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Ar00902
23 GREAT QUEEN STREET , W . C .
Quarterly Communication Of United Grand Lodge.
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION OF UNITED GRAND LODGE .
THE following is the business to be transacted in Grand Lodge on Wednesday , 6 th September 1882 : — 1 . The Minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 7 th June for confirmation—except so far as relates to the balance of the Grant
of £ 75 to a Brother of the Whittington Lodge , No . 862 , London , which has lapsed in consequence of the death of that Brother on the 7 th July last , he having been paid £ 50 on account of snoh recommended grant , pursuant to the Constitutions , Art . 16 , page 104 .
2 . Report of the Lodge of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which are recommendations for the following Grants , viz .: — A Brother of the Lodge of United Good Fellowship , No . 809 , Wisbech £ 50 0 0
A Brother of the Blair Lodge , No . 815 , Hulme , Man . obester 50 0 0 The Widow of a Brother of the West Middlesex Lodge ,
No . 1612 , Ealing 60 0 0 The Widow of a Brother of the Otago Lodge , No . 844 , Dunedin , Otago , New Zealand 75 0 0
A Brother of the Jordan Lodge , No . 201 , London ... 100 0 0 A Brother of the Royal St . Edmund ' s Lodge , No . 1008 , Bury St . Edmunds 50 0 0 A Brother of the Lodge of the Three Grand Principles ,
No . 441 , Cambridge 50 0 0 A Brother of the Temple Lodge , No . 1094 , Liverpool ... 50 0 0 The Widow of a Brother of the Lodge of Lights , No .
148 , Warrington 100 0 0 A Brother of the Pleiades Lodge , No . 710 , Totnes ... 50 0 0 A Brother of the Welohpool Lodge , No . 998 , Welcbpool 150 0 0 3 . REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES .
To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . Graud Lodge having at its last Quarterly Communication accepted the draft of the proposed revision of the Book of Constitutions , as prepared by the Board , and having approved of its suggestion that the same be considered at a Special Grand Lodge , and that in the meantime copies be circulated amongst the Provinces for the
information of the Craft , which has accordingly been done , the Board now beg to recommend thafc Brethren desiring to propose any amendments or additions to the said Revision of the Constitutions should be required to transmit the same to-the Grand Secretary on or before the 25 th September next , in order that they may be considered and reported on by the Board before the meeting of the Special Grand Lodge , which it is believed will be held about the middle of October next .
( Signed ) FRANK GREEN , Vice President . FREEMASONS' HALL , LONDON , W . C . 15 th August 1882 . To the Report is subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodge
Accounts at the last Meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the llth day of August last , shewing a Balance in the Bank of England of £ 4 , 245 4 s 5 d , and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for Petty Cash £ 75 , and for Servants' Wages £ 100 .
N . B . —Copies of the proposed Revision of the Constitutions , referred to in the foregoing Report , are lying iu tho Grand Secretary ' s Office , and open for inspection daily dnring office hours . 4 . NOTICES OF MOTION .
( 1 ) B y Brother EDWIN T . BUDDEN P . M . No . 622 : — " That tho minuto of the last Grand Lodge ( 7 th Juno 1882 ) , containing the Read tilion proposed by Brother Raynbam Stewart to raise the Grand Lodge
subscription to the Royal Masouic Benevolent Institution from £ 800 a year ( ifcs present amount ) to £ 1 , 600 a year be not confirmed ; bnt thafc instead thereof tho following Resolutions be adopted , v ; z .:
—( I . ) " That the Grand Lodge contribution to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution be raised from £ 800 a year to £ 1 , 000 a year ; £ 500 a year to the Male Fund , ancl £ 500 a year to the Female Fund . Tlio £ 200 a year now added to bo paid from the Fund of General Purposes . " ( II . ) " That the Grand Lodge contributions to the Royal
Quarterly Communication Of United Grand Lodge.
