APPROPRIATIONS AND ESTIMATES FOR 1914 ITH the first of April the new year of the American Bible Society opened. The most important appropriations for this year have now been made. These appropriations were made by the Board of Managers after a careful estimate of the receipts which the Society may reasonably anticipate, from a comparison of the receipts of the immediately preceding years, and after due consideration of the urgent needs of the work at home and abroad. In no case are they adequate to the work that should be undertaken. They show a marked decrease from the appropriations of a year ago, and are very far short of the pressing needs of the field, whether in the home land or abroad. The home appropriations, in order to be a true and complete review of the Society's work in the United States, should have added to them the expenditures of all the Auxiliary Societies, which we regret we have not the data satisfactorily to exhibit. Many appropriations, both home and foreign, have to be made during the year as exigencies arise, and cannot, therefore, now be tabulated. The more important of these in connection with contemplated work on Versions or such work already in progress, where not included in the appropriations to Foreign Agencies, have been estimated. The following, therefore, will give an outline view of the projected work of the Society for the coming year. We trust the survey may lead to the generous support of these important tasks: HOME APPROPRIATIONS Agency among the Colored People of the South Salary of agency secretary $1,900 Depository, office expenses, traveling expenses, colporteurs' salaries and expenses, freight, postage, printing, incidentals, and grants in 6,300 Northwestern Agency Salary of agency secretary $3,000 Depository, office expenses, traveling expenses, colporteurs' salaries and expenses, freight, postage, printing, incidentals, and grants in books made in the field of the agency.. 18,450 $21,450 South Atlantic Agency Salary of agency secretary. $2,500 Depository, office expenses, traveling expenses, colporteurs' salaries and expenses, freight, postage, printing, incidentals, and grants in books made in the field of the agency 12,150 $14,650 Western Agency Salary of agency secretary $2,400 Depository, office expenses, traveling expenses, colporteurs' salaries and expenses, freight, postage, printing, incidentals, and grants in books made in the field of the agency. 12,150 $14,550 Pacific Agency Salary of agency secretary... $2,500 Depository, office expenses, traveling expenses, colporteurs' salaries and expenses, freight, postage, printing, incidentals, and grants in books made in the field of the agency 9,900 $12,400 Southwestern Agency Salary of agency secretary. $2,400 Depository, office expenses, traveling expenses, colporteurs' salaries and expenses, freight, postage, printing, incidentals, and grants in books made in the field of the agency. Depository, office expenses, traveling expenses, colporteurs' salaries and expenses, freight, postage, printing, incidentals, and grants in books made in the field of the agency... $7,200 $9,200 Central Agency Salary of agency secretary.. $2,400 Depository, office expenses, traveling expenses, colporteurs' salaries and expenses, freight, postage, printing, incidentals, and grants in books made in the field of the agency... 9,000 $11,400 Atlantic Agency Salary of agency secretary. Salary of business manager Depository, office expenses, traveling expenses, colporteurs' salaries and expenses, freight, postage, printing, incidentals, and grants in books made in the field of the agency.. $2,500 2,000 17,550 $22,050 Depository and office expenses, purchase and custom house charges, La Plata Agency Agent's salary...... Depository expenses, custom house charges, freight and storage, trav eling expenses, colporteurs' wages and expenses, grants in books, translation, incidentals, and books sent from New York and purchased....... $2,500 39,600 21,000 $63,100 $2,500 20,700 Estimated receipts from sales retained on the field, and contributions 12,000 $35,200 Japan Agency Agent's salary... $2,000 Depository and office expenses, translation, manufacture and purchase of Scriptures, freight, storage, colporteurs' wages and expenses, insurance, traveling expenses, grants in books, etc 11,700 Estimated receipts from sales retained on the field, and contributions 9,000 $22,700 China Agency Agent's salary and house rent.. Translation work, purchase and manufacture of Scriptures, freight, storage, plates, superintendence of colportage, salaries and expenses, colporteurs' wages and expenses, depository and expenses, traveling expenses, incidentals Estimated receipts from sales retained on the field, and contributions $3,000 50,400 10,000 $63,400 Brazil Agency Agent's salary and house rent... ........ $2,750 Depository, attendance, customs, freight, storage, traveling expenses, colporteurs' wages and expenses, translation, incidentals, grants in books and books sent from New York and purchased..... Estimated receipts from sales retained on the field, and contributions 13,500 7,000 $23,250 Mexico Agency Agent's salary............ Depository rentals and salaries, traveling expenses, transportation, duties, commissions, colporteurs' wages and expenses, grants in books, incidentals, and books sent from New York and purchased.. Estimated receipts from sales retained on the field, and contributions Korea Agency $2,500 13,500 1,000 $17,000 Agent's salary..... $2,000 Depository and office expenses, translation expenses, manufacture and purchase of Scriptures, freight, storage, colporteurs' wages and expenses, insurance, traveling expenses, grants in books, etc. Estimated receipts from sales retained on the field, and contributions Depository rentals and salaries, traveling expenses, duties, colporteurs' wages and expenses, grants in books and incidentals, and books sent from New York and purchased...................... 7,000 Estimated receipts from sales retained on the field, and collections... 2,400 $11,600 Siam Agency Agent's salary and house rent.... $2,000 Translation, manufacture and purchase of Scriptures, freight, shipping, colporteurs' wages and expenses, traveling expenses, rent, storage, incidentals..... 8,100 Estimated receipts from sales retained on the field, and collections... 1,400 $11,500 Central America and Panama Agency Agent's salary.... $1,800 Depository and expenses, customs, freight and storage, traveling ex- 10,800 2,200 $14,800 $2,500 Philippines Agency Agent's salary................ Depository and expenses, translation work, manufacture and purchase of Scriptures, freight, duty, cartage, colporteurs' wages and expenses, traveling expenses of agent, incidentals. Estimated receipts from sales retained on the field, and collections... Venezuela Agency Agent's salary................ Depository and expenses, customs, freight and storage, traveling expenses of agent, colporteurs' wages and expenses, incidentals, grants in books, and books from New York and purchased........ Estimated receipts from sales retained on the field, and collections... Levant... La Plata.. Japan.. China.. Brazil. Mexico.. TOTAL FOREIGN AGENCIES Korea.... West Indies. Siam..... Central America and Panama.. Philippines.. Venezuela.. HOME SPECIALS Special grants not through Agencies, and Home Agency emergency expenses.... 8,100 5,000 $15,600 $350 2,000 500 $2,850 $63,100 35,200 22,700 63,400 23,250 17,000 18,500 11,600 11,500 14,800 15,600 2,850 $299,500 $15,000 FOREIGN SPECIALS Grants to missionary societies and other workers not laboring in the fields of our regular foreign agencies (estimated) and furlough and emergency expenses...... $7,500 TRANSLATION AND REVISION Estimated for translation and revision work now in progress or in the plans for the year, not included in the appropriations to Foreign Agencies-Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Bulgarian, North American Indian, Micronesian, and African languages..... |