159. ORSMOND, John Muggridge (29). Studied at Gosport. Appointed to the South Seas. Ordained Dec. 22 1815 at King St. Ch., Portsea. Married. Sailed July 14 1816. Arrived at Rio Janeiro, Sept. 16, at Sydney, Dec. 20. Left Sydney for Moorea, Feb. 18, arriving April 27 1817. Removed to Huahine on June 20 1818 and in December in the same year to Raiatea. Mrs. Orsmond died in Raiatea Jan 6 1819. He visited New South Wales where he married again. On Nov. 13, 1820, removed to Borabora. Early in 1824, removed to Griffin Town in Moorea, and took charge of the South Sea Academy. In 1831, resigned his tutorship, and removed to Bogue Town, Tahiti. On Dec. 26, 1833, set out on a visit to the out-stations in the Marquesas. His connection with the Society was dissolved in 1844, but he remained in Tahiti, receiving a salary from the French Government. Died, April 23, 1856, at sea, on his was from Tahiti to New Zealand ( via Sydney ).