"Buhl to Basel"

On the subject of the English regime, its relations with Basel etc. - Buhl as Mission Treasurer in Christiansborg seems held to have a watching brief over events on the Gold Coast for the Basel Committee. He reports the relations between Ramseyer and the government over Ramseyer’s plan to go to Kumasi - represents the Governor’s reactions as evidence of the great weakness of his position and that of the regime on the Coast. Governor Freeling is a civilian, not a soldier. At the end of the letter he lists the personnel of the Colonial Government - 1 governor, 1 Colonial Secretary, 1 Chief Justice, 1 Private Secretary, 1 judge, 1 auditor, 1 Police Magistrate, 1 Captain for the troops, 1 Customs collector, 1 doctor, and in every significant town on the coast one under-collector. This list omits the people at Lagos.

25.01.1878

25.01.1878

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