"Kamerun/Cameroon: Letters and reports for 1910, part I"

238 documents arranged in 13 sections (E-2.32 contains the Quarterly and Annual Reports for 1910); Ausschuss für Kamerun: letters and reports from the Mission's Local Executive Committee and its members, Documents 1-58; Numbers 3-15 and 28 deal with severe disagreements between Dr. Haeberlin and some of the other missionaries, resulting in Haeberlin leaving Cameroon. See also Nos. 86 and 91-8 below; Nos. 17 and 18: Dinkelacker as Inspector of Schools and Lutz as Local Chairman, report on proposed new regulations for schools in Cameroon, and their struggle to maintain Duala as language of Instruction in schools in the coastal region. See also No. 22; Nos. 30a-c: Lutz, Hecklinger and Gutbrod on the founding of a new Station in Ndunge. See also Nos. 53 and 57b; No. 42 includes reference to the proposed boarding school in Bali and the attached agricultural project (See also E-2 . 29 , 222-3); Bonaku: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 59-113; Nos 62-65: drawings of the proposed new church in Bonabela and a recommendation by Hüttinger (in the Basel Mission administration in Basel); Nos. 106-108: drawings of the new school in Bonabela; Bonaberi- letters and reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 114-126; Bombe: letters and reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 127-133; Nos. 128a-128f are concerned with a proposed printing Press to be started in Duala; No. 133b: Spellenberg asks for permission to start working in the Keaka-Banyang area, with a missionary to reside at Tinto; Attached is a sketch map of the area; Mangamba: letters and reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 134-140; Nyasoso: letters and reports from the Station at Nyasoso, Documents 141-143; Lobethal: letters and reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 144-154; No. 151a: Kohl on the way Basel Mission practice links Holy Communion and Church Tax: with several comments by other missionaries added to his letter; Edea: letters and reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 155-164; No. 155: more land belonging to the Station is needed for the railway. Lauffer asks permission to sell it to the Government; (See also No. 158); Sakbayeme: letters and reports from the Station at Sakbayeme, Documents 165-168; No. 166: Hässig reports that he has sent to Basel a manuscript for a Basa Catechism and a book of Basa proverbs, both for printing; Victoria: letters and reports from the Station at Victoria, Documents 169-173; Buea: letters and reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 174-178; Bali: letters and reports from the Station at Bali, Documents 179-225; No. 179: Keller explains why the time is not ripe to begin an agricultural project. (See also No. 207 below and E-2.29,222-3); No. 197: sketch map showing the Station area with all its buildings; No. 199: the Bali missionaries ask for permission to change Church Tax practice. Africans should have more responsibility and know that money they give is used for them and not "eaten by the white missionaries"; Nos. 202 and 203: Striebel describes the area south and southeast of Bagam, with sketch maps; Nos. 204-206 on the question of which missionaries should be stationed in Bagam: and the use of the Bali language in church and school. See also No. 211a and 211b; No. 207: Keller on the agricultural project again - a Start could be made with cattle-breeding; Bamum: letters and reports from the Station at Bamum, Documents 226-238; Nos. 229-232: drawings of the proposed second mission house

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