New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-13
American Tract society.

The Twenty seventh Annual Meeting OF
Ne American Tract Society held at the Tabernacle
broadway, yesterday morning. Chief Justice VII.
lIAMs, Of Connecticut President and the proceedings
were opened with prayer by Rev. Asa d. SMITH, DID,.
The Tfeasurer's Report and an abstract
II the Annual Report were then read, the principal
tems Of which we quote:
The Twcntyseventh year has been one Of prosperity
ind usefulness The receipts, number of coporteurs,
circulation and grants greater than In any previous
year. Rev. DIR. Mason Of the Publishing Committee,
and Rev DIR. A. Alexander and Gov. Morrow, VicePre-
udents, have been removed by death.
Nsr Publications Sc Of which IS volumes in Eng
Nsh, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Dutch and Danish. Total publications loss. of which
30 are volumes; total approved abroad In about ia
Periodicals monthly edition of The American
Messenger is 100000; of The American Messenger In
sS SS 200 and Q. Inc Cnias rsp soos,
$4,000; and OF The Christian Almanic in German,
x000
Circulation Of Publications, s,s9s,973 including 967,
80 volumes and embracing eaS 200 500 pages Total
Gnce the formation of the Society, les $40 pubcs-
lions, including 755oA volumes. Grataitous circuls-
don during the year smong the destitute. 65 l64 Isl
pages, value about Si3 500 including 66l0335 pages
Ne members.
Receipts, ia donations, sll64o6 a.; for sales sss-
S43 50; total with balance, SlCs OF in the Treasury
o3<s.sS 2 Expenditures, including s7s,073 50 for
0OIUNftNgt.
banda fSia 1919 10 Balance in the Treasury S659 So
laving the Society under obligations for paper, be
paid within six months, s4a4s; oa
General Agents and Superntendents of Colportsgc
% the number Of twenyone, have been cmployed<or
hrgc districts OF country In raising funds and securing
and experimenting the lsboys OF colporieurs
ColporagS-The whole number Of colporteurs during
The whole part OF the year has been 6i3 Including
no students from 40 different Institutions for their
cations, exclusive of 73 recently commissioned OF
the whole, l04 devoted to the foreign emigran
neutrality-suspicious., Irish, French. Welsh, Spanish
Norwegian psniah, aud Dutch The number in CON-
mission April 400 The apportionmsat Of colp,r
ssurs has been as follows Maine, New,nampshirs
Massschsetts East Vermont and Canada East (Amcri-
can Tract Society, Boston) 20; West Vermont, 4 !;
Rhode Island, .; Connecticut, 7 Newyorx 81; New
Jersey, 8; Pennsylvania, 81 Delaware 3; Maryland
IL; Dstfi-s Of Columbia Il Virginia 10; Norta Caro-
Nina, S; South Carolina, q; Georgia p Asbams 10;
Arkansas /; Tennessee 81 Kentucky, "a; Oaio, 81 ;
Michigan. IA; InaiSna 80 Illinois, 40 Missouri. 70;
Iowa, q Wisconsin, IL; Canada. IL; Mexico, l; to-
tnl Ga
sSasissical Rssehs-Years of service a6f number OF
Families visited ASss; with 25l a67 personal religious
conversation or prayer ID e public or prayer
meetnSs held addressed; volumes sold, on
books granted to destitute households. lSilla The
sprizual desfufion of the 6ecs thus traversed viii APP
pear frum the fact that s6,l families habtusy neglect
evangelical preaching. making lSooOo soals reached
within four ycars who do enjoy the instructions OF
tie ministry; 6s,4i2 families, during the year, were
1oand destitute OF all religious books except the Bible
RJSa bad not The Bible; i,46s were Roman Catholic
kmihe9
Tsssis~ and Pssas Lsals-Ths urgent clAims of
vnrious missionary citations impelled che Commee 1t
- close Of the year. 10 increase the appropriations for
lbreign distnbuton, from $1,000 8 proposed to
9ea0oa vhise ~ hep SsuensA