Observations on the Bible Book.

XII. It may save trouble, and prevent inaccuracies, if the following explanation of the letters used in designating the various descriptions of Bibles and Testaments be pasted inside the Bible Book..

BIBLES.

Cost the Society.

S. d.

SP-MR Small Pica, royal paper, 8vo. with Marginal References 14
SP. Small Pica, medium paper, 8vo.
LP. Long Primer, demy paper, 8vo.

B-MR. Brevier, medium paper, with Marginal References

B. Brevier, demy paper, 8vo.

96

10

9 6

11 10

7

2

The BIBLES issued by the Society are bound in calf.

• The prices inserted in this Table are those of April 1821: but the calculations, in all the Specimens contained in this Section, are made on the basis of the former prices, as specified in a similar Table, page 186.-The reduction having taken place while this work was in the press, the requisite alteration could not be made in the Specimens.

Observations on the BIBLE SECRETARY'S ORDERS.

NO. XIX.-BIBLE SECRETARY'S ORDERS.

1. These orders are printed on paper the same size as the Specimen: the title of the Association, and that of the Society with which it is connected, being filled in by the Bible Secretary. When the Association requires a supply of Bibles and Testaments, the Bible Secretary ascertains, by reference to the Cash Secretary, the balance due by the Ladies' Branch Society; and adapts her order to such balance, and to the probable wants of the Association. She then fills up and signs one of these orders, which should be numbered successively, and sends it to the Bible Secretary of the Ladies' Branch Society.*

11. There are spaces left at the bottom of the list of English Bibles and Testaments, for the insertion of any copies, in other languages, which may be required. A list of all the versions on sale at the Depository of the Parent Society will be found in the Appendix, No. II.

III. It should always be recollected by the officers of Bible Associations, that the Societies with which they are connected do not recognise their orders until the full amount has been paid. Without a strict attention to this regulation, the interests and stability of both would be endangered. Before the introduction of these printed orders, frequent errors and disappointments occurred; but, by their adoption, the duties of the Bible Secretary are discharged with facility and correctness.

Or the Auxiliary (or Branch) Society.

No. 1.

Specimen of the BIBLE SECRETARY'S ORDERS.

SPECIMEN

OF THE

BIBLE SECRETARY'S ORDERS.

Charles' LADIES' BIBLE ASSOCIATION.

Plymouth, 11th July, 1819. The Bible Secretary of the Ladies' Branch of the Plymouth, &c. Auxiliary Bible Society is requested to furnish the Charles' Association with the following Bibles and Testaments; the amount of which, at Cost Prices, has been remitted to the Cash Secretary.

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Observations on the BIBLE SECRETARY'S MONTHLY REPORT.

NO. XX.—BIBLE SECRETARY'S MONTHLY REPORT.

1. This Report is printed on paper the same size as the Specimen the title of the Association, and that of the Society with which it is connected, are filled in by the Bible Secretary.

II. The return under the head No. 1, is either taken from No. 6 of the preceding Report, or ascertained by subtracting the Deliveries from the Receipts (See Second Specimen of No. XVIII.); the remainder being the stock, which should be counted monthly, to ascertain that it agrees with the Report. It is evident that the returns to Nos. 2, 4, 5, 7, and 8, are derived from the account in the "Bible Book" (Second Specimen); and that those to Nos. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, are derived from the same book (First Specimen). The importance of these returns, as exhibiting the actual state of the Association, is sufficiently obvious. No. 5 should, of course, be omitted, where the plan of Public Distribution is not adopted.

III. The particulars relative to the "LOAN STOCK" are derived from the "LOAN FUND BOOK" (No. XXI.); and this part of the Report is altogether dispensed with by those Associations which do not adopt this part of the system. No. 6 refers to those Bibles and Testaments which have not been returned within a month, or renewed as loans by the Committee.-See Chapter VIII. Section II.

...This Report should be filled up on the evening preceding every Committee-meeting, and a duplicate of it preserved; which will materially assist the Bible Secretary in preparing her Report for the following month.