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includes:
joint letters from David Jones and Edward Baker, Port Louis - reports on Mauritius school and church work; Madagascar probably closed for 10 years.
David Jones, Port Louis - David Griffiths and trade; John Le Brun's losses in serious fire; schools report; non-praedials [ex-slaves other than agricultural field-workers] set free; correction to Ellis's History of Madagascar; Malagasy persecution abating; requests 'invalid' chair; closing Joloff camp school; sent scriptures to Madagascar; has queen's permit to visit Tananarive [Antananarivo]
George F Dick (colonial secretary) and others, Port Louis - John Le Brun's losses in fire
Thomas Kelsey, Port Louis - Mauritius as mission field, 20 years of auxiliary; unsuccessful request to government for support of Dissenting teachers
Mauritius auxiliary reports
Edward Baker, Piton - emancipation without disturbance; William Elliott called on way to Comora [Comoro] Island; foolish police law for plantations; extracts from David Griffiths letter from Madagascar; letter from Madagascar Christians telling of persecution
John Le Brun [Jean Le Brun, Jean Lebrun, John Lebrun], Port Louis - made a LMS director; changed outlook in Mauritius; delayed new chapel nearly complete
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