Letter from B. Lasbrey to St. Gabriel’s boys and girls, describing his recent stay in the church compound of Oguta; the compound, including a tennis court made of cement for the teachers; the location of Oguta beside a lake formed from a tributary of the R. Niger, and the factories for trading in oil on the banks, the Oguta people being great traders; the natives of the Arochuku tribe who live in the nearby villages, far from their own territory, and their reputation as the great slave trading people of the area as the Arochukus are traditionally fierce warriors who sold their captives into slavery and became rich; how some slave trading is still practised in secretdespite prohibition by the British Government; an Oguta trader named Ruth who purchased the writer’s motor car several years ago for £100, paid entirely in shillings, characteristic of the Africans’ dislike of paper money and banks; the programme of morning classes held throughout the week before school begins; the writer’s departure from Oguta preceded by a tornado; an encounter with hundreds of bicycles laden with sacks of palm kernels and tins of palm oil en route to Oguta for sale at the factories, the procession stretching for 15 or 20 miles; how palm oil is the chief product of Nigeria, and the great demand for it because of its use in the making of explosives; at Eziama a request from the chief for a better school, and the writer’s agreement to provide a teacher once the promised new buildings had been erected; the famous juju at nearby Umunoha and the money made from it by the local people, the verdict of the juju usually dependent on the amount of money paid to the oracle; the influence of Christianity on the fear and cruelty of the country; the long process of conversion of the Umunoha people; conveying good wishes for the anniversary of St. Gabriel’s church, n.d. received 10 May 1937 (1 booklet) For Sunday School letter received 9 July, see transcript EP/Biw.SG 2/175