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The Income And Expenditure Of The Board Of Benevolence.
that £ 75 or £ 80 is all the Craft can afford to give , such a grant will soon come to be regarded as of as much service as the £ 100 would have been , and so on in proportion . But whether
this is really the case or not , it does not alter the mam fact , which is that some alteration must be made , and that , too , at onco , or in a few years the Craft will not have the means of distributing these sums of £ 100 ,
or even of £ 75 or £ 80 , which are suggested as an alternative . We imagine , however , that the leaders of the Craft have not gone so far as they have now done without a determination to take further action , and we accordingly await with some anxiety the course of events in this particular .
The following statement , mide out in the Grand Secretary ' s office , shows the position of the Fund of Benevolence : — PB
Produced by ^ ™ Xlv Stock sold out Quarterages , „ rants and ner- to meet defici-•te and 2 s from ^ rant 3 a ^ per- encies from YB » , Home Lodge ., ^ t . of S D ^ cirscY ^ 0 , 016 Consols , Interest on In- ^ £ ™ jV £ ? D »» 1 CI 1 ! K « - credit from acvested Funds , JR TC ?_ MH _ cumulation , 31 st Peesof Honour , - ' ° : J , n 8 tltu " December 1878 . kc . tl 0 n >
£ £ £ £ 1879 8917 9018 101 1880 9270 10021 751 1881 8061 10603 1643 1882 9160 10219 1059 3000 1883 9178 9345 167 1891 9185 10052 867 1000 188 S 9077 10933 1858 2000 1888 9189 11333 2144 3000 1 S 87 9343 11225 1882 1888 10051 12268 2217 3000 10 £ 92 , 331 £ 105 , 017 £ 12 , 686 £ 12000
, C ASH A CCOUNT . DB . OB . Amount of Deficiencies , 1878 Stock Sold £ 12 ooo . to 1888 ... £ 12 , 636 Due Board of Gen . Purposes , Investment in 1879 to make Cash advanced 31 st Dec 88 1 , 886 up £ 50 , 016 Consols ... 1 . 2 C 0 £ 13 , 886 ' £ 13 ^ 886 Stock remaining in Consols , 31 st December 1838 ... £ 38 , 016 SHADWELL H ; CLERKE , G . S .
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
THE first Quarterly Court of the year was held at Freemasons' Hall , on Friday , the 25 th ult . Bro . W . Roebuck P . G . Sword Bearer in the chair . Amongst those present were Bros . W . Smithett , A . E . Barrett-Kidder , Rev . R . Morris , LL . D ,, James Motion , J . S . Cumberland , C . H . Webb , Andrew Motion , Thomas Smith , Arthur E .
Gladwell , H . Massey , W . Alpass , W . H . Saunders , W . Bunnell , J . Bodenham , George Motion , John Glass , F . Gannaway , J . L . Dale , G . P . Britten , T . A . Motion , Joseph Boulton , H . Homewood , Alfred Thos . Layton , William
Masters , and Frederick Binckes ( Secretary ) . After the reading and confirmation of the minutes , Bro . W . H . Saunders ( Life Governor ) brought forward the motion standing in his name , that " Law No . 53 be suspended
during next April election for the purpose of admitting Harold Gray as a candidate at such election . " Bro . Saunders stated that this lad will , at the April election , be
over age , and consequently above the limit for admission to the School ; he laid before the Court what he considered the hardships of the case , the boy having been unsuccessful at several previous elections . Bro . the Rev . Dr . Morris ( Head Master ) seconded the motion . Bro . C . H . Webb
opposed ; as the law stood the boy could not be admitted . It was no use having laws if every now and then they were to be set aside . Bro . Binckes pointed out that , according to Rule 34 , a motion could be made for altering
or abrogating any ot the laws ; but there was no provision for motions for suspending a law with reference to the question of grievance or hardship . Many , many boys had been declared off the lists of candidates who were only three or four days in excess of the prescribed age .
