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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 6, 1910

Foot-Notes for Table No. 1

(a) Since mission fields are not organized in the way conferences are, the dates in Column 2 do not refer to the time of their organization, as in the case of conferences, but to the time when the field was entered or when information was first separately given in these reports. The distinction between conferences and mission fields is indicated by the names assigned each in the list.

(b) The tithe per capita is based upon the total Sabbath-keepers, and not upon the membership of churches only.

(c) By total laborers in Column 19 is meant the total number of laborers employed in the conference or mission field in evangelistic work, including not only the four classes named in the preceding columns, but all other persons not thus specified. The totals in Column 18 are not always, therefore, the totals of the four preceding columns, but are frequently greater.

(d) The Philippine and Singapore mission fields were transferred to the Asiatic division Jan. 1, 1910, where they will appear in future reports.

(e) A failure to receive returns from the Chinese mission field for 1909 (as was the case in 1908) makes necessary the compilation of this report on the basis of the one secured for 1907, with a few changes that are supposed to be correct. The 30 in Column 19 under China indicates native colporteurs and evangelists.

(f) Under General Conference are included those engaged in general labor as well as the amount of tithes and offerings not accounted for elsewhere.

(g) The total book and periodical sales for 1909 are more accurately given in Table 2, section 2, where the sales of the publishing houses themselves are shown to be $1,402,444. It is not possible for the conferences to report the entire sales made by the publishing houses, since the houses deal directly with individuals in many cases. Therefore the report of the publishing houses as to the amount of books and periodicals printed and sold by them should be considered as more accurate, and will be noted in the standing summary, Table 3, as the sales for 1909. The report of conference sales, however, is retained throughout the report, in order that the showing for the various conferences may be referred to by those desiring the information.

Foot-Notes for Table No. 2

Section 1

(a) The system of educational work outlined by the Educational Department of the General Conference, in 1906, comprising sixteen grades, or years of study, is arranged as follows: Church-schools (information concerning which will be found listed under Columns 28 to 32 in Table No. 1), grades 1-8; intermediate schools, grades 7-10; academies, grades 9-12; colleges, grades 13-16.

(b) In compiling the returns, fractions of acres were not included, thus omitting institutions located on small plots, such as city lots. The figures therefore indicate quite accurately the possibilities of work in agricultural lines.

(c) The “capacity” of schools is the number of students that may be accommodated in classes, and does not refer to dormitory or boarding accommodations provided.

(d) The grades taught by each school indicate the kind of work undertaken, as outlined in note (a), and of course shows whether the institution is doing intermediate, academic, or collegiate work.

(e) In the column indicating laboratory facilities the word “No” occurs where the schools have none; the word “Yes” is used in connection with schools having such facilities. These facilities cover lines of work in various schools as follows: Astronomy, chemistry, physics, histology, zoology.

(f) Schools having facilities for manual training are indicated by “Yes” in corresponding column; those not having such facilities are listed with “No” opposite. These facilities range as follows: Carpentry, cooking, farming, dairying, nursing, printing, plumbing, horticulture, dress-making, tent-making, broom-making, brick-making, etc.

(g) In the column indicating graduates will be found the number who have been graduated from each school the preceding year. The particular character of the work done entitling to such graduation is indicated by reference to Column 9, where the grades of work carried by each school are given.

(h) In Column 14 is shown the number of students (not graduates alone) entering some department of denominational work during the preceding year. This includes such lines as ministry, Bible work, teaching, medical work, canvassing.

(i) Private school.

(j) Assets and acres included in statement for Loma Linda Sanitarium, which see under section 3.

(k) Not in operation during 1909.

Section 2

(l) Covering printing-offices of local conferences and schools.

(m) Denominational publications are now issued in sixty-five languages, as follows:— Arabic, Armenian, Armeno-Turkish, Battak, Bengali, Bohemian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cantonese (China), Chasu (East Africa), Chitonga (Rhodesia), Danish-Norwegian, Dutch, English, Esthonian, Fijian, Finnish, French, German, Greek (modern), Greek-Turkish, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Java-Malay, Kafir (Xosa), Korean, Laplandish, Lettonian, Lithuanian, Malay (Singapore), Mandarin (China), Manganja (East Africa), Maori (New Zealand), Niue, Polish, Portuguese, Rarotongan, Rumanian, Russian, Samoan, Santali, Servian, Sesuto (South Africa), Slovakian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tahitian, Tamil, Tongan, Turkish, Turkish-Greek, Urdu (Roman), Urdu (Persian), Welsh, Wendic, Wen-li (China), Yiddish, Zulu.

Section 3

(n) The Christiania Health Home is conducted on treatment-room basis, accommodating 50 patients with treatments daily, or 7,000 treatments each year. Calcutta is similarly operated.

(o) Including assets of Scandinavian Philanthropic Society.

(p) Refused to report after repeated requests.

(q) Several institutions are omitted from this list for 1909, because of their failure to furnish returns as requested, and it was difficult to determine whether they are being operated or not. The compiler did not care to estimate in these cases, if the managers of the institutions could not, after repeated requests, report the necessary information.

Estimated.

Foot-Notes for Table No. 3

1. Estimated conservatively.

2. By the term “mission” is meant a local field not yet organized into a conference, whether in the United States or elsewhere.

3. In the column showing total laborers are included all persons specified in preceding columns as well as all other evangelistic laborers not thus specified. The amount shown in this column is therefore frequently more than the total of the four preceding columns.

4. Beginning with 1909, the report shows the number of Sabbath-keepers, as well as the church-membership. The difference is made up of members of companies and isolated believers. From this date the tithe per capita is based on the Sabbath-keepers.

5. From 1887 to 1909 the amount given to missions, and included in the preceding column, was $296,692.70, leaving $343,413.73 expended otherwise.