# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1849_S104
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Expenditure.

I. To the distributor and collector Gräber for 26 issues
   at $1.50 each, per the account above, No. 1 ............................... $ 39.00
II. For printing costs for Nos. 1–26 ........................................... 629.00
   namely:
   for No.  1 per receipt No.  2 .............................................. $21.50
    "   "   2  "     "    "   3 ............................................... 23.00
    "   "   3  "     "    "   4 ............................................... 23.00
    "   "   4  "     "    "   5 ............................................... 23.00
    "   "   5  "     "    "   6 ............................................... 23.00
    "   "   6  "     "    "   7 ............................................... 24.50
    "   "   7  "     "    "   8 ............................................... 23.00
    "   "   8  "     "    "   9 ............................................... 23.00
    "   "   9  "     "    "  10 ............................................... 23.00
    "   "  10  "     "    "  11 ............................................... 23.00
    "   "  11  "     "    "  12 ............................................... 23.00
    "   "  12  "     "    "  13 ............................................... 23.00
    "   "  13  "     "    "  14 ............................................... 23.00
    "   "  14  "     "    "  15 ............................................... 23.00
    "   "  15  "     "    "  16 ............................................... 23.00
    "   "  16  "     "    "  17 ............................................... 23.00
    "   "  17  "     "    "  18 ............................................... 23.00
    "   "  18  "     "    "  19 ............................................... 23.00
    "   "  19  "     "    "  20 ............................................... 23.00
    "   "  20  "     "    "  21 ............................................... 23.00
    "   "  21  "     "    "  22 ............................................... 23.00
    "   "  22  "     "    "  23 ............................................... 23.00
    " the theological supplement to No. 22 ...................................... 11.00
    " 200 copies of No. 1, per receipt No. 23 ................................... 16.00
    " No. 23 per receipt No. 24 .................................................. 23.00
    " No. 24 per receipt No. 25 .................................................. 23.00
    " No. 25 per receipt No. 26 .................................................. 23.00
    " No. 26, including title page, per receipt No. 27 .......................... 27.00

III. For inserting an advertisement concerning the *Apologete* in the
    *Deutsche Tribüne*, per receipt No. 28 ..................................... $ 2.00

IV. For mailing the papers to out-of-town subscribers and for
    managing the accounts, to the undersigned, at $2.00 per issue ............... 52.00

V. For packing and writing paper ................................................. 10.25
VI. For postage over the course of the 4th volume ................................ 10.57½
VII. For a map of the United States of North America ............................... 2.30
VIII. For copying costs and other overhead per the journal .......................... 5.45
IX. For proofreading and correspondence for the months of July and August 1848,
    to the undersigned ........................................................... 10.00

                                                            Total expenditure .... $760.57½

Comparison.

$846.15  income,
 760.57½  expenditure,

$ 85.57½ balance, has been carried over into the journal for the 5th volume.

Note.

Of the 1200 copies printed of the fourth volume,
212 copies or so were placed in St. Louis by the distributor,
644   "    "  were mailed out, of which 549 copies were paid for and
 95 or so   "  remained outstanding [unpaid]
 60 copies or so were complimentary copies and exchange papers,
 84   "    "  were replaced, partly for defects, partly for shortage, partly for
      copies lost in the mail, and
200 copies or so remained in stock.

St. Louis, September 7, 1848.                        Friedrich Wilh. Barthel.