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Review and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 33.

Remove the Stones of Stumbling
Earlier text: Statistical Report of Seventh-day Adventist Conferences and Missions

Financial Summary for 1911.—Summary 2

Tithe Amount Per Cent of Fund Named Per Cent of Grand Total
From the United States $1,001,675.56 67.79
From all other countries 475,914.70 32.31
Total $1,477,590.26 62.53
Per capita $13.56

Offerings

Amount Per Cent of Fund Named Per Cent of Grand Total
From the United States:—
    Reported by conferences $238,941.65
    Reported by Sabbath-schools 111,919.10
    Reported by Missionary Volunteer societies 6,726.98
357,587.73 73.70
From all other countries:—
    Reported by conferences 75,423.70
    Reported by Sabbath-schools 48,172.40
    Reported by Missionary Volunteer societies 4,061.60
127,657.70 26.30
Total $485,245.43 20.54
Per capita $4.45

Special Funds

Amount Per Cent of Fund Named
Tithes appropriated by conferences in United States for evangelistic work in mission fields $152,842.11 77.23
Tithes appropriated from all other countries 45,062.41 22.77
197,904.52
Total “offerings” noted above 485,245.43
Total for mission fields in 1911 683,149.95
Total for mission fields in 1910 568,957.13
Increase for 1911 114,192.82
Per capita of mission offerings for the 65,284 communicants in the United States (amount, $510,429.84) $7.82
Per capita of mission offerings for the 43,691 communicants outside the United States (amount, $172,720.11) $3.95
Average for the 108,975 communicants in the world (amount, $683,149.95) $6.27

Home Missions

Contributed for support of orphanages, religious liberty work, work for colored people, and various lines of mission work, where the funds are sent outside the church, but not to a foreign field:—
Amount Per Cent of Fund Named
From the United States:—
    Reported by conferences $94,136.55
    Reported by Missionary Volunteer societies 3,412.74
97,549.29 68.76
From all other countries:—
    Reported by conferences 43,225.96
    Reported by Missionary Volunteer societies 1,082.39
44,308.35 31.24
Total $141,857.64 6.00
Per capita $1.30

Local Church Work

Contributed for local church work, such as distribution of literature, assisting needy poor, church expenses, maintenance of church-schools, and all other local missionary work or enterprises:—
Amount Per Cent of Fund Named
From the United States:—
    Reported by conferences $107,610.87
    Maintenance of church-schools 112,335.72
    Maintenance of local Sabbath-schools 585.97
    Reported by Missionary Volunteer societies 2,198.78
222,731.34 86.20
From all other countries:—
    Reported by conferences 20,784.21
    Maintenance of church-schools 14,287.26
    Maintenance of local Sabbath-schools 84.92
    Reported by Missionary Volunteer societies 507.23
35,663.62 13.80
Total $258,394.96 10.93
Per capita $2.37

Grand Total

Grand total of all funds raised by the Seventh-day Adventist denomination for 1911 for evangelistic work:—
Amount Per Cent of Fund Named
From the United States $1,679,543.92 71.08
From all other countries 683,544.37 28.92
Total for 1911 $2,363,088.29 100.00
Total for 1910 2,223,767.52
Net gain 139,320.77
Per cent of gain 6.27
Per capita for the 65,284 communicants in the United States $25.73
Per capita for the 43,691 communicants outside the United States $15.64
Per capita for the entire world $21.68
Amount Per Cent Per Cent
Another statement as to funds indicates that there was—
Raised by churches, as tithes $1,477,590.26 71.81
Raised by churches, as offerings (foreign, home, and local) 580,122.94 28.19
Total raised by churches $2,057,713.20 87.08
Contributed by Sabbath-schools $160,762.39 6.80
For maintenance of church-schools 126,622.98 5.36
By Missionary Volunteer Department 17,989.72 .76
Total by departments 305,375.09 12.92
Grand Totals $2,363,088.29 100.00
Per capita $21.68

