United Grand Lodge.

UNITED GRAND LODGE .

THE Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge of England will be held on Wednesday next , 5 th inst , at Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen Street , London , at 5 for 6 p . m . The following is the Agenda of Business .-1 . The Minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 5 th September for confirmation .

2 . To read acknowledgment of a resolution of Grand Lodge from the M . W . Grand Master on the occasion of the death of H . R . H . the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha .

3 . Nomination of a Grand Master for the ensuing year . 4 . Nomination of a Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year . 5 . Appointment and Investment of a President of the Board of Benevolence .

6 . Election of a Senior and Junior Vice-President of the Board of Benevolence . * 7 . Election of Twelve Past Masters to serve on the Board of Benevolence for the year ensuing .

8 . Report of the Board of Benevolence for the months of September , October , and November , in which are recommendations for the following grants , viz . : — A Brother of the Marquess of Ripon Lodge , No . 1480 ,

London _ £ 75 o o A Brother of the Windrush Lodge , No . 1703 , Witney 50 o o The Widow of a Brother of the Etonian Lodge , No .

20 9 , Windsor ... ... ... ... ... ... 75 o o A Brother of the Derwent Lodge , No . 40 , Hastings ... 50 o o A Brother of the Lodge of Sincerity , No . 174 , London 50 o o The Widow of a Brother of the Rosslyn Lodge , No .

1543 , Dunmow ... ... ... 50 o o The Widow of a Brother of the Alexandra Lodge , No . 9 85 , Sutton Bridge ... ... ... ... ... 50 o o

The Widow of a Brother of the Elliot Lodge , No . 1567 , Feltham ... ... ... 75 o o The Widow of a Brother of the Selwyn Lodge , No . 1 9 , London ... ... ... ... ... ... 50 o o

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES . To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board begs to report that the subscriptions to the South African Masonic Relief Fund , received by the Grand Secretary ,

pursuant to the resolution of Grand Lodge , and announced from time to time in the "Freemason" newspaper , amount to , £ 10 , 114 10 s rod , of which the sum of £ 9 , 000 has been transmitted to South Africa , where it is in the course of distribution by a committee , the composition of which had been approved by the Board .

The Board further reports that , it having been brought to the notice of the Premises Committee that a freehold stable in New Yard , situate between freehold premises the property of Grand Lodge , and let on a yearly tenancy at a rental of ^ 32 per annum , was to be offered for sale bv public auction , two members of the Committee and the Grand Secretary had , on their responsibility , purchased the property at such auction for the sum of £ 760 .

The Board recommends that Grand Lodge avail itself of the offer of the purchasers to make over the purchase to Grand Lodge for the amount so agreed to be paid .

The Board further reports that , for the protection of the building of Freemasons' Hall and its Contents , it has authorised the engagement , at a Salary of £ 2 a week , of a Night-Watchman , formerly a Member of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade , who will be also charged with the responsibility of keeping in working order the fire-extinguishing apparatus throughout the building .

The Board also report that , on the recommendation of the Officers' and Clerks' Committee , it has approved the increase of the Salary of Brother Palmer , a Clerk in the Grand Secretary's Office , from £ 150 to £ 200 per annum , with a further increase of . £ 10 a year until it reaches , £ 250 , and the increase of the Salary of Brother Leonard Cook , another Clerk , from , £ 150 per annum by annual increments of £ 10 until it reaches £ 200 a year .

The Board has received a Communication from the Hon . Secretary of the City and Borough Clerks of the Peace Society , directing attention to the fact that the requirements of the 39 th Geo . III . c . 79 , under which lists of members of all Lodges have to be annually filed with Clerks of the Peace , have in many cases been disregarded , notwithstanding that Forms of Return are sent annually by the Grand Secretary to every Lodge .

The Board has to report that the following Presentations have been made to the Library and Museum since the last Meeting of Grand Lodge , all of which have been accepted with thanks : Title or Object . Bv whom Presented .

Proceedings of Grand Lodge Prince Edward Island ( 1 S 75-1 S 85 ) .-The Grand Secretary of Prince Edward Island . Masonic Addresses by A . Bellamy Brown . —W . H . Stone D . G . M Japan . Four Masonic Medals . —J . W . Squires P . M . Wisconsin . A German Masonic Firing Glass . — -Ernest M . Money P . A . G . D . C

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Freemasonry , British , Continental , & c . —J . H . Thompson Prov . S . G . Warden Co . Down . Prestonian Lectures in Manuscript . —James Terry P . G . Swd . Br . Rules , & c , Sup . Council 33 rd Degree , 1 S 00 . —Capt . W . Portlock

Dadson P . G . D ., & c . A Moorish Coin . —W . T . Christian P . P . G . S . Wks . Essex . Anderson ' s Constitutions , 175 6 . —Dr . Maitland Coffin P . M . Medal of the Three Pillars Lodge . —F . J . W . Crowe P . P . G . O Devon .

