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Reports the same information as Kromer (see No 12), also that the-chief of Kukurantumi (Ampaw) had been in charge of a force of 1000 men on the western frontier of Akim. He had been able to send a message that only the Asante rearguard stood south of…

Discussing finance, comes to the problem of paying the debts of employees. Cases offered as occurring recently in Kibi: - A servant of Strömberg's who to employ he had to pay 5 dollars, and shortly after Strömberg was presented with the alternative…

Reporting on the schools. Includes the point that some of their pupils had previously attended the now defunct Kibi Government School.

Includes an extended account of his journey from Krobo to Begoro, partly printed in Heidenbote 1863 p117f. The object of his journey was to get masons and sawyers. He was only able to employ one of each, however. 14th March - set out from Odumase…

Concerns finance on the station - he is apparently still using gold dust, reckons to lose 10% in the weighing process, and finds provisions cost up to 40% more in Kibi than in Akropong.

Gives the names of the recently baptised: In Kukurantumi Jonas Pabi, Adolph Anokye, Benj. Joshua Tachumase, Emmanuel Owu-adere, David Afum, Daniel Osei. In Kibi Georg Bonte. He reports that among Agyeman’s other crimes towards the Asantes was the…

Includes reports concerning relations with the Okyenhene. His drinking is so serious that he elders are becoming opposed to him. Also he seized an Accra man working on the station for debt, and only after much pressure from the mission accepted…

He details his family circumstances for the Basel Committee.

Submits his judgment to that of the Committee extensively, though not in such a way as to invalidate the tensions expressed in his letter. No 3 above.

Writes that he is more than prepared to obey the Basel Committee and regard the 4th Commandment as applying to them, though he adds the condition of his being convinced that they are being guided by the head of the church. This letter in fact asks to…

The letter is partly printed as an annex to the 1862 Annual Report (pp.117-119). Additional information: 3 further people -in Kukurantumi have come forward as catechumens including a middle-aged man: A man has announced to the King in Kibi that he…

Reports the near-completion of the house. Also the first baptism in Kukurantumi - Johannes Tinampong (?Pinampong), aged 16 years.

He discusses building plans and reports difficulty with the sawyer’s work because of laziness. Strömberg replies to criticisms made to him by Inspector Josenhans, especially over his suggested wife over whom he had asked the Basel Committee to open…

Reports a preaching tour. Spent the first night at Asafo after apparently calling in many of the houses in the village to talk to the people. Kukurantumi - decided that the baptismal candidate has still to wait a little. The school is falling in…

Reporting inter al his recent journey to Accra in pursuit of money – he did the journey to Accra in 3 days instead of the usual 4-6 by not going via Akwapim, and instead taking the Akim merchant’s road which leads more or less directly south. It…

The station ran out of money for a month or more in July 1861.

Reports that the Rovignys are travelling to Kibi to sort out the Abuakwa-Kotoku dispute.

Asks for an increase of their personal allowance in Akim from £65 to £68, and for a 10% increase in the general sums paid to them. Reasons - the higher cost of food and the lower value of gold, and the fact that in using gold dust for small sums…

A small part of this letter is printed in Heidenbote 1861, p-.20 Defending the choice of Kukurantumi as a centre for the mission Strömberg locates the Akira frontier as going nearly as far as Obom so that the people of Koforidua and Agweso are Akims.…

The letter is partly printed in Heidenbote 1861 p.20 (This with its continuation on p 25 is a catena of quotations from letters concerning Kukurantumi). It includes the additional information that there is plenty- of visible sickness in Kukurantumi.…
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