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includes letters from:
William Cousins, Antananarivo and Amparibe
Joseph Pearse, Antananarivo and Tamatave [Toamasina]
Dr Andrew Davidson, Antananarivo
William Ellis, Antananarivo
Richard Hartley, Port Louis (Mauritius) and Antananarivo - personal diary
Rainimaharavo, Antananarivo
Julius Kessler, Antananarivo and Tamatave - report on educational and church matters (August)
James Sibree, Antananarivo - enclosing letter to Messrs Habershon & Pile
Robert Toy, Antananarivo - summary of 6 months to April; Norwegian missionaries recommended to West coast
James Cameron, Antananarivo
Benjamin Briggs, Mauritius
George Cousins, Amparibe
Edward Baker, South Australia - proposed sale of copyright to Malagasy-English dictionary
Mrs Sarah Ellis, Rose Hill, Hoddesdon, England - interest of Society of Friends in Madagascar; character of new prime minister
first memorial church being built at Ambatonakanga, but some doubt thrown on title to the land; tension between missionaries particularly over building, hospital and finance; significance of and succession to William Ellis as treasurer; mission committee disbanded; revival of paganism and hostility to Christians while deference shown to missionaries; Malagasy appeal to rebuild church at Ampamarinana; intention to visit Betsileo country deferred
draft treaty with England secures protection for the missionaries; change of Madagascar government mainly advantageous to missionaries
deaths of Charles Stagg and Mrs Pearse [née Mary Eyre Burn]
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