| Description | He feels that Tamba and Davies have been allowed to rise too high at the expense of their own improvement. In fact Africans are not suitable for too much learning or responsibility and this is one argument against the plans for Leic. Mt. Tamba and Davies' salaries of £80 p.a. were certainly too high. Stephen Caulker, whom he recommends to the Committee, receives only 10s a month.
He had some reservations about Renner's and Jesty's accounts but consented to sign them, albeit provisionally for some items. That part of Collier's which he has disposed of totalled about £150.
He exhorts the Society not to think of abandoning Africa because of the missionary mortality rate. Even Prasse, who died in 1809, is still remembered with respect in Freetown, and all the other deceased missionaries made some significant contribution. |