The Annual Report Of The R.M.B.I.

DISBURSEMENTS . Annuitants 5230 0 0 Salary of Secretary and Clerk - 362 10 0 Collector— Commission - - - 194 2 3

Messenger o 0 0 Provincial Expenses - - 65 3 7 Medicine for residents at Institution 12 10 0 Matron 53 0 0 Pension to late Gardener , and

Gardener's Salary - - - 3 o 2 0 Rates and Taxes - - - - 44 4 1 Enlargement of Hall , and repair of Building , and Furniture for same 937 11 6 Stationery , Printing , < fec . - - 131 9 3 Advertisements . - - 20 7 10 Postages , & e ., including Expenses

of Election - . - 169 19 0 Petty Expenses - - - - 16 14 3 Entertainment of Stewards and Annnitants .... 42 7 4 Votes of thanks to Stewards - 28 3 9

Hire of Hall on day of Eleotion - 2 12 6 Rent , & o ., of Offioe- - - - 31 10 0 Rent of Meadow at Croydon - - 16 18 9 Placed at Call .... 1500 0 0 Pnrohase of Stock . ¦ - 1494 7 6 Premium on Guarantee Policy for

Collector .... 3 15 0 Gratuities 77 10 0 Architect ' s Commission - - - 39 19 0 10 , 514 17 7

Balance on this Fund - - £ 1 , 65117 3 SUSTENTATION OF BUILDING . Balance 31 st March 1881 - - 34 16 4 Dividends on Stook in Government Funds ... 29 7 6

£ 64 3 10 DISBURSEMENTS . Repairs 4 10 3 Balance on this Fund - - £ 59 13 7 Total Balance as per Auditors' Eeport £ 4 , 789 6 11

The Permanent Income of the Institution is as follows : MALE FUND . Annual Grant from Grand Lodge - 500 0 0 Do Grand Chapter 100 0 0 Dividends on £ 37 , 450 Stock in Government Funds - 1076 17 11 1676 17 li

WIDOWS' FUND . Annual Grant from Grand Lodge - 300 0 0 Do Grand Chapter 50 0 0 Dividends on £ 24 , 075 Stook in Government Funds - - 684 8 3 £ 1 , 034 8 3 SUSTENTATION OF BUILDING . ;

Dividends on £ 1 , 000 Stock in Government Funds - 30 0 0 Total Permanent Income ... £ 2 , 741 6 2 Signed J . CBEATON , Grand Treasurer , Vice-Patron , Chairman .

Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C . 19 fch May 1882 . Bros . A . H . Tattershall , R . B . Webster , and J . J . Berry were e'eoted Auditors , and the Scrutineers of votes were appointed . The chairman announoed the poll open , for the election of 28 men and ** widows . The result will be found in our Advertisement columns .

¦ tt will be in the recollection of our readers that at the recent Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , ois Royal Hi ghness the Duke of Connaught said he had received the Queen ' s permission to announce that she had

graciousl y consented to become the Chief Patroness of the chool . We are now in a position to add , and we cordially congratulate the Craft on the addition , that Her Majesty as smce forwarded to the Institution a cheque for £ 50 .

x , ° in a position to state that there will be no contee h the HoitSe Committee of the Girls' School . Pif-& brethren were nominated , but three have since withnu ? ' * kat the twelve who remain will , ipso facto , he P ced on the Committee in question . cm Gate e cTJ l iings ° the Crnsaders' Lodge of Instruction , St . John ' s September e 11 , baVe been ad J 0 nrned nntil the second Thursday in

Prov. Grand Mark Lodge Of Cheshire.

PROV . GRAND MARK LODGE OF CHESHIRE .

THE annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons was held at the Masonio Rooms , Chester , on Monday , under the banner of the Earl of Chester Lodgo , No . 196 . Bro . the Hon . Wilbraham E / Jrerton , M . P ., Prov . Grand Mark Master presided , and to support him there were was a larsre and influential gathering from this and the iidjoining Provinces of North Wales and the County Palatine , the following Provincial Grand Officers being

present , namely : —Bros . James Salmon P . G . S . W ., Francis Bolton P . G . J . W ., J . W . Burgess P . G . M . O ., J . H . Evans P . G . S . O ., John R . B . Keane P . G . J . O ., the Rev . J . W . Newell Tanner Provincial Grand Chaplain , Rev . J . F . Rownthwaite P . G . Chaplain , Frederick Stevenson P . G . Treasurer , Richard Newhouse P . G . Secretary , J . Matthews Jones P . G . R ., Samuel Thompson

P . G . S . D ., C . S . Dean P . G . J . D ., Henry Jones P . G . I . W ., John Dutton P . G . D . C ., Charles Kenny Benson P . G . Sword Bearer , John Black , hurst P . G . Standard Bearer , T . H . Kirk P . G . O ., John Edwards P . G . P ., David B . iynes P . G . Tyler . After the roll of Lodges had been called , and letters of apology read from Officers unable to attend , the minutes of the last Provincial Grand Lodge were read and

confirmed . The other business of the Province having been transacted , the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master nominated and invested the following brethren as Provincial Grand Officers for tbe year : —The Rev . C . W . Spencer Stanhope , M . A ., Depnty Prov . Grand Mark Master , John Pemberton P . G . S . W ., Captain Gilbody P . G . J . W ., John Ross Ross P . G . M . O ., R . B . Ferguson P . G . S . O ., Henry

Jones P . G . J . O ., Rev . C . W . Newell Tanner P . G . Chaplain , Frederick K . Stevenson P . G . Treasurer , Richard Newhouse P . G . Secretary , J . Msttbews Jones P . G . R ., C . S . Dean P . G . S . D ., J . H . Bradshaw P . G . J . D ., Dr . Wm . Cornwall P . G . I , of Wks ., John Dutton P . G . D . C ., N . Robertson P . G . A . D . C , John Williams P . G . S . B ., J . B . Thurless P . G . S . B ., Thomas H . Kirk P . G . O ., J . Marsh P . G . I . G ., David Baynea

P . G . Tyler , Thomas Giles , Enoch Evans , Thomas Webster , Prov . Grand Stewards . Before closing the P . G . Lodge , the Prov . Grand Master thanked the brethren for their attendance , and congratulated them on the increasing prosperity of Mark Masonry in that part of the country . The banqnet , which followed , was given at the Green Dragon Hotel .

Bro . Lord Brabourne presided on Thursday evening , at the Twenty-eighth Anniversary Pestival of the Royal Hospital for Incurables , held at the Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street . During the evening subscriptions and donawere announced to the extent of £ 3 , 232 .

On Saturday last the Prince of Wales was elected Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron as successor to the late Earl of Wilton , the Marquis of Londonderry , Prov . Grand Master Durham , retaining his position as

Vice-Commodore . On the motion of His Royal Highness , duly seconded , and unanimously carried , the King of Sweden and Norway was elected an honorary member . There was a very large attendance at the meeting , which was held at Willis ' s Rooms , St . James ' s .

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