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Receipts and Disbursements of the General Conference 1909

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · May 19, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 20.

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Receipts and Disbursements of the General Conference 1909

By I. H. Evans

RECEIPTS DISBURSEMENTS
Cash on hand $13,937.98
Conferences and tract societies 8,973.07 $8,118.25
Work for the colored people 7,624.02 13,123.60
Depositors 31,343.58 46,266.22
Correspondence School 1,497.90 435.95
Expense 5,354.25
Support of laborers 5,649.09 1,283.71
General Conference Association 13,879.81 13,879.81
General Conference Corporation 25,667.52 36,799.64
General Conference Bulletin 5,744.51 4,517.76
General Conference session 15,174.00 17,702.48
Miscellaneous funds 9,939.69 3,841.85
Loans 2,728.42 6,117.62
Christian Record 443.00 2,208.71
Harvest Ingathering Campaign 10,453.69 14,860.03
Publishing houses 39,256.02 32,776.51
Religious Liberty Association 4,765.67 785.23
Specific accounts 36,869.10 42,838.61
Specific donations 20,061.20 20,563.09
$150,000 Fund 2,333.50 4,265.77
Annual offering 27,066.29
First-day offering 18,789.68
Midsummer offering 19,960.03
Missions 87,832.92
Sabbath-school donations 81,911.65
Thanksgiving fund 30,835.77
$300,000 Fund 1,227.55
Second tithe 2,631.96
Tithe 12,103.04
Surplus tithe 40,063.23
Legacies 8,561.57
To laborers 64,583.35
To mission fields 229,435.15
Cash on hand 17,567.87
Total $587,325.46 $587,325.46

Receipts and Disbursements of Mission Funds

RECEIPTS General Funds:
Amount
Annual offerings $27,066.29
First-day offerings 18,789.68
Midsummer offering 19,960.03
General mission fund 87,832.92
Sabbath-school donations 81,911.65
Thanksgiving fund 30,835.77
Harvest Ingathering fund 10,347.69
Tithe 12,103.04
Second tithe 2,631.96
Surplus tithe 40,063.23
Legacies 8,561.57
Total $340,103.83
Conferences and Individuals to Support Laborers in Various Fields:
Amount
California Conference $436.75
Southern California Conf. 35.00
East Colorado Conf. 48.00
West Colorado Conf. 24.00
Iowa Conference 3,006.68
Greater New York Conf. 71.45
Kansas Conference 50.60
East Michigan Conf. 28.74
Minnesota Conference 40.00
Nebraska Conference 775.60
New Jersey Conference 111.00
Ontario Conference 301.00
Ohio Conference 400.70
South Dakota Conference 309.57
Individuals 10.00
Total $5,649.09
Amount
From miscellaneous sources 9,700.17
Gen. Conference session 16,401.75
Grand total $371,854.84
DISBURSEMENTS Mission Fields:
Amount
Australian Union Conf. $8,500.00
China Mission 30,672.81
Canadian Union Conf. 7,650.66
Chesapeake Conference 750.00
European General Conf. 8,089.87
Greater New York Conf. 4,311.19
| Hawaiian Mission | $400.00 | | India Mission | 29,579.96 | | Japan Mission | 9,638.75 | | Korean Mission | 9,121.49 | | Jewish appropriations | 713.00 | | Mexican Mission | 9,942.70 | | South African Union Conf. | 23,783.27 | | So. American Union Conf. | 26,541.84 | | Southern Union Conf. | 5,175.50 | | Southeastern Union Conf. | 7,613.64 | | Southwestern Union Conf. | 4,300.00 | | Scandinavian appropriation | 1,404.88 | | West Virginia Conf. | 500.00 | | Virginia Conference | 1,200.00 | | West African Mission | 3,338.41 | | West Indian Union Conf. | 24,819.91 | | West Canadian Union Conf. | 6,970.73 | | Russian school app. | 1,161.24 | | Special appropriations | 5,211.94 | | Total | $232,091.79 |
Home Fields:
Amount
To Gen. Conf. laborers in field on 1909 account $28,568.30
To Gen. Conf. laborers in field on 1908 audit 2,163.59
Total $30,731.89
Amount
To Gen. Conf. employees on 1908 audit $4,368.53
Departmental Expense:
Amount
Educational Department $2,725.67
Executive Department 15,435.11
Medical Department 3,029.07
Missionary Department 903.29
Missionary Volunteer Dept. 1,603.58
No. Amer. Foreign Dept. 1,155.82
Publishing Department 3,199.93
Sabbath-School Dept. 2,268.19
Swedish Department 46.56
Total $30,367.22
Miscellaneous:
Amount
Emergency calls $676.93
Fifteen-per-cent fund 13,684.81
General Conference session 17,702.48
General expense 4,445.87
Sundry accounts 2,591.06
Harvest Ingathering camp. 14,754.03
Total $53,855.18
Grand total $351,414.61
Amount
Total receipts $371,854.84
Total disbursements 351,414.61
Receipts over disbursements $20,440.23

Summary of Mission Receipts and Disbursements, 1905 to 1909

RECEIPTS DISBURSEMENTS
Deficit Jan. 1, 1905 $47,965.50
1905 $172,948.17 143,796.86
1906 212,296.85 163,755.56
1907 232,956.47 253,445.74
1908 270,405.96 272,873.08
1909 371,381.29 351,414.61
Balance Dec. 31, 1909 26,737.39
$1,259,988.74 $1,259,988.74
I. H. EVANS, Treasurer for 1909.