Offerings to missions, weekly and annual collections
$185,720.35
Offerings to missions, from Sabbath-schools
71,475.59
Offerings to missions, from Missionary Volunteer Societies (including $185.04 from Southern California not specified)
7,127.22
Total for 1907
$264,323.16
Total for 1906
193,005.86
Gain for 1907
71,317.30
Per cent of gain
36.85
Special Funds
Tithes appropriated by United States for evangelistic work in mission fields in 1907
$118,391.84
Appropriated by all other fields
12,605.32
Total for 1907
$130,997.16
Total “offerings” noted above
264,323.16
Grand total contributed for mission fields, 1907
$395,320.32
Total of similar funds for 1906
333,378.12
Net increase for 1907
$61,942.20
Home Missions
Contributed for support of orphanages, religious liberty work, work for colored people in the United States, etc., where the funds are sent outside the church, but not to a foreign mission field:—
Reported by conferences
$166,949.65
Reported by Missionary Volunteer Societies
3,317.14
Total for 1907
$170,266.79
Total for 1906
145,257.73
Gain for 1907
$25,009.06
Local Church Work
Contributed for local church work, such as distribution of literature, assisting needy poor, church expenses, salaries and other expenses of church schools, and all other local missionary work or enterprises:—
Reported by conferences
$91,676.52
Retained by local Sabbath-schools
13,630.30
Maintenance of church-schools
99,389.68
Reported by Missionary Volunteer Societies
678.24
Total for 1907
$205,374.74
Total for 1906
$57,822.52
Gain for 1907
$147,552.22
Grand Total
Grand total of all funds raised by the Seventh-day Adventist denomination in 1907 for evangelistic work
$1,704,718.12
Total of similar funds for 1906
1,394,361.93
Gain for 1907
$310,356.19
Per cent of gain
22.26
Per capita for the entire field
$18.13
Per capita for 1906
$15.23
Increase per capita
$2.90
Statistical Report of Seventh-day Adventist Conferences and Missions
Church and Conference Work
No.
Name of conference or mission
Organized
Population
Churches
Membership
Companies
Membership
Isolated Sabbath-keepers
Total Sabbath-keepers
Tithe receipts
Tithe per capita
Church buildings
Estimated value
Seating capacity
Ordained ministers
Licensed ministers
Licensed missionaries
Book and periodical canvassers
Total laborers
Retail value of book and periodical sales
1
District of Columbia
1903
339,403
5
482
1
9
125
616
$10,433.65
$16.94
2
$22,000.00
350
1
1
5
6
$1,200.00
Standing for 1906
279,000
4
475
1
9
484
10,126.41
20.92
3
2
4
7
500.00
Gain for 1907
1
7
125
132
307.14
1
1
700.00
Atlantic Union Conference
1901
279.16
2
1
1
5
Central New England
1903
3,216,934
34
1,131
3
17
59
1,207
17,660.17
14.54
5
13,800.00
950
8
8
18
16
52
12,909.74
Greater New York
1902
4,300,000
22
775
59
795
20,408.76
26.33
3
30,000.00
800
5
8
11
8
32
2,086.55
Maine
1867
694,466
21
384
1
17
123
524
6,023.72
11.49
6
7,000.00
1,300
5
3
6
4
15
2,110.12
New York
1906
1,674,499
36
906
14
75
75
981
14,489.97
8.65
21
14,130.00
1,825
7
3
4
9
23
9,405.22
Southern New England
1903
