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United Grand Lodge.

UNITED GRAND LODGE .

^ pHE following is the business to be transacted at the Quarterly Communication , on Wednesday , 6 th September 1893 , at . 6 for 7 p . m . 1 . The minntes of the Quarterly Communication of the Gth September 1893 for confirmation .

2 . To read acknowledgment of the address from Grand Lodge to H . R . H . the M . W . Grand Master on the marriage of H . R . H . the Dnke of York . 3 . Nomination of a Grand Master for the ensuing year . 4 . Nomination of a Grand Treasurer for the ensning 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 . v 7 . Election of twelve Past Masters to serve on the Board of Benevolence for the year ensning .

• 8 . -Report of the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter , in whioh there are recommendations for the following grants , viz .: — TheWidow of a Brother of the St . Milbnrga Lodge , No . , , 1120 , Ironbridge £ 50 0 0

A Brother of the Lechmere Lodge , No . 1874 , Kidderminster ... ... ... ... ... SO 0 0 The Widow of a Brother of the Lodge of Unity , No . 69 , London ... ... ... ... ... 50 0 0

The Widow of a Brother of the Wickham Lodgo , No . 1924 , Brookley ... ... ... ... ... 75 0 0 And a resolution of a vote of thanks to the President , V . W . Robert Grey , for the courteous manner in whioh he has , dnring the past year , presided over the meetings of the Board .

9 . REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES . To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . A complaint having been made in June last by the Stnart Lodge , No . 1632 , Camberwell , against a late Treasnrer , for neglecting to hand to his successor a balance of £ 53 14 s 5 d , the property of tho Lodge , whioh had been received by him iu his official capacity , the Brother was summoned to attend the Board to answer the charge , bnt pleaded

illness . Ho was then summoned to attend the nest meeting , and again failing to appear , a peremptory summons was issned , with whioh he also failed to comply or to give a sufficient reason for noncompliance . It Was therefore resolved : — " That the Brother be BUB . pended from all Masonic functions and privileges for contumacy

nnder the powers of Rule 274 of tho Book of Constitutions . " The Board beg to report that the following Lodges have failed to make returns for many years , notwithstanding repeated applications : — No .

447 Pythagoras , Corfu Last retnrn 1877 550 Armistad Unida , New Granada „ 1857 672 Southern Cross , Pernambuco „ 1871 736 British , Mauritius „ 1887 806 Homer , Smyrna „ 1888

896 La Victoria , Smyrna „ 1880 952 St . John's , Smyrna „ 1863 978 Eleusinian , Ephesus „ no return 1014 Dekran , Smyrna „ 1876

1015 St . George , Smyrna „ 1867 1340 Sion , Smyrna „ 1876 1183 Phcenix , Berbioe „ 1874 1535 Harmony , Mauritius „ 1884 Lodge St . Cybi , No . 597 , Holyhead , has also' failed to make returns since 1889 , no notice having been taken of several

applications . The Board recommend that these Lodges be snmmoned to show cause why they should not be erased . The Warrant granted to a Lodge to be called the Reunion Lodge

, Blenheim , Now Zealand , No . 2445 , has been returned , arrangements having beon made which rendered its nse unnecessary . The Warrant boing therefore extinct , tho Board recommend that the Ledge be erased from the list . '

Tho Board reported to Grand Lodge in June last that a Sub-Committee had been appointed in tbe previous year to inquire into the working of the Grand Secretary ' s office , and arising out of this Report certain recommendations of the Board were then adopted . The labours of the Sub-Committee hare now been completed , and

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their final Report , as follows , has been made to and adopted by the Board : — " We hare considered the remuneration of the various members of tbe staff and officials , nnd are of opinion that a revision shoal'l

take place . We submit u new . scale for the consideration of tho Board . The last revision took place in the year 1874 , and at the Quarts I v Communication in June of that , year the salaries of officials of Grand Lodge were fixed at the following scale : —

To Yearly Office . Commence . Increase . Maximum . £ £ £ Chief Clerk 300 20 400 Cashier or 2 nd Clerk ... 200 15 300 3 rd Clerk 120 10 200

4 th Clerk 120 10 200 Sth Clerk 120 10 200 Grand Tyler 100 10 150 Report was also made to Grand Lodge that the number of Lodges then on the roll was 1 , 380 , whereas there are now 2 , 024 . Report waa

also made of the following facta : — Number of certificates Gross receipts of issued by Grand Lodge Grand Lodge and and Grand Chapter . Grand Chapter . £ ad

1873 8766 17 , 891 15 4 whereas at the present time they stand in the following manner : —« £ s d

1892 10242 25 , 118 8 2 Taking these facts into consideration , of the increase in the number of Lodges , of certificates issned , and of the annuil increase in the receipts dnring the last twenty years , wo are of opinion that the time has arrived for revising the salaries in the Grand Secretary ' s office .

In making such revisions , however , we consider that the recommendations for increase should apply iu each case to tbe present holder of the office only in consideration of hia length of service , aud thnt the scale settled in 1874 should still remain in force with respect toall new appointment ? . Since tbe year 1874 the work in the Grand Secretary ' s office haa

increased so much that it has been found necessary to engage the services of three additional olerks . The Grand Secretary was also authorised by resolution of the Board of the 28 th April 1893 to engage the services of a clerk to take down

letters and other mattera in shorthand , and this he has done , bat the clerk so appointed is only yet on probation . The following ia a Hat of the officials now in the Grand Secretary's office , with the dates of their appointment and present salary : — Office . Name . Date of appoint . Present ment . salary .

£ Chief Clerk - - A . Pendlebnry - 1864 . 400 Cashier or 2 nd Clerk - W . Dodd . . 1866 - 300 3 rd Clerk - - W . H . Lee - 1873 . 250 4 th Clerk - - N . Green - 1873 - 225 Sth Clerk - - A . J . Berry - 1876 - 225

6 th Clerk - - J . H . Hoit - 1882 - 200 7 th Clerk - - G . S . Racknall - 1885 - 200 Sth Clerk - - J . Hodgins - 1887 - 150 9 th Clerk - - A . H . Lee - 1893 - 120 Grand Tyler - - H . Sadler - 1865 - 150

But we aro of opinion that the following additions should be made to the salaries : — Name . Age . Years' service . Salary . , ?** ' Maximum .

£ £ A . Pendlebnry 53 29 400 20 500 W . Dodd - 55 27 300 20 400 W . H . Lee - 56 20 250 20 330 N . Green - 46 20 225 15 285 A . J . Berry - 68 17 225 IS 285

J . H . Hoit - 49 11 200 10 240 G . S . Recknall 37 8 200 10 240 J . Hodgins - 46 6 150 10 200 H . Sadler . 52 28 150 10 200

In addition to the office of Grand Tyler Bro . Sadler performs the duties of Sub-Librarian , for which he receives a salary of £ 20 per annum . Bro . Sadler has many qualifications for this offlco and a considerable amount of Masonio knowledge and information . It appears that in order to keep the Library in the efficient state in whioh it is , he devotes nearly the whole of his leisure time to the work . We consider tho salary of £ 20 per annum quite inadequate ,

and think that his salary as Assistant Librarian should be raised to £ 40 . There ore three Porters in the establishment earning weakly wages , and we think they should all be increased to a maximum as nnder : — Name . a - t ° t Wage . Maximum , appointment . a

Last - - 1880 1 17 6 2 0 0 Bryant - 1883 1 12 6 2 0 0 Freeman - 1885 1 15 0 2 0 0 Wo consider every increase should date from the 1 st January last .

On behalf of the Committee , FRANK RICHARDSON , Chairman . 21 st November 1893 .