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 THE BISHOP OF ZULULAND 297

the chief is opposed to it. The power of the chiefs in Zululand is still great, but it is being broken down a good deal by the fact of the young men going out to big centres to earn a livelihood, and returning more independent in character and position.&quot;

&quot;You have been in Zululand eleven years. Will you say something about the progress of Christian work and sympathy ? &quot;

&quot; Well, in comparison with the statistics which I gave you earlier in the interview, I may tell you that we have now twenty-three clergy, two native priests and three native deacons. It is difficult to say exactly how the Church is growing. Since the war began the work has been unsettled in certain parts of the Diocese, and we have been unable to get into Swaziland. Every effort is being made to propagate scriptural knowledge. We have the Bible and the Prayer-book in the Zulu language, which would also be understood by the Swazis and by the Tonga men, though not by the Tonga women. The languages of the Zulus and Swazis are much the same in fact, there is not so much difference as between English as spoken in London and in Yorkshire. Already we have a print ing press, in the use of which native boys are being taught, and we issue a Zulu paper.&quot;

Invited to relate some of the direct effects of the present war on the work and influence of the Church in the Zululand Diocese, Bishop Carter mentioned

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