Report by W R Winston and Major Jno [John] Smith to the General Committee of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society on the condition of the West Indian Churches

Printed report, with a few hand annotations in pencil, enquiring as to the condition of the West Indian Churches as to: the income, expenditure and resources of circuits; administration of Connexional funds; state of Chapel and other Trusts (both property and finance); and any other matters of finan...

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Order number: MMSL MSS 017
Date(s) of creation: c1899
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Order number: MMSL MSS 017
Summary: Printed report, with a few hand annotations in pencil, enquiring as to the condition of the West Indian Churches as to: the income, expenditure and resources of circuits; administration of Connexional funds; state of Chapel and other Trusts (both property and finance); and any other matters of finance and polity relevant to the commission.
Extent: 9 pages
Admin history: Major John Smith was a member of the General Committee of Management of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society. Rev William Ripley Winston (1847-1918) served as Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society missionary in their Ceylon district from 1873 until 1886, their Negapatam and Trichinoploy district from 1886 until 1887 and was central to the creation of the Burma District in 1887 where he remained until 1898. From 1898 until 1915 he served on the India National Missionary Council and was also a member of the General Committee of Management of ... View more
Access status: Open
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Language: English
Format: Archive