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Kyle, E. R. LeCouteur, Frs B. Parish and A. Setz and Major N. P. McNabb. I am especially indebted for church information on a number of points to the Revs J. B. Branthwaite, W. J. Blight, B. O. Richards, D. M. Steedman, Mrs G. W. Leadley and Messrs W. S. Corbett, R. R. Johnson, C. E. Totty and G. E. Scarr. The Christchurch offices of the four largest denominations have been very helpful. The information about primary schools was gathered from the annual reports of the Canterbury Education Board under the guidance of Mr W. Winter. Messrs H. G. Dephoff, D. B. Fahy and F. C. Saunders kindly supplied school booklets. The gathering of records of other organisations and of some information for the text was made possible by the courtesy of the following: Mesdames D. A. Boyd, D. K. Boyd, M. C. Corbett, W. P. Drummond, G. H. Goldsbrough, V. J. Henderson, R. G. Lovelock, R. J. Moore, C. D. Naish, J. B. Nicoll, D. S. Studholme, R. P. Thomson, Misses E. R. Bayliss, I. Chamberlain, K. D. Kennedy, L. M. Lewis, R. H. Lill and Messrs A. D. Bean, D. J. Binns, B. A. Cullen, D. Dobson, J. E. Goold, G. D. Green, S. J. Haigh, I. M. Hamilton, G. Henderson, F. Holloway, J. Keig, H. W. Kelk, J. Lane, R. L. Lindsay, A. G. Lloyd, F. H. McIntosh, D. H. Moore, G. E. Morris, R. G. Moss, N. S. Murdoch, G. H. and J. B. Nicoll, I. J. Nicholson, A. Prentice, T. Phillips, K. Richardson, A. C. C. and N. Robilliard, C. P. Sparrow, H. R. Tait, J. T. Thomas, C. R. G. Woodham, W. H. Young, Dr N. E. H. Fulton and the Rev W. A. Pierre. Thanks are due to all who lent photographs whether used or not. Further acknowledgments are made in the list of illustrations. Some debts are more personal. My thanks go to the staffs of the Canterbury University, Canterbury Public, Canterbury Museum and Alexander Turnbull libraries and especially to Messrs R. C. Lamb, John Wilson and D. V. Sims. Mr John Frampton most ungrudgingly allowed me the use over a long period of his valuable transcript of records of early land sales. The references which Dr David Macmillan gave me formed the basis of Part I of this book. Mrs E. McQuilkin and Mr E. J. Wood of the Ashburton Historical Society have acted as my agents in many matters. Mr John Macmillan has answered innumerable questions. Mr R. S. Gormack has given me editorial assistance and advice. At my wife’s request I have not acknowledged her help in any previous book. But because of the conditions under which this one has been written I have