Vol. XXXVI.
APRIL, 1882.
No. 4.
American Missionary Association.
A FINANCIAL APPEAL.
In the last number of the Missionary we stated that our receipts for the four months of the fiscal year to January 31 had been $83,893.39, or an advance over last year of only 19 per cent., instead of $100,000, or the advance of 23 per cent. asked for at the Annual Meeting.
Special calls for finishing new buildings, useless unless finished, necessary repairs on old buildings, etc., compelled us to make appropriations to the amount of the 23 per cent., but the falling off in anticipated receipts left a deficit of $16,107.
We had hoped that February would show an improvement, but, with regret, we are compelled to say that the receipts for that month are about $1,000 less than for February, 1881. We needed $125,000 to meet the total demands due February 28, and our receipts at that date are $100,045.97, a deficiency of about $25,000.