Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-05-30
Books donated, exclusive of foreign grants ,

Books donated, exclusive of foreign grants,
265 Ol2 value. S64,779. SO.
B,BLs SOCIETY REcoRD-Whole circulation
425. 100, monthly average, 35, 500; costing
S9, ,OS4 90.
Agents in service during the year, 40 Of
whom three are in foreign countries, two have
been engaged in the army and for freedmen,
SIX have resigned thirteen were newly ap-
poin ted, OF whom ten are in Southern States.
Total agents now employed, "a. Colporteurs
in foreign lands, 40: assistant and country
agents and colportucrs employed py an1hilar-
ies Isl; voluntary local agents or Bible visit
ors, (unpsid) Is 800.
The regular District or State Agents ct the
Society have during the year visited LII
B,h,e Societies, attended 2 449 Bible mort
ings, travelled l9l $50 miles, delivered 924
sermons and addresses, sen out 80 .435 letters
and circulars, remI,trd d to the treasury SUI
724,2S and report the receipts from their
fields at 1896 426,l0.
DlsTRrBurIoN Hundreds of direct grants
have been made, excluding what has been
done by au1lilaries during the year for the
same objects, of which we give few items;
For Freedmen, 80, ,324 destitute people in
the South. SO. .6lS soldiers and soldiers hos
pitals 40 9S7, United States Commission tor
army and navy, 65.874 prisoners OF var,
20 900: sailors, 2 499 humane institutions,
79l; Sunday schools, 81, ,s34 of which 7.6ll
were in the South y various foreign porte,
l62l7; besides other grants IN money for
books. $4l "a ,l3.
Our a,ents report 3O7 1898 families visited,
OF which IA S46 we're destitute If Scriptures
and supplied, and 10 272 were destitute and
refused the Bible gift or purchase; g.
$50 destitute individuals and 734 Sunday
schools y ere also supplied. excluding large
grants to the American Sunday School Union
for missionary schools. These figures indicate
only a portion of the distribution made by our
auxil aries.
GgArUITOUs ACrIoN OF TIE BOARD OF MAN
AYERS donations IN books ana money. dis
counts On sales to auxilIarles. debts OF feeble
socle.ies Cancelled, etc including Sal 24l IL
paid for the lorelgn field, amount to $l4S,-
408 so. Every proper application for books
or mnney has been promptly granted.
The Society has now upon the list, 1872
| aux,liaries. with their B 800 branches. making
in all 5,232 Bible societies now directly
| connected, besides a number of others which
| are not auxiliary, but contribute to Its funds
Nearly Oh auue SO 600 persons have been
made directors and members for life, of whom
| probably about 2 600 directors and 5000
| members survive
The whole amount of receipts during the
fifty years has been $40 434, 1853 II.
The sum total of ISSUES q 100 1896 vol
| umes.
| 10e recelpIs uurlnR Tue year Jues oiooou
exceed those of the year ending March 81,
1861, by $253 O84,l2.
| Tne Issues of the last five years (65 552.3D
exceed those of the first thirtv-three years OF
the Society (6,347, llO) by l07 O9l volumes.
The distribution by the UnIsed States
| Christian Commission of books granted to
that body for the army and navy during the
w,r. was of l,466,74S volumes, valued at
$l79 S2499.
Five thousand delegates participated in
this great work, which was conducted with
out char se for transportation or any thing
| else to the America Bible .Suciety.
Addresses were made by Rev. DR.. Spring,
Rev Dr.. Anderson, Robert G. Winthrop,
Rev. Thomas Nolan. delegate from the Brit
ish and Foreign Bible Society, Rev. DR.
Laehiin Taylor and Rev. DR.. William Ofm
lston, delegates from the Bible Society {
! Upper Canada; Rev. N. Pascal. delega
from the Bible Society OF France Rev. Isaac
Bisss IF Constantinople Bishop james, and
Maj. Gen. .. y. Howard.
Bishop Mclvaine, in a few eloquent words,
requested the audience, 6. token of respect
and veneration for DIR. Spring, the only one
Of the founders of the Society who was able
to be present, to rise The immense audi
ence simultaneously arose and remained stand
ing for several minutes. The scene was very
impressive.
After the adoption of the report. the Socie
ty adjourned until the second Thursday in
May 1867.