"Kamerun/Cameroon, Letters and Reports from 1909, part I"

252 documents arranged in 13 sections - one for each Station plus one for the Local executive Committee. In this year in contrast to 1908 all the general correspondence has been bound in one volume. E-2.30 contains the Quarterly and Annual Reports for the year; Ausschuss für Kamerun: letters and reports from the Mission's Local Executive Committee and its members; Nos. 16a-c: on the expropriation of mission land in Bonaberi, See also E-2.23,11; Nos. 25-27: draft regulations for schools in German Colonies with critical remarks by Dinkelacker; Nos. 43-44: draft of a Schoolbook for teaching German to be used in all German Colonies and written by D. Westermann; Bonaku: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 66-115; Problems in medical work are discussed in Nos. 66-67, 70, 78-81, 87-90, 101, 106-111; Bonaberi: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 116-117; Bombe: letters and reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 118-122; Mangamba: letters and reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 123-137; No. 128: drawing of the Mission House in Mangamba; No. 133: sketch map of Cameroon showing the areas where the different missions are working; Nyasoso: letters and reports from the Station at Nyasoso, Documents 138-147; No. 140: request for permission to found a new Station at Ndonge (=Ndunge?); Lobethal: letters and reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 148-153; Edea: letters and reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 154-162; No. 159: Lauffer on language Problems in this area with Basa-speaking pupils who want to go on to the Middle School in Lobethal where Duala is the medium of Instruction; Nos. 161-162: Lauffer reports that expropriation of Edea Station land for the building of the proposed railway means demolishing the church; Sakbayeme: letters and reports from the Station at Sakbayeme, Documents 163-170; No. 164: includes a sketch-map of the Edua-Sakbayeme Station area with outstations; Victoria: letters and reports from the Station at Victoria, Documents 171-178; Buea: letters and reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 179-194; No. 185: drawing of an additional wing to the Station building; Bali: letters and reports from the Station at Bali, Documents 195-237; No. 196: Ernst suggests to the Committee in Basel that, since a Station building has already been put up, Bagam should become a full Station. See also Nos 199, 212, 216-8 (which include Plans of the house and Compound) and 229; No. 221: includes a sketch map of the area around Bali with outstations; Nos. 222 and 223: on the necessity of an agricultural project in connection with the planned seminary in Bali. The land earmarked for this is seen on a plan in No. 224; No. 226: Keller asks the Basel Mission to designate a missionary for work among the Hausa; Bamum: letters and reports from the Station at Bamum, Documents 238-252; Nos. 240 and 252: on the second Station building in Bamum; Nos. 247-250: on the new missionary doctor to be stationed in Bamum, Dr. Horn (But see E-2.29.63 below)

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