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Approaching Festival Of The Benevolent Institution.
possible to provide for more , and to know that sixty old people ( taking the men and women together ) , many of whom it may bo said are tottering on the verge of the grave , must be left out in the cold for another twelve months . Be it remembered , there is no autumnal election
in the case of this Charity , and a person who fails to obtain a sufficiency of votes this spring will havo to wait till next for another opportunity of trying . An addition not greatly exceeding £ 2000 , to the amount of subscriptions reached last February , will enable tho Governing Body to place
all the present applicants on tho fund . Is it too much to hope that this comparatively small sum may be realised on the 12 th instant ? It would , indeed be a most excellent way of showing to Prince Leopold that his first appearance as President at one of our Charity Festivals is fully and
universally appreciated . But we are far from having exhausted our tale of reasons why something special must bo done at the approaching Anniversary . As our readers are aware , the accounts of the Benevolent Institution aro set forth under two
fundsthe Male and Female respectively . In the Male fund account , after all needful provision had been made for tho year ' s expenditure , there was remaining at tho end of last year the very munificent balance of £ 170 to carry forward . This is but little moro than enough to provide for four additional
annuitants on the assumption that as much is forthcoming for the expenses of this year as was contributed last . On tho other hand , tho Female fund has actually a balance on the wrong side of the account , to the extent of £ 288 , which is exactly the amount payable to nine annuitants . Thus ,
after all the efforts of the past year—and we have pointed out how successful they were—the accounts of the Male show only a trifling balance in hand , while thoso of the Female fund show a deficit but little short of threo hundred pounds .
It remains for us to recapitulate the reasons why the Festival of Monday week deserves to be a great success . The newly-appointed Provincial Grand Master of Oxfordshire will preside . The Charity is already committed to the very large annual expenditure , in the sbapu of imuuititis
alone , of £ 9 , 000 . The number of candidates is vastl y in excess of the number of vacancies . Last , but not least , the Male Fund has only a small balance in hand , and there is a deficit on the Female Fund . We trust we are not oversanguine , and that when the eventful day comes , our
excellent Bro . Terry will find that his 2 G 0 Stewards—and there is still time for this number to be increased—have obtained not only enough for tho existing requirements of the R . M . B . I ., but likewise enough to allow of all the candidates being placed on the Fund at the election in May next .
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nSTTE have more than onco noted that Manchester T T Lodges have latterly not played a very conspicuous part at the Anniversary Festivals of our several Charitable Institutions . We have recently been favoured with a Manchester Lodge Balance Sheet for the year 1876 , and
we confess , with feelings of the greatest pleasure , that their deeds of charity are far in excess of the average of our Lodges . It is evident then that the bare contribution of a Lodge , or its absence from a List is no criterion as to
the charitable work it accomplishes . This may , perhaps , be a model case . Let us hope , however , that it is only one out of a considerable nnmber Avho vie with each other in the amount of service they may be able to render to our different institutions .
I he Lodge in question is Integrity , No . 163 , and its statement of accounts is eminently satisfactory . It entered npon the year 1876 with a balance in hand of a few shillings over £ 275 , namely , cash in Bank £ 171 , in Treasurer ' s
hands £ 4 8 s , and twenty Masonic Hall Shares , value £ 5 each , £ 100 . Its fees of all kinds and subscriptions represented close on £ 340 , while minor receipts exceeded £ 7 , showing a total on the Dr . side of £ 622 3 s lOd . In the
way of expenditure we find that the St . John ' s Festival cost £ 28 13 s ; the Stewards' account for teas and refreshment cost together £ 106 13 s 2 d ; rent £ 40 Is ; sundry
expenses , such as stationery , postage , tyler , collars , & c . £ 44 6 d ; and Grand Lodge and Provincial Grand Lodge Fees together £ 37 18 s , or a total of £ -57 lis 2 d . The expenditure on Benevolent Account is represented by no
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less a sum than £ 216 3 s , of which £ 100 represents a donation to tho " East Lancashire Systematic Masonic Educational and Benevolent Fund ; " fifty guineas the amount presented to the Masonic Boys' School ; and fifty guineas to the Manchester Warehousemen and Clerks' Orphan Schools .
