cheerfully when called upon to give infor-
mation; and I have also been treated
with kindness and hospitality wherever
I have been, with one or two exceptions.
I have paid my own railway fare, and
borne all my traveling expenses, including
the purchasing of a new buggy; and in
most of the Stakes I have traveled
with my own conveyances.
After my experience so far ^up to the present^, and
after getting thoroughly acquainted with
the condition of affairs in all the places
I have visited so far, I am sorry to
report that in most places I have found
the different kinds of records in a
very deplorable, neglected condition; in
many instances no regular records are
being kept at all, and those few who
are kept are as a rule kept without
system or order. Nearly all the early
records kept in the several wards and
branches have long ago been lost,
misplaced or destroyed entirely, and con-