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includes letters from:
John Le Brun, Port Louis - suggestions for permanent moral and religious instruction system
with printed statement of moral and religious condition (population, schools, churches); responses to a questionnaire from governor on LMS chapels and services in Mauritius; description of Seychelles archipelago; lepers treated with turtle blood and coconut oil
LMS official, London - draft letter to Colonial Office (Port Louis) re schools in Mauritius
George F Dick (colonial secretary), Port Louis - LMS post to be exempt from charges
Thomas Kelsey, Grand River - plea for John Le Brun's continued employment by LMS
H Alexander, Port Louis - recommends John le Brun; unsatisfactory state of religion in Mauritius
Joseph Freeman, Port Louis - Malagasy government wish to restore slave trade; anti-Christian acts of government; state of chapel and congregation at Piton; Government attitude to French protestants; David Griffiths left Madagascar; property ownership dispute; progress of missionary press; recommends history of Madagascar in Welsh; death of prince Corroller; increased use of ordeal by tangena in Madagascar [a poisonous nut about the size of a chestnut]; dark future for Madagascar mission; laxity in Mauritius; education in Mauritius
Governor Sir William Nicolay, Mauritius - ordinance on public instruction, published in error without royal approval
54 church members, Port Louis - plea for further employment of John Le Brun
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