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The Basel Committee have suggested, in view of an earlier Anum report over unhealthy grass fields on the Mission land, that the Anum missionaries should encourage immigrants from other areas to come and cultivate the land. Müller explains how…

Asks for a station library. History, commentaries and sermons, dictionaries of Greek and Hebrew, African travels, mission history, mission biographies wanted. Also books in English, especially for the Catechist who needs to have the opportunity to…

Reports Clerk's expedition to Krakye and the need to take up the opening quickly - Pastor Hall once reported that the young people had long been waiting for a teacher, and that many were sighing under the oppression of the fetish. So theyshould go to…

A report on events in the Volta Region, especially relations with the German Regime, and acts of the latter. In view of the approaches made to Clerk by Baumann, an official of the German colonial regime, with regard to the founding of a station at…

He reports that Mohr is going to make a journey of exploration in March and April 1896 in the northern part of the Anum district.

Asks Basel to make representations to Berlin on the matter of the slave trade in the Volta region.

Reports briefly on the Asante-Nkoranza war, and the fact of the troops passing through Akropong to Akim. He quotes from a letter he has received from Clerk on the subject of Dente - this says that the Nkoranza women had been sent to Krakye.

Discusses the possibility of setting up a slave-home, and place of refuge. This has apparently been raised by Secretary Würz in a letter to Pfarrer Rohr in Bern. He seems in favour they would have to have the concurrence of whichever colonial regime…

Forwarding Hall's report (see No. 119), and more or less unconditionally applying on behalf of Buem for Clerk's transfer there with a catechist. He seems to accept Hall's judgement, cites as impressive the request from Akpanya of Borada, and the…

Report on a journey to Nkonya. En route preaching in the Boso area - a rare case of opposition in that when they went to preach in To there were few people there, and these people mocked them, so they had to leave. The Abo was swollen and they heard…

In Ntwumuru Hall's house was indeed the first to be put up with European-style doors and shutters. Müller reports many families living per house, and says this is because they are farmers and spend much time out of the town. In the early part of 1889…

Concerned with the first Mission Anniversary, Total realised from the offerings £20=15, more or less, from the different sources, in proportion to the strength of the congregations as indicated by the records of the stations already extracted -…

Continuing the history of the Tafiewe war - the second Peki expedition joined up with the Hausas apparently under English command, but the Pekis especially were severely led by the Tafiewes who fired from ambushes and from holes they had dug in the…

Reports about Boakye's losses at Asuom in 1886 and the compensation he has received as a result of the court process.

More detailed information on the journey of exploration to Salaga. He describes the Anum-Boso district as containing 6-7,000 inhabitants - perhaps 10,000 if you include the Ewe speaking villages in the Boao valley, Parema, To and Tonko. While in the…

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9 page TS summary biography in German based on materials presented by Shrinivas Havanur. With special reference to his linguistic, cultural and and translation work.

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