General Conference Bulletin, vol. 3

FINANCIAL REPORTS

L. A. HOOPES

STATEMENT OF RESOURCES AND LIABILITIES OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE ASSOCIATION, For the Year Ending December 31, 1899.

RESOURCES.
Real and Personal Estate	$287708.85
Bills Receivable	84211.36
G. C. Office Fixtures	2120.03
G. C. Library	539.49
Review and Herald	2156.24
General Conference	7860.28
Huntsville School	10965.16
B. C. Tent Company	4470.48
Pacific Press Pub. Co.	741.96
General Conference Pub. Co.	10916.58
General Conference Building	406.12
Texas School	5347.44
Denmark School	3217.05
Walla Walla School	33753.51
Milton Academy	7900.55
Union College	10483.55
Graysville Academy	2139.58
Claremont Sanitarium	2218.36
General Conference Bulletin	264.17
International Tract Society, Ltd.	79.31
Central European Mission	38.23
Echo Publishing Company	3907.01
Australian Tract Society	1661.69
New Zealand Tract Society	4762.48
Accounts receivable	2262.37
Cash	207.69
Total	$490339.54
LIABILITIES.
Bills Payable	$190940.48
General Conference Association Fund	11339.60
South African Conference	747.54
Australasian Union Conference	2153.77
Pacific Press Pub. Co.	809.92
Christian Record	24.28
International Tract Society, New York	133.53
Foreign Mission Board	4417.54
Individual Deposits	6423.66
Accounts Payable	1798.57
Stock	271550.65
Total	$490339.54
TITHE RECEIPTS OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE, For the Year Ending December 31, 1899.
DISTRICT NO. 1.—Atlantic.
Atlantic	$ 833.89
Maine	343.16
New England	1062.95
New York	753.47
Maritime Provinces	1009.64
Pennsylvania	1500.50
Vermont	327.19
West Virginia	47.30
Virginia	89.92
Chesapeake	177.38
Total	$6145.40
DISTRICT NO. 2.—Southern.
Florida	$ 230.18
Tennessee River	200.00
Cumberland Mission	4162.29
Alabama	1372.04
Georgia	1838.32
Louisiana	495.49
Mississippi	332.47
North Carolina	834.48
South Carolina	148.82
Total	$9614.09
DISTRICT NO. 3.—Lake.
Illinois	$ 1096.66
Indiana	1303.58
Michigan	4336.65
Battle Creek Church 75%	20371.46
Ohio	1732.62
Wisconsin	2262.86
Total	$31103.83
DISTRICT NO. 4.—Northwest.
Dakota	$ 985.11
Iowa	2288.75
Minnesota	1781.89
Nebraska	2437.23
Manitoba	1241.99
Total	$8734.97
DISTRICT NO. 5.—Southwest.
Colorado	$1351.71
Arkansas	153.00
Arizona	537.13
Kansas	1742.29
Missouri	954.61
Oklahoma	454.07
Texas	655.52
Total	$5848.33
DISTRICT NO. 6.—Pacific.
California	$4053.83
Montana	179.04
Wyoming	625.89
North Pacific	1785.60
Upper Columbia	1198.30
Utah	1394.28
Total	$9236.94
Individuals	$6544.70
South African Conference	1115.45
Grand Total	$78343.71

Summary of Statistics of Conferences and Missions for the Year Ending December 31, 1990.—

