Concerning teacher Oforidee of Kukurantumi. Ata was wanting him to leave mission employment on the strength of having supported him for a year in the Wesleyan School in Cape Coast after he had voluntarily left the Middle School in Akropong. The…
Small pox had broken out in Kukurantumi and Osu. As a result 1aws were passed in Begoro: - All dogs were to be driven out of the town - For 40 days no-one was to go on trek so as to avoid having the small pox brought back into the town. - No drums…
Two pupils had been dismissed from the Akim Middle School before Christmas 1885, and when the pupils returned for the next term they were in any frame of mind. However, after the presbyters of several of the most important congregations had visited…
Forwards the text of a letter from Imm. Boakye in reply to the instructions posting him to Tafo (?). He is willing to go anywhere he is commanded, but no Akim town wants someone who has been expelled by the Asuums, and has also refused to serve the…
Reports a new intake into the Begoro Middle School. They were: John R. Fori, Winfrid Labi, Hansen Duro, Regnold Dame, Alex. Tani, Jacob Muni, Imm. Atakora. Samuel Ansa was the chief’s son from Begoro who was excluded for adultery.
Attempts to buy land in Nkwatia end Bepong have failed. They have to fight ageinst misapprehension among the Christians as well as the heathen that money from Europe can easily be come by the missionaries and secondly that they need land in all…
A report for the last quarter of 1885 and for the Boy’s Boarding School over the course of the whole year. His big fever followed on a preaching trip to Abene end Akankawaase. At Christmas the Abetifi church was filled with a congregation both of…
Report of his first months on the Gold Coast (he first arrived in Abetifi early in December). He had travelled from Akropong to Abetifi with no-one among his attendants able to speak English. And in Abetifi he thinks, apart from the Catechists no-one…
Since Dilger's leaving he has been especially busy with people coming to the station - some bring gifts of yams, rice, maize, pepper, groundnuts, onions, hens and eggs - others come with problems. The two most persistent of the latter are the request…
Offers as the main explanations for the non-return of the 7 boys after the Christmas holidays as people not understanding the worth of the school, and not wanting their sons to become Christians. He is especially sad about 2 of the non-returned –…
He reports extensive repairs needed by the Mission house at ground level, especially substitution of stone fundaments for the heavily damaged wooden balks used by the first builders.
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