| Description | Sorrow at the loss of life and goods by the shipwreck of the 'Charles' has been mitigated by the fortitude and zeal of the missionaries.
CMS is active and prosperous. Access to India has been secured and Associations are being formed in Bristol and other places.
Sec asks for a return to be made at Christmas and Midsummer of all inhabitants of the settlements by name with a brief account of their character and progress.
CMS Committee have assigned £150 for the redemption of 15 children, including a boy and a girl to be named Basil Owen Woodd and Hannah Woodd, and a boy to be named William Marsh. They wish to receive regular reports of these children.
By the 'Neptune' are being sent: copies of the new monthly 'Missionary Register'; books for Bashia, Canoffee, Yongroo and Gambier; medicines.
He asks for a full statement of how the settlements' accounts stand in view of the bills drawn and the amounts received from the 'Charles' and the 'Neptune', and for care to avoid anticipating salaries.
He has sent Nylander's Bullom translation of 2 chapters of St. Matthew, printed with the English opposite, which will form reading material for children. He hopes for more translations, particularly into Susu.
The new headquarters in Salisbury Square with an adequate staff of clerks will ease the Sec's work. |