I'm obviously having a bad morning here.
Are you saying that my suggestion is wrong?
Well, inefficient. Why would a member go to the grand secretary to have the grand secretary look in the book that his Tyler has sitting at the Tyler’s register in the local lodge (or that many of us have on our bookshelf)? Most Masons these days are capable of reading as well as the GSec, and some more so.
Additionally, in some US GLs, the question goes straight to the chair of fraternal relations. not the grand secretary. Indeed, even the grand secretary sometimes goes to that Chairman, for whom he serves as committee secretary.
I would note that as a general rule, we should be careful in commenting on the practice of other constitutions, particularly when there are over 70 in a country with widely varying practices.