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Tho announcement was then made that Sir John B . Monckton had requested thut ho should no longer bo appointed President of the Board of General Purposes . Sir John B . Monckton had served a long- time , and great labours and very heavy work often passed through his

hands . Lord Carnarvon said it would not surprise Grand Lodo-e if he added that tho Most Worshipful Grand Master had conferred on Sir John . Monckton , on the occasion

of his retirement , the rank of Past Grand Junior Warden . In that honour , so well conferred by his Royal Highness , Sir John Monckton received a hearty Masonic welcome , as well as a personal one , he was sure , from every

Freemason . Sir John Monckton was then formally invested and saluted . It was announced tbat tbe M . W . tho Grand Master had appointed Brother Thomas Fenn P . G . D . to succeed Brother

Sir John Monckton , and Lord Carnarvon formally invested Brother Fenn as President of the Board of General Purposes . Intimation was then made that Brother R . P . Harding , who has recently been appointed Chief Receiver

in Bankruptcy , desired to relinquish the post of Auditor to Grand Lodge , aud Brother Hopkinson P . M . No . 1 . 4 proposed that Brother Standish Harding succeed his father . This was seconded by Brother Knyvett P . G . S ., ancl agreed to .

With respect to the remaining business , tho representatives of the Colonial Board , as nominated , were accepted . The several recommendations for grants were all agreed to , and Brother Pnilbrick , Q . C ., as Grand Registrar , announced that the appeal from the Puujanb would be

withdrawn . He wished , however , to draw attention to a subject which would be of interest to the brethren everywhere . There had grown up a usage in tho Punjaub to elect joining members of Lodges by so-called " acclamation . " Now , he wished it emphatically to be understood the onlv

way in which a joining member could be elected to a Lodge was by ballot . If a Lodge were permitted to dispense with the plain written law of the Book of Constitutions , by electing a member by show of hands , they mi ° -bt go so far as to elect a Master or a Treasurer in the same

way . Every brother , however young , was to exercise his unbiassed vote , without being swayed by the weight or authority of old Masons . If a Master was elected by show of hands his appointment would bo illegal , ancl the Senior

Warden would not be eligible for the chair next year . It would lead to interminable confusion , and he begged to draw attention to tbe irregularity . Brother Howard ' s motion : — To add to Eule 19 , of the Book of Constitutions . " Election of Grand Treasurer .

" If more than one Brother is nominated the names shall be printed in a list , a copy of which shall be delivered to each member present at the Grand Lodge . The balloting lists having been delivered to the members of Grand Lodge are to be collected by the Scrutineers

appointed for that purpose , and are not to be signed . In order to carry out the above law , eight Scrutineers are to be elected afc the General Committee previous to the Grand Lodge in March , and eight other Scrutineers are to be nominated by the Grand Master or presiding

Officer at that Grand Lodge . The Scrutineers are to collect tbe lists from the Brethren to whom they have beeu delivered , and shall solemnly pledge themselves to make a correct report under their hands of the result of the ballot . Tbey shall then retire and , bavin "

ascertained the numbers for the respective candidates , shall present the report in Grand Lodge . But if their report be not ready by the time the Grand Lodge is about to be closed , the Grand Master or the presiding Officer shall , after closing the Grand Lodge , receive the

report in his private room , and in such case a copy thereof , verified by the Graud Secretary , shall be immediately posted up in the Grand Secretary ' s office , and remain during one week for the information of the Craft ;"

was discussed , and some amendment suggested , but its tnrther consideration was postponed till next Qnarterl y Communication . Colonel Creaton ' s proposition"That the sura of £ 70 be voted from the funds of the Board of General Purposes ; thafc the same be placed in

the hands of the Secretary of the Eoyal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , to provide tho residents of tho Institution at Croydon with coals during the winter months ;" was unanimousl y agreed to . Grand Lodge was then closed , the Pro Grand Master

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announcing that ho would receive the Report of tho Scrutineers , as to the result of the Election for the Boa-I of General Purposes , in his private room . The following nre the brethren who were elected , with the number of votes credited to each .