Total Funds From Date of Organization to Present Time

Date Tithe Sabbath-School Offerings Foreign Mission Funds
2 Contributed in United States 3 Contributed Outside United States 4 Total 5 Contributed in United States 6 Contributed Outside United States 7 Total 8 Contributed in United States 9 Contributed Outside United States 10 Total
1863 $8,000.00 .......... $8,000.00 .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........
1864 10,000.00 .......... 10,000.00 .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........
1865 12,000.00 .......... 12,000.00 .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........
1866 15,000.00 .......... 15,000.00 .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........
1867 18,661.59 .......... 18,661.59 .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........
1868 23,366.57 .......... 23,366.57 .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........
1869 18,952.77 .......... 18,952.77 .......... .......... .......... $1,800.75 .......... $1,800.75
1870 21,822.46 .......... 21,822.46 .......... .......... .......... 3,552.59 .......... 3,552.59
1871 23,066.42 .......... 23,066.42 .......... .......... .......... 2,511.71 .......... 2,511.71
1872 24,956.42 $1,000.00 25,956.42 .......... .......... .......... 687.52 .......... 687.52
1873 30,437.49 250.00 30,687.49 .......... .......... .......... 122.50 .......... 122.50
1874 30,500.00 500.00 31,000.00 .......... .......... .......... 502.15 .......... 502.15
1875 32,318.62 300.00 32,618.62 .......... .......... .......... 536.57 .......... 536.57
1876 43,467.47 531.00 43,998.47 .......... .......... .......... 8,395.28 .......... 8,395.28
1877 46,526.56 650.00 47,176.56 .......... .......... .......... 7,313.12 .......... 7,313.12
1878 46,977.29 660.00 47,637.29 $25.00 .......... $25.00 7,331.15 $50.00 7,381.15
1879 51,004.35 710.03 51,714.38 1,584.12 .......... 1,584.12 7,057.56 100.00 7,757.56
1880 61,072.38 784.50 61,856.88 2,784.35 .......... 2,784.35 2,960.22 200.00 3,160.22
1881 72,548.86 1,636.69 74,185.55 2,991.18 .......... 2,991.18 1,309.68 300.00 1,609.68
1882 82,723.09 1,538.27 84,261.36 3,096.58 .......... 3,096.58 9,041.40 400.00 9,441.40
1883 95,071.05 1,347.57 96,418.62 3,711.69 .......... 3,711.69 9,457.19 500.00 9,957.19
1884 102,659.43 2,883.98 105,543.41 4,170.08 $5.15 4,175.23 14,515.79 600.00 15,115.79
1885 119,210.87 3,430.82 122,641.69 6,886.16 12.58 6,898.74 20,949.85 700.00 21,649.85
1886 143,040.93 3,895.85 146,936.78 10,228.84 79.45 10,308.29 26,649.04 800.00 27,449.04
1887 187,146.89 5,574.10 192,720.99 16,584.88 166.95 16,751.83 30,868.98 900.00 31,768.98
1888 150,611.38 12,517.85 163,129.23 16,613.50 1,872.27 18,485.77 37,712.75 1,000.00 38,712.75
1889 206,987.77 17,756.01 224,743.78 21,181.15 1,360.09 22,541.24 42,869.43 1,360.70 44,230.13
1890 205,127.84 20,306.14 225,433.98 26,412.68 2,230.07 28,642.75 31,484.97 1,393.27 32,878.24
1891 234,444.26 23,593.01 258,037.27 36,957.70 2,477.35 39,435.05 42,608.37 1,565.99 44,574.36
1892 248,617.87 53,692.32 302,310.19 34,090.64 3,501.63 37,592.27 49,420.06 2,257.76 51,677.82
1893 292,950.91 57,739.65 350,690.56 34,760.47 3,268.71 38,039.18 66,018.19 18,431.42 84,449.61
1894 274,899.53 46,857.53 321,517.06 36,044.95 3,517.47 39,562.42 80,781.27 6,806.78 87,588.05
1895 268,926.46 40,216.30 309,142.76 40,243.85 4,385.31 44,629.16 49,056.48 4,465.30 53,521.78
1896 295,338.22 46,640.15 341,978.37 35,530.31 4,594.82 40,125.13 54,700.78 5,315.61 60,016.39
1897 303,453.03 59,962.13 363,415.16 35,901.71 5,639.69 41,541.46 40,214.95 7,316.71 47,531.66
1898 365,762.72 68,395.36 432,158.08 34,977.37 5,324.50 40,301.87 78,314.86 8,848.68 87,163.54
1899 400,861.65 89,794.51 490,656.16 34,571.19 5,400.60 39,971.79 59,882.35 11,335.24 71,217.59
1900 417,840.79 92,418.18 510,258.97 40,322.27 6,472.13 46,794.49 87,267.70 17,647.92 104,915.62
1901 479,012.58 99,615.55 578,628.13 38,383.69 5,639.87 44,014.56 123,823.11 10,882.08 134,705.19
1902 510,364.11 133,383.72 643,747.83 40,746.25 10,895.76 51,642.01 104,795.14 9,009.75 113,805.89
1903 534,843.65 149,186.89 684,030.54 41,068.41 13,915.44 55,852.85 87,006.29 15,529.53 102,535.82
1904 520,869.53 170,949.80 691,819.33 43,952.85 16,507.95 60,460.80 83,684.29 20,749.86 104,434.15
1905 649,792.61 208,222.30 858,014.91 49,689.95 18,923.76 68,613.71 97,067.71 22,372.43 119,440.14
1906 746,762.94 251,512.88 998,275.82 52,226.33 22,842.22 75,068.55 106,806.41 27,333.31 134,139.72
1907 790,095.56 274,657.87 1,064,753.43 59,564.17 25,541.72 85,105.89 162,517.80 30,144.73 192,662.53
1908 797,990.25 303,406.22 1,101,396.47 75,224.51 29,386.26 104,620.77 178,442.65 34,322.13 212,764.78
1909 860,573.86 357,669.60 1,218,243.46 86,708.19 33,974.61 120,682.80 222,004.58 46,806.47 268,871.05
1910 932,519.76 406,169.89 1,338,689.65 97,498.00 40,539.72 138,037.72 257,494.43 66,618.79 324,113.22
1911 1,001,675.56 475,914.70 1,477,590.26 112,505.07 48,257.32 160,762.39 245,868.63 79,485.30 325,153.93
Totals $12,808,614.15 $3,486,271.37 $16,294,885.52 $1,168,078.09 $316,734.40 $1,484,812.49 $2,545,867.25 $455,859.76 $3,001,727.01
Percentages (totals) 78.61 21.39 100.00 78.67 21.33 100.00 84.82 15.18 100.00
Percentages (Grand totals) .......... .......... 70.80 .......... .......... 6.45 .......... .......... 13.04

