessing of God, 
by those of the Missionaries and Catechists who 
were specially engaged in it, that, in the former 
part of the year 1830, I spent upwards of six 
months in New South Wales, occupied in carrying 
tlurough the press 117 closely-printed pages of a 
Selection from Scripture, the Liturgy, Catechisms, 
and Hymns, translated into the language of New 
Zealand. Nothing could exceed the gratification 
with which these books were received on my return, 
by those who could read them. They were willing 
to receive them as wages, or to purchase them with 
any thing they possessed of a saleable nature. 
During the two years subsequent to this first 
successful attempt, the Translating Committee 
assiduously prosecuted their important labours. 
At length — having ready for the press the whole 
of the Liturgy of our Church, with all its Ser- 
vices ; a number of Hymns^ and Catechisms, with 
the Gospels of St. Matthew and St.John; the 
Acts of the Apostles, and the Epistles of Paul to 
the Romans and the Corinthians — it was deter- 
mined that I should visit New South Wales, for 
the purpose of carrying these works through the 
press. This, with other matters connected with 
the Society, occupied me from November 1832 