£ 2 15 s was given to a lady , and two guineas each to the Boys ' , Girls ' , and Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and East Lancashire Benevolent Fund . Thus , the whole outlay reached £ 473 14 s 2 d , leaving a balance of £ 148 9 s 8 d ,
consisting of cash in bank £ 36 3 s lid , Do . in Treasurer ' s hands £ 12 3 s 9 d , and twenty Masonic Shares £ 100 : total £ 625 3 s lOd . This , our readers will readily enough admit , is an admirable balance sheet for last year . When , however , wo come to examine the rest of tho statement we have
received we find the good done by tho Integrity is far more considerable . Up to the present time the Lodge has contributed 160 guineas to the General Fund of the Boys ' School , and eighty guineas to tho Building Fund . For the former it is entitled to forty-two votes annually in
perpetuity , for the latter to thirty-two votes . Thus the sum it has contributed to this Charity amounts in all to £ 252 , and the votes to which it is entitled are seventy-four , together with four more for the annual subscription of two guineas . These votes are thus distributed . The W . M . is
a Vice President , and has forty votes , the I . P . M . twentyfour votes , the Senior Warden ten votes , and the Treasurer ten votes . The donations to the Girls' amount to £ 189 , and the equivalent is represented by thirty-three votesin perpetuity . OfthesetheW . M . hastwenty-threevotes ,
and the I . P . M . ten , while four others are due for the annual subscription of two guineas . Towards the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , the Lodge has also liberally
contributed . Its donations to date to the Male Fund amount to £ 100 , giving twenty votes annually in perpetuity , of which the W . M . as a Vice-President has ten , and the S . W . as ditto , likewise ten . Four additional votes result from the
annual subscri ption of two guineas . Towards the Female Fund the Lodge has also subscribed £ 100 , carrying the same number of votes , namely , twenty , which are divided equally between the W . M . and the J . W ., each of whom receives , as a Vice-President , ten votes , the annual
subscription of two guineas giving four other votes . The local Masonic Institution , that is , " The East Lancashire Systematic Masonic Educational and Benevolent Institution " has received to date donations to the amount of £ 100 , for which the Lodge receives , as a patron , one
hundred votes at every election . Over and above this the Lodge has contributed fifty-five guineas to the Manchester Warehousemen and Clerks' Orphan Institution , for which it is entitled to eleven votes annually for a period of twent y years from date of the different subscriptions . Thus
Integrity has given in the aggregate to our three Masonic Charities , and the Local Charity the sum of £ 741 , for which it is entitled 247 votes , or , with the sixteen additional for annual subscriptions , 263 ; while with its
contribution to the local Non-Masonic Institution its disbursements in the way of Charity have thus far been only five and twenty shillings short of £ 800 , exclusive of the usual disbursements of a like nature to individuals .
Here , then , we have a Manchester Lodge which disbursed in Charity last year a sum representing close upon fifty per cent , of its total expenditure . Creature comforts in the interests of good fellowship are not forgotten . We do not , indeed , think the work of the Lodge would be done so well
if they wero . But the fourth degree is not studied to the exclusion of the trne principles of our Craft . We are not of those who consider that one man who gives £ 5 is
like charitable than he who gives £ 100 . On the contrary , if the former sum is moro truly in accordance with the donor ' s means than the latter , we think it a far worthier example to follow . In this case not far short of half the annual
income of tho Lodge has been disbursed , for one year at all events , in charity , and we consider it so brilliant an example of what may be done that we have taken upon ourselves to write these few lines , in the hope that other Lodges may follow in the footsteps of this Manchester Lodge .
