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UNITED GRAND LODGE

rriHE following is the agenda of Business for the I Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge , to he held on Wednesday , Sth inst ., at six for seven p . m . 1 . Tho Minutes of tho Quarterly Communication of the 6 th June for confirmation .

2 . The minutes of the Special Grand Lodge of the 6 th July for confirmation . 3 . Report of the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which aro recommendations for tho following Grants , viz .: — A Brother of the Polish National Lodge , No . 534 , London

( since deceased ) ... ... ... ... £ 100 0 0 A Brother of the St . Andrew ' s Lodge , No . 1046 , Farnham 50 0 0 4 . REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES .

To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board have to report that the following Presentations have been made to the Library and Museum since tho last meeting of Grand Lodge , all of which have been accepted with thanks .

TITLE OR OBJECT . BY WHOM PRESENTED . Two Masonic Aprons and Sashes . —John F . Bean , Esq . History of the Phcenix Lodge , Friendship Chapter , & c . ( Large Paper Copy ) . —The Author , Alex . Howell P . M . Several Masonic Calendars ( Essex ) . —Thos . J . Railing P . A . G . D . C . Prov . G . Sec .

Member ' s Jewel of the Lodge of the Quatuor Coronati and Old Masonic Certificate . —W . J . Hughan P . G . Deacon . History of St . John ' s Lodge , No . 328 . —The Author , John Chapman

P . P . G . D . An Old Masonic Seal . —J . S . Haddon P . P . S . G . W . Somerset . History of the Royal Lodge , No . 207 ( 2 Copies ) . —The Author , E . X . Leon P . D . S . G . W . Report of the Masonic Congress at Chicago . —General J . G . Smith P . G . M . Illinois .

Several Masonic Calendars ( E . Lanes . ) . —John Chadwick P . G . S . B . Prov . G . Sec . Engraved Portrait of the Duke of Manchester . —G . W . G . Barnard Prov . G . Sec . Norfolk .

Report of the Inauguration of the Grand Lodgo of Victoria . —W . F Lamonby P . S . G . W . of Victoria . History of the Pilgrim Lodge , No . 238 . —Tho Author , C . Kupfer schmidt P . M .

Builders Rites and Ceremonies . —The Author , G . W . Speth P . M . No . 183 . An Old R . A . Jewel . —William Radcliffe P . M . No . 211 . Several Calendars aud Reports of the Great Priory . —J . Hillhouse

P . M . Vol . 4 of the History of Masonry in New York . —The Grand Lodge of New York . The Principles of Freemasonry Delineated , 1777 . —R . H . K . Dyett ,

No . 492 , Antigua . Freemasons' Pocket Companion , 1764 ; Constitutions of Grand Lodge of England , 1841 ; and History of the Airedale Lodge , No . 387 . —A . W . Orwin , M . D ., P . M .

Memorials of the Lodge of Harmony , No . 298 . —Robert R . Grey P . M . and Sec . Tho Indian Freemasons' Diary , 1890-1894 . —P . 0 . Dutt P . D . G . W . Bengal . The Board also submit a Statement of the Grand Lodge

Accounts at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , tbe 17 th day of August instant , shewing a Balance in the Bank of England ( Law Courts Branch ) of £ 7 , 454 lis 8 d , and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for Petty Cash £ 100 , and for Servants' wages £ 100 , and Balance of Annual Allowance for Library £ 7 17 s 4 d .

( Signed ) RICHARD LOVELAND LOVELAND , President FBEEMASONS' HALL , LONDON , W . C , 21 st August 1894 . 5 . REPORT OF THE COLONIAL

BOARDThe Board beg to report that they have received from the District Grand Master of Wellington , New Zealand , a formal notification that , at a meeting of the District Grand Lodge held on the 11 th January last , the following Lodges , which had seceded from the United Grand Lodge of England and joined the so-called Grand Lodge of New Zealand , had , under the authority delegated

to such District Grand Lodge by Article 106 of the Book of Constitutions , been duly erased from the Roll of the United Grand Lodge of England : — No . 517 . New Zealand Pacific Lodge , Wellington * . 1430 . Masterton Lodge , Masterton . 1577 . Victoria Lodge , Napier . 1720 . Grcytown Lodge , Greytown , Wairarapa West .

