COPIES OF THE BIBLE
INCREASED DISTRIBUTION MORE TRANSLATIONS (Received September 21, fi.s p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY. Sept, 20 The annual report of the British and Foreign Bible Society, in dealing with the world-wide distribution of the Scriptures, states that last year 10,933,203 volumes of the Bible were issued by the society. This was an increase of 315,733 copies over the previous year. Eleven languages have been added to the society's list, of which nine are for Africa, one for Europe (namely, Romany for Gipsies) and one for Oceania. The total number of the languages on the list now iB 678.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21912, 22 September 1934, Page 11
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100COPIES OF THE BIBLE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21912, 22 September 1934, Page 11
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