# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1911_S318
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Treasurer's Report of the CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE
from February 1, 1908, to January 31, 1911.

                              Debits        Credits       Resources     Liabilities   Losses        Gains
Capital and Surplus, 1908                   $337250.00                  $337250.00
Mdse. and Inv. (1908, 1909)  $664152.34     792402.09     $212621.10                                $340870.85
Equipment                    54892.96                     38995.63                    $15897.33
Interest, Disc., and Prem.   18101.18       7453.67                                    10647.51
Gratis                       3251.93                                                   3251.93
Bad Accounts                 3532.62        178.72                                     3353.90
Improvements and Repairs     4217.43                                                   4217.43
Accounts Rec. and Payable    65447.08       5353.84       60093.24
Insurance Bonds              30000.00                     30000.00
Synod                        288200.00                    288200.00
Cash                         10842.78                     10842.78
Net Gain                                                                303502.75      303502.75
                              $1142638.32   $1142638.32   $640752.75    $640752.75     $340870.85    $340870.85

Capital and Surplus, 1908                                  $337250.00
Net Gain, 1908—1911                                         303502.75
Delivered to Synod            $288200.00
Present Capital & Surplus      352552.75
                               $640752.75                  $640752.75

Cash Balance, 1911..................................... $10842.78
Merchandise Inventory, 1911............................ 212621.10
Equipment, 1911......................................... 38995.63
Ledger Accounts Bal..................................... 60093.24
Insurance Bonds.......................................... 30000.00
Present Value............................................ $352552.75

That the above is a correct extract from the account books for the
triennium 1908–1911 is attested by:
E. Seuel, General Agent.
C. Schröter, President.
J. J. Bernthal, Secretary.

Introduction of a Uniform Fiscal Year and Simplification of the
Treasuries.

To the Reverend German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio,
and Other States, assembled as the 13th Delegate Synod at St. Louis,
Mo., from May 10 to 20, 1911.

Beloved fathers and brothers in the Lord!

The Atlantic District hereby submits to the Reverend Delegate Synod
the following two-part memorial for its kind consideration and
examination.

1. A Uniform Fiscal Year.

In our Synod there is no fixed fiscal year. The Concordia Publishing
House reckons from February 1 to February 1, and the General Treasurer
follows suit; each district reckons by its own convention time; and
the *Statistical Yearbook*, finally, follows the calendar year. This
is, in more ways than one, surely a problem. The various reports do
not cover the same period; nor does every report always cover a year,
but sometimes more, sometimes less. In this way one cannot compare;
the figures do not agree.