The report is printed in Heidenbote 1895 pp 45-47. Though the manuscript is heavily edited, this is mostly stylistic alteration, and no substantial factual matter seems to have been excluded from the printed article.
One of the points at stake in the negotiations with Asante was whether Asante might take up some other power's protection - he had just heard that an agreemant had been concluded restricting Asante to the British sphere of influence. He had also…
Concerns a proposal to extend the east wing of the mission house at right angles in a two-storey building - shortage of accommodation caused partly by their having school boys from Asante Akim as house servants.
Informs him that Stewart and Vroom were going to Kumasi with a letter which was more or less an ultimatum to accept a British resident by 31st October or have an expedition sent against him. The letter also contains what news the Governor has of the…
Celebrates Hodgson's letter, and suggests that stations be set up in Nkoranza and either Kumawu or Mampong. He also asks for additional staff in early 1896 — 3 missionaries, young, but experienced and practical men (he suggests Lochmann, Kurz and…
In the attachment is a copy of a letter from a Togo Government Official named Oertzen welcoming the idea that the Basel Mission extend its area of operations in the German Protectorate, specifically naming Amfoi, Kpando, Kete Krakye and Buem as…
At a preaching in Amfoi he had discovered considerable support for the restoration of the school, and a form of words which seems to have implied that the elders were quite aware of the special role of the teacher in relation to the children, and…
Dates of the journey 27 March -9 April 1895; No 129 is a map of the journey. He gives the objective of his journey surveying the district in order to find a suitable place for a European Mission station to serve the Krakye-Buem-Adele area.…
He advises that Akabu and Akposo must be regarded as Bremen areas - it is impossible to work in that district with Twi. Eliminating alternative sites to Adele for a new station for European missionaries he advises that Buem is too far south, and…
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