“OUR friends, the REV. DR. MULLENS and the REV. J. PILLANS, have been allowed perfect liberty to travel where-ever they have pleased to visit the Churches of Madagascar, they have had full opportunities of making their own observation, and will be able to bring you a reliable report of the state of things here. MAY GOD protect them to reach you in safety! What they have done here has been good, and has given us much pleasure. They are worthy men, and well fitted to act as the representatives of you, our friends, across the seas. We are especially pleased with their words saying,—‘WE DO NOT TRADE NOR DESIRE TO GAIN ANYTHING FOR OURSELVES, but only that the people may know JESUS CHRIST.’ These are indeed very good words, for they show both the excellence of your views, and also what will be sought by your good brethren the missionaries in Madagascar. “HER MAJESTY thanks you very much for your kind message, and the good wishes for the prosperity of her kingdom; and SHE prays GOD that they may be fulfilled. SHE also thanks you for the presents you sent HER, and accepts them as a mark of your friendly feelings towards HER. “AND I, too, thank you very much for the nice presents you sent to me. “HER MAJESTY also desires me to thank you for the very kind care you have taken of RAPENOELINA, for he was sent by HER Government that he might obtain a good English education. What you have done for him has given HER MAJESTY great satisfaction, as his progress is already manifest from his letters to me. HER MAJESTY will be pleased if you convey to RAPENOELINA’S teacher the thanks of HERSELF and HER GOVERNMENT; for his instruction and kind care have given HER very much pleasure. “MAY the ALMIGHTY GOD bless you in your useful labours for the evangelizing of mankind, and may HE ever give to the people earnest hearts to help you to spread the GOSPEL of JESUS CHRIST among all nations. “THAT, dear friends, is the wish of HER MAJESTY the QUEEN of MADAGASCAR and MYSELF for you all. “I AM, GENTLEMEN, ‘In the name of HER MAJESTY the QUEEN of MADAGASCAR, “YOUR SINCERE FRIEND, “RAINILAIARIVONY, “Prime Minister. “GIVEN at the COURT of HER MAJESTY the QUEEN of MADAGASCAR, at ANTANANARIVO, this 18th day of July, in the year of OUR LORD, 1874.”