To: Robin Plunder who wrote (97609 ) 1/8/2013 10:45:59 AM From: Maurice Winn 1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) | Respond to None of them: < which ones were your ancestors...the guards, prisoners, descendants of the Bounty, or the priests? > On 8 June 1856, the next settlement began on Norfolk Island. OBITUARY. >anglicanhistory.org <I suppose no annual report is complete without some reference to the financial situation. Those in authority in England, New Zealand, and Australia know that a budget of estimated expenditure and income was prepared last November. That estimate disclosed a probable deficiency of approximately £4000. It is quite obvious that such a state of affairs cannot continue. "Cuts" have been introduced into the Melanesian Mission administration on previous occasions, and it may be necessary to do so again. It is extremely difficult to "live" down to a fixed income in such an enormous diocese, so far flung, and where there are such exceptional pressing needs and opportunities for advancement. However, I am determined that the Mission shall not get into a chaotic state of indebtedness, and, unless I have definite assurance of increased income, I shall be most reluctantly compelled to exercise "cuts." In order that you may better understand the position, I would like to tell you how at least one "cut" very seriously affected, and indeed still affects, the work of the Mission. Before my advent into the Mission, it had been necessary, on account of finance, to reduce the number of native trainees at some of the schools. It is from these schools that the Mission gets its native teachers; and without these native teachers the work cannot be maintained, and any advance is quite out of the question. As a result of that "cut" the Mission is to-day suffering from a shortage of teachers, and, in many instances, in districts recently opened up, it has been impossible to supply native teachers, and urgent demands from heathen villages have had to be refused. It is a very serious state of affairs indeed. It may be said that the Mission vessel "Southern Cross" is an [19/20] expensive item. It is! It must be remembered, however, that the vessel is the very life blood of the Mission. I am convinced that the "Southern Cross" is being run as economically as possible. With those best able to advise me, I have thoroughly investigated every possible avenue of economy, and I can see no alternative but to reduce the work unless increased income is forthcoming. It is right that you should be told these things. I shall continue to watch the situation very closely. You may rest assured that every saving that can be effected will be carried out. >
