Board Of Benevolence.

BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE .

THE monthly meeting was held on Wednesday evening , at Freemasons' Flail , London , with Bro . J . H . Matthews President in the chair , and Bros . D . D . Mercer and Henry

Garrod Vice Presidents in their official positions . Bro . W . Lake Assistant Grand Secretary , Bro . W . Dodd , and Bro . G . S . Recknell represented the Grand Secretary ' s office , and there was a full attendance of other Brethren .

The Agenda for next Grand Lodge was submitted to the Board of Masters ; and at the Board of Benevolence fortyone petitioners sought assistance , of whom thirty-seven were relieved , two were dismissed , one was withdrawn , and one

deferred . The £ 1 , 070 which was voted was composed of £ 150 to one case , £ 50 to another , £ 40 each to six cases , £ 30 each to nine , £ 20 each to sixteen , £ 15 to one , £ 10 each to two , and £$ to one .

Logic Club.

LOGIC CLUB .

IT has been arranged to rehearse the ceremony of Installation at this Club to-morrow ( Sunday ) morning , at 11 a . m ., at the house of the Club , the Cavendish Rooms , Mortimer Street , W ., this being the last meeting before the summer vacation . The following Brethren will fill the different Offices : Installing Master , the Preceptor Bro . Robert Manuel

P . M . Urban Lodge , No . 1196 ; S . W . and Master-elect , Bro . J . Percy Fitzgerald , Founder and Secretary Logic Club ; S . W . after presentation , Bro . Alfred G . Neville M .-E . Lodge of Verity , No . 2739 ; J . W ., Bro . J . H . Barnes S . W . Drury Lane Lodge , No . 2127 ; I . P . M ., Bro . Richard Eve Past Grand

Treasurer ; S . D ., Bro . Albert Craddock W . M . Tivoli Lodge , No 2150 ; J . D , Bro . A . W . Watson P . G . Std . B . Bucks . ; , D . C ., Bro Harry Nicholls P . M . and Sec . Drury Lane Lodge , No . 2127 ; I . G ., Bro . George Paxton M .-E . Salisbury Lodge , No . 435 ; Tyler Bro . Edward Gatfield Sir Hugh Myddleton Lodge , No 1602 . A special programme of music has been arranged .

It is hoped that the Preceptor ' s List as Steward for the R . M . I . Girls , announced at the Festival , on Wednesday , 16 th instant , at 80 guineas will be made up to 100 guineas before the adjournment for the vacation . It is anticipated there will be a large gathering of members and visitors on this interesting occasion .

A very pleasing incident occurred at the installation meeting of the Wellington Chapter , No . 784 , Deal , held at the beginning of the month , when a massive silver loving cup was presented to Companion Horatio Ward , in recognition of his services as Installing Principal for many years past . The cup

bore the following inscription : — " Presented to Most Excellent Companion Horatio Ward P . Z . Past Grand Standard Bearer of England and P . P . G . J . Kent , etc ., by the Wellington Chapter , No . 784 , Deal , as a mark of esteem and in grateful recognition of the valuable Masonic services which he has rendered to the Chapter for many years . May 1 st , 1900 . "

The manner in which history repeats itself in small things as in great is illustrated in more than one way by the fashion in which materal aid from home is now being given to our soldiers abroad . ... A movement at this moment being fostered by the United Grand Lodge of English

Freemasons was exactly anticipated in 1760 , when at a quarterly Communication of the Brotherhood , at the historic Crown and Anchor , in the Strand , a sum of money was voted to be forwarded to the general in command for the relief of the I reemasons in the army engaged in Germany . — " Westminster Gazette . "

000 A large and representative deputation from Aberdeen recently visited the Dundee Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star of Lady Freemasons , says a Scotch contemporary ,

After witnessing the ceremony of initiation , the deputation was welcomed by the Patron of Dundee Chapter , Brother Farmer . The Sisters and Brethren were then addressed by the Grand Patron for Scotland , Brother Adam A . Smith . The Chapter

was closed , when the members of the deputation , along with Dundee Chapter , sat down to tea . After a social hour , Bro . Smith cordially thanked the Dundee Chapter for their great kindness to the deputation , who then withdrew .