J . ro . George Motion supported Bro . Saunders ; he considered there were exceptional circumstances in the present case . The Chairman did not think he conld put the motion , —according to Rule No . 34 , which did not provide
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for the suspension of a law . He therefore , shonld decide against it . This ruling of the Chairman did not seem to find favour with Brother Saunders and some of his
friends , consequently some discussion arose , but -Brother John Bodenham , on the general question of order , asked whether the law , if suspended , would como
into operation at once . Tne VJnairman said yes . . Bro . J . _> . Cumberland wished to explain to the brethren that Law 34 , which provided for the giving notice of motion for alteration or abrogation of a law , referred to a permanent
alteration or abrogation , not for a temporary suspension ; and after some further remarks Bro . Cumberland introduced the motion on the paper standing to his name : —
" That the Laws of the Institution bo referred for revision and correction to a Co-umitteo , whose recommendations shall be submitted to the Quarterly General Court on 26 th April next , or to a Special General Court , to be convened in accordance with Law No . 31 . " As , however , the report of the Commmittee of Inquiry into the Boys' School had not yet been mode , he ( Brother Cumberland ) felt himself in a difficulty . The report might suggest alterations which wonld again come before the Committee . On the abstract
question of when it was necessary to alter the rules they might , perhaps , be agreed , but , coming to details , there were certain things which would be much better if made clearer , and more in harmony with the general working of the Institntion ; that was the reason
he gave his notice of motion , but he would now defer it till the report of the Investigating Committee was presented when he was sure the brethren would be only too ready to come forward and consider the matter . The motion was then withdrawn . In answer to a question , when the report
of the Commissioners would be ready ? the Chairman said he had not the slightest idea . The brethren then adopted the following recommendation of the General Committee : —
" That 17 Boys be elected at the Quarterly General Court , to bo held on Friday , 26 th April 1889 , from an approved List of 72 Candidates , subjec . to the decision of tho Court on two cases in addition , deferred for final consideration . " A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the proceedings .
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
ON Saturday last , the Quarterly Court of Governors and Subscribers of the Sister Institution was held at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . Horace Brooks Marshall , J . P ., Past Grand Treasurer , and Treasurer of the Institution , presiding , supported by Bros . Frank Richardson , Arthur
E . Gladwell , C . H . Webb , Charles J . Perceval , H . W . Hunt , E . Letchworth , G . W . Verry , George Mickley , Alfred C . Spaull , J . S . Cumberland , J . Clever , H . Massey , and F . R . W . Hedges ( Secretary ) . After reading and confirmation of the minutes of last Quarterly Court , it was moved
1 , To amend Law 55 as follows ; " That a Girl shall nofc be eligible for election unless the father has been a subscribing member to somo Lodge for seven years , but should death , or permanent incapacity , occasioned by paralysis , blindness , fire , shipwreck or other calamtfcv havo nnmirrfifl within s « vnn vpnra nf hia init . iaf . inn
this rule shall not apply , providing , nevertheless , that at the timo of snch occurrence the father was a subscribing member to some Lodge . " 2 . " That any candidate whose petition may be approved by the General Committee before this amendment of Law 55 may be confirmed , shall not be affected thereby . "
Bro . 0 . J . Perceval said that with regard to the motion , he made it pro forma , because the Boys' School Committee had carried a similar one . He thought the rules governing the Schools should be as far as possible similar . The Boys' School intended shortly to have a revision of the entire laws , and he hoped this Institntion would do
the same . The present rule in the book might be a little more explicit , but when he brought that rule forward it was because the other rule acted very unfairly . A child whose father had subscribed one or two months only ought not to be placed in the same position as a child
whose father had subscribed twenty years . Bro . A . U . Spaull did not agree altogether with the remarks of Bro . Perceval , whose idea was that the Girls' School Rules should conform to those of tbe Boys ' , aud tbe Boys' to those of the Girls ' . He agreed , however , with him that it
was extremely desirable that the rules shonld , therefore , be revised . He would second the motion . Bro . Cumberland said that on Friday he simply withdrew his motion . When an event they all looked forward to had taken place , ho should propose a revision of the rules , and
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The Income And Expenditure Of The Board Of Benevolence.
