Letters from Bishop Mackenzie to the Bishop of Cape Town, W.W. Jones.
Subjects:
Plans for the diocese.
Comments on the Boers, stressing that they are a formidable enemy and that war would be socially disastrous for the white peoples.
Bishop Mackenzie, in a printed letter to his clergy in 1881 asks for corrections to the Zulu translation of the Bible and nuggests special services for the heathen and how to deal with polygamy.
Comments on the probable effects of Sir Garnet Wolseley's scheme for Zululand.
Need for a mission in Delagoa Bay.
Jealousies between rival chiefs cause unrest and make British annexation the best policy so that the missionary work will no longer be dependent on the whim of the chiefs who rule the country.