The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-04-23

" income of the year This amounted to over $7,000, while $2000 went from the legacies of the year into the fund
 Our business department made their customary appropriation to the admin istraton of the missionary work this year, as last, of $5,O00 Other items made up few hundred dollars addi- tional,
 All this, with a balance of nearly %,- 900 with which we began the year, amounted to $67,S35,75, While our inz come thus was diminished by $22, ,O51 13, our, available funds for the year were only $4,366.S1 less than before; and we have a small balance to begin with at the beginning of the succeeding year.
 We have found out how the compos- ite Congregational giver divides the dollar which he devotes to such mis- sionary work as is thought worthy of record in this place. Other gifts meaning those outside of these which Congregational churches are pledged to support, received thirty-one cents out of each such dollar, and this pioneer missionary Sunday school work re- ceives not quite two and quarter cents.
 This percentage of gifts is smallest in the Eastern or older states where the knowledge of it is least, and where the amount of gifts to missionary objects is the largest; and that it increases quite regularly as the gross amount di- minishes and the newer states are reached, where the Sunday school mis- slonary and the results by his work are most in evidence.
 The Sunday schools have increased their giving by $1,250, while the church. es have diminished theirs by $2100. The women's organizations and the Christian Endeavor societies have made increase both in the number of those contributing and in the amount.
 Less than 1000 churches have given us anything as churches, and 121 of these only as contributing at Sunday school service while nearly 5000 Sun day schools have sent their offerings to our work. The average gift from each church was ST; from each Sunday school just half that amount-$S.50.
 Our receipts from the Children's day offerings were nearly the same as a year ago, about $1S,5OO, from about one-third of our Sunday schools.
 We have continued to share with this society in the employment of Superin- tendent Bell of Montana, Rev. Joel Martin as missionary in the upper pe- ninsula of Michigan, Rev. John Sattler as general missionary to the Germans, and Rev. John Okerstein as general missionary to the Swedes in the north west. The American Missionary asso- ciation unites with us in the support and direction of the labors of MT. Gill; bert Walton in Tennessee and Ken lucky. Though smaller than they we are kindly permitted to pay an equal amount toward these joint workers with our larger sisters Rev. c. c. Col lins also for part of the year gave a portion of his time to us in North Caro- lima.
 Tn 1891 and 1892 the churches gave us over $56,000 each year. In 1894 it was still further reduced to $52,250 This year it shrinks to $49,000.
 The subscriptions to the periodicals have so increased that the lists show the largest circulation reached in the history of the society. The book trade has somewhat fallen off. During the year the business department contribu- ted five thousand dollars from the prof its of the previous year to the treasury of the missionary department of the society
 The life members for 1895-96 in Con- necticut are Isabella Bartram, Bridge port; William E. Wills, Bridgeport; i; Thomas Young, Norwich; Chester E. Child, Putnam; F. M. Warner, Put nam.
 The receipts of the missionary de- partment have been as follows: Balance on hand March l,
 lS95 ..................... $3,9SS 2f Donations from churches,
 Sunday schools and other
 sources ................. 49,033 il Legacies 3,544 % Appropriation from business
 department ................. 5,000 00 Proportion of legacy account
 available in 1895 and 1884,. 7,352 AZ Interest legacy account ... 1S3 15 Interest on balance ..... 133 4 Pilgrim missionary y........ 51 15 Supplies and service. .......... 549 Ss
 S69,S35 75 The expenditures of the missionary department have been as follows: Secretary, one-half salary
 and expenses. ............. S1,969 52 Field secretary salary and
 expenses 3,1S5 t2 Treasurer 100 % Clerical service. e........ 1,265 50 Sundry expenses-rent, post
 age, etc 1,949 "A Sunday school missionaries,
 salaries and expenses. ...... 46, 199 SS Grants-books, papers, etc.,. H. 1O2 06 Pilgrim Missionary. 512 % Two thirds of $3,000 trans
 ferred to legacy account.... 2,OOO co Congregational Church Build-
 ing society, received through
 mistake S1 51 Balance 1,47o g
 s69, 1885 75 The superintendents and missiona- ries are Rev. J. D. Stewart, Nebraska; Rev. H. P. Case, Southern California; Rev. J. B. Platt, Oklahoma; Rev. c. A, Towle, Iowa; Rev. William Ewing, Michigan; Rev. William F. McMillen, Illinois, Ohio and Indiana; Rev. Will liam s. Bell, Montana; Rev. Samuel