Masonic Schools bo raised from £ 150 a year to each School ( the present amount ) to £ 500 a year to the Girls' School , and £ 500 a year to the Boys' School ,
to be paid from the Fund of General Purposes . " ( III . ) " That a Committee be appointed " : — ( a ) " To consider fcho condition , resources , and claims of the Fund of Benevolence , " and
( b ) " To revise tho Scale of Fees payable by Lodges to Grand Lodge , and report to Grand Lodge , so that the revised Scale of Fees , if adopted , may be incorporated in the revised Constitutions , now nnder the consideration of Grand Lodge . "
( 2 ) By Brother EDWIN T . BUDDEN P . M . No . 622 : — " That any member of Grand Lodge be permitted to purchase a proof copy of the ' Revised Constitutions ' now under the consideration of Grand Lodge at a price not exceeding Two Shillings per copy . "
List of Lodges for which Warrants have been granted by the M . W . Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge : —
No . 1971 . —The Aldershot Army and Navy Lodge , Aldershot , Hants . 1972 . —The Urania Lodge , Willowmore , South Africa , E . D . 1973 . —The Saye and Sele Lodge , Belvedere , Kent . 1974 . —The Saint Mary Abbotts Lodge , Kensington . 1975 . —The Charles Egan Lodge , Untata , South Africa , E . D .
The " Freemasons' Calendar and Pocket Book " for 1883 will be published early in November next . Secretaries of Lodges willing to subscribe for copies of the Calendar are requested to notify to the Grand Secretary the number they will respectively require .
The Calendar Committee direct the attention ' of Masters of Lodges and Principals of Chapters to the necessity of communicating to the Grand Secretary any change in the day or place of meeting of Lodges or Chapters so soon as the resolution for effecting such change shall be confirmed . —Vide Book of Constitutions pp 64 , 92 , 93 .
The meetings of the Islington Lodge of Instruction , No . 1471 , will be resumed on Tuesday , the 5 th inst ., at Seven p . m ., at the Crown and Cushion Tavern , London Wall , under the direction of Bro . J . L . Mather , P . P . G . D . C . Herts . The attendance of brethren is requested .
A richly painted window , from the studio of Mr . Taylor of Berners Street , has been presented to the chnrch at Omagh , Co . Tyrone , in memory of Bro . Francis John West ,
M . D ., by the brethren of Lodge No . 332 . The appropriate subject of " The Good Samaritan " occupies the centre of the window , and above and below it are Masonic emblems , with rich surroundings on a golden background .
A new Lodge , tbe Aldershot Army and Navy , No . 1971 , was consecrated , at Aldershot , on 21 st ult . The ceremony was performed by the R . W . Prov . G . Master of Hants and Isle of Wight , Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., who was
assisted by the Prov . G . Officers and a large number of Craftsmen . The Officers appointed were Bros . F . J . G . Cook W . M ., H . Grier S . W ., B . H . Sartorius J . W ., R . Crosdall Treasurer , C . Bailey S . D ., M . Turner J . D .
The General Committee of tbe Royal Masonic Institution for Girls met on Thursday afternoon , at Freemasons' Hall , Bro . Colonel Creaton Grand Treasurer in the chair . There were also present Bros . Colonel James Peters , Frederick Adlard , H . A . Dubois , A . E . Gladwell
H . Massey , Frank Richardson , R . Grey , F . R . W . Hedges Secretary . The business of the meeting was purely formal . The Chairman was authorised to sign cheques , and one petition was received for placing a London candidate on the lisfc for next April election .
IIoLtowAY ' s Puts . —Nervous Irritability . —No part of the human machine requires more constant supervision than the nervous system—for upon it our health—and even li " . — depends . These Tills strengthen tho nerves , ancl aro the safest general purifiers of tho blood . Nausea , headache , giddiness , numbness , and mental a ; * , ithy yield to them . They dispatch in a summary manner
thoso distressing * ri r peptic symptoms , stomachic pains , fulness at tho pit of che stomach , abdominal distension , and regulate alike capricious appetites aud confined bowels—the commonly accompanying signs of defective or diminished nerve tone , Hollovv . ty ' s Pills are particularly recommended to persons of studious and sedentavy habits , who gradually fall into a nervous and irritable state , unless some such restorative be occas-. onally t "' cen ,
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Ar00902
23 GREAT QUEEN STREET , W . C .
Quarterly Communication Of United Grand Lodge.
