"Ostindischer Gen[eral] Konf [erenz] Aussch[uss] und Südmahratta 1890 / Letters and Reports from India: General Conference Executive Committee and Northern Karnataka 1890"

This volume consists of the following sections: General Conference Executive Committee (29 documents); Field Treasurer (34 documents); South Mahratta District (13); Dharwar (11); Hubli (19); [Gadag] Betgeri (26); Guledagudda (7), Bijapur (9). Selection of interesting documents (based on the captions given in the section indexes): Advertising for the Basel Mission in the British periodical The Christian (General Conference Executive Committee 8-9) Discussion of changes in the pay system for pastors and catechists (General Conference Executive Committee 13-16); other general financial questions related to Indian staff (Field Treasurer 37-39, 42) Printed half page circular on a successful treatment, in Zürich, of chronic dysentery (General Conference Executive Committee 21) Special reports from the heads of boarding schools on the costs of the institutions and the rules for admission (General Conference Executive Committee 23-29); Discussion on missionary journeys home (Field Treasurer 10 documents); Refresher course for catechists (South Mahratta 71) Draft regulations on the Mission’s contributions to support the education of children of pastors and christian teachers (South Mahratta 72a). Journeys to Hindu festivals in Sirsi (Dharwad 77), Jellama Gudda (Dharwad 79), Unakallu (Hubli 102) Preparing to build the High School (Dharwad 82) The Poor Fund in Hubli, its deficit, and the proposal to increase the rents for the houses used to finance this Fund (Hubli 90-1) Instruction for Rev. Lot Heri (Hubli 94) Rannibenur (Hubli 98) Preaching journey to Gokarna (Hubli 100) A conversation with Tschintupant in Shiggarwi (Hubli 101) The death of Benedicta, a catechist’s wife (Hubli 103) Two Indian children in the responsibility of Mrs Collison in Wiesbaden (Bettigeri 108) There are German translations of the annual reports for the congregations in Bettigeri by S. Bhaskar and in Shagodi by S. Diwada, together 33 pp. Arson in Mushtigeri (Guledgudd 134). Bijapur 145 and 146 are David Berli’s first Quarterly Reports from Bijapur. They are about his journeys to places around Bijapur - "hopes and disappointments"

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