| Description | 5 Jul: Newton became Financial Secretary to Calcutta [Kolkata] CMS in May 1824; he wrote to Sherer, who was in England, for information; Sherer could not give exact information as he could not judge what was needed to finish the buildings; the Burdwan house has three rooms, one 24 x 18, two 18 x 16, there have also been bungalows built at Benares last year and some buildings at Chunar; more needs to be done to raise funds in India; Corrie has been annoyed at lack of publicity given to anniversary meeting; there has been no news yet of any such meeting for 1825; Mrs. Wilson has been driven to raise money by organising another society, for nat[ive] female education; the valuable property now opened in Benares, Burdwan, Gorakhpore and Calcutta [Kolkata] should be legally vested in the CMS in London lest any future Indian committee should alienate it without reference to them |