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Quarterly Communication Of United Grand Lodge.
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION OF UNITED GRAND LODGE .
THE following is the business to bo transacted in Grand Lodge on Wednesday , 7 th December 1881 : — 1 . The Minutes of fcho Quarterly Communication of tlio 7 th . Sep . tembcr 1881 for confirmation . 2 . Nomination of a Grand Master for tho ensuing year .
3 . Tlie M . W . Grand Master will move that this Grand Lodge agree to a vote of condolence to tho Widow and family of tho lato Brother General James Abmtn Garfield , President of the United States of America , who died on the 19 th September last , of wounds received from the hands of an assassin .
4 . Appointment of a President of the Lodge of Benevolence . 5 . Election of a Senior and Junior Vice-President of the Lodge of Benevolence .
6 . Election of twelve Pasfc Masters to serve on the Lodge of Benevolence for the year ensuing . 7 . Report of the Lodge of Benevolence for tbe last quarter , in which are recommendations for the following Grants , viz .:
—A Brother of the St . John ' s Lodge , No . 80 , Sunderland £ 50 0 0 A Brother of the . Sfc . Mary ' s Lodge , No . 707 , Bridporfc - 100 0 0 A Brother of the St . Edward's Lodge , No . 966 , Leek . 50 0 0 A Brother of the Alfred Lodge , No . 340 , Oxford - . 75 0 0
The Widow of a Brother of the Prince Leopold , No . 1588 , Stretford 75 0 0 The Widow of a Brother of the Doric Lodge , No . 933 , London 50 On The Widow of a Brother of the Segontium Lodge , No . 606 . Carnarvon 50 0 0
A Brother of the Burdett Lodge , No . 1293 , Hampton Court 100 0 0 A Brother of the New Concord Lodge , No . 813 , London - 150 0 0 The Widow of a Brother of tho Franklin Lodge , No . 838 , Boston , Lincoln 75 0 0
A Brother of fche Lodge of Finsbury , No . 861 , London . 50 0 0 The Widow of a Brother of the Silurian Lodge , No . 471 , Newport , Mon . 50 0 0 A Brother of the Mount Edgcumbe Lodge , No . 1446 , London 200 0 0
A Brother of the Excelsior Lodge , No . 1012 , Leeds . 50 0 0 3 . REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES . To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Ungland . The Board of General Purposes feel ifc their duty to bring to the
notice of Grand Lodge the fact that the Lodge of Benevolence have within the last eighteen months so increased their Grants thafc the total expenditure out of their Funds has been in excess of the Income . Afc the present time , as will be seen by the subjoined statement of Grand Lodge Funds , the Benevolent Account has been overdrawn to
the amount of £ 1 , 242 7 s 8 d . In addition to which an amount of about £ 1 , 570 will be required to meet the Grants to be confirmed by the next Lodge of Benevolence , and those by the Grand Lodge in December , while the amounts which will come in before the end of the year will nofc in all probability be more than sufficient to meet
the grants which will be made in November and December . The Board therefore recommend thafc £ 3 , 000 Consols be sold out ; from the accumulated balance of £ 50 , 016 10 s 6 d , now standing to the credit of the Fund of Benevolence , and the proceeds placed to tho current account of thafc Fund .
( Signed ) JOHN B . MONCKTON , President . FREEMASONS' HAM , , LONDON , W . C . 15 th November 1881 . To the Report is subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodge Accounts at the last Meeting of the Finance Committee , held on
Friday , the llfch day of November instant , shewing a Balance of £ 4 , 870 lis Id to the credit of the Fond of General Purposes , less £ 1 , 242 7 s 8 d applied to cover an amount overdrawn on account of the Fund of Benevolence , leaving a balance in the Bank of England of £ 3 , 456 8 s 5 d , and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for Petty Cash £ 75 , and for Servants' Wages £ 96 15 s .
9 . An application from a Body , styling itself "Tbo Grand Lodge of New South Wales of Free and Accepted Masons , " requesting their recognition by the United Grand Lodge of England as a regular Grand Lodge . 10 . A REPORT of the "Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for
Aged Freemrsons and Widows of Freemasons , " agreed to at a Special Meeting of the Governors and Subscribers on Wednesday , the 9 th November 1881 , will be submitted for the approval of Grand Lodgo , at which Special Meeting it was resolved that certain alterations
should be made in the Rules and Regulations of the Institution , subject to the approval of Grand . N . B . —A Copy of the proposed alterations in the Rales and Regulations will be in the Grand Secretary's Office till the meeting of Grand Lodge , also iu the Office of the
Quarterly Communication Of United Grand Lodge.
