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the committee of last Thursday relative to advertising being delayed, I wrote Grote a letter begging him to take a decided course. Just as it was going off he came in, and we had a long talk upon the subject. We agreed in wishing that the communication with Government should not be put in until (1) the money was certain; (2) until a strong body of colonists was obtained; (3) until the Church Society was got up; (4) until Whitmore and Scrope came to town. Wrote to the Bishop of London, requesting him to accept the office of patron to the society, and to appoint clergymen. Called on Currie, who would be a member of the Church Society, and allow subscriptions to be received at his house."

The "South Australian Church Society," to which many references have been made in Mr. Gouger's Journal, was warmly advocated by Mr. Whitmore—who was chairman of the provisional committee—and by Messrs. Eaikes Currie, John Labouchere, and Pascoe St. Leger Grenfell, who were on the permanent committee.

In their prospectus it was stated that, "Amongst those who, with their families, propose to settle in the new colony, are some dissenters from the Church of England, and they are engaged in raising funds for the purpose of establishing their mode of worship. The emigrating members of the Church of England, also, are most anxious that the faith and discipline to which they subscribe should be planted from the very beginning, and preserved for their children by means of a sufficient religious establishment. With this view, they are prepared to contribute towards a fund, to be vested in trustees, for the