300 20 77964 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 31.08.1852 Proper date: 31.08.1852 Description An account of the resource On 28 May found several men sitting in the street in Abiru, waiting for the Adda people to arrive with fish (specified men not women). Also a report of an escaped slave trying to take refuge with them - he spoke broken arabic, but was fellow countryman of one of the station staff, from Merawa. Exactly what the mission did with him is not clear. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.04a.66 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.04a - Ghana 1851-1853 Title A name given to the resource Widmann's Quarter Report Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 07.09.1852 Proper date: 07.09.1852 Description An account of the resource The report includes a very brief account of the political geography of Akwapim as he understands it. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.04a.68 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.04a - Ghana 1851-1853 Title A name given to the resource Mader's Quarter Report Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 30.09.1852 Proper date: 30.09.1852 Description An account of the resource The report includes some informatios on social customs and beliefs. Also further dialectic with the Fetish priest of Abiru. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.04a.69 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.04a - Ghana 1851-1853 Title A name given to the resource Widmann's Quarter Report Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 07.12.1852 Proper date: 07.12.1852 Description An account of the resource Includes a description of his language work, and some comments on his results. Also a brief account of the geographical positions of the Akwapim villags and their relations with the Mission. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.04a.73 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.04a - Ghana 1851-1853 Title A name given to the resource Mader's Quarter Report Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 1852 Proper date: 1852 Description An account of the resource Includes a fairly straightforward undetailed account of the Akwapim economy, most of which was printed in Heidenbote 1853, p. 107. As a preface however, was a census of Akwapim, which was left unprinted. The figures were compiled by the Polltax collector in Akwapim, they are said to be the number of inhabitants. There is no discussion of what they represent, other than that the point is made that the Collector will have less than the whole number of the people. There is no suggestion in report as to their fundamental unsoundness. (NB In Widmann’s quarterly report dated 1 Oct 1852 (no. 71) the collector in Akwapim is named as Niels Holm, a mulatto who had been one of Widmann’s servants when Widmann first went to Akropong, and later had been a master in the Basel Mission School in Christiansborg). Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.04a.75 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.04a - Ghana 1851-1853 Title A name given to the resource Second Half Yearly Report of the Station as a whole Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 22.12.1851 Proper date: 22.12.1851 Description An account of the resource Missionary journey: Apirede - Chief Locco's plantation: palmoil - Krobo hill-Shai. Preaching. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 8 pages Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.04a.I.,38 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.04a - Ghana 1851-1853: D-01.04a.I. - Akropong 1851 Title A name given to the resource Mader to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 26.12.1851 Proper date: 26.12.1851 Description An account of the resource Trials with a pump to get the water from the source up. Since there is water, they could begin with cows. He went and bought 4 at Ada. One had to be slaughtered and they give until now very little milk. Foot journeys: Accra, Adda(2 times), Prampram (mentioned only). Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 3 pages Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.04a.I.,39 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.04a - Ghana 1851-1853: D-01.04a.I. - Akropong 1851 Title A name given to the resource Süss to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 10.12.1851 Date late: 13.12.1851 Proper date: 10.12.1851-13.12.1851 Description An account of the resource The quality of coffee and arrowroot sent to Basel not yet satisfactory, a house for storing coffee etc. and as a stable for cows to be built. Settling prices for Coffee and arrowroot: requirement of an "Oeconom" (agricultural and crafts expert). Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 7 pages Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.04a.I.,40 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.04a - Ghana 1851-1853: D-01.04a.I. - Akropong 1851 Title A name given to the resource General conference Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 07.01.1853 Proper date: 07.01.1853 Description An account of the resource Analyzis of the family and economic interrelations involved in the upbringing of children in Akropong. Countersigned by the rest of the station staff. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.04a.77 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.04a - Ghana 1851-1853 Title A name given to the resource Süss to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: January 1853 Proper date: January 1853 Description An account of the resource Includes further comments on the census figures (Second Half Year Report No 75). Now states that the inhabitants of the villages did not include the numbers of their slaves and slaves’ children. