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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

The Rev. Alexander Don

The Rev. Alexander Don , Chinese Missioner, was born in Victoria and came to New Zealand as a teacher to the Port Chalmers High School in 1879. When the Presbytorian Church of Otago and Southland called for a young man to go Canton to learn the Chinese language, and afterwards work among the Chinese in Otago and Southland, Mr. Don volunteered and was accepted for the work. In 1879 he went to Canton, and after sixteen months of study, returned to Dunedin in 1881. He underwent a short course of study in Dunedin, and then entered on the work of the mission at Riverton and Lawrence, he was transferred to Dunedin, and is now Chinese Missionary of the Presbyterian Church for the whole of New Zealand. Mr. Don is assisted by Mr. William Chan, a young Chinese convert, who studied for four years in the American Presbyterian College at Canton, where he obtained his diploma.