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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 21, 1873

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 42, No. 19.

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California Tract and Missionary Meeting.

By John Norton Loughborough; J. W. Bond

The third session of the California Tract and Missionary Society was held in connection with the camp-meeting at Yountville, California, Friday, September 20.
Meeting called to order by the President, John Judson.
Secretary’s report of last year’s meeting was read and accepted.
Secretary’s report of the workings of the society for year read and accepted, as follows:—
No. of families visited, 74.
Money received by Membership, $48.00
“ “ by Donations, 25.75
“ “ from Book Sales, 19.60
Total, $93.35
No. of subscribers for REVIEW, 50; Instructor, 46; Reformer, 97.
Given away, Tracts, No. of pages, 62,323
“ “ Pamphlets, No. of pages, 20,000
Total, 82,323
Value, $91.72.
No. of books given, 140
Tracts given by tent labor, pages, 50,000
Treasurer’s report made and accepted, as follows:—
Cash on hand, Feb. 16, 1873, $5.08
Amount received up to Sept. 18, 1873, by Membership, 53.00
By Donations, 38.00
By Book Sales, 32.15
By Books returned, 1.13
Delinquencies on Periodicals, 50
Total amount received, $129.86
Total paid for Books, 104.66
Balance on hand Sept. 18, 1873, $25.20
G. D. Hager, Treasurer.
Treasurer’s report accepted.
The following were appointed a Committee on Nominations:—
J. N. Loughborough, W. W. Smith, T. M. Chapman.
On Motion, A committee of three was appointed on resolutions, as follows:—
J. N. Loughborough, E. A. Stockton, and Wm. Saunders.
Adjourned to the call of the President.

SECOND SESSION.

John Judson in the chair.
Committee on Nominations report the following as a board of officers for the ensuing year, who were duly elected:—
President, J. N. Loughborough; Vice President, W. B. Dennison, of Santa Rosa; Secretary, J. W. Bond, Healdsburg; Treasurer, G. D. Hager, of Santa Rosa.
Executive Committee, John Judson, Bloomfield; E. A. Stockton, San Francisco.
Committee on Resolutions reported the following, which were adopted:—
1. Resolved, That the President be authorized and requested to appoint a Committee of three for the purpose of soliciting subscriptions to a missionary fund.
2. That, as there is a delinquency of about $19.00 for periodicals during the last year, the Missionary Society is hereby authorized to pay the same out of the funds to be raised.
3. That we raise $500 for a missionary fund.
Papers were immediately circulated and over $600 pledged as a missionary fund.
4. That the names of the persons subscribing to the missionary fund, together with the amounts paid by them, be published in the Conference minutes.
5. That the minutes of the proceedings of this missionary meeting be published with the Conference minutes, and that with them also be inserted such matters of missionary doings of the past in this State as may be important to preserve.
J. N. Loughborough, Pres.
J. W. Bond, Sec.