includes letters from:
Samuel Flavel, Bellary - his life and call to Christian work; requests ordination, assistance and salary increase
John Reid, Madras [Chennai] and Bellary - supplements his report; note on Samuel Flavel, describes conversion and death of Alexander, a teacher; prison-visiting stopped; tract distribution to Brahmins; giving up village schools; printing press; tour with George Walton
Joseph Taylor, Belgaum - responds to LMS directors' admonitions; correspondence re using coolies to draw Hindu procession cars [floats]
Joseph Taylor and William Beynon, Belgaum - answering LMS directors' questions about eligibility of Indian Christians for civil posts
William Campbell, Bangalore - differences between British-born and Indian-born missionaries; the Nilgiri Hills
William Reeve, Bangalore - printing Carnatura-English dictionary; portion of a letter to John Hands; Canarese [Kannada] Scriptures nearly finished
John Hands, at sea and Madras [Chennai]