In November, 1851, Kallihirua was placed, by direction of the Lords of
the Admiralty, at the suggestion of the Society for the Propagation of
the Gospel, in the Missionary College of St. Augustine's, at
Canterbury. This college, built on the site of the ancient monastery
of St. Augustine, was established in 1848, for the reception of
students intended for the work of the sacred Ministry in the colonies
and dependencies of the British Empire, as well as among the heathen.
The College, to which the Queen gave a charter of incorporation, owes
its origin chiefly to the munificence of A. J. B. Beresford Hope,
Esq., who purchased the ground, and gave the site. The College Chapel
was consecrated on the morning of St. Peter's Day, June 29th, 1848,
when seven prelates, with the Archbishop of Canterbury at their head,
were present.