1812 . Heretaunga Lodge , Hastings , Hawkes Bay 1813 . Abercorn Lodge , Waipawa . 1888 . St . John ' s Lodge , Featherston . 1904 . Rangitikei Lodge , Bulls . 1940 . Feilding Lodge , Feilding . 2053 . Ngamotu Lodge , New Plymouth . 2059 . St . Mark ' s Lodge , Carterton . 2178 . Ruahine Lodge , Woodville , Hawkes Bay .

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The Board also beg to report that they have received from the District Grand Secretary of South Africa , Western Division , a notification that at a meeting of the District Grand Lodge on the 29 th March 1894 , the " Albion" Lodge , No . 2220 , Woodstock , South Africa , had been erased from the Roll of the United Grand Lodge of England .

( Signed ) GEORGE DAVID HARRIS P . G . D ., Chairman FREEMASONS' HALL , LONDON , 7 th August 1894 . 6 . NOTICES OF

MOTION—1 . By W . Brother William Farquharson Lamonby P . M . No , 962 and 1924 : — " That in order to enable the M . W . the Grand Master to grant aWarrant of Confirmation to Lodge Otago , No . 844 , Dunedin , Otago , New Zealand , and to prevent similiar occurrences in future , Article 126 of the Book of Constitutions be altered to read as follows : —

" If a Warrant be lost , or improperly witheld from those lawfully entitled to hold and use the same , or witheld by competent Masonic Authority , tho Lodge must suspend its Meetings until a new Warrant or Warrant of Confirmation has been applied for and granted by the Grand Master in such terms or on such conditions as he may think proper , or until the Warrant so withheld be restored . 2 . By W . Brother Peter Le Page P . M . No . 243 , Guernsey : — " That Rule 218 of the Book of Constitutions be expunged . "

7 . APPEALBy V . W . Bro . Richard Eve , Past Grand Treasurer , against an alleged decision of the Acting Chairman of the General Committee in declining to accept Notice of a question to be put in Grand Lodge , and in holding a Notice of Motion for the same must be rejected as irregular .

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

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

No . 2519 . The Moore-Keys Lodge , Kingston , Jamaica . 2520 . The Prince of Wales Lodge , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . 2521 . The Noel-Money Lodgo , Weybridge , Surrey . 2522 . The Star of Bethlehem Lodge , Bethlehem , Orange Free State , S . Africa . 2523 . The Roll Call Lodge , Hounslow , Middlesex . 2524 . The Train-bands Lodge , City Road , London . 2525 . The Thurston Lodge , Monk Coniston , Lancashire ( W . D . ) .

2526 . The lrrawaddy Lodge , Myingyan , Burma . 2527 . The Dharwar Lodge , Dharwar , Bombay . 2528 . The Lancastrian Lodge , Oxford Street , London . 2529 . The Abbey Lodge , Whalley , Lancashire ( E . D . ) . 2530 . The Shirley Woolmer Lodge , Sidcup , Kent .

Grand Mark Lodge.

GRAND MARK LODGE .

THE following is the business to be transacted at the Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales and the Colonies and Dependencies of the British Crown , to be held in Mark Mason ' s Hall , Great Queen Street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , on Tuesday , the 4 th inst ., at five

for six o ' clock in the afternoon : — 1 . Read and , if approved , confirm Minutes of Quarterly Communication of Sth June 1894 . 2 . REPORT OF THE GENERAL BOARD . During the three months ending 30 th June 1894 , there havo been issued : —Mark Certificates , 348 ; total number registered

33 , 062 . Royal Ark Mariner Certificates , 42 . ; total number registered , 1 , 226 .

H . R . H . the Prince of Wales M . W . G . Master has been pleased to re-appoint for a further term of three years : R . W . Bro . the Hon . W . T . Orde-Powlett , as Provincial Grand Master for North and East Yorkshire . R . W . Bro . Richard Vassar Vassar-Smith , as Provincial Grand Master for Gloucestershire and Herefordshire .

The Most Worshipful Grand Master in answer to the prayer of a Petition by the Masters , Wardens , Overseers , and Brethren of the Lodges in the Punjab and Beloochistan , has been graciously pleased to direct that these Lodges shall , in future , be separated from Bengal , and form a new District , to be called the " District Grand Lodge of the Punjab . " His Royal Highness has been pleased to appoint :

R . W . Bro . Hon . Sir John Edge , Q . C , to he District Grand Master for Bengal , in succession to the R . W . Brother H . H . the Maharajah of Kuch Behar , G . C . I . E ., whose term of office has

expired , and R . W . Bro . Edwin Woodall Parker to be the first District Grand Master for the Punjab . Owing to circumstances beyond the control of the Fairtlough