Secretary of tho Institution , and open for the inspection of the Brethren ( luring office hours .
11 . APPEALS - ( 1 ) From Brother Thomas J . Mountain , of the New Zealand Pacific Lodge , No . 517 , Wellington , New Zealand , against a Sentence of Expulsion passed on him by the District Grand Lodge of Wellington , New Zealand , for defrauding Members of his Lodge , aud for having written to a Candidate warning him against Masonry .
( 2 ) From Brother Samuel II . Dougal , of tho Royal Standard Lodgo , No . 398 , Halifax , Nova Scotia , against a Vote of tho Lodge removing him from his Office of Senior Warden . ( 3 ) From Brother Isaac Cohen D'Azevedo , of tbe Harmonic Lodge , No . 356 , St . Thomas , West Indies , against a Sentence of Exclusion passed on him by his Lodge for un-Masonio conduct .
N . B . —The papers relating to these appeals will be iu the Grand Secretary ' s Office till the meeting of Grand Lodge , and open for the inspection of the Brethren during office hours .
12 . NOTICES OF MOTION . ( 1 ) By BROTHER CHARLES JOHN PERCEVAL , P . M . No . 1607 > London : — " That in all cases when a question is brought before Grand Lodge , for which a division is demanded , the
telling of tbe same shall be conducted in a similar method to thafc pursued in the House of Commons , viz .: —Two tellers from each side of the qcestion be appointed to record fche votes as the members pass out , and make their report accordingly . "
( 2 ) By Brother RAYNHAM W . STEWART P . G . D . : — " That having regard to the enormous increase in the nnmber of Lodges since the grant made by Grand Lodge in 1858 to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons ,
and for which the Institution has to send to the W . M . for the time being of each Lodge two voting papers every year , the amount to be contributed in future by Grand Lodge be increased fco £ 1000 per annum fco the
Male Annuity Fund , and £ 600 per annum to the Widows' Fund ; --such payments to bo borne in equal proportions by the Funds of Benevolence and of General Purposes . "
Names of Brethren nominated for Election to the Office of Senior Vice-President of the Lodge of Benevolence : — Brother GEORGE LAMBERT , G . Sword Bearer . JOSHUA NUNN , P . G . S . B . Name of the Brother nominated for Election to the Office of Junior Vice-President of the Lodge of Benevolence : — Brother JAMES BRETT , P . G . P . And no other was nominated .
"Names of Pasfc Masters nominated to serve on the Lodge of Benevolence : —
Brother CHARLES ATKINS P . M . 27 GEORGE P . BRITTEN „ 183 „ JOSEPH D . COLLIER „ 1366 „ JOHN CONSTABLE „ 185 „ THOMAS CULL „ 1446 CHARLES DAIRY „ 141 i , HENRY GARROD „ 749 CHARLES F . HOGARD „ 205 „ WILLIAM MANN „ 186 JAMES H . MATTHEWS „ 143 WILLIAM STEPHENS „ 1489 EDWARD FRANCIS STORR ,, 22 And no more than Twelve were nominated .
List of Lodges for which Warrants have been granted by the M . W . Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge : — No . 1937 . —The Addington Lodire , Addington , Durban , South Africa 1938 . —The St . Blaize Lodge , Mossel Bay , South Africa .
1939 . —The White Hope Lodge , Tarkasted , South Africa . 1940 . —The Feilding Lodge , Feilding , Wellington , N . Z . 1941 . —The St . Augustine ' s Lodge , Rugeley , Staffordshire . 1942 . —The Minerva Lodge , Fentou , Staffordshire . 1943 . —The Parramatta St . George Lodge , Parramalla , New
South Wales . 194 k—The Glebe Lodge , Glebe , New South Wales . 1945 . —The Cobar Lodge , Cobar , New South Wales . 1916 . —The Beaufort West Lodge , Beaufort West , South Africa 1947 . —The Stanford Lodge , Hove , Brighton .
1948 . —The Hard man Lodge , llavvtenstall , Lineashiro 1949 . —Tho Brixton Lodge , Brixton . 1950 . —The Sonthgato Lodge , New Sontbgate .
1951 . —The Union Lodge , Tientsin , China . 1952 . —The High Peak Lodge , Chapel-en-le-Frith , Derbyshire . 1953 . —The Lodge of Prudence and Industry , Chard , Somerset shire .
The " Freemason ' s Calendar and Pochet Book " for 1882 is now ready , and can be had from our publisher , price 2 s , bound in roan .
