Livingstonia Water Supply, Malawi, ca. 1894-1904

"Livingstonia water supply, Mrs Laws turning the first tap". Photograph of Mrs Laws, the wife of the Scottish missionary Dr Robert Laws turning on the Livingstonia water supply. There is a large group gathered behind her to watch the first tap being turned on. A number of people are holding umbrellas. Livingstonia was founded in 1894 by missionaries from the Free Church of Scotland.; This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to Dr Robert Laws (1851-1934) the Scottish Missionary. In 1875, inspired by David Livingstone (1813-1873), Laws travelled to Malawi and was involved in the foundation of the mission station of Livingstonia on the shores of Lake Nyasa. During the succeeding 50 years he also established a network of hundreds of schools. In 1908 Laws was elected moderator of the General Assembly of the United Free Church of Scotland.