Group Title : Meeting Papers & Reports

Series Title : General Reports - New Hebrides

Date(s) : 1902 to 1914

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Item Description : This file contains typed and handwritten annual station reports for the New Hebrides Mission. (Includes Nguna; Tanna; Epi; Lopevi; Ambrim; Paama; Tongoa; Tangoa; South Santo; North West Santo)

Major Topics Include : statistics; native teachers demanding higher pay (1902); finance; fatal epidemics; translation of religious works into native language; hurricane damage; English book list (1909); lists of medicinces purchased (1909, 1914); arrowroot production and sales; sale of alcohol; health care; continuation of heathen practices; station receipts and expenditure; French land surveys (1910); high death rate on Epi (1911); 3 year report from Rev. P. Milne (snr) incl. account of visit to Scotland (1913); Ambrim Station report prior to volcanic eruption (1914); FMC prohibition on further translation of works into native languages (1914); threat of European war affecting trade prices (1914).
 

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