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SHEKBKO MISSION. 
CHAPTER YIL 
Sale of Freetown Property — Third Voyage of Mr, Flickinger. 
The Executive Committee not obtaining a suffi- 
cient number of missionaries to man the mission- 
station properly, and Shaingay station proving 
quite as healthy as Freetown, had no special use 
for their house in Freetown. It was therefore 
decided to sell it. There was quite a heavy debt 
standing against the mission, and the contribu- 
tions of the church to the missionary treasury 
were not sufficient to do anything more than meet 
the current expenses from year to year. Hence 
they concluded to dispose of the Freetown prop- 
erty to the best advantage. 
How came a new difficulty. As soon as Mr. 
Billheimer learned the wish of the committee he 
sought and found a purchaser for the house; but 
owing to the technicalities of English law prevail- 
ing in Freetown, it was thought a good title could 
not be made. Finally the purchaser declined to 
take the property. 
In this state of affairs Mr. Flickinger deter- 
