This published material (126 items) relates to Mission work among the Chinese in the Otago and Southland goldfields
of New Zealand and has been copied from the following Presbyterian journals :

"The Evangelist"
"The New Zealand Presbyterian"
"The Christian Outlook"
"The Outlook"

Please note that only our southern based journals have been searched. As we currently do not hold a complete set of
"The Evangelist", please click Here to ascertain which issues are included in this material. This material also generally
excludes the large number of articles written by Rev A Don while in China during the period 1879-80 and 1896-97.

Main Topics Include :

Search for a Chinese Evangelist (1869); appointment of Mr Paul Ah Chin to Tuapeka District (1871); Baptism of first Chinese Christian converts (1871); report on "The Chinese in Otago" (1872); need for a Christian Mission to China (1873); search in China for another Chinese Evangelist to come to Otago (1875); appointment of Rev Alaxander Don as new Chinese Missioner and sending of Rev Don to China for language instruction (1879); report on trip in South China by Rev A Don (1881); need for Chinese Mission near Riverton (1881); reports on Chinese Mission work at Round Hill and Riverton by Rev A Don, including his serialized personal diary notes of daily events, activities and observations (1882 to 1886); notes on "Inland Tour" of the Chinese working in the Southland and Otago region and goldfields by Rev A Don (1885; 1887; 1888; 1889; 1890-91; 1892-93; 1894-95; 1896-97; 1900-01); reports of Evangelistic work among the Chinese in the Lawrence-Tuapeka area by Rev A Don (1886-88); reports on work of Chinese Evangelist Mr Kwok Wai Shang at Riverton - Roundhill (1886-87); transfer of Rev A Don to Dunedin (1889); Evangelistic work among the Chinese in Dunedin by Rev A Don (1889-96); the Question of Chinese Emigration to New Zealand (1889); general reports on Chinese Mission work including references to Chinese customs; inland Evangelistic tour by Mr TF Loie (1898-1899; 1899-1901); lantern slide tour by Rev A Don towards promoting and raisning funds for a "Canton Villages Mission" in South China (1899); Chinese gambling; Otago Central "Lantern Tour" by Rev A Don (1899); article "Work Amongst [the] Chinese of Otago" by Rev GH McNeur (1901).