Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-20

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the Secretary gives the following statistics
Number OF members last annual report; IL ,4d
| Initiated during the year ................. ,46l
Admitted by card during the year. 593
Restored to membership during the
5u4
Total accessions 80
First q, 81
Retired by clearance card 900
Observation-Disclosures from the Order 1,6ls
suspended 43l2
6a ooo
licensed 30
| membership of non-repOrting Lodges 1S9
Loss by extinct Lodges and discrep-
ahcles ,y72
Total deduction. TO- rs
Second total membership reported July
Membership as last reported Of Lodges in
TOTAL membership l6 %
Number of Lodges at last report. 1863
| Number OF new Lodges organized. 81
| Number of Lodges reinstated... .........
| tirst toto, -
Number of Lodges forfeited charters.22
| Number of Lodges surrendered char
| Number of Lodges three quarters in
arrears
Number of Lodges two quarters IN
arrears
Number of Lodges one quarter in ar
Present number of Lodges. 93f
Number of male members. ......... 81 on
Number of female members.............. ... OF
Total membership. Is or
Number of full degree members.............9 900
Number of Subordinate Lodges. 500
Average membership per Lodge...... AZ
Number OF halls owned by Lodges as far as
............... So
Number OF pianos and organs owned by
Lodges'-.'............................... 1Oi
Na;ue of halls owned by Lodges .s3S. $50 90
Value of pianos aud organs owned by
Lodges 10000 90
value OF furniture ana regalias owned
by Lodges 10. 1875 90
Value Of other property owned by
Cash n Subordinate Lodge Ties;rc 1872 10 9 $3
Total assets of Lodges reporting ......SS5 445 O5
The total cash received during the Goth
fiscal year was S34, 565 10, of which SI4.-
9l2 81 was credited to the Home for Or
phans fund. The gross expenditures for
the year were 500, 7S1 90.
The improvement, enlargement and addi-
ton made to the Home for Orphans are
among the most important things done in
the past year The building of the extern
sion has added largely to its capacity. and
repairs and Improvements in the main
building have added much to the comfort
and convenience of the inmates. The
number of children at present in the insti-
tuition Is 1866. The number who can be
accommodated at the tables is 100. There
Is, however, room in the dormitories for
225, so that the dormitory capacity exceeds
that OF the dining-room under present
methods OF having all the children seated
at the table at one time during meals
There are 81 children who attend the
schools of the institution who belong to the
school district outside the Home, and their
tuition is paid by the county.
Probably the one member of the Order
within this jurisdiction who has held the
longest unbroken membership in it, is
" Mother Elvira Baldwin, who united
with Sloan Lodge, No. >, of Sacramento
at its institution, September 10. 1856, in
which lodge she has continuously held her
membership. AT the organization of the
Grand Ledge of California, Mother
Baldwin vas present and was honored by
an election to the office of G. w. V. T., and
she has been present at nearly every session
OF the Grand Lodge since. In his official
proclamation calling upon the various
lodges of the jurisdiction to celebrate and
properly observe May %, 1885, as the quar-
ter centennial of the organization of the
Grand Lodge the G. w. c. T. suggested the
propriety of testimonial to the mother"
of the Grand Lodge as a fitting conclusion
and result Of the days observance. In re-
Spouse to this request, voluntary offerings
were received amounting to $3.50, which
amount was paid over to her.