The first half mcstly reports the proceedings of the Akim Synod. The 2/3d church tax was put before the Synod as a new measure. The inspector's journey into Akim coincided two deaths - Mrs Buck and Missionary Krauss. Praetorius was also quite ill…
Asks to send him, by Isaac Tisnyahu (?) petroleum, the money, wick, worm medicine for Kwasi Adae, matches, one bundle-of needles. He also complains at the travelling allowance of 6d a day, claiming that everyone else gets 9d a day.
Asks for re-instatement claiming that he has not done this before on the grounds that his mother in law would not permit his wife to become a Christian, but now she is dead. His account of the troubles of the 1870s is that he was not received with…
Asks for a middle school in Akim on the grounds that the Akwapim teachers in Akropong look after their own people better than they do the Akims (this calls the Middle School a Grammar School).
Asking for consideration of the fact that they have a long distance to go to their homes in Akwapim, and there is a long distance to go to the coast for salt etc., while Akim paths are bad and bearers can only be hired-for 6d-9d per day. Also their…
Asking for a further grant for the building of their catechist's house - they had already received £30. Mohr in a subscript does not recommend this after the history of the Fankyeneko house.
En route to Kibi-he visited the evangelist at Asafo - he has 6 boys - who come to school, and a few catechumen. Müller met one catechumen, and saw at once that he was a slave looking for his freedom - 'it often goes like this'. The chief was prepared…
He discusses first the problem of Joseph Bosompem, heir to a sub-chief's stool in Kibi. The stool had been vacant for 2 years, because Bosompem would not take it in view of his being a Christian, but negotiations had taken place in which he was…
This report is almost completely about the move into Agona, and the problem of assessing the desire for Basel Mission personnel in the Methodist sector of the Gold Coast. So are a series of subscripts Nos. 64 & 65.
Praetorius’ visit impressed the local people greatly, especially his pressing them over Church Tax, which before they had believed was imposed on them by the missionaries only, 4 people have had to be excluded for sexual irregularities, and two for…
He reports that when Christians commit adultery it stops the heathens considering becoming Christians. There are three presbyters at Abomosu. Of the 17 pupils in his school 7 are sons of non-Christian parents, and 6 are Christian girls. It is very…
Reports that most of the catechumen in his area are from Sadwumase. There are 2 catechumen at Anyinasin, one at Agyapomma, at Nsutam the people do not want to listen to_preaching. A tour-to Dwenase, Abompe and Akenkase showed that the people were…
This discusses the arrangements to be made over supervision in Akim. There had been much pressure from Praetorius and the other missionaries to run Akim from Begoro, leaving local pastors in the main centres to exercise detailed supervision. In the…
At the end of the year there were 35 adults and 23 children in the community. One of the presbyters is called Timothy Apenten. The chief is not preventing people from becoming Christians (this is chief Danso). Many of the heathens do not like…
4 men excluded during the year for re-marrying – an old Christian man of 75 died seeing 2 men dressed in white standing by his bed - the father of Theodor Awua died after continually promising to become a Christian but never actually making it. He…
Reports a major whooping cough epidemic in which 60-80 children died, none of them Christians. Most families in the heathen town suffered a death. Heathen parents in their perplexity took refuge to the fetishes, asking their aid and protection with…
Contrasts the uplift of the consecration of the Kibi chapel-in the presence of Buck and wife, W. Huppenbauer and Krauss with the fact that within a comparatively short time all but Huppenbauer were dead, and he was forced to go to Akwapim for…
Major events in the year were the opening of the new chapel, the extension of the pastor's house and the building of a new teacher's house. ‘The Christians are also improved in agriculture which business is not cared much in this place of Akim but…
Concerning the requests of members of the 5th class of the Kibi Anstalt to be received into the Akropong Middle School or Teachers' Seminary. Immanuel Agyei, son of Imm. Boakye, the most gifted of the group, though not consistent and requires…
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