'Minutes of the sub-committee of the Missionary Committee appointed to consider and report upon South African Affairs'

Minute book labelled 'Minutes of the sub-committee on South African Conference'. Minutes (many signed) dating from 6 October 1881 until 9 June 1882. Enclosures: brief notes on transfer of authority to South African Methodist Church, 1880s; agenda for sub-committee meeting on 5 October 1881; extract...

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Order number: MMS/Home & General/Minutes/Box 1388
Date(s) of creation: 1880s
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Order number: MMS/Home & General/Minutes/Box 1388
Summary: Minute book labelled 'Minutes of the sub-committee on South African Conference'. Minutes (many signed) dating from 6 October 1881 until 9 June 1882. Enclosures: brief notes on transfer of authority to South African Methodist Church, 1880s; agenda for sub-committee meeting on 5 October 1881; extracts from proclamation creating Australian Conference (in 1854), 1880s; table of grants to South Africa between 1876 and 1883; copy of minute of General Committee, 28 September 1887, on South African grants.
Extent: 1 folder
Admin history: The sub-committee was created by the General Committee to consider the proposed scheme for the transfer of authority of the missions of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in South Africa to their Methodist counterpart there.
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright held by Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
User restrictions: For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
Language: English
Physical description: Bound volume with loose papers
Related material: Amongst the personal papers of John Kilner are reports, correspondence, etc, relating to his deputation of 1880 and 1881 to South Africa (MMS/Special Series/Biographical/South Africa/FBN 11) regarding the creation of a South Africa Conference.
Format: Archive