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23 1843 10 February 1843 Purchase of furniture for the governor’s residence. G.J. 355/1843, filed under 653/1844; duplicate 451/1843. Chief Fort Christiansborg, 10 February 1843 In the Council meeting 31 January this year, the Establishment decided to supplement the governor’s inventory with one mahogany dining table and 12 ditto chairs, bought at the auction after the late Surnummeraire Assistant W. I. Wulff, for the amount of 77 Rdl. g. Ct. The inventory of the governor is in such a bad condition that this civil servant, when taking up his assignment, was forced on his own account, to acquire almost everything that was required for a decent lodging for a governor. Constituted Governor Carstensen has informed the Council members that it was a matter of necessity to acquire the abovementioned furniture and also the impossibility of doing this on his own account. The purchase is recommended for approbation by the distinguished Board57 . Edw. Carstensen / George Lutterodt|41|10 February 1843 Acquisition of a barrel organ for the church at Christiansborg, and of a textbook. G.J. 357/1843, duplicate 453/1843, here, after the duplicate. Chief Fort Christiansborg, 10 February 1843 The Establishment recommends the following to the attention and approbation of the distinguished Board. It would be most desirable if the church of Chief Fort Christiansborg could be provided with a barrel organ [positivorgel], supplied with rollers, and after recommendation from connoisseurs, sufficient amount of psalms as well as a suitable preludium to the psalms. The 57 The purchase was approbated on 4 May 1843 (G.J. 355/1843). 24 CLOSING THE BOOKS mechanism should be as solid as possible, and iron should be avoided if other metals could replace it. The turning of the rollers should be by hand, since a clock work to produce the turning would make the instrument more expensive and difficult to maintain. The expenses connected with the acquisition of the barrel organ could be provided by the Mulatto treasury fund58 which is now so substantial that an expense that will contribute to the training in singing for the Mulatto children (in second place to the solemnity of the church service), could be imposed without burdening it. If the distinguished Board should approve the above petition, it would be desirable if that object could be sent down here by the way of England as soon as possible59 . Another expense, which also should fall on the Mulatto treasury fund, is that which could make possible the purchase of a suitable school textbook for the schools of the fort. So far Malling’s Store og gode Handlinger utøvede af Danske og Norske (“Great and Good Achievements of the Danes and the Norwegians”) has been the source of the Mulatto youth for development and learning. Of course the children do not understand any of the deeds described in that book, it is difficult to explain objects, which are of no interest to them, and for any understanding you must have preliminary knowledge of the history of Denmark and Norway. Professor Hjort’s reader, which is regularly|42| used in the school education of the lower levels, could also be a suitable textbook for the adult Mulattos, if any of those wanted to participate in the classes. The Establishment needs to propose the latter case to the approbation of the Board in connection with the former, both concerning education of the Mulatto children. 50 copies of Hjort’s reader60 are the number, which the Establishment desires to be sent, if possible together with the first-mentioned object [i.e. the barrel organ] Edw. Carstensen / G. Lutterodt 58 The Mulatto treasury fund consisted of the money the Danish civil servants paid for the upbringing of their children raised with native women. 59 In Copenhagen, after a research on the price, a suitable barrel organ was commissioned from organ builder J. Gregersen for 429 rixdaler. (G.J. 357/1843, 535 and 665/1844). 60 Peder Hjort: Den danske Børneven (The Friend of the Danish children), 1839. [107.21.176.63] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 10:31 GMT) 25 1843 10 February 1843 Adjemang, Prince of Akim. Akim’s relations with its neighbouring peoples. G.J. 363/1843, filed under 437/1843; duplicate 458/1843. Chief Fort Christiansborg, 10 February 1843 The distinguished Board will see, from the extract of the Council and Negotiation Protocol no. 200, that the Establishment decided to confirm the worthiness of the Prince of...