| Description | On digging foundations of mission church the engineer found the soil was "loose and bad" and had to alter his plan and, with government sanction, build on wells; missionaries have moved into mission house; has begun English service on Thursdays, attended by about 100 people, chiefly country born; the congregation have provided the necessary seats, lamps and lights; asks for large supply of cheap selection of psalms and hymns, neatly bound; Rhenius has asked for some such as used by Thomason's church in Calcutta but "they are much too dear"; Fenn has conducted himself most prudently in the affair of edict, but the committee have been in "a perilous predicament" following the discovery of Norton's continuing judgeship; had the new Resident not been "prudent, cautious .…. and of a liberal mind and fine temper" it would have led to much trouble and had "a very ill effect on the future of the work"; Mr. Baker has concluded his secondment to SPCK; with the arrival of Mr. Sperschneider the bishop of Calcutta considered there was no further need for Baker to work for them; hopes this will assure SPCK of "our sincere friendly disposition and brotherly kindness toward them - and will satisfy any future Archdeacon Thomas if there can be another such, that the Bishop of Calcutta does know somewhat of these Corresponding Committees" [copy]. |