Summary 3

Home Mission Funds Grand Totals
11 Contributions in United States 12 Contributions Outside United States 13 Total 14 Contributed in United States 15 Contributed Outside United States 16 Grand Totals
......... ......... ......... $8,000.00 ......... $8,000.00
......... ......... ......... 10,000.00 ......... 10,000.00
......... ......... ......... 12,000.00 ......... 12,000.00
......... ......... ......... 15,000.00 ......... 15,000.00
......... ......... ......... 18,661.39 ......... 18,661.39
......... ......... ......... 23,366.57 ......... 23,366.57
......... ......... ......... 20,753.52 ......... 20,753.52
......... ......... ......... 25,375.05 ......... 25,375.05
......... ......... ......... 25,578.13 ......... 25,578.13
......... ......... ......... 25,643.94 $1,000.00 26,643.94
......... ......... ......... 30,559.99 250.00 30,809.99
......... ......... ......... 31,002.15 500.00 31,502.15
......... ......... ......... 32,855.19 300.00 33,155.19
......... ......... ......... 51,862.75 531.00 52,393.75
......... ......... ......... 53,839.68 650.00 54,489.68
......... ......... ......... 54,333.44 710.00 55,043.44
......... ......... ......... 60,246.03 810.03 61,056.06
......... ......... ......... 66,816.95 984.50 67,801.45
......... ......... ......... 76,849.72 1,936.69 78,786.41
......... ......... ......... 94,861.07 1,938.27 96,799.34
......... ......... ......... 108,239.93 1,847.57 110,087.50
......... ......... ......... 121,345.30 3,489.13 124,834.43
......... ......... ......... 147,046.88 4,143.40 151,190.28
......... ......... ......... 179,918.81 4,775.30 184,694.11
......... ......... ......... 234,600.75 6,641.05 241,241.80
......... ......... ......... 204,937.63 15,390.12 220,327.75
......... ......... ......... 271,038.35 20,476.80 291,515.15
......... ......... ......... 263,025.49 23,839.48 286,864.97
......... ......... ......... 304,010.33 28,036.35 332,046.68
......... ......... ......... 332,128.57 59,451.71 391,580.28
......... ......... ......... 393,729.57 79,439.78 473,169.35
......... ......... ......... 391,485.75 57,181.78 448,667.53
......... ......... ......... 358,226.79 49,066.91 407,293.70
......... ......... ......... 385,569.31 56,550.58 442,119.89
......... ......... ......... 379,569.69 72,918.53 452,488.22
......... ......... ......... 477,954.95 82,568.54 559,623.49
......... ......... ......... 495,315.19 106,530.35 601,845.54
......... ......... ......... 545,430.76 116,538.23 661,968.99
......... ......... ......... 641,219.38 116,128.50 757,347.88
......... ......... ......... 655,906.50 153,289.23 809,195.73
......... ......... ......... 663,758.35 178,631.86 842,390.21
......... ......... ......... 648,506.67 208,207.61 856,714.28
110,248.48 24,600.40 134,848.88 906,798.75 274,118.89 1,180,917.64
144,413.59 42,464.25 186,877.84 1,050,209.27 344,152.66 1,394,361.93
300,385.28 61,810.99 362,196.27 1,312,562.81 392,155.31 1,704,718.12
274,095.39 77,771.66 351,867.05 1,325,752.80 444,896.27 1,770,649.07
298,587.21 78,172.63 376,759.84 1,467,933.84 516,623.31 1,984,557.15
332,928.60 89,998.33 422,926.93 1,620,440.79 603,326.73 2,223,767.52
319,694.66 79,887.05 399,581.71 1,679,543.92 683,544.37 2,363,088.29
$1,780,353.21 $454,705.31 $2,235,058.52 $18,302,912.70 $4,713,570.84 $23,016,483.54
79.65 20.35 100.00 79.52 20.48 100.00
......... ......... 9.71 ......... ......... 100.00

