The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-13
AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY.

AMERICAN Bible SOCIETY.
Annual Meeting Yesterday Feature
| of tht Years work and Charges.
New York, May 12.--The annua
meeting Of the American Bible society
was held yesterday at the Bible house
The eighty-third annual report of the
board of managers was presented, II
substance, as follows:
Two of the executive officers, Rev
| Albert S. Hunt d. D., corresponding
secretary, and Caleb T. Rowe, for forty.
four years general agent, and at the
time of his death general agent emeri.
tus, have died.
| Two new members have been elected:
Henry S. Stearns, M. D.. to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Stephen
Van Ran Rensselaer, Cruger, and Alex
ander Maitland, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of John Fl.
| Washburn.
| The vacancies caused by the death
of Dr. Mclean and DR.. Hunt have been
filled by the appointment of Rev. John
Fox, d. D., of the Presbytery of Brook
Ign. N. Y, and Rev. William I. Haven
of the New England conference of the
| Methodist Episcopal church.
Eight life directors were constituted
during the year by the payment of one
hundred and fifty dollars, and two
hundred and twenty-nine life members
We're constituted by the payment Of
thirty dollars each.
Tn+, q, ~, ,,tt,,
Legacies. -. -. -. ........ 176 81
Returns from sales by foreign
agents and from missionary
and other societies.. :. :. 30142.59
Returns from sales of books
donated ..... .... 3,67295
Income from trust funds, avail
able investments and the
Burr fund for the Blind. -. &c, 991 SO
Net income from the Bible
house. :. So. ............ 14,S7O44
Cash balance, March 81. $685.. 17,447A
1870, O84 80
Disbursements
Salaries and expenses of field
agents and district superin-
tendents.. -. 49,. ....... 50, SOS. 81
Remittances to foreign agents 119, S79.57
Value of books sent to foreign
agents. $40. ..... 49,. 25,75o.s1
Grants of funds to foreign
missionary societies. :. -. 2,o4s.ss
Value of books sent to foreign
missionary societies. :. 49,. 5,O22.41
Value Of books donated. In
Guiding those supplied to life
members and to the blind. 21,0O0.7s
Net cost of Bible Society Rec
ord. :. -. ,.......... 5,134H
Salaries of executive officers.
bookkeepersan6 clerks, trav-
cling expenses, postage, sta
tionery, printing, etc. 49,. ;. 32, 1872. 20
New machinery purchased -. 14,050.54
Balance OF annuity account. 5000
of available funds in
vested. 5.......,......l 10Y ,Ui3,60
Balance of business accounts. 24062,7S
Cash balance, March 81, 1890. 3535.16
$780, 64 33
The payments by the society's auxi-
iaries for the purchase account amount
ed to s69062.39. In addition to this they
on donation account in cash
pA'so'usf anu dutlitiiHth bt6iutS q
transfer from their credit balance to
donation account of $2,62462
The invested funds were increased by
egacies and gifts during the year SO, 700,
and the total amount on the 31st Of
March, 1899 was s416,s525S The in
come from these permanent funds for
The past year was S1S,O52s5 !
Three new Century presses, the most
perfect of their kind, have been put in 4
place. They are very rapid and accu-
ate. A rounding and backing ma
thine and case-mal1ing machine have /
llso been purchased. These machines
ire capable Of turning out five thou
sand volumes a day.
The total issues for the year amount
o 1,3S0.S92 copies, more than half Of
which, 1882, were distributed in other
ands
Somewhat more than one-half of the
looks issued during the year were print
d and bound at the Bible House.
\mong the new issues are a duodecimo
Bible; the Gospels and Acts
rom the modern version in Spanish,
,rinted in large type and attractive
orm; and the New Testament and
'salms in the language Of the Marshall
stands.
The Bible Society Record issues for
he year were 207.207, monthly aver
ge of 17,272.
Instead of thirty or more representa-
ives of the society in the different
tates four men have so far been
hosen as field agents. Rev, Thomas
l. Law, d. D., of Spartanburg, S. c.,
) the field agent for North Carolina
outh Carolina, Florida, Georgia and
-labama; Rev. George D. French of
Tenn, has Kentucky, Ten
essee, Mississippi and Louisiana as his
eld Rev. John Pearson, d. D.. of Day.
IN, o.. Is our representative in West :
irginia, Ohio and Michigan, and Rev
William r. Henderson, D. D., of Chi
ago, has as his territory, Indiana, Hill
DIS and Wisconsin.
In addition to these field agents the a
)ciety has two special agents, Rev A.
/. Cotton and Rev. F. ID. Greene, for
erly of Van, eastern Turkey repre-
snting its interests, the one in eastern
Massachusetts, and the other in Greater
ew York. -