includes letters by:
Joseph Kam, Amboina - report on his work; many converts; idols destroyed; insurrection on the island of Saparuwa [Saparua], many killed; murder of Dutch Resident Van der Berg and family; Kam prevented from visiting Celebes Islands because of the difficult situation and obliged to write letters for the Dutch colonial government to the islands he had visited, until he protested this was not proper business for a minister of the gospel; efforts of Dutch government to suppress the insurrection.