| Description | Encloses [/6] unsealed, for Secretary to read account of matters in Agra; thinks all will be well there when Corrie returns to take control; thanks for encouraging letter [3]; 'Calcutta' Corresponding Committee [Kolkata] is unanimous agains purchasing Aldeen, as the neighbourhood is fully occupied by the Baptists, who are hostile to the Church of England, the site is also too far from Calcutta [Kolkata]; C. C. C. has decided to call all three missionaries from Ceylon [Sri Lanka] to Bengal, where they can learn Hindustani to help Corrie on his return; the bishop agrees to this; has gone carefully into the expenses of a married missionary living in Calcutta [Kolkata] and feels £450 pa (300 rupees per month) is necessary; a college for students and a printing-press would help the finances of a missionary-establishment in Calcutta [Kolkata], and the government is now making grants to schools; thinks CMS should have its own press and printer; the great need is for native agents and instructors to train them; the bishop is not co-operative. |