# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1878_S80
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II.
Report of the Treasurer

of the

Ev. Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States

on income and expenditure from March 15, 1875 to May 1, 1878.

A. Synod Treasury.
Income:

From the Western District ......................................................$ 12252.86
From the Illinois District ....................................................... 11280.92
From the Central District ........................................................ 12106.37
From the Northwestern District ................................................... 7077.58
From the Eastern District ........................................................ 6277.74
From the Northern District ....................................................... 3790.01
For property sold in Fort Wayne .................................................. 210.00
From bequests ..................................................................... 520.00
Collections toward the purchase of the institution at Springfield ............... 2802.33
Miscellaneous income .............................................................. 106.08
Surplus of the book agency ........................................................ 84838.16*)

                                                          Total ......$141262.05

Expenditure:

For salaries of the professors and the steward
    at the seminary at St. Louis .................................................$ 12830.03
    likewise at Fort Wayne ........................................................ 25472.56
    likewise at Addison ........................................................... 16199.77
    likewise at Springfield ....................................................... 8192.96
Salary of the general agent ....................................................... 4625.00
Pension for the widowed Mrs. Prof. Biewend ........................................ 879.02
Pension for the widowed Mrs. Rector Gönner ........................................ 712.50
Purchase of the seminary at Springfield ........................................... 6500.00
For the purchase of 5 acres of land at Addison .................................... 1125.00
For buildings in St. Louis, street construction, and the like ..................... 9574.16
Likewise in Fort Wayne ............................................................ 12507.19
Likewise in Springfield ........................................................... 4809.62

                                                          Carried forward $103427.81

*) The difference between this sum and the $83893.61 given in the general agent's report arises
because the latter's books were closed already on April 1, while those of the general treasurer
were not closed until May 1 — a discrepancy that, by resolution of the Synod, is to be avoided
in future.