1,336,976
18
460
5
38
47
545
7,768.36
14.25
5
5,200.00
560
5
2
3
2
12
3,606.96
Vermont
1863
343,644
15
402
1
5
69
476
4,996.99
10.50
8
7,400.00
1,000
2
1
1
3
9
809.12
Western New York
1906
1,523,044
37
600
3
13
187
800
7,592.99
9.49
5
5,000.00
750
5
4
7
12
28
7,932.72
Total for 1907
13,089,563
183
4,658
27
165
485
5,308
73,220.12
13.79
53
72,700.00
7,185
39
30
51
54
176
38,860.43
Total for 1906
26,462,468
302
8,395
35
241
323
8,959
107,803.72
12.03
100
78
34
73
101
293
42,645.64
Gain for 1907
162
1.76
2
9
13,611.04
Central Union Conference
1902
20
5
20
35
Colorado (inc. New Mexico)
1882
735,010
52
2,285
50
2,335
30,135.31
12.91
29
58,100.00
6,000
20
4
17
15
56
26,981.33
Kansas
1875
1,611,460
98
2,500
30
450
300
3,250
31,841.81
9.80
52
17,400.00
2,672
11
8
20
12
51
14,986.00
Missouri
1876
3,106,665
49
1,350
9
50
100
1,500
13,524.32
9.02
36
24,486.00
6,300
7
2
14
32
55
6,902.79
Nebraska
1878
1,036,090
47
2,150
7
50
125
2,325
33,487.76
14.40
34
38,600.00
6,075
11
4
8
14
37
10,120.85
Wyoming
1907
225,000
16
350
6
50
10
420
7,275.86
17.75
5
3,300.00
350
2
5
3
10
20
2,720.75
Total for 1907
6,714,225
262
8,635
52
600
585
9,820
116,264.46
11.84
156
141,886.00
21,397
61
28
82
83
254
61,711.72
Total for 1906
8,921,078
364
12,349
82
929
710
13,988
157,282.40
11.24
231
61
60
113
80
275
48,100.68
Gain for 1907
.60
3
13,611.04
For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1907—Table No. 1
Sabbath-School Dept.
25. Number of Sabbath-schools; 26. Membership; 27. Total Sabbath-school contributions; 28. Total Sabbath-school offerings to foreign missions.
Educational Department
29. Number of church schools; 30. Number of teachers; 31. Total enrollment; 32. Estimated value of buildings and equipment; 33. Expense of annual maintenance.
Missionary Volunteer Dept.
34. Number of Young People’s Societies; 35. Membership; 36. Contributions for foreign work; 37. Contributions for home mission work; 38. Contributions for local society work; 39. Total contributions.
Amount of tithe appropriated to fields outside of conference
Total offerings to foreign missions
Total contributions for home mission work
Total contributions for local church work
Sabbath-schools
Membership
Sabbath-school contributions
Sabbath-school offerings to foreign missions
$3,484.88
$1,071.40
$1,002.89
$2,107.07
6
441
$507.70
$357.24
2,244.34
12,251.29
11,965.36
6,793.67
381
4,044
5,273.86
4,541.53
5,332.50
11,554.79
9,546.95
4,924.93
342
7,482
7,993.66
6,128.12
28,466.31
32,970.29
28,489.28
9,542.99
333
8,310
7,534.43
6,463.61
37,206.71
31,898.55
17,002.70
10,972.09
485
10,757
10,119.66
7,546.33
6,170.46
8,678.07
6,084.76
6,264.43
255
5,600
6,633.05
5,100.49
17,570.21
42,189.45
26,815.97
13,995.46
450
10,475
10,468.37
8,120.86
21,264.91
19,481.49
20,192.82
7,642.50
517
12,398
12,211.49
8,660.00
8,456.69
4,280.55
13,502.44
3,561.70
161
2,945
2,780.41
2,576.98
24,667.07
18,840.58
24,795.48
5,149.20
336
7,012
7,238.63
6,426.41
9,376.86
9,008.17
17,768.68
4,894.29
118
2,540
2,316.31
2,088.39
Statistical Report of Seventh-day Adventist Conferences and Missions
