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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · May 20, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 19.

The Missionary.

California Tract and Missionary Society.

A SESSION of the California Tract and Missionary Society was held in connection with the general meeting at Oakland, Cal., April 22-28, 1886. The first meeting convened on the 25th, at 9 A. M., and was called to order by the president, Elder S. N. Haskell. Prayer by Elder Loughborough. The reading of the minutes of the last session was waived, and the report of labor for quarter ending March 31 was read.

This Conference, including the States of California and Nevada, has thirty-eight organized societies. Of these three were added during the quarter,—Stockton, Santa Maria, and Selma. There are also a large number of scattered workers who, although deprived of association with other laborers, are among the most faithful to report. Notwithstanding the fact that the societies are not all represented, the amount of work reported is in advance of the previous quarter, as will appear in the following table:—