that £ 75 or £ 80 is all the Craft can afford to give , such a grant will soon come to be regarded as of as much service as the £ 100 would have been , and so on in proportion . But whether
this is really the case or not , it does not alter the mam fact , which is that some alteration must be made , and that , too , at onco , or in a few years the Craft will not have the means of distributing these sums of £ 100 ,
or even of £ 75 or £ 80 , which are suggested as an alternative . We imagine , however , that the leaders of the Craft have not gone so far as they have now done without a determination to take further action , and we accordingly await with some anxiety the course of events in this particular .
The following statement , mide out in the Grand Secretary ' s office , shows the position of the Fund of Benevolence : — PB
Produced by ^ ™ Xlv Stock sold out Quarterages , „ rants and ner- to meet defici-•te and 2 s from ^ rant 3 a ^ per- encies from YB » , Home Lodge ., ^ t . of S D ^ cirscY ^ 0 , 016 Consols , Interest on In- ^ £ ™ jV £ ? D »» 1 CI 1 ! K « - credit from acvested Funds , JR TC ?_ MH _ cumulation , 31 st Peesof Honour , - ' ° : J , n 8 tltu " December 1878 . kc . tl 0 n >
£ £ £ £ 1879 8917 9018 101 1880 9270 10021 751 1881 8061 10603 1643 1882 9160 10219 1059 3000 1883 9178 9345 167 1891 9185 10052 867 1000 188 S 9077 10933 1858 2000 1888 9189 11333 2144 3000 1 S 87 9343 11225 1882 1888 10051 12268 2217 3000 10 £ 92 , 331 £ 105 , 017 £ 12 , 686 £ 12000
, C ASH A CCOUNT . DB . OB . Amount of Deficiencies , 1878 Stock Sold £ 12 ooo . to 1888 ... £ 12 , 636 Due Board of Gen . Purposes , Investment in 1879 to make Cash advanced 31 st Dec 88 1 , 886 up £ 50 , 016 Consols ... 1 . 2 C 0 £ 13 , 886 ' £ 13 ^ 886 Stock remaining in Consols , 31 st December 1838 ... £ 38 , 016 SHADWELL H ; CLERKE , G . S .
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
THE first Quarterly Court of the year was held at Freemasons' Hall , on Friday , the 25 th ult . Bro . W . Roebuck P . G . Sword Bearer in the chair . Amongst those present were Bros . W . Smithett , A . E . Barrett-Kidder , Rev . R . Morris , LL . D ,, James Motion , J . S . Cumberland , C . H . Webb , Andrew Motion , Thomas Smith , Arthur E .
Gladwell , H . Massey , W . Alpass , W . H . Saunders , W . Bunnell , J . Bodenham , George Motion , John Glass , F . Gannaway , J . L . Dale , G . P . Britten , T . A . Motion , Joseph Boulton , H . Homewood , Alfred Thos . Layton , William
Masters , and Frederick Binckes ( Secretary ) . After the reading and confirmation of the minutes , Bro . W . H . Saunders ( Life Governor ) brought forward the motion standing in his name , that " Law No . 53 be suspended
during next April election for the purpose of admitting Harold Gray as a candidate at such election . " Bro . Saunders stated that this lad will , at the April election , be
over age , and consequently above the limit for admission to the School ; he laid before the Court what he considered the hardships of the case , the boy having been unsuccessful at several previous elections . Bro . the Rev . Dr . Morris ( Head Master ) seconded the motion . Bro . C . H . Webb
opposed ; as the law stood the boy could not be admitted . It was no use having laws if every now and then they were to be set aside . Bro . Binckes pointed out that , according to Rule 34 , a motion could be made for altering
or abrogating any ot the laws ; but there was no provision for motions for suspending a law with reference to the question of grievance or hardship . Many , many boys had been declared off the lists of candidates who were only three or four days in excess of the prescribed age .
