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properly and advantageously made to the list of Grand Officers annually appointed by the M . W . the Grancl Master . . The Board therefore recommend that an addition be made ae .

cordin <* ly , that snch addition tako the form of tho appointment annually of two Standard Hearers and a Doputy Director of Ceremonies , aud that the same take effect on and after the Grand Festival of 1882 .

3 rd . —The Board also recommend that in Provinces numbering forty Lodges aud upwards the Provincial Grand Masters shall be empowered to appoint annually four Deaeons , instead of two as at present , and also a Deput y Director of Ceremonies . 1 th . —The Board havo to report further that thoir Premises

Committee havo laid before them a statement that an opportunity occurs of acquiring a freehold stable and premises in Now Yard , adjoining the property of Grand Lodge ; that £ 1000 has been asked for these premises , which the Committee consider far in excess of its value , but , after careful consideration , are of opinion that for the sum of

£ 600 the premises in question would be a useful acquisition to Grand Lodge , aud the Board agreeing with the Premises Committee in their opinion recommend Grand Lodge to authorise the purchase of the said freehold premises ( containing some 450 feet superficial ) at a price not exceeding £ 600 .

5 th . —The President will move accordingly . The Board of General Purposes , to whom it was on the 2 nd day < £ March last referred to investigate tho appeal involved in the follow , ing Motion proposed to Grand Lodge by Bro . Tndor Trevor and to report thereon to the next meeting of Grand Lodge : —

That in consideration of tho very exceptional circumstances of his application for pecuniary assistance , and that he has been much embarrassed by the un-Masonio litigation which ensued in defiance of the Principles of the Craft , and especially of No . 6 of Antient Charges and

Regulations , consequent on tho part ho took in the exclusion from his Lodge , No . 1511 , of an offending brother ( which exclusion was approved by the Provincial Grand Master ) , this Grand Lodge is pleased as a Special Case to direct the grant of £ 150 from

the Fund of General Purposes , to Bro . Tndor Trevor P . M ., & c . in aid of his costs in defending the action " Bio . Voigt versus Bros . Carr , Laking and Trevor , "

tried at Leeds in August last , and in respect of which costs Bro . Trevor affirms that he has already paid £ 169 4 s lid , and that he has been greatly impoverishecf thereby ,

beg to report thereon as follows : — 1 . At the request , and for the better convenience of Bro . Tudor Trevor , who represented his inability to appear in London on the

ordinary days of meeting , the Board held a Special Meeting on a day selected by him , for the purpose of considering tho reference on the Gth day of May instant , at which were present tho following members : —

Bro . Sir JOHN B . MONCKTON , Bro . THOMAS FENN President PETER DE LANDE LONR F . GREEN , Vice-President JOHN MESSENT Sir A . W . WOODS , darter CHAKLES W . THOMPSON HENRY C . LEVANDER CHARLES ATKINS

ROBERT F . GOULD Lt .-Col . FRANCIS C . WEMYSS FRANK RICHARDSON ALFRED MEADOWS , M . D . Lt .-Col . HUGH S . SOMER- EDWARD B . GKARHAM VILIIE BURNEY HENRY BISHOP FREDK . A . PHILBRICK , Q . C . JOHN G . STEVENS . JOHN A . RUCKER

2 . Bro . Tudor Trevor , Bro . Yoigt , and also the W . Master of the Alexandra Lodge , No . 1511 , Hornsea , all received an intimation of the meeting , and all availed themselves of the opportunity of being

present . 3 . Brother Tudor and Brother Yoigt were heard at length , and th W . Master of the Alexandra Lodge was also heard in reply to severa l questions it was thought necessary to put to him .

4 . After a careful investigation of the matter referred , the following Resolutions were unanimously agreed to : — I . —That the principle of Grand Lodge devoting any portion of its Funds towards defraying the cost of legal

proceedings , not incurred by its authority or by that of the Board of General Purposes ( as its executive Board ) , would he an innovation constituting a very inconvenient precedent , and leading to most nntlesirable results .

II . —That there does not appear to be any sufficient ground or reason why the case now under investigation should be specially excepted from the operation of the principle laid down in the preceding Resolution . 5 . —And the above Resolutions are recommended b y tho Board for the adoption of Grand Lodge accordingly .

( Signed ) JOHN B . MONCKTON , President . FREEMASONS' HALL , LONDON , W . C . 17 t ? i May 1881 .