Missionary Volunteer Department—Summary 6

Year Societies Members Per Cent of Total Communications Contributions for Foreign Work Home Missions Local Work Total Contributions Per Capita Per Cent to Foreign Work
1902 186 3,478 .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
1903 e175 e3,000 .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
1904 130 2,182 .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
1905 196 3,741 .... .... .... .... .... .... ....
1906 e400 e5,400 .... b3,890.22 b1,854.18 .... b5,744.40 .... ....
1907 461 8,933 10.09 7,127.22 3,317.14 678.24 11,122.60 $1.24 62.45
1908 539 10,148 11.00 9,479.38 5,244.23 1,568.91 16,285.52 1.60 58.16
1909 576 10,858 11.32 10,432.07 5,218.82 2,985.71 18,695.60 1.71 55.98
1910 647 12,408 12.55 11,773.90 3,710.85 3,322.28 18,807.03 1.51 62.60
1911 615 14,013 12.86 10,788.58 4,495.13 2,706.01 17,989.72 1.28 59.98
Totals .... .... .... 53,481.37 23,840.35 11,261.15 88,582.87 .... 60.38

Educational Department.—Summary 5

Year No. Primary Schools Teachers Enrolment Value Annual Maintenance No. Col., Acad. & Inter. Schools Teachers Enrolment Value
1872 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 1 3 90 $ 500.00
1875 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 1 13 289 $ 53,341.95
1880 1 1 15 $ 100.00 $ 150.00 1 20 490 $ 52,040.70
1885 3 5 125 $ 800.00 $ 1,000.00 3 38 761 $ 174,540.37
1890 9 15 350 $ 2,000.00 $ 3,000.00 7 56 979 $ 220,082.28
1895 18 35 895 $ 5,000.00 $ 6,000.00 11 157 1,974 $ 712,805.00
1900 220 250 5,000 $ 50,000.00 $ 40,000.00 25 199 2,357 $ 800,000.00
1905 417 466 7,345 $ 90,000.00 $ 80,000.00 51 257 3,308 $ 900,000.00
1906 434 498 7,784 $ 100,000.00 $ 85,000.00 55 358 3,697 $ 918,489.93
1907 458 506 8,007 $ 121,586.76 $ 99,389.68 67 415 5,455 $ 1,226,746.15
1908 535 625 10,487 $ 147,759.05 $ 101,371.55 83 476 6,521 $ 1,625,670.56
1909 579 668 11,835 $ 144,318.84 $ 104,702.14 83 504 6,535 $ 1,699,075.25
1910 594 758 13,357 $ 175,613.12 $ 122,243.78 86 561 7,169 $ 1,940,193.15
1911 613 790 15,498 $ 157,382.92 $ 126,622.98 89 640 8,043 $ 2,155,767.73

United States and Other Countries Compared With Respect to Communicants, Funds, and Laborers.—Summary 4