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION OF UNITED GRAND LODGE .
THE following is the business to be transacted in Grand Lodge on Wednesday , 6 th September 1882 : — 1 . The Minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 7 th June for confirmation—except so far as relates to the balance of the Grant
of £ 75 to a Brother of the Whittington Lodge , No . 862 , London , which has lapsed in consequence of the death of that Brother on the 7 th July last , he having been paid £ 50 on account of snoh recommended grant , pursuant to the Constitutions , Art . 16 , page 104 .
2 . Report of the Lodge of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which are recommendations for the following Grants , viz .: — A Brother of the Lodge of United Good Fellowship , No . 809 , Wisbech £ 50 0 0
A Brother of the Blair Lodge , No . 815 , Hulme , Man . obester 50 0 0 The Widow of a Brother of the West Middlesex Lodge ,
No . 1612 , Ealing 60 0 0 The Widow of a Brother of the Otago Lodge , No . 844 , Dunedin , Otago , New Zealand 75 0 0
A Brother of the Jordan Lodge , No . 201 , London ... 100 0 0 A Brother of the Royal St . Edmund ' s Lodge , No . 1008 , Bury St . Edmunds 50 0 0 A Brother of the Lodge of the Three Grand Principles ,
No . 441 , Cambridge 50 0 0 A Brother of the Temple Lodge , No . 1094 , Liverpool ... 50 0 0 The Widow of a Brother of the Lodge of Lights , No .
148 , Warrington 100 0 0 A Brother of the Pleiades Lodge , No . 710 , Totnes ... 50 0 0 A Brother of the Welohpool Lodge , No . 998 , Welcbpool 150 0 0 3 . REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES .
To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . Graud Lodge having at its last Quarterly Communication accepted the draft of the proposed revision of the Book of Constitutions , as prepared by the Board , and having approved of its suggestion that the same be considered at a Special Grand Lodge , and that in the meantime copies be circulated amongst the Provinces for the
information of the Craft , which has accordingly been done , the Board now beg to recommend thafc Brethren desiring to propose any amendments or additions to the said Revision of the Constitutions should be required to transmit the same to-the Grand Secretary on or before the 25 th September next , in order that they may be considered and reported on by the Board before the meeting of the Special Grand Lodge , which it is believed will be held about the middle of October next .
( Signed ) FRANK GREEN , Vice President . FREEMASONS' HALL , LONDON , W . C . 15 th August 1882 . To the Report is subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodge
Accounts at the last Meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the llth day of August last , shewing a Balance in the Bank of England of £ 4 , 245 4 s 5 d , and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for Petty Cash £ 75 , and for Servants' Wages £ 100 .
N . B . —Copies of the proposed Revision of the Constitutions , referred to in the foregoing Report , are lying iu tho Grand Secretary ' s Office , and open for inspection daily dnring office hours . 4 . NOTICES OF MOTION .
( 1 ) B y Brother EDWIN T . BUDDEN P . M . No . 622 : — " That tho minuto of the last Grand Lodge ( 7 th Juno 1882 ) , containing the Read tilion proposed by Brother Raynbam Stewart to raise the Grand Lodge
subscription to the Royal Masouic Benevolent Institution from £ 800 a year ( ifcs present amount ) to £ 1 , 600 a year be not confirmed ; bnt thafc instead thereof tho following Resolutions be adopted , v ; z .:
—( I . ) " That the Grand Lodge contribution to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution be raised from £ 800 a year to £ 1 , 000 a year ; £ 500 a year to the Male Fund , ancl £ 500 a year to the Female Fund . Tlio £ 200 a year now added to bo paid from the Fund of General Purposes . " ( II . ) " That the Grand Lodge contributions to the Royal
Quarterly Communication Of United Grand Lodge.
