"Stations Conference Protocool"

Basel has written that a budget of £18 per person in Anum for carriage costs is too high. They, on the other hand, plead that it is too low: that each load costs 4 heads of cowries, and that many loads are also lost or stolen on the way. J. Müller, in a subscript, gives the following rates for loads carried inland from Osu (where it appears most loads for Anum originate, and most are paid): Kyebi budget — £15 p.a. (costing 3 heads cowries per load) Odumase - £9 p.a. (at 1.6 loads of cowries per head) Confirming Anum loads cost 4 heads of cowries. The letter is also about relations with the Handelsgesellschaft: Basel thinks much provisioning for the missionaries is carried in loads charged to the trading account, but Müller and the Anum missionaries both deny this categorically, Müller saying that the Handelsgesellschaft people are very particular not to do this. it was difficult to procure foodstuffs in Anum, and when they were available for sale, it was at a very high price.

01.09.1865

01.09.1865

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