Year Communicants in United States Per Cent of Whole Communicants outside United States Per Cent of Whole Funds Raised in United States Per Cent of Whole Funds Raised Outside United States Per Cent of Whole Total Contributions Per Capita Laborers in United States Per Cent of Whole Laborers outside United States Per Cent of Whole Total Laborers
1863 3,500 100.00 ... ... $8,000.00 100.00 ... ... 3,500 $8,000.00 $2.29 30 100.00 ... ...
1864 3,800 100.00 ... ... 10,000.00 100.00 ... ... 3,800 10,000.00 2.63 34 100.00 ... ...
1865 4,000 100.00 ... ... 12,000.00 100.00 ... ... 4,000 12,000.00 3.00 35 100.00 ... ...
1866 4,250 100.00 ... ... 15,000.00 100.00 ... ... 4,250 15,000.00 3.53 37 100.00 ... ...
1867 4,320 100.00 ... ... 18,661.39 100.00 ... ... 4,320 18,661.39 4.32 38 100.00 ... ...
1868 4,475 100.00 ... ... 23,366.57 100.00 ... ... 4,475 23,366.57 5.22 51 100.00 ... ...
1869 4,900 100.00 ... ... 20,753.52 100.00 ... ... 4,900 20,753.52 4.24 57 100.00 ... ...
1870 5,390 99.02 56 .98 25,375.05 100.00 ... ... 5,440 25,375.05 4.66 72 100.00 ... ...
1871 4,490 98.67 60 1.33 25,578.13 100.00 ... ... 4,550 25,578.13 5.62 82 98.77 1 1.23
1872 4,739 98.71 62 1.29 25,643.94 96.24 $1,000.00 3.76 4,801 26,643.94 5.55 85 98.83 1 1.17
1873 5,790 98.71 76 1.29 30,559.99 99.19 250.00 .81 5,875 30,859.99 5.24 133 99.24 1 .76
1874 6,800 98.43 110 1.57 31,002.15 98.42 500.00 1.58 7,000 31,502.15 4.50 138 98.57 2 1.43
1875 7,852 97.50 200 2.50 32,855.10 99.09 300.00 .91 8,022 33,155.10 4.13 143 98.62 2 1.38
1876 9,894 98.51 150 1.49 51,852.75 98.98 531.00 1.02 10,044 52,393.75 5.21 163 98.19 3 1.81
1877 11,408 97.44 300 2.56 53,839.68 98.82 650.00 1.18 11,708 54,489.68 4.65 199 98.03 4 1.97
1878 12,747 97.49 330 2.51 54,333.44 98.70 710.00 1.30 13,077 55,043.44 4.21 261 96.31 10 3.69
1879 13,634 96.40 507 3.60 60,246.03 98.68 810.03 1.32 14,141 61,056.06 5.02 285 96.61 10 3.39
1880 14,852 95.37 718 4.63 66,816.95 98.55 984.50 1.45 15,570 67,801.45 4.35 254 98.45 4 1.55
1881 16,194 95.63 722 4.27 76,849.72 97.54 1,036.69 2.46 16,916 78,786.41 4.66 267 97.44 7 2.56
1882 16,393 95.48 776 4.52 94,861.07 97.99 1,058.27 2.01 17,169 96,799.34 5.64 292 97.00 9 3.00
1883 16,715 95.86 721 4.14 108,239.93 98.32 1,847.57 1.68 17,430 110,087.50 6.31 280 93.33 20 6.67
1884 17,796 95.15 906 4.85 121,345.30 97.21 3,489.13 2.79 18,702 124,834.43 6.67 289 90.03 32 9.97
1885 19,594 95.36 953 4.64 147,046.88 97.26 4,143.40 2.74 20,547 151,190.28 7.36 298 91.39 29 8.61
1886 22,092 95.59 1,019 4.41 179,918.81 97.41 4,775.30 2.59 23,111 184,694.11 7.99 353 93.14 26 6.86
1887 24,019 92.95 1,822 7.05 234,600.75 97.24 6,041.05 2.76 25,841 241,241.80 9.33 359 87.78 50 12.22
1888 24,112 92.34 2,000 7.66 204,937.63 99.02 15,390.12 6.98 26,112 220,367.75 8.44 346 86.50 54 13.50
1889 25,756 91.93 2,568 9.07 271,038.35 97.97 20,476.80 7.03 28,324 291,515.15 10.29 360 87.37 52 12.63
1890 26,861 90.40 2,850 9.60 263,025.49 91.69 23,839.48 8.31 29,711 286,864.97 9.66 351 85.40 60 14.60
1891 28,238 89.18 3,427 10.82 304,010.33 91.56 28,036.35 8.44 31,665 332,046.68 11.12 338 85.35 58 14.65
1892 30,036 88.92 3,742 11.08 332,128.57 84.83 39,451.71 15.17 33,778 391,590.28 11.59 341 85.48 58 14.54
1893 33,069 88.41 4,335 11.59 393,739.57 83.21 79,439.78 16.79 37,404 473,169.35 12.65 379 83.39 81 17.61
1894 37,743 88.26 5,020 11.74 391,465.75 87.26 57,181.78 12.74 42,763 448,676.15 10.49 422 81.94 93 18.06
1895 41,567 87.18 6,113 12.82 358,205.79 87.96 49,066.91 12.04 47,680 407,293.70 8.55 471 80.79 112 19.21
1896 45,109 86.41 7,093 13.59 385,569.31 87.21 56,550.58 12.79 52,202 442,119.89 8.45 452 78.88 121 21.12
1897 47,799 84.70 8,637 15.30 379,569.69 83.89 72,918.53 16.11 56,436 452,488.22 8.02 526 80.19 130 19.81
1898 49,768 83.72 9,679 16.28 477,054.95 85.25 82,568.54 14.75 59,447 559,643.49 9.41 563 79.75 143 20.25
1899 52,485 82.00 11,518 18.00 495,315.19 82.30 106,530.35 17.70 64,003 601,842.54 9.40 1,013 73.09 373 26.91
1900 61,509 81.19 14,258 18.81 545,420.76 82.40 116,538.23 17.60 75,767 661,668.99 8.74 1,086 72.40 414 27.60
1901 61,916 79.19 16,272 20.81 641,219.38 84.67 116,128.50 15.33 78,188 757,347.88 9.69 1,113 69.95 478 30.05
1902 56,499 76.81 17,053 23.19 655,906.50 81.06 153,289.25 18.94 75,522 809,195.75 11.01 1,456 63.92 822 36.08
1903 58,588 75.54 18,966 24.46 663,758.35 78.80 178,631.86 21.20 77,554 842,920.21 10.86 1,528 56.51 1,176 43.49
1904 60,039 73.48 21,682 26.51 648,906.67 75.70 208,207.61 24.30 81,721 856,714.28 10.48 1,523 55.38 1,227 44.62
1905 63,245 72.44 24,066 27.56 906,798.75 76.79 274,118.89 25.21 87,311 1,180,917.64 13.52 1,546 55.27 1,251 44.75
1906 64,294 70.24 27,237 29.76 1,050,209.27 75.32 344,152.66 24.68 91,531 1,394,361.93 15.23 1,852 52.88 1,650 47.12
1907 64,515 68.60 29,533 31.40 1,312,562.81 77.00 392,155.31 23.00 94,048 1,704,718.12 18.13 2,106 58.71 1,461 41.29
1908 65,074 66.70 32,505 33.30 1,325,752.80 74.87 444,896.27 25.13 97,579 1,770,049.07 18.14 2,305 57.52 1,702 42.48
1909 65,122 64.52 35,809 35.48 1,467,933.84 73.97 516,623.31 26.03 100,931 1,984,557.15 19.66 2,273 55.38 1,831 44.62
1910 63,917 61.14 40,609 38.86 1,620,440.79 72.87 603,326.73 27.13 104,526 2,223,767.52 21.27 2,252 51.82 2,094 48.18
1911 65,284 59.90 43,691 40.10 1,679,543.92 71.08 683,544.37 28.92 108,975 2,363,088.29 21.68 2,413 49.48 2,464 50.52
Totals ... ... ... ... $18,302,912.70 79.52 $4,713,570.84 20.48 ... $23,016,483.54 ... 31,260 ... 18,136 ...
* Estimated.

