—E. Davis, photo, Waikouaiti. EXTERIOR OF ,ST. JOHN'S, WAIKOUAITT. —E. Davis, photo, Waikouaiti. EXTERIOR OF ST. JOHN'S VICARAGE. This church, the oldest Anglican Church in the diocese, was built by the late Mr John Jones, who also built the parsonage, probably in 1858. The first vestry meeting was held by the late Archdeacon Fenton in 1859, but the baptism and burial registers contain entries dated December and September, 1858, respectively. The church people used occasionally to lend the building to the Presbyterians before their church was erected. It is built of wood (mostly totara), and has been enlarged twice since its erection. The first vicar was the late Yen. Archdeacon Fenton, who was succeeded by the Rev. Mt Dasent. Then followed the Revs. E. H. Grainger (at one time of All Saints' Dunedin), F. J. Sotham (accidentally killed atWaimate), F. J. Barton-Parkes, H. C. Frere (now at Hillhead, Devizes, England) where the Autumn manoeuvres are held), W. S. Lucas (who has just gone to Nelson), and, lastly, the Rev! C. A. Fraer (son-in-law to the Hon. George M'Lean), who enters on his parish ministry this week. The church contains a very fine east^window, depicting the Resurrection—a memorial to the late Henry Orbell, who for many years acted as lay-reader and churchwarden. It is one of the few. New Zealand churches surrounded by a burial ground: the land being consecrated for that purpose before the public graveyard was opened, and funeral's coming from as far distant places as the Taieri in the south, andDeepdell in the north. ■ ' "

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— E. Davis, photo, Waikouaiti. EXTERIOR OF ,ST. JOHN'S, WAIKOUAITT. — E. Davis, photo, Waikouaiti. EXTERIOR OF ST. JOHN'S VICARAGE. This church, the oldest Anglican Church in the diocese, was built by the late Mr John Jones, who also built the parsonage, probably in 1858. The first vestry meeting was held by the late Archdeacon Fenton in 1859, but the baptism and burial registers contain entries dated December and September, 1858, respectively. The church people used occasionally to lend the building to the Presbyterians before their church was erected. It is built of wood (mostly totara), and has been enlarged twice since its erection. The first vicar was the late Yen. Archdeacon Fenton, who was succeeded by the Rev. Mt Dasent. Then followed the Revs. E. H. Grainger (at one time of All Saints' Dunedin), F. J. Sotham (accidentally killed atWaimate), F. J. Barton-Parkes, H. C. Frere (now at Hillhead, Devizes, England) where the Autumn manoeuvres are held), W. S. Lucas (who has just gone to Nelson), and, lastly, the Rev! C. A. Fraer (son-in-law to the Hon. George M'Lean), who enters on his parish ministry this week. The church contains a very fine east^window, depicting the Resurrection — a memorial to the late Henry Orbell, who for many years acted as lay-reader and churchwarden. It is one of the few. New Zealand churches surrounded by a burial ground : the land being consecrated for that purpose before the public graveyard was opened, and funeral's coming from as far distant places as the Taieri in the south, andDeepdell in the north. ■ ' "