President Wilford Woodruff and members of the
First Presidency.
My dear brethren,
I take pleasure in writing to you
and reporting the condion and necessities of the
Australasian Mission. The good work is progressing
nicely, and the Elders are reporting satisfactory results.
I am travelling continually, endeavoring to visit all
the Maori districts, thus aiding the brethren laboring
amongst the Natives, and visiting personally as many
branches as possible.
In addition to our Maori districts, we have now ten
European districts in which Elders are especially assigned
to labor in spreading the truth, and the work is being
vigorously pushed amongst the Colonials.
A new European district has been formed in the
North, with the city of Auckland as headquarters, and
Elders J. Johnson and Jedediah Goff are now located
there. The Elders in Tasmania give a very
encouraging report, having recently baptised a few
members, and they are now calling for more help.
