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Rh and Literature, 1881; and Natural Philosophy, 1884. As the annual revenue from the trust has now probably reached its highest limit, or nearly so, there is little or no prospect of any addition being made for some considerable time to the number of chairs already instituted. Very full information regarding the Otago Presbyterian Church Fund is supplied by the Rev. W. Gillies, of Timaru, in a "Historical Narrative" published by him some years ago.

The following balance-sheet was submitted to the Synod at its annual meeting in October, 1888:—

Among those who arrived in the ship "Philip Laing," in April, 1848, along with the Rev. Thomas Burns and other immigrants, was Mr. James Blackie, whom the Otago Association had