Having , as we said at the outset , noted particularly that the Manchester Lodges made but a very indifferent figure in the last three or four subscription lists at onr Anniversary Festivals , we drew attention in somewhat marked terms to
tho conspicuousness of their absence . Now that vre have had an opportunity of analysing the year ' s account of one of these Lodges , and find it has so strenuously obeyed the call of duty in this particular matter of charity , we feel
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Approaching Festival Of The Benevolent Institution.
possible to provide for more , and to know that sixty old people ( taking the men and women together ) , many of whom it may bo said are tottering on the verge of the grave , must be left out in the cold for another twelve months . Be it remembered , there is no autumnal election
in the case of this Charity , and a person who fails to obtain a sufficiency of votes this spring will havo to wait till next for another opportunity of trying . An addition not greatly exceeding £ 2000 , to the amount of subscriptions reached last February , will enable tho Governing Body to place
all the present applicants on tho fund . Is it too much to hope that this comparatively small sum may be realised on the 12 th instant ? It would , indeed be a most excellent way of showing to Prince Leopold that his first appearance as President at one of our Charity Festivals is fully and
universally appreciated . But we are far from having exhausted our tale of reasons why something special must bo done at the approaching Anniversary . As our readers are aware , the accounts of the Benevolent Institution aro set forth under two
fundsthe Male and Female respectively . In the Male fund account , after all needful provision had been made for tho year ' s expenditure , there was remaining at tho end of last year the very munificent balance of £ 170 to carry forward . This is but little moro than enough to provide for four additional
annuitants on the assumption that as much is forthcoming for the expenses of this year as was contributed last . On tho other hand , tho Female fund has actually a balance on the wrong side of the account , to the extent of £ 288 , which is exactly the amount payable to nine annuitants . Thus ,
after all the efforts of the past year—and we have pointed out how successful they were—the accounts of the Male show only a trifling balance in hand , while thoso of the Female fund show a deficit but little short of threo hundred pounds .
It remains for us to recapitulate the reasons why the Festival of Monday week deserves to be a great success . The newly-appointed Provincial Grand Master of Oxfordshire will preside . The Charity is already committed to the very large annual expenditure , in the sbapu of imuuititis
alone , of £ 9 , 000 . The number of candidates is vastl y in excess of the number of vacancies . Last , but not least , the Male Fund has only a small balance in hand , and there is a deficit on the Female Fund . We trust we are not oversanguine , and that when the eventful day comes , our
excellent Bro . Terry will find that his 2 G 0 Stewards—and there is still time for this number to be increased—have obtained not only enough for tho existing requirements of the R . M . B . I ., but likewise enough to allow of all the candidates being placed on the Fund at the election in May next .
The Work Of A Single Lodge
THE WORK OF A SINGLE LODGE
nSTTE have more than onco noted that Manchester T T Lodges have latterly not played a very conspicuous part at the Anniversary Festivals of our several Charitable Institutions . We have recently been favoured with a Manchester Lodge Balance Sheet for the year 1876 , and
we confess , with feelings of the greatest pleasure , that their deeds of charity are far in excess of the average of our Lodges . It is evident then that the bare contribution of a Lodge , or its absence from a List is no criterion as to
the charitable work it accomplishes . This may , perhaps , be a model case . Let us hope , however , that it is only one out of a considerable nnmber Avho vie with each other in the amount of service they may be able to render to our different institutions .
I he Lodge in question is Integrity , No . 163 , and its statement of accounts is eminently satisfactory . It entered npon the year 1876 with a balance in hand of a few shillings over £ 275 , namely , cash in Bank £ 171 , in Treasurer ' s
hands £ 4 8 s , and twenty Masonic Hall Shares , value £ 5 each , £ 100 . Its fees of all kinds and subscriptions represented close on £ 340 , while minor receipts exceeded £ 7 , showing a total on the Dr . side of £ 622 3 s lOd . In the
way of expenditure we find that the St . John ' s Festival cost £ 28 13 s ; the Stewards' account for teas and refreshment cost together £ 106 13 s 2 d ; rent £ 40 Is ; sundry
expenses , such as stationery , postage , tyler , collars , & c . £ 44 6 d ; and Grand Lodge and Provincial Grand Lodge Fees together £ 37 18 s , or a total of £ -57 lis 2 d . The expenditure on Benevolent Account is represented by no
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less a sum than £ 216 3 s , of which £ 100 represents a donation to tho " East Lancashire Systematic Masonic Educational and Benevolent Fund ; " fifty guineas the amount presented to the Masonic Boys' School ; and fifty guineas to the Manchester Warehousemen and Clerks' Orphan Schools .
