The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-05-26
PRESBYTERIAN MIS-
SION COST S1,952,644
Making Deficit of s65,3o2, According to
Report Made to General Assem-
bly, at Atlanta To-day.

Atlanta, May o6--The 10th annual re
port of the Presbyterian board Of for
eign missions presented to the genera
assembly showed total appropria
tions and disbursements for the hsea
year ending March -, 1913, of sl,952,
GA. The total credits We're 81 1857 .342
showing deficit on the total appropria'
tons of sos 1902.
1t was estimated at the beginning OF
the year that the receipts from churches
wonien's societies, Sunday schools and
Young peoples societies would amount
to ST 100000 There was received from
these sources ST 234 SOS. showing def
cit OF sos ,302 The increased appropria
tions were made necessary by the ex-
pansion of the work. The total amount
received from the churches during the
wear. which is the stable source OF in
come. was S70G,25l. This il Sl2,69b more
than has ever, been received from this
source in l6 wears of the church's his
tory. In 1903 the board received from
the churches only S349, 1856, in 1918 S706,-
25l thus the receipts from this source
alone have more than doubled in the
ten years Receipts from women's so
cieties were $410,103, being an increase
of $l1 .I65 over the previous year.
1.-THE last general assembly, recogniz-
ing the unique and urgent situation in
China says the report, authorized
China emergency propaganda, with a
view to sending out 100 missionaries, as
an extra and funds sufficient for this
enlarged work The campaign was be-
H. al rf 1910 nd tna fnap-
cial results at the close of the fiscal
wear showed in cash and pledges that
some $500 900 had been received
ITO the above amounts should be add
ed the receipts on the field from native
sources, such as educational, medical and
evaneeIistic work, the sum of S50l ,l92.
"The investment securities OF the
board purchased and acquired during the
past year amounted to nearly 100000 |
making the total net amount Of secur-
tires owned by the BOARD at the present |
time s2,950.90o. !,
1.-THE board has sent out during the |
year to the foreign field so new mission
aries. The total number of mission
aries now engaged in the work OF the
board on the foreign fields is List. To
this must be added 3l5 native preach
ers and 4,970 other native helpers. The
communicate membership of the native
church is $4,000. To this should be
added 8o.770 catechumens or those who
have confessed Christ and are under in
struction preparatory TO being received
into full communion in the church.
"The board has under it's care 70 hos
pitfalls and llS dispensaries. Patients
treated, 456,65S.
Under the care of the board in non
Christian lands there are about 800
ed ucationaI institutions, from the villag
school in Africa and the kindergarten
in Japan to great institutions like the
Shantung university at Weihsien, China.
Or the Silliman institute at Dumaguete,
?. l., or the Forman Christian college j
It Lahore, India, one of the leading
institutions in the Punjab. ]
More than 100000 pupils. boarding and !
lay, receive instruction in these various i
chools of learning.
"The revolution in Mexico and the dis 3
urbed condition in the Turkish empire 8
md the changes growing out OF the re- T
ations of Russia and Great Britain in r