Joiix L . IWKKNX ' E MATEIKR .... 1 S 3 THOMAS HASTIXUS Mir . r . Eit .... 152 WiDr . mt BIUSTOV ; ..... 112 GIOVANNI V . FKSTA ..... 112 RALPH CLI ' TTON ..... 137

Ar . iKKD MKADOWS , M . D . .... 123 JAMES Wir . tiNc ; JUS . ..... 119 THOMAS VV . C . Busn ..... 118 JAMES STEVENS ..... 117

THOMAS 0 . WALLS 112 EDWAKD F . STOKB ..... 112 FRKDEKICK . T . C . KF - EULV . .... 102 SAMUEL HILL 99 LEO rain G . GORDON ROCMXS ... 93

Tho following were the brethren nominated by the Grand Master : —T . Fenn President , Sir Albert Woods ( Garter ) , M . J . Maolnfcyre , Q . C ., M . P ., Sir John B . Monckton , F . A . Philbrick , Q . C ., E . Saunders , J . A . Rucker , It . F . Gould , F . Davidson , E . Letchworth , and Alfred Richards .

Hampshire And The Masonic Charities.

HAMPSHIRE AND THE MASONIC CHARITIES .

i A CIRCULAR which , according to custom has been issued in this Province , detailing tho success of tho P . G . Lodgo Committee in reference to tho elections to the Charities , shows that the suggestion was not strictly correct that the successes of candidates from this Province wero due exclusively to this committee . It appear ! that in respect , to the widows , the votes of the committee were used in support of Mrs . Madeley , widow of the late W . B . Madoley . of the

Royal Sussex Lodge , 342 , Porfcsea , and tho Gosport Lodge , 903 , Gosport . The votes so received wore not sufficient to secure her election ; but will be available and no doubt ensure her the annuity at the next period of election . Tbe votes of the province for the Girls' School were used in support of the ( successful ) candidature of Kate Irene Gooch , daughter of the late Bro . George Gooch P . M .

Hcngist Lodge , 195 , Bournemouth ; and the Boys' votes received were po'led for Edward Bramble Green , son of the late Bro . G . A . Green P . M . Lodge of Harmony , 309 , Fareham , and P . P . G . D . ; and also for Herbert J . McLeod Lillywhite , son of the late Bro . John Lillywln ' to P . M . Phcenix Lodge , 257 , Portsmouth , and P . P . G . Reg . The unex . ' peeled success of seenrinar the election of both these was

accomplished by borrowing 1200 votes , which ifc will require the whole voting strength of tho province next October to repay . The Frocinason in its analysis of returns to last week ' s annual festival of the girls ' school , presided over by Lord Brooke , when tho total contributions reached £ 13 , 037 14 s , says : —Hants and the Isle of Wight , wi : h its forty Lodges , is a strong Province , and what is of greater moment

still in relation to these festive gatherings , its presence in the list with a liberal sntn set down against ifc may bo looked upon as a certainty , though as a matter of course tho amount it will contribute will vary with the circumstances attending each successive Festival . For instance last year , when Bro . Beach , its P . G . Master , occupied the chair at the Girls' Festival , ifc raised over £ 1 , 300 , but notwifchstanding this great effort , ifc followed up its beneficent work by

handing over £ 375 to the Boys' School in June last , and inaugurated the present festive season by raising over £ 373 for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution in February . On Wednesday its six Stewards placed £ 295 7 s 6 d to the credit of the Girls , thus increasing its total for the current year up to the present time to over £ 670 . The following is given as the list of Stewards aud the contributions they brought together : — Lodge 35 Bro . Asber Baifield ( Cowes ) ... 16 16 0

„ 303 ,, Edward Goldsmith ( Fareham ) 21 0 0 „ 39-4 „ J . D . Barford ( " Peace and Harmony , " Southampton ) ... 89 5 0 „ 801 „ William Dart ( " Carnarvon , " Havanfc ) ... ... 54 18 6 „ 1069 „ R . J . Rastrick ( " United Brethren , " Southsea ) ... 63 0 0 „ 1373 „ H . Insles Davis (" St . Hubert , " Andover ) ... 50 8 0

The " Benevolent" elections ( our contemporary adds ) were very severe , the widows especially so , the highest widow polling 2 , 237 , and the lowest of 31 ( let us note this ) 1 , 103 . The highest male candidate polled 2 , 103 and the lowest 681 . Let all those who cavil at or anathematize Freemasons ponder over the one fact that the first two Festivals of our much maligned Order in 1884 have produced £ 27 , 000 . Of what earthly society can it be said at this hour thafc ifc is doing so much and so well for charity . —Portsmouth Times .

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