More than 15,300 names have been inscribed in the Golden Book, according to a statement made by the headquarters of the Jewish National Fund in Jerusalem, which has charge of the Golden Book, a record of service to the upbuilding of Palestine as the Jewish National Home. The third volume is now being concluded. The first two volumes have been completed and each contains 5,000 inscriptions. A special volume was compiled on the occasion of the 25th Jubilee of the Jewish National Fund and contains 2,000 names especially inscribed on that occasion. Some $462,750 have been contributed to the Jewish National Fund for the purpose of inscriptions in the Golden Book, of which $200,700 were contributed in the last two years. Of the latter sum, $72,000 were contributed by the United States.
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