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.04a.78 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.04a - Ghana 1851-1853 Title A name given to the resource Widmann's Quarter Report Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 07.03.1853 Proper date: 07.03.1853 Description An account of the resource News has been brought by Peki people to the Baael Mission in Christiansborg that an Asante-Akwamu treaty has been concluded in which Asante has promised to help Akwamu restore Crepi to its territories: after that Akwamu will assist Asante in an expedition against the coast, with Akwapim and the Accra areas as its special objectives. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.04a.88 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.04a - Ghana 1851-1853 Title A name given to the resource Locher to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 22.04.1853 Proper date: 22.04.1853 Description An account of the resource Reports panic in Akropong on the rumour that the Asante army is in Akim…His understanding of the war is that when two Asin princes entered into an agreement with the Asantehene, the British government imprisoned them in Cape Coast, on which an Asante army of 1500 was sent to the Pra. A small British force of 50 under a white officer sent to the Pra was almost captured. The Akwapim were asked to join an expedition which marched to the Pra (composed mainly of Fantes and Assins). Now there are plans for an expedition against the Akwamus (whose casus belli against Crepi is said to have been the beheading of two Akwamu princes in the market place at Peki). The role of Akwapim is not clear - the only sentence reporting events in that state says: ’Our king returned with his people, he must wait for a message from the Governor as to whether to procede against the Akwamu or not.’ Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.04a.90 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.04a - Ghana 1851-1853 Title A name given to the resource Widmann to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 25.05.1853 Proper date: 25.05.1853 Description An account of the resource (a) his account of the war-scare adds nothing to what has already been said, except that Akwapim made its war-customs, and asked the British government for weapons, powder and lead. Mader points out that it was all a rumour- and compares it with a scare that the French were about to invade which swept Schwabia in March 1848. b) He also offers an account of the history of Akwapim, which he comments is a war-history like that of the Swiss – a people searching for freedom (though on a smaller scale). He says it is translated ‘from the mouths of the people', and the text of the history is indeed in quotation marks. Previously the Akwanu people lived between Nyanawase in the Accra area to Kekwaprangase (or Tekwaprangase, the initial consonant is not clear) (now) an Akim village near the Akwapim farms. Their king was called Ansasraku. His subjects had become so many that he could not call them together by messenger, as the custom is, but would let off a cannon to call them together, (Mader comments that he does not know if this is true, but it is not at all unlikely that the Portuguese or the Dutch would give such an important Chief a cannon to mark some treaty which had been concluded). The Akwapims were among Ansasraku’s subjects. They were treated no different from wild animals, however, as for example if a father gave his son a gun an d sent him into the bush to hunt, if he found an Akwapim he would shout ‘Are you a man or an animal?’ If the Akwapim did not answer on the spot, the Akwamu would shoot him without a second thought. The Akwapims put up with this sort of thing for a long time, but in the end they sent an ambassader to the king of Akim to tell him that because they had no chief the Akwamu were treating them like wild animals and that if he would send them a hard-neckled leader, who would drive away the Akwamu, they would serve the King of Akim. At this the King of Akim’s brother swore the war-oath to the King and prepared to attack the Akwamu. The King chose warriors, armed them, and put them under the orders of his brother: and they set out. The leader instructed the Akim and Akwapim warriors to remain in two groups, the Akwapim marching toward the enemy first, while he stayed with his people in the rear. When the Akwamu heard that the Akwapims were coming to attack them, they said scornfully ‘The Dokunno are freely giving themselves to the dogs - let us catch them like little chickens'. When soon after they heard the beat of drums, several scouts were sent out. They did not see the Akims, however. They were able to shoot most of them, and the few survivors fled back and said ‘Red people are coming, what shall we do?' The Akims are called the red people because they are not so black as the other negro tribes. At this the Akwamus gathered their people and divided them into one force to fight the Akwapims, and one force to fight the Akims, but they were heavily defeated, and those of them that survived fled to the Volta, crossed it, and settled on the other bank. Then the Akwapims invited the King of Akim's brother to be their king: as the proverb has it, ‘If you have no master, anyone at all can sell you'. He in turn sent to the king of Akim and asked his instructions. He replied ‘I know that the Akwapim