Foot-Notes for Table 1

(a) 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 the names assigned each in the list.
(b) The population in the United States is according to the 1910 census returns, all divisions according to county lines being figured accurately.
(c) The tithe per capita is based upon the total Sabbath-keepers, and not upon the membership of churches only.
(d) 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.
(e) Under General Conference are included those engaged in general labor, and not accounted for elsewhere. The amount shown in column 20 is for periodical sales, made by publishing houses, and not included in conference reports; thus making the total stated in Table 2.

Foot-Notes for Table 2

Section 1

(a) 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 28 to 32 in Table 1), grades 1-8; intermediate schools, grades 7-10; academies, grades 9-12; colleges, grades 13-16.
(b) In compiling the returns, fractions of acres were not included, thus omitting institutions located on small plots, such as city lots.
(c) The “capacity” of schools is the number of students that may be accommodated in classes, and does not refer to dormitory or boarding accommodations provided.
(d) The grades taught by each should indicate the kind of work undertaken, as outlined in note (a).
(e) In the column indicating laboratory facilities the word “No” occurs where the schools have none; the word “Yes” is used in connection with schools having such facilities. These facilities cover lines of work in various schools as follows: Astronomy, chemistry, physics, histology, zoology.
(f) Schools having facilities for manual training are indicated by “Yes” in corresponding column; those not having such facilities are listed with “No” opposite. These facilities range as follows: Carpentry, cooking, farming, dairying, nursing, printing, plumbing, horticulture, dressmaking, tent-making, broom-making, brick-making, etc.
(g) In the column indicating graduates will be found the number who have been graduated from each school the preceding year. The peculiar character of the work done entitling to such graduation is indicated by reference to column 11, where the grades of work carried by each school are given.
(h) Column 14 shows the number of students (not graduates alone) entering some department of denominational work during the preceding year.

