| Description | Norton and Greenwood are leaving for Portsmouth that evening; Greenwood was designated to go to Ceylon, but, provided that licence can be obtained from governor-general, CMS has no objection to his going to Bengal instead; bishop of Calcutta will have arrived before T. receives this letter; he has same authority over all clergymen in India, whether or not they are chaplains; salaries for Schnarre and Rhenius originally £100 per annum; London Missionary Society has raised its missionaries' salaries and CMS are willing to do so, but not to exceed £150 for a single, £200 for a married missionary; if salaries are raised T. may draw £2000 per annum instead of present £1000; society will pay for cost of erecting places of worship and school houses; missionaries must keep within salaries; stores from England must be paid for when ordered [copy] |