L.M.S. And Mission Trading

THE criticism of the L.M.S. and the Kwato Mission, Eastern Papua, in connection with trading (published in the May P.I.M.) is referred to by Mr. George Moir Smith, of Urika, Papua, in a letter to the editor. Mr. Smith points out (as was explained in the July issue) that the mission at Kwato is not a part of the London Missionary Society, nor has it been for 15 years. “The mission at Kwato is known as the Kwato Extension Asso ciation, and is supported largely by American subscribers. As a missionary of the London Missionary Society in Papua,” says Mr. Smith, “I do not know of any station where trading is done in opposition to traders on the spot, and unless Mr. Harrison has reliable know ledge to the contrary, I think that he owes our Society an apology.”