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Apr. 10, 1919.
The Board met in regular session at 4 P.lff.
in the Board Booms, The meeting was opened with prayer
by Bro. F.\7.Moore, of Petersburg,
The minutes off March 13th were read and adopted.
The following were present: Ellyson,L.H. Jenkins, C.A, M
JenkSns, James, Crump, Gaines, Johnson, Mahone,yestfall. i
Also Secretaries Love and Bay, Treasurer Gwathmey, and
Skinner arid Gibson of Administrative Committee, Brethren
F.W.Moore of Petersburg, E, S. Pierce of E.C,
The Treasurer reported as follows:
March 13 to. April 10,1919.
Receipts —
Balance per last report . $5,693,92
Be turned by Ur .Love on acct.
For. trip . 571.37
Int. on Lula Whilden Fund... 15.90
17 on annuities . 275.
Call Loans . 1,447.50
Mrs. Porotha Shreaves Hem.
Fund . 250. .
Japan, ret. on acct. ticket
• J.F.Ray. . . . . . . 64.13
Received since last report.
•Л46,084.60
192,011.00
$197,704.92
Bi sbur s ement s —
Call Loans paid . 5,300
Paid for sundry purposes
since last report.... 178,340.98 183,640.98
Balance in Bank . $ 14,063.94
Liabilities-
Call Loans . $350,857.26
R. R. Gwathmey,
Treas.
Special Geo. W. Bottoms Fund. . .$100,000.
follows:
The Administrative Committee reported as
Richmond, Va. , Apr. 10, 1919.
To the Foreign Mission Board, S.B. C. ,
The Administrative Committee would respectfully
report, as they ask for discharge at your hands from the
5?©0ponsibiliti@s and dutieg ©ommilttfceffl to them some months
ago, that their task off administration has been greatly
lightened by the admirable organization of the Board1 s
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which has been the growth off years of experience. The
eords of the committee and the Board contain only a
11 fraction of the real work of the committee; only
occasionally were there matters of importance on which the
committee had to act independently of other committees.
Practically all of the Administrative Committee fs work was
advisory or preparatory to the work of individual commit¬
tees of the Board. Tie have reason to believe that our
services in these respects were not without some real value
to the great interests involved. In view of the fact that
an urgent invitation has come frcra our South American Mis¬
sions, and in view of the whole situation in that; field;
e would recommend that our Corresponding Secretary be
equested to visit as speedily as possible the South
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