includes letters from:
John Le Brun, Port Louis - (in French language) first letter from newly appointed Swiss missionary
Frederick Hooper, Isle of Bourbon - Governor Robert T Farquhar opens schools; Baptists from Bengal among soldiers; offers for service; wording of an appeal for Christian support of Madagascar mission
Robert Farquhar, Port Louis - welcomes Le Brun; glad LMS intends sending missionaries to Madagascar; has assembled vocabulary and grammar materials to translate gospels into Malagasy