p. 16 | The December Summary by N. Z. T.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 12, 1914

The December Summary

By N. Z. T.

As both the secretaries of the Publishing Department were absent from the office when our December summary was made up, we were unable to mention some features in it which we believe will be of interest to all. This summary shows a gain in book sales of more than $2,500 over December of 1912, and is the largest December summary we have ever published. The total value of orders taken during 1913 was $1,051,766.94, $600,873 worth of these orders being taken in the United States, and $450,800 worth in fields outside.

If the colporteurs could have realized more fully the importance of putting in full time, this summary might have been even larger. In North America each colporteur worked on an average not quite 76 hours a month, or about 17½ hours a week. Those in fields outside of North America did a little better, working 89 1-3 hours a month, or 20 2-3 hours a week. Shall we not, during 1914, make a better record than this?

Over 6,450,000 copies of our missionary periodicals and magazines were sold during the year, of which 4,600,000 were sold outside of North America. We feel very grateful for the good work which has been done. We are still hoping that our total sales for the world will reach the two-million-dollar mark. N. Z. T.