DISTRICT.	Conference or Mission.	Date of Organization.	Ministers.	Licentiates.	Missionary Licentiates.	**Total Laborers.	Churches.	Membership	Tithe.
1. Atlantic	Atlantic	Sept. 27, 1889	3	6	2	11	14	779	$ 8,507.23
	Chesapeake	March 7, 1899	2	2	5	9	9	700	2,980.44
	Maine	Nov. 1, 1867	3	2	1	6	22	521	3,721.40
	* Maritime Provinces		3		2	5	10	250	1,009.64
	New England	Aug. 24, 1871	11	3	4	22	39	1,162	11,605.60
	New York	Oct. 25, 1862	13	7	2	22	61	1,576	10,176.17
	* Newfoundland		1			1	1	23	137.60
	Pennsylvania	Sept. 17, 1879	7	5	4	21	53	1,487	11,893.82
	Quebec	Aug. 16, 1880	3	2		5	6	200	1,055.24
	Vermont	June 12, 1863	5	1	1	7	19	511	3,300.00
	Virginia	Aug. 5, 1884	5	3		8	14	420	1,378.50
	West Virginia	Sept. 15, 1887	2	4		6	11	300	1,316.34
	Totals		58	35	21	123	259	7,929	$57,081.98
2. Southern	* Alabama		2	3	4	9	9	221	$ 1,372.04
	* Cumberland Mission		7	5	9	21	7	380	4,162.29
	* Georgia		4			4	5	170	1,767.02
	* Louisiana		1		3	4	2	100	495.49
	* Mississippi		2	1	6	9	4	100	331.67
	* North Carolina		2	1	2	5	4	129	832.73
	* South Carolina		1	1		2	1	35	124.30
	Florida	Sept. 22, 1893	2	2	8	12	10	269	3,200.00
	Tennessee River	Oct. 14, 1879	2	2	3	7	13	360	504.50
	Totals		23	15	33	73	55	1,764	$12,790.04
3. Lake	Illinois	June 9, 1871	9	11	25	45	48	1,550	$13,850.00
	Indiana	Sept. 20, 1872	14	11	6	35	62	1,775	13,066.72
	Michigan	Oct. 6, 1861	30	24	20	74	141	5,155	38,360.60
	Battle Creek Church	Oct. 24, 1861	2			2	1	1,957	# 16,354.37
	Ohio	Feb. 22, 1863	15	8	15	41	80	2,300	17,569.54
	Ontario	June 18, 1899	5	2	9	16	10	374	(+) 1,974.64
	Wisconsin	June 22, 1871	16	11	32	50	90	3,100	21,473.00
	Totals		91	67	107	263	432	16,211	$122,648.87
4. Northwest	Dakota	Sept. 16, 1880	9	5	12	26	38	1,030	$ 7,162.43
	Iowa	Sept. 20, 1863	20	17	28	65	105	3,573	25,908.78
	* Manitoba		2	3	5	10	7	248	1,544.61
	Minnesota	Oct. 4, 1862	10	11	10	34	83	2,550	19,884.77
	Nebraska and Wyoming	Sept. 25, 1878	13	7	21	41	61	2,271	18,632.45
	Totals		54	43	76	176	294	9,672	$73,133.04
5. Southwest	* Arizona		2	2	1	5	2	100	$ 537.13
	Arkansas	May 21, 1888	3	4	2	9	17	275	1,458.07
	Colorado and New Mexico	Sept 26, 1883	13	6	10	35	39	2,100	17,552.40
	Kansas	Sept. 10. 1875	15	11	32	58	94	3,000	17,520.68
	Missouri	June 2, 1876	11	2	15	28	44	2,200	8,429.95
	Oklahoma and Indian Territory	Aug. 31, 1894	3	8	6	17	32	862	4,839.86
	Texas	Nov. 18. 1878	9	13	19	41	28	664	6,057.29
	Totals		56	46	85	193	256	9,201	$56,395.38
6. Pacific
	California and Nevada	Feb. 15, 1873	27	11	31	69	66	4,372	$44,658.74
	Montana	Oct. 5, 1898	4	4	5	13	12	335	5,727.62
	North Pacific	Oct. 25, 1877	16	10	4	30	58	2,072	15,553.42
	Upper Columbia	-------, 1880	12	18	28	58	35	1,500	10,655.31
	* Utah		2		2	4	3	150	1,394.28
	Totals		61	43	70	174	174	8,429	$77,989.37
7. Australian Union
	Australasian Union	-------, 1895	5	1		6			||
	New South Wales	Oct., 1895	3	4	10	17	7	482	$ 5,348.86
	New Zealand	May 27, 1889	4	3	4	12	13	432	6,000.00
	Queensland	Oct. 20, 1899	2	4	5	11	4	180	1,950.00
	South Australia	Nov. 25, 1899	2	2	3	8	6	300	3,000.00
	++ Tasmania		1			1	1	20	1,000.00
	Victoria	Sept., 1888	2	6	7	15	8	500	6,000.00
	++ West Australia		1	1	3	5	1	48	1,079.36
	Totals		20	21	32	75	40	1,962	$24,378.22
8. European Union
	British	Aug. 3, 1898	9	6	3	18	14	589	$ 9,799.56
	Central European	May 26, 1884	6	7	9	22	23	625	5,004.25
	Denmark	May 30, 1880	6	4	1	11	16	586	4,249.50
	|| Finland		1	1	2	4	3	46	364.17
	German	July 20, 1898	12	8	14	34	63	1,834	14,573.81
	|| Mediterranean		3	3		6	4	121	626.52
	Norway	June 10, 1887	6		2	8	19	636	3,651.01
	|| Russia		2	2	5	9	29	1,100	2,000.00
	Sweden	March 12, 1882	8	5	2	15	29	757	3,318.34
	Totals		53	36	38	127	200	6,294	$43,587.16

