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Proceedings of the
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MEMORIALS. Memorial notices of the loss, by death, of our beloved Past ters, M. W. Bro. Noah M. Givan, Joshua B. 'l'homas and Wm. field, were sent to all the Lodges in the Jurisdiction, and to Past Grand Officers, as well as to all American Sister Grand Masonic publications.
Grand MasR. Stubblepresent and Lodges and
BLANKS FOR RETURNS. Blank returns were sent to the Lodges, May 28th, together with circulars calling attention to the change in law as to time of making returns; the fiscal year now closing on the 30th of June, thus allowing but eleven months' work of the Subordinate Lodges to be shown in the returns for 1908. On the 20th of July another circular was sent to non-reporting Lodges, again calling attention to the law. And on August 1st personal' lettel's were sent to thirty-two delinquent Lodges. HE'l'URNS FROM: EVERY LODG:ij:. All returns should have been received on or before August 1st; 561 of the Lodges -responded on tIme, showing- most gratifying and substantial increase in membership and property; the delinquent thirty-two came in later. For the thIrd successive year every Lodge in the State .has made returns and paid the~per capita tax. I am indebted to the District Deputy Grand :\Iasters for valuable assistance in securing this result. STATISTICAL. Number of Chartered Lodges in the .T urisdiction. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 593 Numbel' of Lodges making returns:.,.............................. 593 Number of members in said r,odges 47,197 Number of Lodges Under Dispensation ,.... 8 Number of m~mbers in Lodges Under Dispensation... . . . . . . . .• . . . . . . 23~ Total number of members : , .47,430 Net gain In membership for eleven months , 1,937 . Per capita tax, 1908, received up to and including September 21st, $46,105.50.
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TRANSPORTA'.rION. W. Bro. W. G. Wilderman, Committee, was unable to obtain any rate other than two cents per mile, as now provided by law. During August a circular containing this Information was sent to all the Lodges, Hotel rate;;; were also furnished in the circular, copies of which will be found in the Grand Lodge. MASONIC HOME. By order of the Grand Lodge a warrant for $1,974.76, rebate from tlle Earthquake Fund of the Grand Lodge of CalifornIa, was turned over to the Masonic Home as a donation.