Church and Conference Work
Conference or mission
Organized
Population
Churches
Membership
Companies
Membership
Isolated Sabbath-keepers
Total Sabbath-keepers
Tithe receipts
Tithe per capita
Buildings
Estimated value
Seating capacity
Ordained ministers
Licensed ministers
Licensed missionaries
Canvassers
Total laborers
Retail value of sales
Syria (inc. Mesopotamia and Arabia)
6,288,600
1
11
10
21
$264.05
$12.61
1
3
4
Turkey
17,999,998
21
232
44
276
726.66
2.63
3
3
8
Greece
2,433,806
54.40
1
Persia (unentered)
9,500,000
Total for 1907
50,740,696
23
253
54
307
1,380.09
4.52
5
4
9
18
13.88
Russian Union Conference12
1908
Caucasian
1901
11,759,600
16
592
9
93
14
699
2,374.46
3.40
2
3
3
8
478.67
East Russia
28,848,100
7
167
13
212
81
460
1,151.67
2.50
2
4
5
11
437.91
Middle Russia
66,925,100
3
189
8
147
1
337
1,913.81
5.68
2
1
3
3
9
North Russia
24,246,300
9
360
14
221
5
586
2,189.30
3.73
3
2
5
4
14
146.15
South Russia
14,201,000
6
124
13
308
52
484
2,124.96
4.39
2
2
8
12
532.51
Total for 1907
145,980,100
41
1,432
57
981
153
2,566
9,754.20
3.80
11
3
17
23
54
1,595.24
Scandinavian Union Conference
1903
Denmark
1880
2,588,919
20
814
814
8,122.48
9.97
4
$17,027.02
700
5
1
1
17
25
13,663.60
Norway
1887
2,052,221
22
821
821
6,422.14
7.80
2
7,500.00
400
2
2
3
13
21
9,453.00
Sweden
1882
4,751,046
31
768
90
858
4,987.95
5.81
2
1,355.23
400
5
1
2
32
40
19,382.25
Finland
1897
2,816,500
3
74
4
26
16
116
2,107.04
18.16
2
1
2
16
22
7,703.14
Iceland (inc. Greenland)
1901
90,363
1
26
11
37
100.55
2.72
1
2,297.30
250
1
2
3
827.01
Northland
1906
845,315
4
81
19
100
294.55
2.94
3
3
Abyssinia
1907
8,280,000
1
2
2
Total for 1907
21,424,364
81
2,586
4
26
136
2,748
22,034.71
8.02
9
28,179.55
1,750
19
4
12
78
117
51,029.00
South African Union Conference
1902
Cape Colony
1892
2,794,849
11
474
3
22
8
504
6,168.04
13.24
9
19,967.00
1,200
4
1
1
8
22
8,850.84
Natal-Transvaal
1901
2,480,216
4
64
3
41
31
136
3,484.99
25.62
4
11,688.00
500
1
1
4
9
23
8,666.27
Barotseland (Rhodesia)
1905
300,000
1
11
11
206.37
18.75
1
1
Basutoland (Kolo)
1899
478,000
1
2
3
133.36
66.68
1
1
Malamulo (Nyasaland)
1902
850,705
1
32
32
119.70
3.74
1
2
Total for 1907
7,370,437
20
673
8
83
39
795
10,628.88
13.37
15
32,507.25
2,040
10
4
21
17
61
15,518.11
Conference or mission
Organized
Population
Churches
Membership
Companies
Membership
Isolated Sabbath-keepers
Total Sabbath-keepers
Tithe receipts
Tithe per capita
Buildings
Estimated value
Seating capacity
Ordained ministers
Licensed ministers
Licensed missionaries
Canvassers
Total laborers
Retail value of sales
South American Union Conference
1906
Argentina
1902
5,161,000
16
472
4
28
500
6,179.80
12.36
1
1
13
24
13,359.83
Chile
1907
1,500,000
9
260
1
30
290
1,895.00
6.53
4
1
3
4
24
3,482.24
Rio Grande
1906
1,000,000
7
318
7
80
17
415
3,897.80
9.39
2
900.00
300
1
2
5
2
8
3,482.24
Santa Catharina Paraná
1906
700,000
15
476
7
89
15
585
2,785.69
4.80
6
1,900.00
1,000
1
3
2
6
Bolivia
1907
2,000,000
2
2
47.69
23.85
1
1
246.56
Ecuador
1906
1,204,400
1
4
2
6
141.02
23.50
1
1
1
1
939.24