are no nation because they have no king, so if you wish it, stay there are rule over them’. When the brother fetched his mother and family from Akim, and settled them thee in what is now the Akropong king's village of Amamprobi, an hour from here, later they wanted to be on the hills, and so they built Akropong, and we live here still. lt is usually the case for the Akims and the Asantes to be enemies - they were constantly at war. ln the same way the Akwapims and the Accras clashed. They killed each other without mercy, no Accra man dared to be found on the Akwapim hills, and if they wanted to work on farms near the hills, they were either chased away, or made captive, or killed. The produce of such farms in fact belonged to the Akwapims. This caused the Accras to send embassies to the Asantehene to ask him to intervene on their behalf against the Akwapims. The Asante army drove the Akims and Akwapims out of their towns into the Fante country. FoIlowing this, the Akwapims had to promise to serve the Asantehene, sending yearly a tribute: 2 large pewter plates, 100 baskets of salt, 300 men (probably for sacrifice), gold to the value of 660 Thalers. This went on until the Europeans began to wage war against the Asantes and drove theml out of our land. Had this not happened we would be now slaves of the Asantehene but now we own our own heads, eat our own bread and live in our own land. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.04a.94 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.04a - Ghana 1851-1853 Title A name given to the resource Mader's Quarter Report Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 25.05.1853 Proper date: 25.05.1853 Description An account of the resource Includes information about another slave, whose home-country was “Marrowa” where a dialect of Hausa is spoken. His master was an Asante who wanted to kill him because he could not carry a Ioad of salt. He fled to Akropong, but his master found out where he was, and sold him. On the outbreak of the war rumours.12 (?) Asantes were chained by their wrists to a log… they had happened to be visiting Akropong at the time, one at least as the head of an expedition with several supporters. They were still chained up as Christaller was writing…the leader of the expedition before his capture had had a two hour conversation with Christaller (no info as to subject) - since his capture Christaller had visited him several times but had got very little out of him 'the. Asantes are very proud, especially of their power, and of the wealth of their kings. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.04a.98 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.04a - Ghana 1851-1853 Title A name given to the resource Christaller's Quarter Report Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 1853 Proper date: 1853 Description An account of the resource In the tension with Asante and Akwamu, the Akwapims had destroyed the Akwamu villages this side of the Volta. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.04a.106 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.04a - Ghana 1851-1853 Title A name given to the resource Widmann's Quarter Report (Second Quarter 1853) Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 13.07.1853 Proper date: 13.07.1853 Description An account of the resource The Asante prisoners in Akropong, and the Akwapim merchants imprisoned in Asante are only now being released. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.04a.107 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.04a - Ghana 1851-1853 Title A name given to the resource Half Year Report of the Station Akropong Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 1853 Proper date: 1853 Description An account of the resource During the Asante war-scare Obosompra at Abiru had told the Akropongs not to plant yams, and this was causing some difficulties with the yam custom (The Mission was under pressure to present a cow for the custom.). Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.04b.113 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.04b - Ghana 1851-1853 Title A name given to the resource Widmann's Quarter Report (Third Quarter 1853) Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 28.09.1853 Date late: 29.09.1853 Proper date: 28.09.1853-29.09.1853 Description An account of the resource The first subject under discussion was Süss’ defection to Gyadam. The report includes a copy of Süss first letter from Gyadam dated 6 Sep 1853. He arrived on the 4th, and since has been living in the chief’s house, the chief giving him his food. Most of the discussion about his move is concerned with relations between the missionaries, a letter to Süss from the Committee in Basel concerning his relations with the Station Präses having triggered off the move. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.04b.115 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.04b - Ghana 1851-1853 Title A name given to the resource Protocol of the Gold Coast Conference of the Mission in Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 25.11.1853 Proper date: 25.11.1853 Description An account of the resource As with all his formal reports includes a discussion of his progress in learning twi. This one includes information on his informants – he has been endeavouring to meet people from many places in order to improve his grasp of the language, and among his visitors has been the son of the king of Akwamu and an Asante previously resident in Akropong. Most of his information since early September, however, has come from Kofi Akotia successor of the king of Akwapim – i.e. the king six successions back from the present one. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.04b.120a Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.04b - Ghana 1851-1853 Title A name given to the resource Christaller's Quarter Report Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: May 1852 Proper date: May 1852 Description An account of the resource Made a short visit to Logong on Feb 6th, to talk to the baptismal candidate Sang who lived there. The report also offers a summary of Zimmermann's activities in the agricultural field since his arriving in Christiansborg. He made an experimental garden around the church in Christiansborg, and had had rather slight success with cereals (Korn), beans, cabbages, kohlrabi, and Luzern. A certain amount of Luzern survived, and seemed to have acclimatised well, he has still also a few tobacco plants, one vine, one Kohlrabi plant, and a few been plants. So he has turned to experiments with tropical crops, which have been more encouraging. In the last quarter of 1851 the long-neglected plantation at Abokobi was taken in hand... ....little seems to have remained from the planting of the previous owners. Zimmermann blames the weather mostly, tho' the lack of constant attnntion was also to blame for this. In the new year (1852) Zimmermann recruited 9 labourers to work at a 5 1/2 x 7 hour week, at Fr. 3.20 per month, and a cloth yearly on Christmas Day. With all other expenditures 6 months expenditure should come to Fr. 140. Altogether he expects to have 6-8 Juchart of land under cultivation in the coming rainy season. He planned to plant these with a mixture of local food crops and cash crops, naming for the latter arrowroot, cotton, coffee, and perhaps sugar-cane. He advises the presence of European supervision, which he calculates would mean 25% more work being done. He hopes to go to Cape Coast to study Freeman's extensive plantation at first hand. As for the development of Christiansborg from this angle, cotton and other commodities could he grown - if the existing Institute were to be turned into a boarding school, the scholars could provide the labour. Two years ago they had four head of cattle, four more were bought later. Two of these were lost, two died, and five have been slaughtered. 6 head remain. The capital invested in cows is Fr. 250, Fr.150 has been paid as rent for their stalls, The value of the slaughtered cattle has been Fr 60 each, and allowing for cost of herding, the loss over two years has been Fr. 170. The value of the milk obtained was negligeable. He sugeests these attempts at cattle rearing should be continued in the grasslands around Christiansborg, remembering that with an increased herd losses will be reduced since the cattle will stick together better, the labour costs will average out at less per head of cattle, and there is some hope that they will become able to milk all the cows as they currently do at Elmina, As soon as possible therefore he proposes to buy cows from the lower coast, where they are cheap. Horses have also proved their worth - see the conference protocol asking the Home Committee for permission to increase the holding of horses on the Christiansborg station. The mission also possesses about 120 head of sheep and goats on the two stations and at Abokobi. In the last 9 months 30 have been lost through theft and negligence, and a lot have succumbed to disease, But even so 40-50 have been slaughtered, and 60 remain. Expenditure has been in the region of Fr. 650 for the animals, Fr. 50 for food, while the value of the remaining animals is Fr.240, the value of the slauhhtered Fr. 200, and the milk (from the goats) has been worth at least Fr.130, together making a credit of Fr. 570. The loss in this field has been therefore Fr.130, but the last quarterly result have been much better and therefore he hopes to have better long-term results than this. (He names the most serious disease as “Reute”, this may be the same as “Räude” which means simply mange). This means sheep and goats are easier and more profitable than cows to raise...they are easier to acquire too. A local goat costs Fr. 3 1/2, a goat from Europe Fr.7, and a sheep (provenance not clear) Fr. 5 on the average. One factor to take into account in discussing the raising of sheep and goats is that the missionaries are going to need fresh healthy meaty and milk, and these are not always to be had, especially the latter. Zimmermann lists the prices of different products like meat, fish, chicken, Welschkorn, yams , sweet potatoes, bananas, plantains and local maize beer. European food and drink is not much more expensive than that produced locally. It is the policy to reduce consumption of European commodities, but this is not altogether possible, since sometimes local foods are unobtainable, and the mission is not able to store foods for long periods. The European foodstuffs which are most essential to the mission are: rice, sugar, flour, oil, butter. Red wine is being drunk less, but some Rhinewine is needed for sickness. Beer is very valuable as a drink for journeys and other unusual exertions. Tho’ even so, the merchants are selling the cheapest sugar at double the price they pay for it in England. He reckons the support of a pupil costs Fr. 12; much of the year he has to pay for water (this is in Christiansborg). Firewood costs Fr. 180 per year. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.04b.132 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.04b - Ghana 1851-1853 Title A name given to the resource Zimmermann's Quarter Report