General Conference Financial Statement

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · May 11, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 19.

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General Conference Financial Statement

Statement of Receipts and Disbursements of the S. D. A. General Conference

for the Biennial Period Ending Dec. 31, 1904
Receipts
Cash on hand January 1 ................. 1903 $ 5,078 78 $ 5,078 78
Annual offerings ........................ 1903 22,001 13
Annual offerings ........................ 1904 41,361 18 63,362 31
First-day offerings ..................... 1903 17,451 63
First-day offerings ..................... 1904 20,521 91 37,973 54
Sabbath-school donations ................ 1903 16,636 55
Sabbath-school donations ................ 1904 24,321 09 40,957 64
Tithe ................................... 1903 19,416 79
Tithe ................................... 1904 5,523 81 24,940 60
Second tithe ............................ 1903 5,649 90
Second tithe ............................ 1904 5,261 38 10,911 28
Other donations and accounts ............ 1903 66,247 68 66,247 68
Missions ................................ 1904 11,684 55 11,684 55
Midsummer offering ...................... 1904 3,103 58 3,103 58
For specific fields ..................... 1904 9,037 75 9,037 75
For specific funds ...................... 1904 15,263 59 15,263 59
From conferences for the support of foreign missions .......................... 1904 8,088 31 8,088 31
Washington Building Fund ................ 1904 45,249 58 45,249 58
Other donations and accounts for ........ 1904 19,927 85 19,927 85
Overdraft on General Conference Association ......................................... 1904 3,693 57 3,693 57
Total receipts .......................... $365,520 61
Disbursements
British Sanitarium ....................... $ 10,000 00
Paid to missions, publishing houses, trust funds, and other accounts ............... 1903 139,038 92
Publishing houses ........................ 1904 14,107 82
Special funds ............................ 1904 7,732 29
To mission fields ........................ 1904 83,290 51
To Washington Building Fund .............. 1904 42,806 37
To laborers .............................. 1904 40,846 63
Miscellaneous donations, funds, and ac- counts .................................... 1904 26,206 56
Cash on hand December 31 ................ 1904 1,441 41 $365,520 61

Statement of Actual Resources and Liabilities of the General Conference,

Dec. 31, 1904
Liabilities
Trust funds .............................. $16,356 12
Personal accounts ......................... 11,788 79
Publishing houses .......................... 3,007 29
Tract societies ........................... 332 92
Atlantic Union Conference .................. 4 30
Australian Union Conference ............... 2,029 99
Battle Creek Sanitarium Co., Ltd. .......... 37 12
Battle Creek Sanitarium .................... 38 40
Bermuda Mission ........................... 74 25
California Conference ...................... 7 43
General Conference Association ............. 29,940 80
General Conference Corporation ............. 3,500 00
Institut Sanitaire ........................ 31 48
Int. Med. Miss. and Ben. Assn. ............. 452 34
Int. Religious Liberty Assn. ............... 760 93
Scandinavian Relief Fund ................... 45 26
Skodsborg Sanitarium ........................ 44
West Michigan Conference ................... 30 00
Over-draft on Gen. Conf. Assn. ............. 3,693 57 $71,831 43
Resources
Bills receivable .......................... $ 4,000 00
Personal accounts ......................... 2,566 01
Tract societies ........................... 1,339 26
Echo Publishing Company ................... 12,061 08
Expense (inventory) ....................... 392 00
Fuel (inventory) .......................... 63 30
House expenses (inventory) ................ 10 19
German Union periodical account ............ 12 03
Honolulu Chinese Academy .................. 4,000 00
Office fixtures ........................... 964 85
District tithe ............................ 115 90
Cape Colony Conference .................... 37 40
Pacific Union Conference .................. 48 56
Swedish Conference ........................ 4 28
Washington Training College ............... 138 93
Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1904 ................. 1,441 41 $27,195 20
Liabilities in excess of resources ........ 44,636 23
$71,831 43

Statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements for Year Ending Dec. 31, 1903

Receipts
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1903 .................. $ 5,078 78
Annual offering ............................ 22,001 13
First-day offering .......................... 17,451 63
Sabbath-school donations .................... 16,636 55
Tithe ....................................... 19,416 79
Second tithe ................................ 5,649 90
Other donations ............................. 66,247 68 $152,482 46
Disbursements
Paid to missions and operating expenses ..... $139,038 92
British Sanitarium .......................... 10,000 00
Cash on hand ............................... 3,443 54 $152,482 46

Statement of Receipts and Disbursements of the General Conference

for the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1904
Receipts
Cash, Jan. 1, 1904 ........................ $ 3,443 54
Field funds ................................. 9,037 75
Special funds ............................... 15,263 59
Annual offering ............................. 41,361 18
Australasian Union Conference ................ 300 00
District of Columbia tithe .................. 4,928 80
District share of A. U. C. debt ............. 69 55
First-day offerings .......................... 20,521 91
General Conference Association .............. 575 96
General Conference Corporation .............. 5,000 00
Lake Union Conference ....................... 2,000 00
Midsummer offering .......................... 3,103 58
Missions .................................... 11,684 55
Pacific Union Conference .................... 506 00
River Plate Conference ...................... 311 29
Sabbath-school donations .................... 24,321 09
Second tithe ................................ 5,261 38
Tract societies ............................. 1,050 23
Tithe ....................................... 5,523 81
Washington Building Fund .................... 45,249 58
Personal deposits ........................... 2,892 19
Miscellaneous laborers ....................... 8,088 31
Misc. donations and accounts ................. 2,293 83
Overdraft on G. C. A. account ................ 3,693 57 $216,481 69
Disbursements
Publishing houses ........................... $ 14,107 82
Special funds ............................... 7,782 29
To mission fields ........................... 83,290 51
Expenses .................................... 5,670 08
Australasian Union Conference ................ 554 80
Food companies .............................. 458 07
Christian Record ............................ 180 00
Dakota Conference ........................... 1,500 00
District Committee Account .................. 1,898 04
Financial Secretary Account ................. 2,638 50
Forwarding Agent ........................... 895 00
General Conference Corporation .............. 1,500 00
General Conference .......................... 265 70
Int. M. M. Tr. School Association ........... 225 00
Institut Sanitaire .......................... 295 05
Mission Board Fund .......................... 4,211 36
Pacific Union Conference .................... 506 00
Southern work ............................... 671 54
Tract societies ............................. 222 35
Washington church .......................... 634 31
Washington Building Fund .................... 42,806 37
Personal deposits ........................... 2,892 98
Laborers .................................... 40,846 63
Miscellaneous accounts ....................... 987 83
Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1904 .................. 1,441 41 $216,481 69
Cash, Jan. 1, 1904 .......................... $ 3,443 54
Receipts .................................... 209,344 58
Overdrafts .................................. 3,693 57
Disbursements ............................... $215,040 28
Cash, Dec. 31, 1904 .......................... 1,441 41
$216,481 69 $216,481 69