| Description | The Committee fully appreciate his views on the danger of sending liberated children to the Rio Pongas and have preference for their staying in or near the Colony, but the Committee does wish to maintain work in Rio Pongas hoping for better times when the French slave trade ceases, as Banoparte has ordered. They welcome the government 's agreement to place the children with CMS with rations of clothing and food allowed.
The government has approved the building of a church and an increased salary for the chaplain, probably an Englishman, Butscher and possibly Renner acting as Institution managers. Schulze is bringing plans and CMS would welcome MacCarthy's views on how to make these most useful. CMS hopes to charter a ship, the 'William Wilberforce' to maintain connection with its African settlements. |