General Conference Bulletin, vol. 1

THE WORK IN NEW ZEALAND

W. M. CROTHERS

SINCE its last annual meeting the New Zealand Tract Society has removed its depository and office from Banks’ Terrace, Wellington, to 57 Tory St., where much more convenient and commodious premises, consisting of a dwelling house of seven rooms, with an attractive shop front, have been secured at a low rent. The living rooms are occupied by the secretary, and also furnish accommodation for any of the laborers who have occasion to visit the city. The shop has been nicely fitted up, and stocked with our subscription and trade-books and Bibles, together with a supply of stationery and school requisites, etc., all of which are nicely displayed on the shelves and in the windows, prominence being given to our denominational works, tracts, and periodicals. By this means the attention of the passers-by is called to our work, and the profits on the shop sales help to pay our rent. GCB October 1895, page 568.9

During the year our canvassers have been quite successful, especially with their deliveries, which have averaged about ninety to ninety-five per cent. One of our best agents during eighteen months has lost but thirty out of a total of one thousand orders. GCB October 1895, page 568.10

Some of our local tract societies have been doing good work, while two colporteurs in the city of Christchurch, who have been selling the Bible Echo, and loaning tracts, have met with much encouragement. The outlook for the future is brighter, and we confidently expect to see the work advance. GCB October 1895, page 569.1

W. M. CROTHERS, Pres.