[* Mission fields supported by the General Conference, the General Conference receiving all their tithe.]

[+ Ontario tithe for six months.]

[++ Mission fields supported by the Australasian Union Conference, the Union Conference receiving all their tithe.]

[# This is three-fourths entire amount paid by Battle Creek church, the remaining one-fourth being included in amount reported Michican Conference.]

DISTRICT.	Conference or Mission.	Date of Organization.	Ministers.	Licentiates.	Missionary Licentiates.	**Total Laborers.	Churches.	Membership	Tithe.
Miscellaneous	(||)Argentina		4		7	11	12	325	$ 2,000.00
	(||)Bay Islands		1		2	3	2	88	489.09
	(||)Brazil		2	1	5	8	10	400	1,056.35
	(||)British Guiana		2	1		3	4	178	373.87
	(||)Central America		2		3	5	1	10	40.00
	(||)Chile		1	1		4	3	70	200.00
	(||)China				1	1
	(||)Dutch Guiana				1	1
	(||)Fiji		2	1	2	5	1	10	60.21
	(||)Hawaiian Islands		1		4	5	1	25	600.00
	(||)Iceland		1			1
	(||)India		3	1	10	14	1	25	900.54
	(||)Jamaica		4	1	6	11	17	713	1,419.10
	(||)Japan		1	1	7	9	1	12	176.17
	(||)Lesser Antilles		2		3	5	1	10	100.00
	(||)Matabeleland		2	1	6	9	1	15	200.00
	(||)Mexico		2		6	8	2	25	300.00
	(||)Pitcairn Island				1	1	1	54	100.00
	(||)Raratonga		1	1	1	3	1	10	50.00
	(||)Samoa		1		1	2	1	10	50.00
	(||)Society Islands		1	2	1	4	1	10	50.00
	(||)Sumatra		1		1	2
	(||)Tonga		1	1		2	1	10	50.00
	(||)Trinidad		2		1	3	3	141	588.47
	South Africa	Dec. 8, 1892	5	4	5	14	10	400	7,303.60
	Totals		42	16	74	134	75	2,541	$16,107.40

RECAPITULATION.
	DISTRICT.	Ministers.	Licentiates.	Missionary Licentiates.	**Total Laborers.	Churches.	Membership	Tithe.
1.	Atlantic	58	35	21	123	259	7,929	$ 57,081.98
2.	Southern	23	15	33	73	55	1,764	12,790.04
3.	Lake	91	67	107	263	432	16,211	122,648.87
4.	Northwest	54	43	76	176	294	9,672	73,133.04
5.	Southwest	56	46	85	193	256	9,201	56,395.38
6.	Pacific	61	43	70	174	174	8,429	77,989.37
7.	Australasian Union	20	21	32	75	40	1,962	24,378.22
8.	European Union	53	36	38	127	200	6,294	43,587.16
	Miscellaneous	42	16	74	134	75	2,541	16,107.40
	(*) General Conference Laborers	32	9	7	48			(++) 6,544.70
	Grand Totals	490	331	543	1,386	1,785	64,003	$ 490,656.16
	Previous report (for the year ending June 30, 1898)	446	360	(#)		1,654	59,447	432,158.08
	Increase	44	71			131	4,556	$ 58,498.08

[|| Mission fields supported by the Foreign Mission Board, the Mission Board receiving all their tithe.]

[* These are laborers not enumerated in conferences and missions named above, but are granted credentials by the General, Conference, and hold membership in the various conferences, most of them paying their tithe where they hold membership.]

[** Total laborers on conference pay-roll, including the three classes here designated, and any others in the employ of the conference.]

[++ Tithe received by the General Conference from individuals, and not accounted for elsewhere.]

[# Previous reports have not given this item; hence increase can not be shown.]