Section 2

(a) The languages in which denominational publications of all kinds were issued at the close of 1911, are the following:— 14 Arabic, Armenian, Armen o-Turkish, Battak, Bengali, Bohemian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Can- 35 tonese (China), Centibile (So. Africa), Chassu (East Africa), Chinyanja (Brit. Cen. Africa), 125 Chitonga (South Africa), Croatian, Danish-Nor- wegian, Dutch, English, Esthonian, Fijian, Fin- 165 nish, French, Garhwali, German, Greek (Mod- ern), Greco-Turkish, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, 225 Hungarian, Icelandic, Ilocano, Italian, Japan- ese, Java-Malay, Kafir (Xosa), Korean, Lap- 315 landish, Lettonian, Lithuanian, Malay (Singa- pore), Mandarin (China), Maori (New Zea- 477 land), Marathi, Niue, Polish, Portuguese, Raro- tongan, Rumanian, Russian, Samoan, Santali, 1,216 Servian, Sesuto, (South Africa), Slovakian, Soenda (Roman), Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, 1,300 Tagalog, Tahitian, Tamil (India), Tongan, Turkish, Urdu (Roman), Urdu (Persian), Welsh, 1,400 Wendic, Wen-li (China), Yiddish, Zulu. Total 2,404 languages, 71.

Sabbath-School Department.—Summary 7

Year No. Schools Membership Percentage of Total Communicants Total Contributions Per Capita Donations to Missions Per Cent of Total Contributions
1878 177 5,851 44.74 $25.00 .004 ....... ....
1879 402 11,896 84.14 1,584.12 .13 ....... ....
1880 451 11,821 75.91 2,784.35 .24 ....... ....
1881 449 11,506 68.04 2,991.18 .25 ....... ....
1882 507 13,270 77.30 3,096.58 .23 ....... ....
1883 506 13,152 75.42 3,711.69 .28 ....... ....
1884 636 17,439 93.25 4,175.23 .24 ....... ....
1885 716 19,579 95.30 6,898.74 .35 ....... ....
1886 813 23,364 101.08 10,308.29 .44 2,233.07 21.66
1887 863 23,700 91.70 16,751.83 .71 10,615.72 63.40
1888 1,030 26,738 102.39 18,485.77 .69 10,755.34 58.15
1889 1,199 30,225 106.68 22,541.24 .74 11,767.95 52.21
1890 1,414 33,783 113.67 28,642.75 .85 17,707.39 61.83
1891 1,512 32,860 103.77 29,435.05 .89 16,750.94 56.90
1892 1,610 36,343 107.58 37,592.27 1.04 23,618.77 62.83
1893 1,954 44,619 119.29 38,029.18 .85 24,162.50 63.53
1894 2,095 49,626 116.06 39,562.42 .79 20,850.05 52.70
1895 2,143 50,266 105.40 44,629.16 .89 19,809.76 44.39
1896 2,374 54,070 103.57 40,125.13 .74 23,666.08 58.96
1897 2,465 54,934 97.34 41,541.40 .75 26,869.05 64.68
1898 2,284 49,007 82.42 40,301.87 .82 21,475.18 53.27
1899 2,583 55,967 87.45 39,971.79 .71 21,842.09 54.63
1900 2,334 50,804 67.07 46,794.40 .92 25,235.47 53.94
1901 2,264 51,726 66.16 44,014.56 .85 21,979.58 49.94
1902 2,638 59,351 80.71 51,642.01 .87 25,983.61 50.31
1903 2,980 66,811 86.12 55,823.85 .83 34,779.85 62.29
1904 3,064 71,643 87.65 60,460.80 .84 40,278.05 66.62
1905 3,170 75,305 86.26 68,613.71 .91 49,894.97 72.72
1906 3,378 79,090 86.31 75,068.55 .95 58,866.14 76.69
1907 3,573 84,744 90.12 85,105.89 1.00 71,475.59 83.98
1908 3,825 91,230 93.51 104,620.77 1.15 95,280.90 91.07
1909 3,967 96,673 95.78 120,682.80 1.25 114,213.88 94.64
1910 4,151 101,161 96.82 138,037.72 1.36 134,830.48 97.67
1911 4,267 106,000 97.27 160,762.39 1.52 160,091.50 99.58
Totals .... ...... .... 1,484,812.49 .... 1,085,033.91 73.08

