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iv and help in carpentering; the rest are engaged in bringing the land into order and cultivation.

The special subjects on which our friends will look to us for information are probably the nature and prospects of our directly Mission work—the results and present state of our school work—the share we can take in the crusade against Slavery—and the propriety of remaining at Zanzibar in spite of our many losses.

I have tried to deal with these several matters as briefly and clearly as possible, and have subjoined an account of the property belonging to the Mission. Upon the data thus furnished, our friends at home will, I hope, be able to form a tolerably good judgment as to the results of past work, and the best form in which to proceed for the future.

EDWARD STEERE.

, 18th December, 1872.