TO THE RIGHT H0N0RA11LE 
THE EARL OF CHICHESTER, 
PRESIDENT OF THE CIIURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY, 
&C., &C., &C. 
My Lord, 
Having labored man ) 7 years in New 
Zealand under the auspices of the Church Missionary 
Society, and there acquired the information here 
presented to the Public, I cannot more appropriately 
dedicate this Work to any one than to your Lordship, 
who has so long and worthily filled the high office 
of its President. With sentiments of great respect, 
therefore, I beg to do so, and subscribe myself, 
Your Lordship’s 
Most humble and obedient Servant, 
THE AUTHOR. 
London, 
November, 1855. 
