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includes letters from:
Matthew Sherring (secretary, later treasurer), Benares [Varanasi] - returned from stay at Nainital; cancellation of farming lease of East Singrowli [Singrauli]; staffing Singrowli, Robert Mather and catechist; collection (£62) for Madagascar; death of eldest child; lecture on Benares' antiquities; moral fall through drink of babu Ram Chaudra and his recovery and reinstatement; North West Conference of LMS missionaries at Calcutta, question of ordaining Indian pastors; terms of trasfer of East Singrowli to LMS as landlords and collectors
William Blake, Benares - committee votes on expenditures;
William Jones, Almora - accepts post at Singrowli; death of wife and child
Robert Mather (secretary), Singrowli - timidty of people; tigers; revenue collection; started school; local opposition; baptism of a pundit; large congregations; embezzlement by a Christian;
Frederick Bright, Mirzapur - Urdu preaching; printing press; his resignation; birth of child
S R Asbury, Mirzapur - death of Mrs Asbury [née Sarah Bennett]
John Budden, Almora - report of mission since his return; his publications; decision to go to England because of ill health
John Hewlett, Almora - great influence of schools throughout province; bazaar preaching
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