CHRISTIANITY

THE

MEANS OF CIVILIZATION :

SHOWN IN

THE EVIDENCE GIVEN BEFORE A COMMITTEE

OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,

ON ABORIGINES,

BY D. COATES, ESQ., REV. JOHN BEECHAM, AND

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REV. WILLIAM ELLIS.

SECRETARIES OF THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY,
THE WESLEYAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY, AND

LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

LIBRA

OF THE

R

UNIMERSITY

TO WHICH IS ADDED

PUBLISHED BY R. B. SEELEY AND W. BURNSIDE,
L. AND G. SEELEY, AND T. MASON.

MDCCCXXXVII.

A Committee of the House of Commons was appointed in the session of 1833, and renewed in that of 1835, to consider what measures ought to be adopted with regard to the native inhabitants of countries where British Settlements are made, and to the neighbouring Tribes, in order to secure to them the due observance of justice, and the protection of their rights; to promote the spread of civilization among them, and to lead them to the peaceful and voluntary reception of the Christian Religion.' Before this Committee the Secretaries of the several Missionary Societies were officially summoned by the Chairman, T. F. Buxton, Esq., to give evidence on certain topics comprised within the inquiries referred to