A Massive Silver Snuff Box . —Charles Lacey P . P . G . Deacon . Gould's History of Freemasonry . —John Smithers A . G . D . C . An Old Masonic Siver Medal . —M . Spiegel P . M . Three Old Prints . —F . G . Swinden P . A . G . D . C . ( R . A . ) . The Board also submit a Statement of the Grand Lodge

Accounts at the last Meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 16 th day of November 1900 , showing a balance in the Bank of England ( Law Courts Branch ) of , £ 9 , 18 3 19 s 6 d , and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for Petty Cash ; £ ioo , and for Servants ' Wages £ 100 .

( Signed ) RICHARD LOVELAND LOVELAND , President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C ., 20 th November 1900 . 9 . NAMES OF BRETHREN NOMINATED TO THE OFFICES OF SENIOR AND JUNIOR VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE . BROTHER DAVID DIXON MERCER P . G . P ., as Senior

Vice-President . BROTHER HENRY GARROD P . G . P ., as Junior Vice-President . 10 . NAMES OF PAST MASTERS NOMINATED TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE .

Bros . * James Block 1158 , * Willi am B . Caton 1365 , * John Ellinger 2222 , * S . H . Goldschmidt 1329 , G . N . E . Hamilton 1446 , * Fredk . W . Hancock 548 , * William Kipps 1275 , * Edwd . Nightingale 87 , E . W . Pillinger 902 , J . S . Pointon 1 S 61 , * Chas . Hy . Stone 507 , * Robt . Wallwood Ker 194 .

* Members of the Present Board . List of Lodges for which Warrants have been granted by the M . W . Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge . No . 2 S 30 . —The North of Gogra Lodge , Gonda , Bengal . 2 S 31 . —The Koil Lodge , Alizarh , Bengal .

2 S 32 . —The Excelsior Lodge , Dagshai , Punjab . 2 S 33 . —The Alfred Milher Lodge , Muizenberg , Cape Colony 2 S 34 . —The Devonian Lodge , London . 2 S 35 . —The Basutoland Lodge , Maseru , Basutoland . 28 3 6 . —The Yoruba Lodge , Lagos , West Africa . 2 S 37 . —The Sir Walter Raleigh Lodge , Liverpool .

Mark Grand Lodge.

MARK GRAND LODGE .

T HE Quarterly meeting of this Grand Lodge will be held on Tuesday next , 4 th inst ., at Mark Masons' Hall , Great Queen Street , London , at 5 for 6 p . m . The following is . the Agenda of Business : 1 . Read and , if approved , confirm Minutes of Quarterly Communication of 4 th September 1900 .

2 . REPORT OF THE GENERAL BOARD . During the three months ending 30 th September 1900 , there have been issued : —Mark Certificates , 225 ; total registered , 42 , 000 . Since the last report , two Warrants for new Lodges have been granted , viz : No . 543 , Bassein , Burma ; and No . 544 , Unity , Liverpool .

Royal Ark Mariners Certificates , 34 ; total registered , 6 , 337 . AVarrants for three Royal Ark Mariner Lodges , viz . : No . 6 9 , United Service , New Brompton , Kent ; No . 82 , Antiquity , Bangalore ) Madras ; and No . 499 , Star , London .

His Royal Highness the Most Worshipful Grand Master has been graciously pleased to appoint R . W . Bro . Josiah Francis Pepper to be Provincial Grand Master for Staffordshire and Shropshire , vice R . W . Bro . Col . George Singleton Tudor , deceased .

The Board has to report that the following Warrants have been returned : No . 325 , Lebanon , Cornwall ; No . 370 , Jamestown , St . Helena ; No . 407 , Bisley , Surrey ; and No . 4 S 5 , Highbury ,. London . The Board begs to recommend that the thanks of Grand Lodge be offered to the R . W . Bro . the Viscount Dungarvan for his valued and valuable services as Deputy Grand Master during the seven years ending June 1900 , and that he be asked to accept the clothing of his rank .

The Board has been informed that a Brother had been suspended from all trie privileges of the Order of the Red Cross of Constantine for sufficient cause , for the period of twelve months from the nth October 1900 , and he has been concurrently suspended in the Mark Degree for a like period . Care must therefore be taken ,