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<p> By way of supplement, we give the present status of existing [[Bible]] societies according to the latest returns: </p> <p> 1. The number of Bible societies connected with the British and Foreign Bible [[Society]] was in 1890 — </p> <p> In Great Britain and [[Ireland]] — auxiliaries, 1113; branches, 446; associations, 5417 — total, 6976. </p> <p> In [[Europe]] and the Colonies — auxiliaries, 110; branches, 1220 — total, 1330. </p> <p> The Societies' Foreign Agencies, with the amount of their issues, are chronologically arranged as follows: </p> <p> </p> <table> <tr> <td> <p> Name of Agency </p> </td> <td> <p> Date of Formation </p> </td> <td> <p> Copies: </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Depot in [[Paris]] </p> </td> <td> <p> 1820 </p> </td> <td> <p> 7, 963, 629 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> St. Petersburg </p> </td> <td> <p> 1828 </p> </td> <td> <p> 5, 033, 170 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Frankfort </p> </td> <td> <p> 1830 </p> </td> <td> <p> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Cologne]] </p> </td> <td> <p> 1847 </p> </td> <td> <p> 13, 820, 801 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Berlin]] </p> </td> <td> <p> 1853 </p> </td> <td> <p> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Stockholm]] </p> </td> <td> <p> 1832 </p> </td> <td> <p> 2, 943, 899 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Norway]] </p> </td> <td> <p> 1832. </p> </td> <td> <p> 781, 926 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Brussels]] </p> </td> <td> <p> 1835 </p> </td> <td> <p> 800, 571 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Amsterdam]] </p> </td> <td> <p> 1843 </p> </td> <td> <p> 1, 363, 296 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Copenhagen]] </p> </td> <td> <p> 1855 </p> </td> <td> <p> 840, 751 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Rome, Leghorn, etc </p> </td> <td> <p> 1860 </p> </td> <td> <p> 1, 575, 694 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Lisbon]] </p> </td> <td> <p> 1864 </p> </td> <td> <p> 165, 486 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Madrid]] </p> </td> <td> <p> 1868 </p> </td> <td> <p> 1, 231, 393 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Venice]] </p> </td> <td> <p> 1880 </p> </td> <td> <p> 3, 491, 949 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Total </p> </td> <td> <p> </p> </td> <td> <p> 40, 012, 265 </p> </td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <p> The Societies in British [[India]] directly connected with the British and </p> <p> Foreign Bible Society, with their issues, are as follows: Bible Society Date of Formation Copies </p> <table> <tr> <td> <p> Calentta </p> </td> <td> <p> 1811 </p> </td> <td> <p> 231390 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Colombo]] </p> </td> <td> <p> 1812 </p> </td> <td> <p> 145630 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Bombay]] </p> </td> <td> <p> 1813 </p> </td> <td> <p> 650316 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Madras]] </p> </td> <td> <p> 1820 </p> </td> <td> <p> 3869460 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Jaffna </p> </td> <td> <p> 1835 </p> </td> <td> <p> 181029 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> North India </p> </td> <td> <p> 1845 </p> </td> <td> <p> 706366 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Punjab]] at [[Lahore]] </p> </td> <td> <p> ? </p> </td> <td> <p> 339729 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Bangalore </p> </td> <td> <p> ? </p> </td> <td> <p> 120613 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Sermapore [[Mission]] </p> </td> <td> <p> ? </p> </td> <td> <p> 200000 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Total </p> </td> <td> <p> </p> </td> <td> <p> 8534533 </p> </td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <p> 2. The Foreign Societies engaged in distributing the Holy [[Scriptures]] are the following: </p> <p> A. EUROPE </p> <p> </p> <table> <tr> <td> <p> Name of Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> Date of Formation </p> </td> <td> <p> Copies </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Basle]] Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1804 </p> </td> <td> <p> 777,512 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Prussian Bible Society at Berlin </p> </td> <td> <p> 1805 </p> </td> <td> <p> 5,239,258 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Swedish Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1809 </p> </td> <td> <p> 1,055,507 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Finnish Bible Society at Abo </p> </td> <td> <p> 1812 </p> </td> <td> <p> 239,273 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Wurtemberg Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1812 </p> </td> <td> <p> 1,779,116 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Zurich]] Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1812 </p> </td> <td> <p> 82,972 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Russian Bible Soc. at St. Petersburg </p> </td> <td> <p> 1812 </p> </td> <td> <p> 861,105 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Berg Bible Society at [[Elberfeld]] </p> </td> <td> <p> 1813 </p> </td> <td> <p> 847,359 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> St. Gall Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1813 </p> </td> <td> <p> 77,660 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Coire Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1813 </p> </td> <td> <p> 12,267 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Schaffhansen Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1813 </p> </td> <td> <p> 30,077 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Geneva]] Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1814 </p> </td> <td> <p> 147,232 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Lausanne]] Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1814 </p> </td> <td> <p> 226,667 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Saxon Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1814 </p> </td> <td> <p> 745,066 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Hanover]] Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1814 </p> </td> <td> <p> 137,008 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Hamburg-Altona Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1814 </p> </td> <td> <p> 184,287 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Lubeck Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1814 </p> </td> <td> <p> 30,083 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Danish Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1814 </p> </td> <td> <p> 376,950 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Strasburg]] Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1815 </p> </td> <td> <p> 119,214 </p> </td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <table> <tr> <td> <p> Icelandic Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1815 </p> </td> <td> <p> 10,445 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Netherlands]] Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1815 </p> </td> <td> <p> 1,728,227 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Schleswig-Holstein Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1815 </p> </td> <td> <p> 183,911 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Bremen]] Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1815 </p> </td> <td> <p> 80,637 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Brunswick]] Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1815 </p> </td> <td> <p> 6,312 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Aargovian Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1815 </p> </td> <td> <p> 48,229 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Waldensian Bible Society at La Tour </p> </td> <td> <p> 1816 </p> </td> <td> <p> 4,238 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Neufchatel]] Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1816 </p> </td> <td> <p> 37,043 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Frankfort Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1816 </p> </td> <td> <p> 75,000 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Lippe-Detmold Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1816 </p> </td> <td> <p> 37,199 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Lauenberg-Raizeburg Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1816 </p> </td> <td> <p> 29,319 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Rostock]] Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1816 </p> </td> <td> <p> 19,408 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Norwegian Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1816 </p> </td> <td> <p> 457,188 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Entin Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1817 </p> </td> <td> <p> 15,000 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Waldeck and Pyrmont Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1817 </p> </td> <td> <p> 2,800 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Hesse-Darmstadt Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1817 </p> </td> <td> <p> 31,484 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Eisenach]] B.C. </p> </td> <td> <p> 1818 </p> </td> <td> <p> 15,081 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Hanau]] </p> </td> <td> <p> 1818 </p> </td> <td> <p> 3,316 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Hesse-Cassel]] </p> </td> <td> <p> 1818 </p> </td> <td> <p> 30,000 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Protestant Bible Society at Paris </p> </td> <td> <p> 1818 </p> </td> <td> <p> 575,074 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Glarus Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1819 </p> </td> <td> <p> 5,000 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Ionian B.C. </p> </td> <td> <p> 1819 </p> </td> <td> <p> 7,377 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Baden]] B.C. </p> </td> <td> <p> 1820 </p> </td> <td> <p> 83,759 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Bavarian Prot. Bible Ins. At Nuremburg </p> </td> <td> <p> 1821 </p> </td> <td> <p> 376,119 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Anhalt-Bernburg Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1821 </p> </td> <td> <p> 4,786 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Weimar]] Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1821 </p> </td> <td> <p> 7,236 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Marburg]] Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1825 </p> </td> <td> <p> 23,544 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Russian Protestant Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1826 </p> </td> <td> <p> 865,823 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Stavanger]] Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1828 </p> </td> <td> <p> 7,017 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> French and Foreign Bible Society at Paris </p> </td> <td> <p> 1833 </p> </td> <td> <p> 750,000 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Belgian and Foreign Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1834 </p> </td> <td> <p> 7,623 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Autwerp Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1834 </p> </td> <td> <p> 439 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Ghent]] Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1834 </p> </td> <td> <p> 8,980 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Anhalt-Dessau Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1836 </p> </td> <td> <p> 27,899 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Belgian Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1839 </p> </td> <td> <p> 14,909 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Leipsic]] Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1840 </p> </td> <td> <p> 34,942 </p> </td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <table> <tr> <td> <p> Bible Society of [[France]] </p> </td> <td> <p> 1864 </p> </td> <td> <p> 217,459 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Total </p> </td> <td> <p> </p> </td> <td> <p> 19,059,076 </p> </td> </tr> </table> <p> B. AMERICA </p> <p> </p> <table> <tr> <td> <p> Name of Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> Date </p> </td> <td> <p> Copies </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> [[Pennsylvania]] </p> </td> <td> <p> 1808 </p> </td> <td> <p> 3763371 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> American </p> </td> <td> <p> 1817 </p> </td> <td> <p> 49829563 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Bible Assoc. of Friends in [[America]] </p> </td> <td> <p> 1830 </p> </td> <td> <p> 127470 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> American and Foriegn Bible Society </p> </td> <td> <p> 1837 </p> </td> <td> <p> 786696 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> American Bible Union </p> </td> <td> <p> 1850 </p> </td> <td> <p> 603184 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> Total </p> </td> <td> <p> </p> </td> <td> <p> 55110284 </p> </td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <p> The British and Foreign Bible Society has promoted the translation, printing, or distribution of the whole or part of the bible, directly in 225 languages or dialects, indirectly in 65 ditto — total, 290. </p> <p> At present there exist about 364 versions of the Bible; more than four fifths of this number have been prepared since 1804. See, besides the annual reports of the different Bible societies, also the art. "Bible, Propagation de la," in Lichtenberger's.Encyclopedie des Sciences Religieuses; Reed, The Bible Work of the [[World]] (Lond. 1879); Bible of Every Land (ibid. 1860). (B.P.). </p>