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rerrish Collection of Music—William H . Gerrish , Boston , Mass . J i ¥£ .. < = from Sunny Memories . —John Chapman P . P . G . D . Devon . Seteotionsfi » o | rint ( J ;_ 0 # & Webb RJf > ^^ Man Hunting in tho Desert . —Sir Charles Warren , G . C . M . G ., & c .

The Board also submit a Statement of the Grand Lodge Accounts at the t meetin" of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 17 th day of May tant showing a balance in the Bank of England ( Law Courts Branch ) of enwz 18 s 10 d , and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for Petty Cash £ 100 , tndfor Servants' Wages £ 100 . ( Signed ) RICHARD LOVELAND LOVELAND .

President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C . 21 st May 1895 . This being the last Meeting of the present Board , it was resolved

unanimously : That the Members of tho Board of General Purposes desire to p lace on record their high appreciation of tho skill , courtesy and ability displayed by tho President , Brother Loveland Loveland , in presiding over their deliberations during the past year .

F . ERNEST POCOCK , Vice-President . 21 st May 1895 .

10 . NOTICES OF MOTION . 1 . By W . Bro . John Albert Farnfield P . Assist . G . D . C . That tho sum of £ 70 be given from the Fund of General Purposes ; that the money be placed in the hands of tho Secretary of tho " Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , " to supply the inmates of the Institution at Croydon with coals during the winter season .

2 . By W . Bro . William Woodward P . M . 1920 . That a Circular be issued from Grand Lodge setting forth the scheme suggested by him , under which the Freemasons of England would contribute to the Decoration Fund of St . Paul ' s Cathedral a sum sufficient for completion of the Cupola and Transepts , that the opinion of the Craft be ascertained through such circular and that such steps be taken thereafter to secure the end in view as may commend themselves to Grand Lodge .

11 . APPEAL .

Appeal of Bro . W . H . Harris P . M . Prince Alfred Lodge , No . 956 , Pietermaritzburg , dated 19 th April , against a decision of the District Board of General Purposes of Natal , confirmed by the District Grand Master , that a Brother hailing from a foreign jurisdiction was entitled to be admitted as a Visitor to a Lodge if he could prove himself a M . M . irrespective of papers .

N . B . —The papers relating to tho above Appeal will be in the Grand Secretary's Office until the meeting of Grand Lodge , and open to the inspection of Brethren during office hours . List of Brethren nominated for the Board of General Purposes : —

MASTERS AND PAST MASTERS .

Arthur Sandberg , M . D ., P . M ... 3 Charles William Carrell W . M .... ... ... 28 William Alfred Scurrah P . M . ... ... ... 167 Ebenezer Charles Mulvey P . M . ... ... 179 Frederick Atkinson Powell P . M . ... ... 457 John Joseph Thomas P . M . ... ... ... 753

Arthur Williams P . M . ... ... ... 834 James Bolton P . M . ... ... ... ... 1056 William Barnes Fendick P . M . ... ... ... 1321 William James Mason P . M . ... ... ... 1328 Henry Lovegrove P . M . ... ... ... 1507 Arthur Blenkarn W . M . ... ... ... 1922

William Morley P . M .... ... ... ... 1924 Richard Philip James Laundy W . M . ... ... 2090 James Stephens W . M . ... ... ... 2308 Alexander Stewart Brown W . M ... ... 2347 James Willing W . M . ... ... ... ... 2455 Frederick Wm . Buxton W . M . ... ... ... 2460 List of Brethren nominated for the Colonial Board :

MASTERS AND PAST MASTERS . Capt . Thomas C . Walls P . G . St . B . P . M 60 John Emilius Le Feuvre P . G . D . P . M 130 W . A . Scurrah P . M . ... ... ... ... 167 E . C . Mulvey P . M 179 Charles Frederick Hogard P . G . Std . B . P . M . ... 205 Samuel R . Baskett P . M . ... ... 656 , 1367 , & o . Richard Eve P . G . Treas . P . M . ... ... 723 , & e . William F . Lamonby P . M . ... ... ... 962 Henry Lovegrove P . M . ... ... ... 1507 Robert Anthony Gowan , M . D ., P . M . ... ... 2029 James Stephens W . M . ... ... ... 2308

List of Brethren nominated for the Committee of Management for the Eoyal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons : Walter Dickeson P . M . ... ... ... 179 Emil Apelt P . M . ... ... ... ... 186

A . H . Hickman P . M 228 Lieut-Col . Durrant P . M 569 C . A . Cottebrune P . M . ... ... ... 733 Charles Kempton P . M . ... ... ... 1287 W . B . Fendick P . M 1321

T . J . Bird P . M 1567 William H . Hubbert P . M 1625 R . D . Cummings P . M . 2168

List of Lodges for which Warrants have been granted by the M . W . Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge :

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2549 . —Tho Benevolentia Lodge , Woodford , Essex . 2550 . —The Piccadilly Lodge , London . 2551 . —The Clissold Lodge , Highbury , London . 2552 . —The Stoke Newington Lodge , Stoke Newington , London 2553 . —The Rufford Lodge , Nottingham .

