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 THE BISHOP OF ZULULAND 289

stroom and Ermelo. To make the position quite clear, he explained that the South African province is distinct from the provinces of Canterbury and York, and that, in his case, the oath of canonical obedience had to be taken to the Archbishop of Capetown.

&quot;When I went out in 1891,&quot; the Bishop observed, &quot;it was to follow two other Bishops Bishop T. E. Wilkinson, who was consecrated in 1870 and came home in 1874 or 1875 (afterwards to become, as he is now, Bishop Co-adjutor of London for Northern and Central Europe), and Bishop Mackenzie, who commenced his oversight of the Diocese in 1880 and died in 1890. I was Bishop Mackenzie s immediate successor.&quot;

&quot; How did you find the country eleven years ago?&quot;

&quot;As regards Church work, I think there were about fifteen clergy and two native deacons. The work was very much on the Natal border of Zululand. The important part of the work now is really more or less on the Natal border. There was some work going on in the Transvaal at the small town of Vryheid, and there was also a mission station on the border of Swaziland. No work had been done in the Tonga country. We made a start there four years ago before Archdeacon Swabey s health broke down ; but we have not been able to restart it, partly because of the war. The country is chiefly inhabited by

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