Finances.
There have been in the whole history of publication enterprises in the
South few harder years than this.
Besides the general poverty of our people, the yellow fever scourge has cut off a large part of our territory, disarranged our mails, and directed into channels of relief for the needy money which might have otherwise come into our treasury.
And yet the following table of receipts will show that the past year has been the most prosperous one which the Society has had:
| We received for the year ending in October, 1874 | $1,546 02 |
| We received for the year ending in October, 1875 | 1,258 80 |
| We received for the year ending in October, 1876 | 4,246 30 |
| We received for the year ending in October, 1877 | 4,744 45 |
| We received for the year ending in October, 1878 | 6,337 41 |
Thus it will be seen that, in spite of hard times, our receipts have been $1,592.96 more than during any previous year.
And we have so far reduced our expenses that during the past year our receipts have considerably exceeded our current expenditures, and but for the debt with which we begun our fiscal year, we would now be able to report our obligations all met and money in the treasury.
But we greatly need more funds to enable us to
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enlarge our operations, and we appeal to our friends everywhere to help us as they are able.
If you cannot imitate the noble liberality of
Mr. Corcoran, who has given us $500 a year for the past three years, you can at least help to circulate our publications and extend our list of subscribers.