At the meeting of the Board held on Tuesday , 17 th of May , after the ordinary bnsiness had been disposed of , the following resolution was passed , viz . : — The members of tho Board unanimously desire to express their sense of the ability and courtesy uniformly displayed on

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all occasions by the V . W . Brother Sir John B . Monckton , as President of tho Board of General Purposes . ( Signed ) FRANK GREEN , Vice-President .

To tho Report is subjoined a statement of tho Grand Lodgo Accounts at the last Meeting of tho Finance Committee , hold on Friday the 13 th May instant , shewing a Balance in the Bank of England of 5 , 760 12 s od , and in tho hands of the Graud Secretary , for Petty Cash £ 75 , and for Servants' Wages £ 96 15 s .

APPEAL . Appeal by Brother Charles Edward Torrance , P . M . of the St . George ' s Lodgo , No . 140 , Montreal , against a sentence of exclusion passed on him by tho Lodsre for non-payment of dues , and whioh

Appeal the District Grand Master of Montreal had declined to entertain . N . B . —Tfce joapers relating to this Appeal will be in the Grand Secretary's Office till the meeting of Grand Lodge , and open for the inspection of the Brethren during Office hours .

PROPOSED MOTIONS . 1 . Further consideration of Motion by Brother Tndor Trevor , P . M . No . 941 , Bombay , now of No . 41 , Bath , and lato of No . 1511 , Hornsea ; referred at last Grand Lodge , on 2 nd March , for investigation and report by the Board of General Purposes : — " That in consideration of tho very exceptional circumstances of his application for pecuniary assistance , and

that he haa been much , embarrassed by the un-Maaonio litigation which ensued in defiance of the Principles of the Craft , and especially of No . 6 of Antient Charges and Regulations , consequent on the part he took in the exclusion from his Lodgo , No . 1511 , of an offending Brother ( which exclusion was approved by the Provincial Graud Master ) , this Grand Lodge is pleased as a

Special Case to direct the grant of £ 150 from the Fund of General Purposes , to Bro . Tudor Trevor , P . M ., & c , in aid of his costs in defending the action ' Brother Voigt versus Brothers Carr , Laking , and Trevor , ' tried at Leeds in August last , and in respect of which costs Brother Trevor affirms that he has already paid £ 169 4 s lid , and that he has been greatly impoverished thereby . "

2 . By V . W . Brother Lieut-Col . JOHN CREATON , Grand Treasurer" That the sum of £ 70 be given from the Fund of General Purposes ; that the money be placed in the hands of the Secretary of the " Royal Masonio Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , " to supply the Residents of the Institution at Croydon with Coals durin < r the winter months .

3 . By Brother Major EDWIN BOND , J . W . No . 887 , Birmingham" That the Fund of Benevolence be decentralized so far as the Provinces are concerned , and that a moiety of the subscriptions now transmitted to Grand Lodgo by the Country Lodges be paid direct into the several Provincial Grand Lodges for the purpose of meeting tho numerous local claims for immediate relief which are now so constantly made to those Bodies . "

List of Brethren nominated for the Board of General Purposes : — MASTERS .

ANDREW , GEORGE CALKIN - - - No . 92 BEAUMONT , WM . COPPARD ... „ 1826 BOSWELL , WM . HENRY . ... „ 1686 BRODIE , G . BERNARD , M . D . ... „ 26 CASSELL , J . R . - - - - „ 46

HARDING , CHARLES .... . „ 778 LOVELAND , R . L „ 1869 SAWYER , F . J „ 1339 STEWARD , H . THOS „ 143 WALDRON , J . W . „ 1383

PAST MASTERS . ADLARD , F No . 7 ATKINS , C . „ 27 ALTMAN , A . J . „ 1657

BISHOP , H „ 66 COOPER -S MITH , HY „ 1731 DUHOIS , H . A . „ 1777 FRANCIS , II . E . ,, 857 GOODING , R ., M . D „ 1

GRABIIAM , E . B „ 19 GREEN , F . „ 1567 MEAD , F ,, 227 MESSENT , , T „ 231 PIGGOTT , R . T ., D . C . L . .. .. „ 11 PITT-LEWIS , G ,, 165

ROEBUCK , WM ,, 463 SMALLPK-CE , WM . „ 1395 STEI-HENS . W . , 1489 STEVENS , J , G . ,, 554 TATTERSHALL , A . II . .. .. „ 140 THOMPSON , C . W . „ 969