# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1899_S110
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110 Proceedings of the 24th General, or

State of Finances.

Closing Date                 Debts           Surplus

April 1, 1887 ..............  $13388.99
                                                            Decrease in debt:
April 1, 1890 ...............   2083.84                       $11305.15

April 1, 1893 ...............                  $18666.91       20750.75
                                                            Increase in debt:
April 1, 1896 ...............   5237.36                       $23904.27
February 1, 1899 ............  23723.97                        18486.61

"For information we append below a list of the sums delivered to
the General Treasurer from the publishing business during the last
five trienniums [three-year periods].

Received from the Concordia Publishing House.

Triennium               Delivered         Difference

April 1, '84—'87 ...........  $ 97700.80
April 1, '87—'90 ...........   143300.06    More: $45599.26 than in '87
April 1, '90—'93 ...........   190266.71    More: 46966.65 than in '90
April 1, '93—'96 ...........   166732.66    Less: 23534.05 than in '93
April 1, '96—'99 ...........   169068.36    More: 2335.70 than in '96

"Next to the yield from the Concordia Publishing House, the income
of the Synodical Treasury is of importance. We therefore also set
down a table on this here.

Received into the Synodical Treasury.

Triennium               Received          Difference

April 1, '84—'87 ...........  $36169.74
April 1, '87—'90 ...........   54835.87     More: $18666.13 than in '87
April 1, '90—'93 ...........   42681.80     Less: 12154.07 than in '90
April 1, '93—'96 ...........   38208.28     Less: 4473.52 than in '93
April 1, '96—'99 ...........   43799.33     More: 5591.05 than in '96

(Report of the Auditing Commission regarding the General Treasury
Report.)