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Quarterly Communication Of United Grand Lodge.
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION OF UNITED GRAND LODGE .
THE following is the business to bo transacted in Grand Lodge on Wednesday , 7 th December 1881 : — 1 . The Minutes of fcho Quarterly Communication of tlio 7 th . Sep . tembcr 1881 for confirmation . 2 . Nomination of a Grand Master for tho ensuing year .
3 . Tlie M . W . Grand Master will move that this Grand Lodge agree to a vote of condolence to tho Widow and family of tho lato Brother General James Abmtn Garfield , President of the United States of America , who died on the 19 th September last , of wounds received from the hands of an assassin .
4 . Appointment of a President of the Lodge of Benevolence . 5 . Election of a Senior and Junior Vice-President of the Lodge of Benevolence .
6 . Election of twelve Pasfc Masters to serve on the Lodge of Benevolence for the year ensuing . 7 . Report of the Lodge of Benevolence for tbe last quarter , in which are recommendations for the following Grants , viz .:
—A Brother of the St . John ' s Lodge , No . 80 , Sunderland £ 50 0 0 A Brother of the . Sfc . Mary ' s Lodge , No . 707 , Bridporfc - 100 0 0 A Brother of the St . Edward's Lodge , No . 966 , Leek . 50 0 0 A Brother of the Alfred Lodge , No . 340 , Oxford - . 75 0 0
The Widow of a Brother of the Prince Leopold , No . 1588 , Stretford 75 0 0 The Widow of a Brother of the Doric Lodge , No . 933 , London 50 On The Widow of a Brother of the Segontium Lodge , No . 606 . Carnarvon 50 0 0
A Brother of the Burdett Lodge , No . 1293 , Hampton Court 100 0 0 A Brother of the New Concord Lodge , No . 813 , London - 150 0 0 The Widow of a Brother of tho Franklin Lodge , No . 838 , Boston , Lincoln 75 0 0
A Brother of fche Lodge of Finsbury , No . 861 , London . 50 0 0 The Widow of a Brother of the Silurian Lodge , No . 471 , Newport , Mon . 50 0 0 A Brother of the Mount Edgcumbe Lodge , No . 1446 , London 200 0 0
A Brother of the Excelsior Lodge , No . 1012 , Leeds . 50 0 0 3 . REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES . To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Ungland . The Board of General Purposes feel ifc their duty to bring to the
notice of Grand Lodge the fact that the Lodge of Benevolence have within the last eighteen months so increased their Grants thafc the total expenditure out of their Funds has been in excess of the Income . Afc the present time , as will be seen by the subjoined statement of Grand Lodge Funds , the Benevolent Account has been overdrawn to
the amount of £ 1 , 242 7 s 8 d . In addition to which an amount of about £ 1 , 570 will be required to meet the Grants to be confirmed by the next Lodge of Benevolence , and those by the Grand Lodge in December , while the amounts which will come in before the end of the year will nofc in all probability be more than sufficient to meet
the grants which will be made in November and December . The Board therefore recommend thafc £ 3 , 000 Consols be sold out ; from the accumulated balance of £ 50 , 016 10 s 6 d , now standing to the credit of the Fund of Benevolence , and the proceeds placed to tho current account of thafc Fund .
( Signed ) JOHN B . MONCKTON , President . FREEMASONS' HAM , , LONDON , W . C . 15 th November 1881 . To the Report is subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodge Accounts at the last Meeting of the Finance Committee , held on
Friday , the llfch day of November instant , shewing a Balance of £ 4 , 870 lis Id to the credit of the Fond of General Purposes , less £ 1 , 242 7 s 8 d applied to cover an amount overdrawn on account of the Fund of Benevolence , leaving a balance in the Bank of England of £ 3 , 456 8 s 5 d , and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for Petty Cash £ 75 , and for Servants' Wages £ 96 15 s .
9 . An application from a Body , styling itself "Tbo Grand Lodge of New South Wales of Free and Accepted Masons , " requesting their recognition by the United Grand Lodge of England as a regular Grand Lodge . 10 . A REPORT of the "Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for
Aged Freemrsons and Widows of Freemasons , " agreed to at a Special Meeting of the Governors and Subscribers on Wednesday , the 9 th November 1881 , will be submitted for the approval of Grand Lodgo , at which Special Meeting it was resolved that certain alterations
should be made in the Rules and Regulations of the Institution , subject to the approval of Grand . N . B . —A Copy of the proposed alterations in the Rales and Regulations will be in the Grand Secretary's Office till the meeting of Grand Lodge , also iu the Office of the
Quarterly Communication Of United Grand Lodge.