North Brazil
1906
17,356,000
5
201
4
34
5
235
1,212.00
5.15
3
1,100.00
500
1
1
1
2
185.00
Peru
1906
4,559,550
1
19
4
29
2
50
329.21
6.58
1
2
3
450.00
São Paulo
1906
2,600,000
2
29
10
39
290.44
7.44
1
1
1
4
362.00
Upper Paraná
1906
1,000,000
5
75
1
4
7
82
418.92
5.11
1
1
1
3
Uruguay
1906
1,000,000
5
76
2
78
1,254.52
16.08
1
2
Total for 1907
40,180,950
63
1,926
28
271
80
2,277
18,450.09
8.10
11
3,900.00
1,800
17
11
28
19
75
9,034.87
West Indian Union Conference
1906
British Guiana
1906
387,086
11
350
8
25
375
613.32
1.63
6
2,600.00
800
2
2
3
5
9
3,000.00
East Caribbean
1906
900,000
7
195
11
180
375
769.90
2.05
5
2,350.00
550
5
3
2
10
200.00
Jamaica
1903
806,600
29
1,385
28
412
171
1,968
3,137.06
1.59
26
9,253.00
3,500
4
3
2
6
15
5,840.70
South Caribbean
1906
386,947
8
312
2
21
15
348
1,159.08
3.33
8
7,000.00
989
4
2
2
8
400.00
West Caribbean
1906
1,000,000
8
274
6
61
10
345
2,399.04
6.72
6
2,420.00
900
2
4
8
12
23
2,500.00
Central America
1892
3,433,845
6
89
3
46
215
350
1,283.20
3.38
7
2,500.00
900
5
1
6
4
12
1,282.50
Cuba
1905
2,000,000
2
28
2
9
5
42
522.85
12.45
1
1
2
48.35
Hayti
1904
900,000
1
40
6
53
2
95
140.15
1.16
1
150.00
100
1
1
1
4
50.00
Porto Rico
1901
953,241
2
20
20
172.91
8.64
1
3
6
700.00
Total for 1907
10,767,807
74
2,693
66
807
418
3,918
9,997.51
2.55
59
26,273.00
7,739
23
16
24
31
94
14,021.55
Miscellaneous Missions
Bermuda
1903
20,000
1
38
10
48
923.50
19.24
1
2,073.00
200
1
1
2
250.00
British West Africa
1894
50,000,000
1
31
3
24
5
60
206.43
3.44
1
1,500.00
300
1
2
3
5
11
1,150.00
China
1903
426,000,000
4
70
8
66
41
177
966.85
5.46
7
17
17
41
287.45
India (inc. Burma and Ceylon)
1895
297,970,499
4
119
5
50
52
221
3,396.38
15.36
5
4
33
2
44
2,765.02
Japan
1897
50,000,000
4
110
24
134
557.68
4.16
1
265.00
60
3
2
9
8
22
Korea
1904
10,000,000
5
105
6
50
7
155
65.83
4.16
7
200.00
400
2
3
8
13
Mexico
1893
13,607,259
2
62
4
38
21
121
1,114.25
9.21
1
1,000.00
300
2
1
4
7
1,271.45
Total for 1907
847,597,758
21
535
26
228
153
916
7,230.92
7.89
11
3,038.00
1,060
21
8
67
44
140
5,723.92
Statistical Report of Seventh-day Adventist Conferences and Missions — Recapitulation
Church and Conference Work
Group
Population
Churches
Membership
Companies
Membership
Isolated Sabbath-keepers
Total Sabbath-keepers
Tithe receipts
Tithe per capita
Buildings
Estimated value
Seating capacity
Ordained ministers
Licensed ministers
Licensed missionaries
Canvassers
Total laborers
Retail value of sales
General Conference
$2,000.00
22
8
9
49
$14,232,054.03
District of Columbia
339,403
5
482
1
9
125
616
10,433.65
16.94
2
$22,000.00
350
1
1
5
6
1,200.00
Atlantic Union
13,089,563
183
4,658
27
165
485
5,308
73,220.12
13.79
53
72,700.00
7,185
39
30
51
54
176
38,860.43
Central Union
6,714,225
262
8,635
52
600
585
9,820
116,264.46
11.84
156
141,886.00
21,397
61
28
82
83
254
61,711.72
Columbia Union
17,329,198
206
5,717
22
179
167
6,063
71,621.01
11.81
85
78,150.00
13,025
42
23
54
104
226
42,215.46
Lake Union
11,828,038
388
12,914
45
369
894
14,177
147,450.57
10.40
250
309,895.00
48,880
82
51
114
80
332
47,205.57
