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tended to complain of the neglect of the aristocracy and
wealthier church goers.
(1)
A typical collection for
the S. P. G. mission wan described for the village of
Sutton Waldron, near Shaftesbury, in 18801 this village
with a wholly agricultural population of under 250 people
had contributed £100 per year. This wpa the result of
frequent pleas from the pulpit, a ninthly eertion on missionary
work, and supplying over half the houses with missionary
boxes.
(2)
The missionary Societies made great efforts to arouse
interest by means of cermonn, lantern slides, exhibitions
and special ßiaatonary weeks in various towns. Cýuito a
large section. of the church going population must have been
well steeped in missionary propaganda by the end of the
century. Doscriptionn of African life wore often given
in missionary magazines and a good deal of knowledge about
tropical Africa nuct have spread as a result of missionary
efforts.
lliaeionary activity in itself did not necencarily result
in requests for Government protection. The Livingstone
ý1) 5.;. o. Poport 1$$4,
(2) IbId, 1& ©,