2554 . —The Manchester Lodge , Manchester . 2555 . —England ' s Centre Lodge , Weedon , Northamptonshire 2556 . —The Glyn Ebbw Lodge , Ebbw Vale , Monmouthshire . 2557 . —The Temperance Lodge , Newcastle-on-Tyne . 2558 . —The Furnival Lodge , Sheffield .

2559 . —The St . Aldhelms Lodge , Branksome , Dorsetshire 2560 . —The Earl of Lathom Lodge , Bury , Lancashire . 2561 . —The West Essex Lodge , Buokhurst Hill , Essex .

2562 . —The Papyrus Lodge , Piccadilly , London . 2563 . —Tho Justicia Lodge , Freemasons' Hall , London . 2564 . —The Phoenix Lodge , North Pim , Queenstown . 2565 . —The Royal Rose Lodge , Hampstead Road , London

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GRAND MARK LODGE .

A EEGULAE Communication will be held at Mark Masons Hall , on Tuesday next , 4 th inst ., at 5 for 6 p . m ., the agenda of business being as follows : — 1 . Read and , if approved , confirm Minutes of Quarterly Communication of 5 th March 1895 .

2 . REPORT OF THE GENERAL BOARD . During the three months ending 31 st March 1895 , thero have been issued : — Mark Certificates , 502 ; total number registered , 34 , 189 . Warrants for six new Lodges , viz : —

No . 480—Wycombe , High Wycombe . No . 481—Buenos Ayres , Buenos Ayres , Argentine Republic No . 482—Orient , Shanghai . No . 483—York , Jubbelpore , Bombay . No . 484—Eastbourne , Eastbourne . No . 485—Highbury , Highbury .

Royal Ark Mariner Certificates , 170 ; total number registered , 4 , 513 . Warrants for new Ark Mariner Lodges , 3 , viz : — Cesarean , to be attached to the Cesarean Lodge , No . 74 . Boscawen , to be attached to the Boscawen Lodge , No . 101 .

Sir John Edge , to he attached to the Taj Mehal Lodge , No . 298 . H . R . H . the Grand Master has been pleased to re-appoint , for a furthe ? term of three years : R . W . Bro . Lieut .-Col . George Montgomery John Moore , R . A ., as District Grand Master for Madras .

H . R . H . the Grand Master has been pleased to appoint : R . W . Brother Thomas Cook , to be District Grand Master for Natal , vice R . W . Bro . Robert Isaac Finnemore , resigned .

In the last Report of the Board to Grand Lodge adoption of the following paragraph was postponed in order that the report of a Committee , specially appointed by M . W . Bro . the Earl of Lathom to enquire into the matter , might be laid before the Board : —

" Several irregularities with regard to the election and installation of the W . M . ot the Moore Lodge , No . 146 , having come to the knowledge of your Board , they have been obliged to declare both the election and installation to be irregular , and have called attention to the provisions contained in the

Book of Constitutions as to the future governance of the Lodge . Under the existing circumstances they have likewise deemed it their duty to fine the Lodge a sum of Five Guineas , and to admonish and reprimand the Secretary and those Brethren who took part in such irregular election and installation . "

After a full consideration of the Report of the Committee tho Board unanimously decided , with great regret , they had no alternative but to adhere to tho decision already arrived at . The Howe Lodge , T . I ., having reported to the Board that Bro . Quintus C . Colmore had beon installed in the chair without a dispensation from the

M . W . Grand Master , ho not being a Master or Past Master of a Craft Lodgo ( Art . 99 ) , and having expressed their great regret for the irregularity , tho Board ruled that the Lodge be fined one guinea and directed to apply at once for a dispensation , and that at tho next regular meeting of the Lodge Brother Quintus C . Cclmoro be re-obligated in the presence of a Board of Installed Masters .

The Board desire to call tho attention of Masters of Lodgos and Secretaries to the alteration in Article 99 , Revised Constitutions , which now provides that all applications for Dispensations must be sent through the Provincial or District Grand Master . Also to the addition to Art . 141 , which provides that every Brother on advancement must be presented with a copy of the Book of Constitutions .

In the Degree of Royal Ark Mariner , the sum of 5 s must now be remitted to the Grand Secretary for registration of every Brother elevated in a Lodge in England and Wales ( Art . 243 ) .

FUND OF ' BENEVOLENCE . The Board have the pleasure to announce that the twenty-seventh Annual Festival will be held on Wednesday , 10 th of July . Bro . the Lord Skelmersdale , G . S . W ., has most kindly consented to preside , and the Grand Secretary will be happy to receive the names of Brethren willing to act as Stewards . The following cases have been relieved : —

Mrs . J . K . ( Widow of a Brother of Lodge No . 124 ) £ 10 0 0 Bro . T . W . G ., Lodge No . 27 £ 10 0 0 Bro . W . A ., Lodge No . 105 £ 20 0 0