Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1954, Page 186

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186 Proceedings of the Forty-Third Convention,

Mission Budget for the Insurance Reserve Funds in order that it may be gradually
increased to $50,000.00 for adequate protection.”

27. Rents Received. Mostly from parsonages not used by pastors.

28. Sundry Receipts. Anticipated contributions from stations.

31. Church Extension Fund. Synodical Conference Proceedings, 1948, page 118.

African Missions

1. Automotive Expense. This item includes petrol, oil, spare parts and repairs
of old cars. Distances are great and require much fuel for the autos.

4. Building Costs. Temporary parsonages for new native pastors and teachers.

5. Parsonages — Permanent construction. We will have to build two houses
for pastors, one professor, and one doctor.

6. Charity. The sum requested will cover expenses for medical supplies for
natives, taking care of twins cast out, etc.

7. Equipment. The Missionary Board purchases for its new missionaries
refrigerators and supplies furniture for homes.

8. Automobiles. Under a new personal ownership plan large sums of money
were needed to furnish more cars for the field. When missionaries return home
on furlough, autos will be sold and moneys realized will be applied on purchase
of new autos. The expenditures exceeded our budget last year due to the fact
that we had to make a huge capital investment. It is hoped that the amounts
necessary for purchasing new cars in future budgets will be greatly reduced due
to the sale of used cars.

9. Local Leave. Each missionary is granted a local leave for four weeks every
year. The distance to our now completed rest home is great and entails quite
some traveling expenses.

10. Travel to and from Africa. Due to illness and other unavoidable circum-
stances, workers often have to leave the field prior to the expiration of their
regular term. Two vicars and probably four new workers will be sent to the
field during this year and eight families are scheduled to come home. Six workers
and their families are returning during the 1954—55 fiscal year to their field of
labor. It was necessary in some instances to bring our people home by airplane
which entailed much greater expense.

11. Maintenance. The British Government requires that all compounds be—
kept in good order. Since every compound comprises some 5 to 13 acres, it is
necessary to engage two or more laborers for each compound.

12. Medical Expense. These are expenses connected with travel to distant
places for medical care and dental work.

13. Miscellaneous. For mission department, cables on drafts, long-distance
calls, postage, expense in African office, mimeographing sermons in Efik, also
teacher’s lessons, Lutheran Witness airmail edition, cablegrams.

14, Salaries. Salaries were increased to meet existing stringencies.

Exhibit “D”
BUDGET DISBURSEMENTS — DOMESTIC MISSIONS

Stations: 7-1-52 to 6-30-53 7-1~53 to 6-30-54
Equipment — —-
Expansion 25,243.04 10,848.20
Rent Paid — Sta. & Parsonages 6,858.08 7,951.28
Alabama Survey Committee _.. 97.30 —
Repairs nna eee eee - — 88.46
Conc. Sem. Summer Course .... 426.58 264.90
Salaries one ~ 101,240.97 119,366.20
Sundries and Interest .. _ 2,817.51 4,510.63
Travel Expenses ........-...--.--— 8,196.34 6,220.24

Gross Cost of Stations ... $144,879.82 $149,249.91
Less Receipts —..._....... 1,591.99 2,357.97

Net Cost of Stations __._. $143,287.83 . $146,891.94