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which the revenues of the Grand Council were distributed between 1887
and 1901: the total annual budget, investments, and Knights' and Dames'
Tributes.27
in the Minutes of 2 November 1894.
1894-95 The donation to the SGC is recorded in the LGC minutes
of 2 November 1895. The allocation to Grand Council is listed in The
Primrose League Gazette, 1 May 1895, p. 5. Membership figures are also
found in the Gazette issue 1 June 1895, p. 6.
1895-96 The grants to the Grand Council and the SGC are
contained in the LGC minutes of 7 February 1896. Membership figures
are listed in The Primrose League Gazette, 1 June 1896, p. 5.
1896-97 Grants to the SGC and the Grand Council are found in
the LGC minutes of 22 January 1897 and 7 February 1897, respectively.
Membership information is contained in the Minutes of 3 April 1897.
1897-98 Grants to the SGC and Grand Council are found in the
LGC minutes of 3 March 1898 and 20 May 1898, respectively. Membership
information is contained in the Minutes of 24 June 1898.
1898-99 The grant allocated to the Grand Council is listed in
the LGC minutes of 17 March 1899. The donation to the SGC and the LGC
membership total for the year are contained in the Minutes of 28 April
1899.
1899-1900 The donations to the Grand Council and the SGC are
listed in the LGC minutes of 2 March 1900 and 16 March 1900,
respectively. The membership total for the year is contained in the
Minutes of 18 May 1900.
1900-01 Grants to the Grand Council and the SGC are listed in
the LGC minutes of 15 February and 15 March 1901, respectively.
Membership for the year is recorded in the LGC minutes of 3 May 1901.
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The revenues obtained by the Grand Council are divided into
five column headings in Table 2. These include Total Budget, Plus or
Minus Budget, Investment Accounts, Funds Added to Investments, and
Knights' and Dames' Tributes. Total Budget, Investment Accounts, Funds
Added to Investments, and Tribute columns for the years 1887-99,
exclusive of 1898, are based on financial statements printed in The
Primrose League Gazette for those years. 1888: 21 April 1888, p. 4;
1889: 25 May 1889, p. 10; 1890: 25 May 1890, p. 10; 1891: 30 April
1892, p. 7; 1892: 30 April 1892, p. 7; 1893: 18 April 1893, p. 3; 1894:
1 May 1895, p. 5; 1895: 1 May 1895, p. 5; 1896: 1 May 1896, p. 3; 1897:
1 June 1897, p. 5; 1899: 1 May 1899, p. 7.
The years 1900 and 1901 are based on the xeroxed Financial
Report for the year ending 31 March, 1901 provided by Michael Wills
from the Grand Council Minutes of 1900-1914. The original report
appears to have been misplaced. The figures under the Total Budget
column for 1900 and 1901 constitute only the receipts earned for the
year. The figures under the +/- Budget column for 1899, 1900, and 1901
constitute the cost expenditure incurred by the League for those years.
The 1899 citations are obtained from The Primrose League Gazette, 1 May
1899, p. 7, while those for 1900 and 1901 are listed in the Financial