£ 2 15 s was given to a lady , and two guineas each to the Boys ' , Girls ' , and Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and East Lancashire Benevolent Fund . Thus , the whole outlay reached £ 473 14 s 2 d , leaving a balance of £ 148 9 s 8 d ,
consisting of cash in bank £ 36 3 s lid , Do . in Treasurer ' s hands £ 12 3 s 9 d , and twenty Masonic Shares £ 100 : total £ 625 3 s lOd . This , our readers will readily enough admit , is an admirable balance sheet for last year . When , however , wo come to examine the rest of tho statement we have
received we find the good done by tho Integrity is far more considerable . Up to the present time the Lodge has contributed 160 guineas to the General Fund of the Boys ' School , and eighty guineas to tho Building Fund . For the former it is entitled to forty-two votes annually in
perpetuity , for the latter to thirty-two votes . Thus the sum it has contributed to this Charity amounts in all to £ 252 , and the votes to which it is entitled are seventy-four , together with four more for the annual subscription of two guineas . These votes are thus distributed . The W . M . is
a Vice President , and has forty votes , the I . P . M . twentyfour votes , the Senior Warden ten votes , and the Treasurer ten votes . The donations to the Girls' amount to £ 189 , and the equivalent is represented by thirty-three votesin perpetuity . OfthesetheW . M . hastwenty-threevotes ,
and the I . P . M . ten , while four others are due for the annual subscription of two guineas . Towards the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , the Lodge has also liberally
contributed . Its donations to date to the Male Fund amount to £ 100 , giving twenty votes annually in perpetuity , of which the W . M . as a Vice-President has ten , and the S . W . as ditto , likewise ten . Four additional votes result from the
annual subscri ption of two guineas . Towards the Female Fund the Lodge has also subscribed £ 100 , carrying the same number of votes , namely , twenty , which are divided equally between the W . M . and the J . W ., each of whom receives , as a Vice-President , ten votes , the annual
subscription of two guineas giving four other votes . The local Masonic Institution , that is , " The East Lancashire Systematic Masonic Educational and Benevolent Institution " has received to date donations to the amount of £ 100 , for which the Lodge receives , as a patron , one
hundred votes at every election . Over and above this the Lodge has contributed fifty-five guineas to the Manchester Warehousemen and Clerks' Orphan Institution , for which it is entitled to eleven votes annually for a period of twent y years from date of the different subscriptions . Thus
Integrity has given in the aggregate to our three Masonic Charities , and the Local Charity the sum of £ 741 , for which it is entitled 247 votes , or , with the sixteen additional for annual subscriptions , 263 ; while with its
contribution to the local Non-Masonic Institution its disbursements in the way of Charity have thus far been only five and twenty shillings short of £ 800 , exclusive of the usual disbursements of a like nature to individuals .
Here , then , we have a Manchester Lodge which disbursed in Charity last year a sum representing close upon fifty per cent , of its total expenditure . Creature comforts in the interests of good fellowship are not forgotten . We do not , indeed , think the work of the Lodge would be done so well
if they wero . But the fourth degree is not studied to the exclusion of the trne principles of our Craft . We are not of those who consider that one man who gives £ 5 is
like charitable than he who gives £ 100 . On the contrary , if the former sum is moro truly in accordance with the donor ' s means than the latter , we think it a far worthier example to follow . In this case not far short of half the annual
income of tho Lodge has been disbursed , for one year at all events , in charity , and we consider it so brilliant an example of what may be done that we have taken upon ourselves to write these few lines , in the hope that other Lodges may follow in the footsteps of this Manchester Lodge .
Having , as we said at the outset , noted particularly that the Manchester Lodges made but a very indifferent figure in the last three or four subscription lists at onr Anniversary Festivals , we drew attention in somewhat marked terms to
tho conspicuousness of their absence . Now that vre have had an opportunity of analysing the year ' s account of one of these Lodges , and find it has so strenuously obeyed the call of duty in this particular matter of charity , we feel