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“...installing of up-to-date machinery through which
a much wider variety of production can be undertaken.
A sign of the new Republic of Madagascar was a reception
given to the new Ambassador of Madagascar in London, and the
gift by the Society to the Republic of Madagascar of the large oil
painting by H. Room of the reception by Queen Charlotte at
Windsor of the first Malagasy Embassy to Great Britain in 1837.
It is understood that the painting when received will be for per-
manent display in the museum at the Royal Palace in Tananarive.
We cannot conclude this year’s report on Madagascar without
recording the retirement of Miss P. E. Hubner, who for many years
has been the Madagascar Secretary’s secretary. Miss Hubner
entered the service of the Society in 1919, and graduated to the
Madagascar post which she held with distinction and efficiency,
and won for herself the affection of secretaries, missionaries and
the many Malagasy visitors for whom she cared. Hers, too, was
a vocation — a missionary...”
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