Northern Union
5,050,835
256
6,708
19
292
534
7,534
95,838.74
12.72
142
129,662.00
17,515
40
29
56
59
184
31,266.15
North Pacific Union
1,897,649
147
5,712
13
107
282
6,101
83,867.75
13.75
78
78,450.00
10,050
59
25
56
85
225
34,588.35
Pacific Union
2,567,000
106
6,878
15
142
114
7,134
112,578.75
15.78
73
155,000.00
12,825
52
17
45
109
223
56,413.76
Southeastern Union
8,645,183
56
1,424
36
244
165
1,833
20,766.42
11.32
39
28,050.00
5,630
31
14
55
36
136
28,472.05
Southern Union
8,672,066
66
1,560
7
54
93
1,707
15,406.15
9.03
26
20,850.00
3,000
22
12
51
34
119
31,472.05
Southwestern Union
6,110,274
132
3,869
14
95
258
4,222
40,647.94
9.63
57
41,733.00
8,570
35
24
28
89
176
36,608.07
Total for 1907—United States
82,243,434
1,807
58,557
251
2,256
3,702
64,515
790,095.56
12.25
961
1,078,376.55
148,427
486
261
606
733
2,106
642,067.64
Total for 1906—United States
79,178,072
1,750
58,402
268
2,401
3,529
64,332
738,526.41
11.48
928
488
278
555
635
1,956
474,187.11
Grand total for 1907
1,561,252,466
2,504
80,897
675
7,618
5,533
94,048
1,064,753.43
11.32
1,172
1,331,330.85
180,576
712
394
1,013
1,382
3,587
1,035,565.62
Total for 1906
1,555,247,877
2,416
79,422
633
6,722
5,387
91,531
998,275.82
10.91
1,132
693
408
948
1,218
3,267
824,027.69
Net gain for 1907
6,004,589
88
1,475
42
896
146
2,517
66,477.61
.41
40
19
65
164
320
211,537.93
Per cent of gain
.38
3.23
1.86
6.54
13.33
2.71
2.75
6.56
3.53
2.74
6.86
13.45
9.79
25.67
For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1907—Table No. 1 (Concluded)
The concluding columns of the table contain the following totals and comparisons:
Amount of tithe appropriated to fields outside of conference
Total offerings to foreign missions
Total contributions for home mission work
Total contributions for local church work
Number of Sabbath-schools
Membership
Total Sabbath-school contributions
Total Sabbath-school offerings to foreign missions
Number of church schools
Number of teachers
Total enrolment
Estimated value of buildings and equipment
Expense of annual maintenance
Young People’s Societies
Membership
Contributions for foreign work
Contributions for home mission work
Contributions for local society work
Total contributions
$118,391.84
$156,943.88
$134,289.33
$77,424.24
2,265
55,351
$59,564.17
$48,940.81
362
385
5,706
$118,233.74
$85,002.05
365
6,673
$5,573.92
$2,872.68
$611.94
$9,243.58
117,395.99
106,806.41
111,500.10
52,913.49
2,171
51,868
52,257.99
38,591.43
350
386
6,066
995.85
50,137.47
22,789.23
44,510.75
94
3,483
7,306.18
10,349.38
12
.85
46.98
20.44
135.23
4.33
6.71
13.91
26.82
3.43
130,997.16
185,720.35
166,949.65
91,676.52
3,573
84,744
88,105.89
71,475.59
458
506
8,007
121,586.76
99,389.68
461
8,933
6,942.18
3,317.14
678.24
11,122.60
140,372.26
134,139.72
145,257.73
41,620.11
3,378
79,090
75,068.55
58,866.14
434
498
7,784
51,386.63
21,691.92
50,056.41
195
5,654
10,037.34
12,609.91
24
24
38.41
4.93
120.27
5.77
7.15
13.57
31.42
5.53
1.61
1.61
2.88
*Superior figures ¹ to ¹⁶ refer to foot-notes for Table No. 1.
ᵃ Native colporteurs and evangelists.
