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the Receipts in respect of rents have exceeded the expenses by over 4 , 651 dollars . After a brief adjournment Grand Lodge met again in the afternoon , when , ' among other business transacted , the following were elected Grand Officers for the year , namely ,

Bros . Brace Can * Grandmaster Albert P . Charlea Deputy Grand Master Mortimer Nye Senior Grand Warden Isaac P . Leyden Junior Grand Warden Charlea Fisher Grand Treasurer William H . Smythe Grand Secretary

The above were installed the day following , and the rest of the Grand Officers appointed and invested , to

wit : — Bros . John K Pye Grand Chaplain Willis D . Ea

Thomas B . Long Grand Marshal Jacob J . Todd Senior Grand Deacon Francis W . Hauss Junior Grand Deacon William M . Black Grand Steward and Tyler

The Reports of the different Committees having been submitted , and a vote of thanks to the retiring Grand Master having been passed unanimously , the proceedings came io

an end . The Appendix contains a complete list of the Grand Officers from the foundation , of Grand Lodge in 1818 till the present time , and an interesting report by the Committee on Correspondence .

Grand Lodge Of Iowa.

GRAND LODGE OF IOWA .

THE Thirty-ninth Annual Meeting of the Grand Lodge of Iowa was held at Moor ' s Opera House , in the City of Des Moines , on Tuesday , the 6 th June and two following days . Bro . Yan Saun M . W . G . M . presided , and among those who were present were the following Grand and Past Grand Officers , together with a strong array of

representatives of foreign Grand Lodges , as well as of the daughter Lodges of the jurisdiction , namely , Bros . William W . Douglass R . M . Grand Senior Warden , Christopher S . Binkley R . W . Grand Junior Warden , Horatio G . Cilley R . W . Grand Treasurer , Theodore S . Parvin R . W . Grand Secretary ,

Lafayette Young Deputy Grand Master , E . E . Young Grand Chaplain , Newton R . Parvin Dep . Grand Secretary , C . T . Granger Grand Senior Deacon , J . E . Johnston Grand Junior Deacon , Theodore Schreiner Grand Tyler , G . B . Swan Grand Marshal , J . R . Jones Grand Senior Steward ,

G . W . Wilson Grand Junior Steward , F . W . Dance Grand Pursuivant ; and P . Grand Masters Bros . T . S . Parvin , A . R . Cotton , J . R . Hartsock , E . A . Guilbert , John Scott , 0 . P . Waters , Joseph Chapman , H . W . Rothert , Z . C . Luse , J . W . Wilson , J . N . McClanahan .

Grand Lodge having been opened in ample form with the accustomed ceremonial , Bros . Newton R . Parvin , Willis Davis , and George M . van Leuven jun . were announced as having been appointed , in advance of the session , to serve as a Committee on Credentials , and their report was

delivered in the afternoon of Tuesday . Other Committees were then appointed , and the Journal of Proceedings 1881 , having been distributed in printed form , was taken as read . The Grand Master then delivered his address , in which he reviewed at considerable length the events of

the past year , and congratulated the brethren on the prosperity of the Craft in his jurisdiction , the memory of the late Bro . President Garfield being , as a matter of course , duly honoured . The financial report of the Grand Treasurer showed that the Receipts , including Balance

brought forward , amounted , in round figures , to 17 , 751 dols ., ¦ while the Expenditure reached 12 , 321 dollars , leaving a handsome balance to the good of 5 , 430 dollars . In the evening the work of the first and second degrees was exemplified , and Grand Lodge adjourned .

On Wednesday morning , the Committee on the Grand Master ' s address was handed in , the majority of his recommendations being cordially endorsed . In the afternoon , the election of Grand Officers was proceeded with , the result being as follows : —

Bro . George Banta Van Saun Grand Master Charles Trumbull Granger G . Senior Warden James De Kalb Gamble G . Junior Warden Philip Schaller ... G . Treasurer Theodore Sutton Parvin G . Secretary

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the rest of them being appointed and investedjon Thursday , namely : — Bro . Crom . Boweu Grand Master Newton E . Parvin Deputy Grand Master Emerson K . Young Grand Secretary

S . Mills Fowler Senior Grand Deacon M . J . Curteis Junior Grand Deacon Theodore Schreiner Grand Tyler A . T . Drinkle Grand Marshal

0 . E . Aldrich Senior Grand Steward Frank E . Hamilton ... ... Junior Grand Steward James W . Fletcher Grand Sword Bearer Fred . Merck Grand Pursuivant

The rest of the business having been transacted , the Communication was brought to a close in the utmost harmony . From the statistics presented on the occasion it appears there are on the roll of this Grand Lodge as many as 383

Lodges , with a total membership of 19 , 342 , giving an average per Lodge of 53 . Only eighteen Lodges sent in no returns in time for the meeting , and of these but four failed to comply with tbe requirements of the law in this particular . The statistics appended to the Report have been

most carefully and elaborately compiled , and the correspondence is most voluminous and interesting . Moreover , there are several illustrations , some in memoriam of deceased Masonic worthies , and others , portraits of those happily still preserved to the Grand Lodge .

One point deserves to be singled out for special notice , namely , that this Grand Lodge passed a resolution authorising the officials to purchase the valuable library of the late Bro . Bower , either in its entirety , or to the extent of so much as might seem desirable , the only condition

imposed on the said officials being that under no circumstances should the sum of four thousand dollars be exceeded . Certainly , our Grand Lodge , in the matter , might take a leaf out of the book of the Grand Lodge of Iowa . Here the magnificent sum of £ 25 ,

equal to 125 dollars American currency , is allowed annually for the purchase of Masonic literature , while in Iowa , a lump sum , thirty-two times as great , is voted in order to secure , if possible , —and we believe it has been

securedone of the best collections of Craft literature which has been ever known . Golden Square has a unique collection , but at Great Queen Street there is a library , and that is about all that can be said .

We take the opportunity of announcing that , in accordance with the promise given , as reported in the notice of last week's meeting of the Dalhousie Lodge of Instruction , Bro . W . W . Morgan will give one of his lectures in the said Lodge on Tuesday next , the 5 th inst . As the choice

was left open to him , Bro . Morgan has resolved on giving the one on the Masonic Institutions , which has already been delivered in more than one Lodge , and has invariably been well received . We trust , therefore , there will be a strong muster of the brethren on the occasion . We will

further note , and we do so with a great deal of pleasure , that it was at Bro . Wallington ' s request that Bro . Morgan was induced to promise this lecture . Bro . Wallington is a most able and assiduous Preceptor ; he has been associated for several years past with the Dalhousie Lodge of

Instruction , and thus has been the means of imparting much sound knowledge of Craffc ritual to the younger members of the Fraternity , and his recent action is only one more illustration of the zeal and interest he displays in all that relates to Freemasonry .

We are in a position to state that Bro . Alfred Best , who for the past few years has been lessee of the Freemasons ' Tavern , has disposed of the goodwill of the said Tavern to the well-known firm of Messrs . Spiers and Pond , who will take possession on Tuesday next , the 5 th inst . Bro . Best ,

by his energy and attention , has won the respect of the many Lodges and brethren for whom he has catered , and his departure will necessarily be the subject of regret . At the same time , the business could not have passed into better hands than those of the firm which has nnder its

management so many large establishments in the metropolis and elsewhere . We rejoice to say the services of Bro E . Dawkins will be retained as manager .