# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1902_S121
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Tenth Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1902. 121

Assets and Liabilities of the Synod.

The Synod has as assets:

Securities ........................................ $21700.00
Loaned to congregations ........................... 5457.25
Claims on the supervisory boards................... 58.69
Debt in the treasury for the mission in Berlin..... 264.88
In the hands of the General Treasurer ............. 31181.84

The Synod owes:

On bequests......................................... $28776.02
Borrowed against notes...................... 12110.00
To the Heathen Mission treasury.................... 20709.54
To the Synodical treasury .......................... 10237.68
To the General Inner Mission treasury.............. 2405.84
To the Jewish Mission treasury...................... 353.20
To the treasury for the mission in Brazil.......... 4223.86
To the Deaf-Mute Mission treasury................... 1115.22
To the treasury for the mission in London........... 756.70
To the Dr. M. Luther Monument Society................ 42.09
To the Concordia College in Fort Wayne.............. 150.00
To the Concordia Seminary in Springfield............ 150.00
To the Teachers' Seminary in Addison................ 150.00
To the Concordia College in Milwaukee............... 216.00
To the Concordia Seminary in St. Louis............. 5228.20
To Präses [president] F. Pieper, for Australia...... 134.80
Sundry............................................... 397.76
    Debt as of February 1, 1902........... 28494.25
                                                $87156.91 $87156.91

(Report of the General Treasurer, Mr. E. F. W. Meier.)

"Your Revision Committee, appointed three years ago, takes the liberty
of informing the Reverend Synod that it has compared the books of the
General Agent, as well as those of the General Treasurer, with their annual
reports, and has found that they agree.

"The manner in which the books of both are kept leaves nothing to be
desired, since it is in accordance with the best business practices. Both the
General Treasurer and the General Agent are competent and conscientious
officers.

"Your Committee would like to permit itself one suggestion, which
would benefit whichever Revision Committee is elected. Under the present
circumstances it is impossible for the Revision Committee to audit the
income of the General Treasurer. The moneys sent in by the district
treasurers can indeed be precisely verified, but not the moneys coming
from other sources. We believe that a complete check would be possible if
the Reverend Synod were to instruct the General