Foot-Notes for Table No. 1
1. Since mission fields are not organized in the way conferences are, the dates in Column 2 do not refer to the time of their organization, as in the case of conferences, but to the time when the field was entered or when information was first separately given in these reports. The distinction between conferences and mission fields is indicated by greater indentation in names of mission fields.
2. The tithe per capita is based upon the total Sabbath-keepers, and not the membership of churches only.
3. By total laborers in Column 19 is meant the total number employed in the conference or mission field in evangelistic work, including not only the four classes named in the preceding columns, but all other persons not thus specified. The totals in Column 19 are not always, therefore, the totals of the four preceding columns, but are frequently greater.
4. Column 20 shows the retail value of book and periodical sales; the periodical sales of union conferences, however, are included only in countries outside the United States. Because of the transfer of the periodical sales in the United States from union totals to the line for General Conference, as explained in Note 14, a correct comparison of book sales by union conferences is possible only by deducting the periodical sales noted in the 1906 report. Where book sales are not shown by local conferences, the amount of sales by publishing houses is given for the union conference in which they are located. This is in cases where the publishing houses deal directly, and not through local conference organizations. In any event there is no duplication of amounts.
5. This being the first report which includes the Missionary Volunteer Department, as well as the information given in Columns 13, 14, 32, and 33, there is no comparison made with the standing of former years. The information which properly belongs after Column 33, regarding the number of colleges, academies, and intermediate schools, the number of teachers, and the total enrolment, coming under the supervision of the Educational Department, is transferred from Table No. 1 to Table No. 2, Section 1, in order that these institutions may be classified, and that more details may be shown than the space in Table No. 1 will allow.
6. The gain of the Atlantic Union Conference is decreased by the transfer, during 1907, of about half its former territory, which was organized into the Columbia Union Conference; the gain of the Central Union Conference is decreased by the transfer of the Iowa Conference to the Northern Union Conference during the year; likewise the net gain of the Lake Union Conference is decreased by the transfer of the Ohio Conference from its territory to that of the Columbia Union Conference. In giving a reason for failing to report some of the items for the Wisconsin Conference under the Lake Union Conference, the president of that conference expressed in words what the secretaries of some other conferences have indicated by action, as follows: “Too busily employed in matters of greater importance.”19
7. Since the Western Canadian Union Conference was organized during 1907, out of territory formerly comprised in the North Pacific and Northern Union Conferences, it is impossible to make comparison with the standing for 1906; this transfer also favorably affects the totals of the North Pacific Union Conference, while the Northern Union Conference, although decreased by the transfer of territory to form the Western Canadian Union Conference, is considerably increased by the addition of the Iowa Conference during 1907. In the organization of three new union conferences in North America during 1907,—the Columbia, the Southeastern, and the Western Canadian, for which no comparison can be shown with the standing for 1906,—there has been a somewhat general re-arrangement of territorial lines.
8. The Kentucky Conference was organized Feb. 11, 1908. It is listed separately in this report for convenience, as showing the division of the field at the time of publication. All funds paid in 1907 in territory now comprising the Kentucky Conference are included in the report of the Cumberland Conference, to which it was attached in 1907, which conference is now listed under the Southeastern Union Conference. Only items not affecting duplication or omission are shown for Kentucky in this report. The subdivision of the Southern Union Conference renders a comparison with standing for 1906 of little value, hence it is not given.
9. The number of laborers in institutions in the European union conferences is omitted from Table No. 1, Column 19, this year, and included in a new list in Table No. 2, where it properly belongs. The comparison with the 1906 report is made on the basis of that omission both in union and grand total amounts.
10. The amount of second tithe paid by local conferences in all the European union conferences is shown in Column 21. This money is devoted to mission work in the union.
11. Mission schools in German East Africa.
12. The figures of the German Union Conference for 1906 included also the returns from the Russian field, here segregated for the first time, and appearing under the Russian20Union Conference, which began its separate existence, Jan. 1, 1908. This accounts for the totals being less for the German Union Conference, though the increase in that field in 1907 has been decidedly apparent.
