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month from the Scotch station Bandawe. Now 

 another and larger steamer, the Ckatmcy Maples, 

 plies up and down the lake, calling every few weeks 

 at more than fifty villages scattered round the shore. 

 It is so constructed that it can be fitted up as a 

 chapel, has a printing press on board, and accommo- 

 dation for eight Europeans, as well as a large space 

 for the use of native students and the crew. 

 Archdeacon Johnson, as he now is, still works 

 unceasingly among his people. 



The influence of the Universities Mission now 

 extends from Zanzibar — only 6° below the Equator 

 — through German territory, Nyasaland, Angoni- 

 land, and as far south as Livingstone in North-West 

 Rhodesia. There are sub-stations at Kota-Kota, 

 Mpondas, near Fort Johnson, and over one hundred 

 and fifty minor stations in Nyasaland ; while in 

 the Zanzibar diocese are one hundred and sixty 

 sub-stations. 



We must confine our remarks to the work carried 

 on in Nyasaland. The headquarters of the diocese 

 are at Likoma on Lake Nyasa. This island, which 

 has a good natural harbour, is about five miles long 

 and two and a half broad, and is in British territory. 

 Four thousand natives live in scattered villao^es 

 along the shore. The mainland opposite belongs to 

 Portugal. 



The Mission staff consists of one hundred and 

 twenty-six Europeans and four hundred and fifty 

 Africans. Of the Europeans, none are paid a 

 higher salary than ^20 a year, and many give their 

 services free. The schools number two hundred 



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