"Kamerun/Cameroon 1901"

264 documents bound into one volume and divided into 12 sections; The last section is a special one on the question of emoluments for the Basel Missionaries in Cameroon (see below: "....Reduzierung der persönlichen Verwilligungen...."); Diverse Akten betreffend Kamerun - miscellaneous documents concerning Cameroon, Documents 1-14 mainly Government documents on the land question and the recruitment of labourers; Ausschuss der Kamerunmission: letters and reports from the Mission's Local Executive Committee in Cameroon and its members, Documents 15-66; No. 17: Dietrich reports on the practice of slave-trading, slavery and pawning in Cameroon and urges legal measures to combat the problem; No. 46: Schuler on tensions between colonial officers and missionaries because of Schrempfs Intervention in the Reichstag which accused the Government and the plantation owners of maltreatment of the population; Ueber Reduzierung der persönlichen Verwilligungen der Brüder in Kamerun - concerning the reduction of the personal allowances paid to Basel missionaries in Cameroon, Documents 67-113, the whole sections consists of correspondence between the Inspector in Basel and the head of the Mission's administration there on the one side, and the Cameroon missionaries on the other, each missionary stating his views on the proposed reduction in a personal and confidential letter; Bonaku: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 114-148; No. 119: a sketch of plans for a new boathouse; No. 132: a drawing for new school buildings in Bonanjo; No. 137 and 138: reports on the "German schools" in Bonanio and Bell Town (a part of Duala named after Manea Bell); No. 139: Mrs Lorch reports on the Girls' School; No. 140: Deibol reports on Bonaduma; No.141: report on medical mission work by Dr. Hey with critical comments by several missionaries (Nos. 142 - 148); Bonaberi- letters and reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 149-159; No. 28: Dinkelacker on illness and disease among non-christians: "Ueber das Krankheitselend in der Heidenwelt"; No. 153: a story, written by Dinkelacker for the magazine "Der Jugendfreund", about a leopard in the school-yard ("Der Leopard im Schülerhof"); Bombe: letters and reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 160-174; No. 165: Stolzon a journey to the north and north-west of Bombe; No. 166: Stolzon a Government (?) expedition to the Bumbi mountains; No. 169: the missionaries in Bombe ask permission to start a boys' boarding school in Bombe; No. 174: Chapuis' annual report complains about the bad effects Government expeditions have on the people. He also mentions the revival of secret societies (losango); Mangamba: letters and reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 175-192; No. 178: minutes of Station Conference on the founding of a new Station in the Dibombe area (Nianga between Mangamba and Nyasoso), See also No. 176; No. 179: Wittwer's quarterly report mentions a journey to Ndogripenda and encounters with secret societies; No. 185: Report on the "United Congregations" by Wittwer; Nyasoso: letters and reports from the Station at Nyasoso, Documents 193-214; No. 194: Walker and Basedow ask for permission to start a boys' school in Nyasoso and send in their estimate of the costs involved (No. 195); No. 201: Dorsch compares the language spoken around Nyasoso with the Duala language; No. 211: Wittwer discusses the proposal to found a new Station at Nvanga; Lobethal: letters and reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 215-227; No. 218: a story about pythons. told by Roth; No. 221: Maier reports the rebaptism of a women who had already been baptised by a Catholic priest; No. 224: in his quarterly report Maier writes about the judiciary in Cameroon; No. 226: in his annual report Maier mentions the trouble caused by the forcible recruitment of labourers; Edea: letters and reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 228-238; No. 228: Minutes of a Station Conference meeting dealing with permission to open a Girls' Boarding School (Mädchenanstalt) and the number of girls to be admitted to this school; Victoria: letters and reports from the Station at Victoria, Documents 239-245; No. 240: Krayl's journey to the Balondo area (Lake Soden), travel through the forest, with some mention of secret societies; No. 245: Lutz' Annual Report for the Station mentions another punitive expedition to Buea; Buea: letters and reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 246-264; No. 256: Schuler's detailed report of conditions in Buea district and the land problem

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