SALVATION AND SOCIAL REFORM LITERATURE
At home. Abroad Circulation
Weekly Newspapers … 3 24 31,000,000
Monthly Magazines … 3 12 2,400,000
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Total 6 36 33,400,000
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Total annual circulation of the above 33,400,000 Total annual circulation of other publications 4,000,000 —————- Total annual circulation of Army literature 37,400,000 —————-
The United Kingdom—
"The War Cry" 300,000 weekly
"The Young Soldier" 126,750 weekly
"All the World" 50,000 monthly
"The Deliverer" 48,000 monthly
GENERAL STATEMENTS AND STATISTICS.
Accommodation Annual cost.
Training Garrisons for Officers
(United Kingdom) 28 #11,500
(Abroad) 38 760
Large Vans for Evangelising the Villages
(known as Cavalry Forts)
Homes of Rest for Officers 24 240 10,000
Indoor Meetings, held weekly 28,351
Open-air Meetings held weekly
(chiefly in England and Colonies) 21,467
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Total Meetings held weekly 49,818
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Number of Houses visited weekly
(Great Britain only) 54,000
Number of Countries and Colonies occupied
Number of Languages in which Literature is issued 15
Number of Languages in which Salvation is preached by the Officers 29
Number of Local (Non-Commissioned Officers) and Bandsman 23,069
Number of Scribes and Office Employes 471
Average weekly reception of telegrams, 600 and letters, 5,400 at the London Headquarters
Sum raised annually from all sources by the Army #750,000
Balance Sheets, duly audited by chartered accountants, are issued annually in connection with the International Headquarters. See the Annual Report of 1889—"Apostolic Warfare."
Balance Sheets are also produced quarterly at every Corps in the world, audited and signed by the Local Officers. Divisional Balance Sheets issued monthly and audited by a Special Department at Headquarters.
Duly and independently audited Balance Sheets are also issued annually from every Territorial Headquarters.