Publishing Department.—Summary 8

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Year No. Pub. Houses Assets Book and Periodical Sales Employees Periodicals Languages—All Publications
1850 .. ...... ...... .. 1 1
1852 1 $652.93 ...... 5 2 1
1855 1 4,000.00 $2,000.00 7 2 1
1860 1 10,034.80 3,000.00 17 2 1
1865 1 38,712.53 4,000.00 20 2 1
1870 1 64,471.14 7,000.00 30 3 1
1875 1 158,648.38 18,000.00 71 8 2
1880 4 338,565.93 40,000.00 128 10 7
1885 6 400,033.79 141,692.36 232 21 9
1890 7 959,260.95 734,397.00 412 24 12
1895 11 1,345,133.83 250,000.00 585 40 23
1900 13 1,400,000.00 250,000.00 600 96 39
1905 20 850,000.00 548,067.03 400 89 46
1906 22 866,261.96 824,027.69 425 92 52
1907 23 978,894.14 1,035,565.62 466 96 54
1908 26 1,038,215.26 1,286,981.24 515 109 57
1909 27 1,142,124.62 1,402,444.00 605 124 65
1910 28 1,176,092.39 1,560,510.58 610 126 67
1911 37 1,651,943.86 1,627,657.83 645 125 71

Sanitariums and Treatment Rooms.—Summary 9

1 2 3 4 5 6
Year No. Sanitariums No. Treatment Rooms Assets Physicians Total Employees
1866 1 .. $ 24,800.60 2 14
1870 1 .. 44,221.54 6 35
1875 1 .. 70,189.22 7 125
1880 2 .. 190,956.74 10 165
1885 2 .. 310,808.81 13 225
1890 3 .. 548,923.45 15 315
1895 7 .. 800,786.99 33 477
1900 27 .. 1,294,474.73 74 1,216
1905 55 .. 1,600,000.00 80 1,300
1906 66 .. 2,000,000.00 90 1,400
1907 64 .. 2,344,283.65 95 1,596
1908 80 .. 2,766,346.50 111 1,843
1909 78 .. 3,261,181.14 110 1,834
1910 74 .. 3,368,041.46 116 1,989
1911 69 33 3,792,421.35 134 2,404

Medical Question Corner

By Dr. P. S. Bourdeau-Sisco

Answers by Dr. P. S. Bourdeau-Sisco, head lady physician of the Washington (D. C.) Sanitarium

Conjunctivitis

“I AM fifty years of age. My sight is falling fast. I have good glasses, but my eyes ache and smart most of the time. They are a little red in the corners. I use boric acid, salt in water, and witch-hazel in water, but they do not help them. What can I do to strengthen them?” MRS. C. R.”
TREATMENT.— The symptoms you mention suggest chronic conjunctivitis. For this condition boric acid may be used several times a day, full strength or one-half saturated solution. Salt solution may be used, but not stronger than one teaspoonful to a pint of water. A little yellow oxid of mercury ointment placed between the lids, followed by general massage of the eyeball, to smear it over the inside of the lids, is also beneficial. Of course, the causes are to be removed, such as exposure to smoke or dust, insufficient sleep, eye strain, etc. If relief is not obtained by these measures, you should consult a good eye specialist.

Alopecia

“I AM fifty-five years old. I would like advice for the falling out of my hair. Can you tell me how to keep it from coming out? Will you also tell me how to keep from catching cold?” “J. W. V.”
Very commonly, associated with the falling of the hair, is a scaling or crusting disease of the scalp, known as dandruff. This latter condition is often caused by the excessive use of tobacco; by chronic alcoholism, obstinate constipation, and disorders of digestion; by the wearing of stiff, heavy, ill-ventilated hats; by sedentary habits, etc.
TREATMENT.— These scaly accumulations should first be soaked with some oily fluid, as olive-oil, vaseline, cold-cream, glycerin, or cod-liver oil. This is applied several times during the day, and at night the head is wrapped about with a cap, so that the process of soaking will still progress. When the scalp is soft and tender, wash it with green or Sarg’s glycerin or tar soap and warm soft water. Thoroughly rinse and dry the hair, and then apply the following:—
1 dram resorcin 1 dram precipitate of sulphur 1 ounce rose-water
This latter treatment may be applied every night for several nights in succession; then the head should be thoroughly anointed and washed as before, and the lotion again applied. We must remember that this condition is one that is often very chronic and obstinate, therefore persistent treatment is absolutely necessary if a cure is desired.
With reference to the prevention of colds, send for the little booklet written by Dr. G. H. Heald, entitled “Colds; Their Cause, Prevention, and Cure.” This can be procured of the Review and Herald Publishing Association.
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