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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Jul 8, 1875

Quarterly Meeting of Dist. No. 7.

THE third quarterly meeting of this district was held with the Oakland church, July 4, 1875. First session at 10 A. M. The president of the State society in the chair. Meeting opened with prayer by Bro. Loughborough.

The district secretary, sister L. C. Canright, stated that she expected to be away from the place, and tendered her resignation as secretary, which was accepted by unanimous vote. Sister Emma L. White was then nominated and elected as district secretary, by unanimous vote.

The report of the last meeting was then read and accepted. It consisted simply of the workings of the society for the second quarter.

The report of the workings of the society for the present quarter was as follows: No. of families visited, 34; No. of ships visited, 3; No. of letters written, 46; money received for memberships, $4.00; book sales, 4,885 pages, $9.60; for Kansas relief, $20.60. Total, $34.20. New subscribers for Review, 1; for Signs, 69; Instructor, 32; Reformer, 10. Distribution of reading matter: Signs, 118; Reformers, 33; tracts and pamphlets loaned 3,669 pages; value, $2.30. Tracts and pamphlets given away, 25, 488 pages, value, $15.93. Books furnished to library, by order of directors, 9; 3,122 pages; value, $6.11. L. C. Canright, Sec.

Remarks were made by the President on the financial standing of the district, showing that it had drawn from the State fund $26.00 more than had ever been placed to their credit on the cash book of the society, and it was voted to raise and place $100 in the Cal. State T. and M. fund for the benefit of this district.

A second session was held after the close of the State quarterly meeting, 4 P. M., July 4, in which a subscription was made of $133.50 to the T. and M. fund. Of this sum $74.00 were paid on the spot, and meeting adjourned sine die.

D. B. Rickey, Director. Emma L. White, Sec.