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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 8

General Returns

General Returns,

Compiled from the reports of Grand and Subordinate Bodies under the jurisdiction of the G. L. of U. S.

Year 1876. Year 1877. Increase. Decrease. Grand Lodges 48 48 Subordinate Lodge 6,678 6,877 199 Rebekah Degree Lodges 770 690 80 Grand Encampments 30 39 Subordinate Enc'mpments 1,806 1,835 29 Lodge Initiations 40,646 36,087 4,559 Lodge members 456;125 447,186 8,939 Encampment members 87,785 84,787 2,998 Relief by Lodges $1,507,649 12 $1,516,241 76 $8,592 64 Relief by Encampments 177,151 45 183,482 47 6,331 02 Relief by Rebekah Lodges 4,685 05 5,542 48 857 43 Total relief 1,689,485 62 1,705266 71 15,781 09 Revenue of Lodges 4,008,984 69 3,961,900 72 $47,083 97 Revenue of Encampments 453,034 72 431,828 05 21,206 67 Revenue of Rebekah L'ges 27,853 05 29,323 08 1,470 03 Total revenue 4,489,872 46 4,423,051 85 66,820 61

General Returns

The following statement exhibits in brief the entire operations (including Australia and Germany), so far as the same can be ascertained, as owing to imperfect reports in the early years of the Order complete statistics are not to be had,

From 1830 to December 31, 1877:
Initiation 1,059,862
Members relieved 816,155
Widowed families relieved 108,903
Members deceased 74,309
Total relief $25,704,885 68
Total receipts $69,142,260 86
Present membership 453,341