Secretary of tho Institution , and open for the inspection of the Brethren ( luring office hours .
11 . APPEALS - ( 1 ) From Brother Thomas J . Mountain , of the New Zealand Pacific Lodge , No . 517 , Wellington , New Zealand , against a Sentence of Expulsion passed on him by the District Grand Lodge of Wellington , New Zealand , for defrauding Members of his Lodge , aud for having written to a Candidate warning him against Masonry .
( 2 ) From Brother Samuel II . Dougal , of tho Royal Standard Lodgo , No . 398 , Halifax , Nova Scotia , against a Vote of tho Lodge removing him from his Office of Senior Warden . ( 3 ) From Brother Isaac Cohen D'Azevedo , of tbe Harmonic Lodge , No . 356 , St . Thomas , West Indies , against a Sentence of Exclusion passed on him by his Lodge for un-Masonio conduct .
N . B . —The papers relating to these appeals will be iu the Grand Secretary ' s Office till the meeting of Grand Lodge , and open for the inspection of the Brethren during office hours .
12 . NOTICES OF MOTION . ( 1 ) By BROTHER CHARLES JOHN PERCEVAL , P . M . No . 1607 > London : — " That in all cases when a question is brought before Grand Lodge , for which a division is demanded , the
telling of tbe same shall be conducted in a similar method to thafc pursued in the House of Commons , viz .: —Two tellers from each side of the qcestion be appointed to record fche votes as the members pass out , and make their report accordingly . "
( 2 ) By Brother RAYNHAM W . STEWART P . G . D . : — " That having regard to the enormous increase in the nnmber of Lodges since the grant made by Grand Lodge in 1858 to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons ,
and for which the Institution has to send to the W . M . for the time being of each Lodge two voting papers every year , the amount to be contributed in future by Grand Lodge be increased fco £ 1000 per annum fco the
Male Annuity Fund , and £ 600 per annum to the Widows' Fund ; --such payments to bo borne in equal proportions by the Funds of Benevolence and of General Purposes . "
Names of Brethren nominated for Election to the Office of Senior Vice-President of the Lodge of Benevolence : — Brother GEORGE LAMBERT , G . Sword Bearer . JOSHUA NUNN , P . G . S . B . Name of the Brother nominated for Election to the Office of Junior Vice-President of the Lodge of Benevolence : — Brother JAMES BRETT , P . G . P . And no other was nominated .
"Names of Pasfc Masters nominated to serve on the Lodge of Benevolence : —
Brother CHARLES ATKINS P . M . 27 GEORGE P . BRITTEN „ 183 „ JOSEPH D . COLLIER „ 1366 „ JOHN CONSTABLE „ 185 „ THOMAS CULL „ 1446 CHARLES DAIRY „ 141 i , HENRY GARROD „ 749 CHARLES F . HOGARD „ 205 „ WILLIAM MANN „ 186 JAMES H . MATTHEWS „ 143 WILLIAM STEPHENS „ 1489 EDWARD FRANCIS STORR ,, 22 And no more than Twelve were nominated .
List of Lodges for which Warrants have been granted by the M . W . Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge : — No . 1937 . —The Addington Lodire , Addington , Durban , South Africa 1938 . —The St . Blaize Lodge , Mossel Bay , South Africa .
1939 . —The White Hope Lodge , Tarkasted , South Africa . 1940 . —The Feilding Lodge , Feilding , Wellington , N . Z . 1941 . —The St . Augustine ' s Lodge , Rugeley , Staffordshire . 1942 . —The Minerva Lodge , Fentou , Staffordshire . 1943 . —The Parramatta St . George Lodge , Parramalla , New
South Wales . 194 k—The Glebe Lodge , Glebe , New South Wales . 1945 . —The Cobar Lodge , Cobar , New South Wales . 1916 . —The Beaufort West Lodge , Beaufort West , South Africa 1947 . —The Stanford Lodge , Hove , Brighton .
1948 . —The Hard man Lodge , llavvtenstall , Lineashiro 1949 . —Tho Brixton Lodge , Brixton . 1950 . —The Sonthgato Lodge , New Sontbgate .
1951 . —The Union Lodge , Tientsin , China . 1952 . —The High Peak Lodge , Chapel-en-le-Frith , Derbyshire . 1953 . —The Lodge of Prudence and Industry , Chard , Somerset shire .
The " Freemason ' s Calendar and Pochet Book " for 1882 is now ready , and can be had from our publisher , price 2 s , bound in roan .