Annual Report of the American Madura Mission, for 1885 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Annual Report of the American Madura Mission, for 1885 (Classic Reprint) written by American Madura Mission and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-16 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Annual Report of the American Madura Mission, for 1885 Within the district, though some influences have been nu favorable to our work, neither the general state of the pub lic mind nor the condition of the people has opposed any obstacle. In the first half of the year the stay of rain in all South India deprived the poor of work and wages, caused large exportation of grain 'and raised the price of food' by one-fourth. Another famine was much feared quently moderate but, timely rains have made the year nu usually fruitful. The district has also been exceptionally free from cholera and other deadly epidemics. Appear anoes seem to indicate that the use of native intoxicating liquors has not increased. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.