Logic Club.

For the fourth time our esteemed Bro . James Speller W . M . 2742 P . M . 1677 2256 2374 and 2750 , M . E . Z . 2108 P . Z . 1471 1677 1685 1766 2256 and 2374 , P . P . G . D . Essex has been nominated for election to the Board of General Purposes , by Bro .

J ames Stephens P . D . G . D . C , the election taking place at the Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge on Wednesday next . Bro . Speller , who is a Patron of the Benevolent

Institution and the Boys School , as well as a Vice-Patron of the Girls is a deservedly popular Mason , and we hope he will be re-elected to the position on the Board he has so ably filled in the past .

The annual returns just completed by Commander H . G . Giles , R . N ., Provincial Grand Secretary , and Bro . G . F . Lancaster Assistant , show that in the Province of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight there are forty-eight Lodges , having on

the 31 st December last 3 , 963 members on their roll , of whom 269 were admitted during the year 1899 . The net increase as compared with 1898 was 67 members . There are twenty-six

Royal Arch Chapters , which return 1 , 037 Companions , being 110 more than in the previous year . The 365 members of the thirteen Mark Lodges is an increase of five on 1898 .

The May meeting of the Waltham Abbey Lodge , No . 2750 , held at Waltham Auoey , on the 17 th , was of especial interest by reason of a dispensation having been received for the initiation of six candidates proposed tor admission . All

were unanimously received , and were initiated ; three by the W . M . Bro . J . Graham , and the others by the I . P . M . Bro . J ames Speller . Two candidates were proposed for initiation at the June meeting , and two for joining . A fuller report will appear next week .

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught will drive to Wood Green on Friday afternoon next , 1 st June , to distribute the prizes to . the pupils of the Royal

Masonic Institution for Boys . A limited number of tickets will be issued by the Board of Management , for which application should be made to Bro . J . M . McLeod Secretary of the Institution , at the offices at Freemasons' Hall , London .

Accounts of two interesting Church Services recently held in the Provinces are among the matters crowded out this week . In the one case the members of the Zetland Lodge , No . 603

held a service in the Old White Chapel , Cleckheaton ; in the other the Clifton Lodge , No . 703 , assembled in All Saints Church , Revoe , Blackpool . It is gratifying to know that in each case successful meetings resulted .

Previous to the business of Provincial Grand Lodge of Gloucestershire , to be held in the Chapter Room on 5 th June , there will be a special service in Gloucester Cathedral , when

the Very Worshipful Brother the Dean of Gloucester will preach the sermon , and a collection will be taken on behalf of the work on the stained glass windows of the Lady Chapel .

The Lodge rooms belonging to the Holme Valley Lodge , No . 652 , Holmfirth , ^ ave recently been , reconstructed and considerably enlarged , and were used for the first time at the meeting on Friday , iSth inst . We hope to give some details of the very interesting gathering on that occasion in our next issue .

The annual election meeting of the Dalhousie Lodge , No . 865 , was held on Wednesday , 16 th , at Bro . E . Beltramo ' s , the Greyhound Flotel , Hampton Court . Bro . J . C . Dyer S . W . was unanimously chosen W . M . for the ensuing year . Our report of the meeting is crowded out until next week .

Bro . R . V . Vassar-Smith , as Provincial Grand Mark Master of Gloucestershire , has appointed Friday , 15 th June , at Cheltenham , for the annual meeting of Provincial Grand Mark Lodge . The meeting will be held at mid-day , and the Brethren will lunch at Pittville .

We are again compelled to ask the indulgence of our readers and several correspondents whose matter is held over for want of space .