# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S867
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

MISSIONS 367

whom they had been assigned. Again in 1947 calls for two men

were issued by the Board of Foreign Missions. The Board has
also at various times conferred with the board of the Society for
the Promotion of Mohammedan Missions and with other interested
persons,

For the sake of quick comparison we are submitting a brief
summary for the budget appropriation and expenditures for Foreign
Missions during the last three years. The difficulties of travel
and in other respects have forced a shift of expected expenditures
in some cases from one fiscal year to another, and rehabilitation
and expansion of the work, together with the abnormal financial
situation in the Orient, brought about the increase in expenditures
indicated in this report.

Disbursements February 1, 1946—January 31, 1947

Budget Appropriation —_-»___ $440,000.00
Added Appropriation for Land and Building — 5,867.83
$445,867.83
Disbursed
India Subsidy — =. => $190,132.98
China Subsidy —--__ ss —CS«dOT,770.06
Philippine Subsidy —— ,453.
Office Salaries —~-__Si«*d200»4.512
Missionaries on Furlough —.--._____-__.__ 86,954.03
New Missionary Expenses —~-___ 36,017.04
Other Expenses ee 21,871.43
460,610.54
Total Amount Above Budget Appropriation $ 14,742.71
Disbursements February 1, 1945—January 31, 1946
Budget Appropriation _______>_>_SEE $420,000.00
Disbursed
India Subsidy —_-__ $220,932.11
China Subsidy © 58,754.24
Home Base 97,242.21
——— 376,928.56
Total Amount Under Budget Appropriation —.___ *$ 43,071.44
Disbursements February 1, 1944—January 31, 1945
Budget Appropriation _______._»_>_ $400,000.00
Disbursed
India Subsidy ence $148,559.17
China Subsidy «25,935.05
Home Base ————_—______________._._ 50,696.11
——— 325,190.33

Total Amount Under Budget Appropriation *$ 74,809.67
* Owing to the war, not all projects could be carried out

(RP NERA Ie A Rinket RS Se AREAL REE RTE SRS EEL OECD TR RCS Scone woe Semen cae ee