13. Includes book sales by Upper Parana and Uruguay missions.
14. Under General Conference are included those engaged in general labor as well as the amount of tithes and offerings not accounted for elsewhere in this report. There are also shown the approximate value of periodical sales in the United States during 1907, by the following publishing houses: Review and Herald, $70,000; Southern Publishing Association, $20,525; Pacific Press Publishing Company, $100,000; International Publishing Association, $21,651.50; South Lancaster Printing Company (books and periodicals), $12,000; Berrien Springs Printing Company, $1,377.53; estimated value of the sixteen State and the seven union conference papers circulated in the United States, $6,500; total, $232,054.03. In other union conferences the periodical sales are shown in the totals for the unions, as explained in Note 4.
15. The four quarterly reports which the Sabbath-school Department published for 1907 show the following: Total Sabbath-school contributions, $86,454.47; donations to missions, $71,753.01. This annual report shows, respectively, $85,102.89 and $71,475.59. The difference is accounted for by the difference of time in making out the reports. The annual report calls for receipts by the State secretary up to December 31, and not later; while quarterly reports may be held by local secretaries to include other amounts. Furthermore, the quarterly statements include reports from foreign fields one quarter behind those in the United States; hence, as the time of reporting does not correspond, the amounts do not agree.
16. The report for the Australasian Union Conference was received August 9, 1908, when it was found not to contain the information called for in Columns 13, 14, and 32 to 39. The figures given in the table for the first four columns are estimated, while those for Columns 34 to 39, regarding the Missionary Volunteer Department, are taken from the quarterly reports published by the General Conference Missionary Volunteer Department.
Foot-Notes for Table No. 2
1. The system of educational work outlined by the Educational Department of the General Conference in 1906, comprising sixteen grades, or years of study, is arranged as follows: Church-schools (information concerning which will be found listed under Columns 29 to 33 in Table No. 1), grades 1 to 8; intermediate schools, grades 7 to 10; academies, grades 9 to 12; colleges, grades 13 to 16.
2. The assets of the institution shown in Table No. 2 are not compiled from official annual statements of the institutions represented. In some cases they may be inaccurate, and should properly be considered as estimates of the amounts invested in the various enterprises specified.
3. The assets of Loma Linda College of Evangelists are included in the amount stated for the Loma Linda Sanitarium (which is listed under Section 3 of Table No. 2), as21both institutions are owned and operated by the same management.
4. The annual output of publishing houses should not be confused with the annual book and periodical sales by conferences and missions, as shown in Column 20 of Table No. 1. The former is the amount billed out by the publishing houses, while the latter is the amount actually sold in the field.
5. The total here would not indicate the number of languages in which denominational publications are issued, since some of the publishing houses issue in the same language, thus duplicating the number. The following is a list of the languages in which denominational literature is issued:—
In addition to the information given in Section 2 of Table No. 2, the following statement regarding periodicals indicates the various kinds published by the denomination at the close of 1907:—
Journals having a general circulation . . . . . 18
Union conference periodicals . . . . . . . . . 15
Local conference periodicals . . . . . . . . . 22
Periodicals in foreign languages . . . . . . . 43
Special periodicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Total number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Of the foregoing 26 are weekly; 21 semi-monthly; 52 monthly; 4 bimonthly; 6 quarterly.
Total pages of one copy of each of the foregoing journals . . . . . . . . 1,300
Combined annual subscription price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $52.16
Number of languages in which published . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
6. In the absence of any information whatever from those in charge, these amounts are estimated by compiler.
Foot-Notes for Table No. 3
1. Estimated conservatively.
2. By the term “mission” is meant a local field not yet organized into a conference, whether in the United States or elsewhere.
3. In the column showing total laborers are included all persons specified in preceding columns as well as all other evangelistic laborers not thus specified. The amount shown in this column is therefore frequently more than the total of the four preceding columns.
4. Beginning with 1900 the report shows the number of Sabbath-keepers, as well as the church-membership. The difference is made up of members of companies and isolated believers. From this date the tithe per capita is based on the Sabbath-keepers.
5. From 1887 to 1907 the amount given to missions, and included in the preceding column, was $587,197.92. There was sent to the Haskell Home through the Sabbath-school Department from 1897 to 1904, and by the General Conference for the two years following, a total of $53,104.40, leaving $276,300.54 as the amount retained by the local Sabbath-schools from 1887 to 1907.