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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 30, 1878

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 51, No. 22.

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THOSE REPORTS.

[THE secretary of the Minnesota tract society thus complains of the careless manner in which reports are made out, and the lawless way of doing business. As we presume the secretaries of other States are similarly troubled, we give his remarks.]
Let me show up some of the mistakes occurring in some of the reports. We will bring Dist. No. 3 on the stand. Receipts, as per face of report, $61.95; paid into treasury, $99.00, as per secretary's abstract on back of report. In Dist. No. 1, the receipts as per report are $328.80; as per abstract, $74.40; amount paid to treasury, $72.40. In Dist. No. 8, the receipts as per face of report are $16.00; as per abstract, $14.00; paid into the treasury $14.00. In Dist. No. 10, the receipts as given on the face of the report are $52.40; on abstract, $16.75; paid into the treasury, $6.40.
I would not find too much fault; but if each director or secretary will just take a few moments' time and examine the above, he will see some difficulty in making out a report that will balance. Brethren, shall we continue to do business in this manner? or shall we in the future try to be more correct? As secretary it becomes my duty to keep a book account of all financial transactions of the Minnesota T. and M. Society. I can only do this in a correct manner when the business is reported to me aright.
I wish to make the following requests of the members of this society: 1. Let all members send names for periodicals to their librarians; 2. Let all librarians send the same to their secretary or director, as the case may be; 3. Let all directors send the same to the State secretary; 4. Be sure to state what premium attends each, as in my periodical account book I have to make notes of them; 5. Let all reports go through the same channel; 6. See that the financial part of your report balances; 7. Report in time, so that the directors may have time to send their reports to me by the 12th of June, and I can have my report ready at the camp-meeting.
A. H. Van Kirk, Sec.