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was to be benefited. To make her comfortable, 
he must rent a house there at ten dollars a month, 
but a whole month’s rent must be paid for the 
first house ; so you see he paid twenty-three dollars 
ho.use-rent for that month. Then it cost five dol- 
lars to get his wife and things to Regent ; then he 
had to hire a cook and nurse at six dollars a 
month, and the doctor’s bill was ten pounds and 
thirteen shillings, or over fifty dollars. The entire 
cost of this trip was not less than one hundred and 
fifty dollars during the two months that she was 
away; yet this outlay of money could not be 
avoided. 
Many things seem cheap here, as labor, for in- 
stance, but still they are much dearer than in the 
United States. We pay our carpenters and masons 
from twelve to fifteen dollars, and the common 
laborers from six to eight dollars a month; but 
one good mechanic in America will do as much 
as four or five of these, and so of the laborers. 
Then you must be with them here much of the 
time, showing them how to do the work, and 
when it is done, you feel sad to think that both 
they and yourself had so little sense. 
Not less than five hundred dollars are annually 
required for repairs, to keep the mission-residence 
and the chapels and boats in good condition. 
Then, to keep four missionaries, with the school- 