J . ro . George Motion supported Bro . Saunders ; he considered there were exceptional circumstances in the present case . The Chairman did not think he conld put the motion , —according to Rule No . 34 , which did not provide
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
for the suspension of a law . He therefore , shonld decide against it . This ruling of the Chairman did not seem to find favour with Brother Saunders and some of his
friends , consequently some discussion arose , but -Brother John Bodenham , on the general question of order , asked whether the law , if suspended , would como
into operation at once . Tne VJnairman said yes . . Bro . J . _> . Cumberland wished to explain to the brethren that Law 34 , which provided for the giving notice of motion for alteration or abrogation of a law , referred to a permanent
alteration or abrogation , not for a temporary suspension ; and after some further remarks Bro . Cumberland introduced the motion on the paper standing to his name : —
" That the Laws of the Institution bo referred for revision and correction to a Co-umitteo , whose recommendations shall be submitted to the Quarterly General Court on 26 th April next , or to a Special General Court , to be convened in accordance with Law No . 31 . " As , however , the report of the Commmittee of Inquiry into the Boys' School had not yet been mode , he ( Brother Cumberland ) felt himself in a difficulty . The report might suggest alterations which wonld again come before the Committee . On the abstract
question of when it was necessary to alter the rules they might , perhaps , be agreed , but , coming to details , there were certain things which would be much better if made clearer , and more in harmony with the general working of the Institntion ; that was the reason
he gave his notice of motion , but he would now defer it till the report of the Investigating Committee was presented when he was sure the brethren would be only too ready to come forward and consider the matter . The motion was then withdrawn . In answer to a question , when the report
of the Commissioners would be ready ? the Chairman said he had not the slightest idea . The brethren then adopted the following recommendation of the General Committee : —
" That 17 Boys be elected at the Quarterly General Court , to bo held on Friday , 26 th April 1889 , from an approved List of 72 Candidates , subjec . to the decision of tho Court on two cases in addition , deferred for final consideration . " A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the proceedings .
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
ON Saturday last , the Quarterly Court of Governors and Subscribers of the Sister Institution was held at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . Horace Brooks Marshall , J . P ., Past Grand Treasurer , and Treasurer of the Institution , presiding , supported by Bros . Frank Richardson , Arthur
E . Gladwell , C . H . Webb , Charles J . Perceval , H . W . Hunt , E . Letchworth , G . W . Verry , George Mickley , Alfred C . Spaull , J . S . Cumberland , J . Clever , H . Massey , and F . R . W . Hedges ( Secretary ) . After reading and confirmation of the minutes of last Quarterly Court , it was moved
1 , To amend Law 55 as follows ; " That a Girl shall nofc be eligible for election unless the father has been a subscribing member to somo Lodge for seven years , but should death , or permanent incapacity , occasioned by paralysis , blindness , fire , shipwreck or other calamtfcv havo nnmirrfifl within s « vnn vpnra nf hia init . iaf . inn
this rule shall not apply , providing , nevertheless , that at the timo of snch occurrence the father was a subscribing member to some Lodge . " 2 . " That any candidate whose petition may be approved by the General Committee before this amendment of Law 55 may be confirmed , shall not be affected thereby . "
Bro . 0 . J . Perceval said that with regard to the motion , he made it pro forma , because the Boys' School Committee had carried a similar one . He thought the rules governing the Schools should be as far as possible similar . The Boys' School intended shortly to have a revision of the entire laws , and he hoped this Institntion would do
the same . The present rule in the book might be a little more explicit , but when he brought that rule forward it was because the other rule acted very unfairly . A child whose father had subscribed one or two months only ought not to be placed in the same position as a child
whose father had subscribed twenty years . Bro . A . U . Spaull did not agree altogether with the remarks of Bro . Perceval , whose idea was that the Girls' School Rules should conform to those of tbe Boys ' , aud tbe Boys' to those of the Girls ' . He agreed , however , with him that it
was extremely desirable that the rules shonld , therefore , be revised . He would second the motion . Bro . Cumberland said that on Friday he simply withdrew his motion . When an event they all looked forward to had taken place , ho should propose a revision of the rules , and