Correspondence between the Bishops of Natal, Maritzburg, Zululand and Cape Town, the Archbishop of York and the Secretary for Scandinavia of the Anglo-Continental Society.

Correspondents:

Bishop J.W. Colenso.

F.S. May.

Bishop R. Cray.

Archbishop W. Thomson(York).

Bishop W.K. Macrorie.

Bishop T.E. Wilkinson.

Subjects:

Bishop Twell's resignation.

Qualifications necessary for a bishop of Zululand, which make Robertson an unsuitable choice.

Status of Bishop Wilkinson as a missionary bishop in Zululand. Bishop Colenso's objection to Wilkinson being called Bishop of Zululand and statement that Bishop Schreuder of the Norwegian Church's Missions has a better claim to that title. State of the church in Natal.

Need for Bishop Wilkinson to consider his health and be less impulsive.

Subjects:

Question of whether the bishop should reside at Durban or Pietermaritzburg.

Difficulties of finding representatives for Provincial Synod. Plans for building and staffing schools in Maritzburg. Bishop Colenso's attempts to stir up trouble amongst churchmen in Natal.

Financial problems of the Diocese.

Opening of a new church in Durban, 1870.

Problems of Zululand.

Inadequacy of his stipend and inadvisability to depend on Bishop Gray for this stipend.

Account of Diocesan Synod and of the charge he delivered there, 1870.

Attempt by Bishop Colenso to have all Natal church property transferred from Bishop Gray to himself by means of a bill in the Legislative Assembly.

Plans for a Diocesan Boys School, 1871.

Visit to Zululand during inter-regnum 1890.

Choice of Carter as the new bishop.