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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 September 1954Vol. XXV, No. 2

Mission Printing Press

p. 149 · Read in the full issue

Tackles Big Job

THE Melanesian Mission in the Solomons now has the Church of England prayer-book and a hymn-book in the Bogotu language.

The Mission Press at Taroaniara, which is in charge of Mr. F. R.

Isom, recently completed printing the prayer-book. All type was hand set by Mr. and Mrs. Isom—which meant handling about one million letters. An edition of 2,000 copies was printed. Melanesians helped with binding the books. In addition to the prayer-book, 2.500 copies of a hymn-book in the Bogotu language have been printed and bound.