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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Jul 25, 1878

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 4, No. 28.

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State Quarterly Meeting.

THE fourth quarterly meeting of the California State Tract and Missionary Society met as per appointment the evening of July 20, 1878. Prayer by Elder Healey. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and accepted, after which the report of labor during the quarter was called for, and read as follows :—
District 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
Other periodicals distributed...... 217 36 70 61 31 422 299 1,136
Signs distributed... 687 103 393 51 123 3,300 1,652 6,309
New subscribers for other periodicals. 4 5 5 4 1 7 18 44
New subscribers for Signs. ............ 4 15 2 17 43 81
No. pp. Tracts, etc., loaned...... 5,278 1,741 11,016 660 2,589 16,430 5,414 43,128
No. pp. Tracts, etc., given away...... 9,713 11,383 8,719 1,356 8,878 32,692 19,449 92,190
Book sales ...... $6.80 51.25 7.25 6.60 12.20 31.90 $116.00
Donations...... $31.10 5.00 28.75 32.20 63.95 36.25 $197.25
New Members...... $2.00 $1.00 2.00 10.00 $15.00
Letters written...... 49 39 22 19 407 60 596
Ships visited...... 6 6
Families visited...... 28 4 2 21 861 94 1010
No. of Reports...... 50 24 42 6 26 50 31 229
Memberships...... 56 46 60 10 52 72 46 342
As seen by the above table the whole number of pages of tracts and pamphlets loaned and given away is 135,318. The whole amount of money received is $328.25.
The subject of the Dime Tabernacle soon to be erected in Battle Creek, Mich., being introduced it was
Voted, That we earnestly recommend all to pledge their dimes toward this enterprise according to the plan recommended in the circulars sent to the librarians of the various churches.
As much of the missionary work during the past quarter has been done by the members of the Vigilant Missionary Society, it was suggested that separate reports be prepared by which it could be seen how much had been done outside of such societies. It was therefore
Voted, That blanks for this purpose be prepared by a committee of three appointed by the chair, of which the chairman should be one.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
J. E. WHITE, Vice President.
MRS. A. M. LOUGHBOROUGH, Secretary.