Masonic Schools bo raised from £ 150 a year to each School ( the present amount ) to £ 500 a year to the Girls' School , and £ 500 a year to the Boys' School ,
to be paid from the Fund of General Purposes . " ( III . ) " That a Committee be appointed " : — ( a ) " To consider fcho condition , resources , and claims of the Fund of Benevolence , " and
( b ) " To revise tho Scale of Fees payable by Lodges to Grand Lodge , and report to Grand Lodge , so that the revised Scale of Fees , if adopted , may be incorporated in the revised Constitutions , now nnder the consideration of Grand Lodge . "
( 2 ) By Brother EDWIN T . BUDDEN P . M . No . 622 : — " That any member of Grand Lodge be permitted to purchase a proof copy of the ' Revised Constitutions ' now under the consideration of Grand Lodge at a price not exceeding Two Shillings per copy . "
List of Lodges for which Warrants have been granted by the M . W . Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge : —
No . 1971 . —The Aldershot Army and Navy Lodge , Aldershot , Hants . 1972 . —The Urania Lodge , Willowmore , South Africa , E . D . 1973 . —The Saye and Sele Lodge , Belvedere , Kent . 1974 . —The Saint Mary Abbotts Lodge , Kensington . 1975 . —The Charles Egan Lodge , Untata , South Africa , E . D .
The " Freemasons' Calendar and Pocket Book " for 1883 will be published early in November next . Secretaries of Lodges willing to subscribe for copies of the Calendar are requested to notify to the Grand Secretary the number they will respectively require .
The Calendar Committee direct the attention ' of Masters of Lodges and Principals of Chapters to the necessity of communicating to the Grand Secretary any change in the day or place of meeting of Lodges or Chapters so soon as the resolution for effecting such change shall be confirmed . —Vide Book of Constitutions pp 64 , 92 , 93 .
The meetings of the Islington Lodge of Instruction , No . 1471 , will be resumed on Tuesday , the 5 th inst ., at Seven p . m ., at the Crown and Cushion Tavern , London Wall , under the direction of Bro . J . L . Mather , P . P . G . D . C . Herts . The attendance of brethren is requested .
A richly painted window , from the studio of Mr . Taylor of Berners Street , has been presented to the chnrch at Omagh , Co . Tyrone , in memory of Bro . Francis John West ,
M . D ., by the brethren of Lodge No . 332 . The appropriate subject of " The Good Samaritan " occupies the centre of the window , and above and below it are Masonic emblems , with rich surroundings on a golden background .
A new Lodge , tbe Aldershot Army and Navy , No . 1971 , was consecrated , at Aldershot , on 21 st ult . The ceremony was performed by the R . W . Prov . G . Master of Hants and Isle of Wight , Bro . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., who was
assisted by the Prov . G . Officers and a large number of Craftsmen . The Officers appointed were Bros . F . J . G . Cook W . M ., H . Grier S . W ., B . H . Sartorius J . W ., R . Crosdall Treasurer , C . Bailey S . D ., M . Turner J . D .
The General Committee of tbe Royal Masonic Institution for Girls met on Thursday afternoon , at Freemasons' Hall , Bro . Colonel Creaton Grand Treasurer in the chair . There were also present Bros . Colonel James Peters , Frederick Adlard , H . A . Dubois , A . E . Gladwell
H . Massey , Frank Richardson , R . Grey , F . R . W . Hedges Secretary . The business of the meeting was purely formal . The Chairman was authorised to sign cheques , and one petition was received for placing a London candidate on the lisfc for next April election .
IIoLtowAY ' s Puts . —Nervous Irritability . —No part of the human machine requires more constant supervision than the nervous system—for upon it our health—and even li " . — depends . These Tills strengthen tho nerves , ancl aro the safest general purifiers of tho blood . Nausea , headache , giddiness , numbness , and mental a ; * , ithy yield to them . They dispatch in a summary manner
thoso distressing * ri r peptic symptoms , stomachic pains , fulness at tho pit of che stomach , abdominal distension , and regulate alike capricious appetites aud confined bowels—the commonly accompanying signs of defective or diminished nerve tone , Hollovv . ty ' s Pills are particularly recommended to persons of studious and sedentavy habits , who gradually fall into a nervous and irritable state , unless some such restorative be occas-. onally t "' cen ,