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^___ ..-. _ — . — ¥ PEOYINCEOEMIDDLESEX,R . W . COL . SIR FRANCIS BURDETT , BART . PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER . A PROVINCIAL Grand Lodge will he held at the Town Hall , "Oxbridge , on Saturday , Oth June , at 3 p . m . precisely . By command of tho Prov . G . Master , J . F . II . WOODWARD , P . M . Provincial Grand Secretary ( pro torn ) .

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Quarterly Communication Of United Grand Lodge.

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION OF UNITED GRAND LODGE .

THE following is the lousiness to he transacted in Grand Lodge on Wednesday , 3 rd June 1885 , at 6 for 7 p . m . 1 . The Minutes of the Quarterly Commnnication of the 4 th March for confirmation . 2 . The Minntes of the Grand Festival of the 29 th April for confirmation .

d . Election ot Members or tho Board or Lroneral Purposes . 4 . Election of Members of the Colonial Board . 5 . Election of a Grand Lodge Auditor . 6 . Election of Members for the Committee of Management of tho Royal Masonic Benenolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons .

( For list of names of the Brethren nominated for the several Boards and Committees see below . ) 7 . Report of tho Board of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which aro recommendations for the following grants , viz .: — Tho Widow of a Brother of the St . Andrew ' s Lodge , No . 231 , London £ 75 0 0

The Widow of a Brother of the Wellington Lodge , No . 548 , Deptford 50 0 0 A Brother of the Social Lodgo , No . 93 , Norwich 60 0 0 A Brother of the Patfcison Lodge , No . 913 , Plnmstead ... 50 0 0 Jix tne don

. urocner or BE . n s . uouge , JSO . ova , Liverpool ... ou u u 8 . EEPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES , To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted luusuns jynytu / iu

vj .. The Board of General Purposes beg to submit a statement of tho Grand Lodge Accounts , at tho meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 15 th day of May instant , shewing a Balance in the Bank of England of £ 4 , 818 0 s lid , and in tho hands of the Grand Secretary for Petty Cash £ 100 , and for Servants' Waxes

£ 100 , and Balance of Annual Allowance for Library £ 11 17 s Gd . ( Signed ) THOMAS FENN , President , FREEMASONS' HALL , LONDON , W . O .

19 th May 1885 . At the Meeting of the Board held on Tuesday , the 19 th of May , after the ordinary business had been disposed of , the following resollltion wns nnsspd . viz . : — — w — .

,. „ ^ , . , The Members of the Board unanimously desire to express their sense of the ability and courtesy displayed on all occasions by the Very Worshipfnl Brother Thomas Fenn , as President of the Board of General Purposes . ( Signed ) RALPH GLUTTON , Vice President .

9 . Tho Annual Report of tho Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , dated the 15 th May 1885 , will be laid before Grand Lodge . 10 , Application from a body styling itself the Grand Lodgo of South Australia , stating that all the Lodges and almost all tho Masons in that Colony had united in forming an independent Grand l , r \ tlr . f \ r . ^ . ^) . * . . \ . _ J . 'L i . 1 . £ .-....-. \ . r . . -T 7 — ~ 1 _ l _ ¦ " ^ tTj mat & i / tMeiuru i

wu HUU piuyiug Jmay U uu . tsuusjinseu uusuuu ay the Grand Lodgo of England . 11 . APPEALS : — ( 1 ) From the Worshipful Master and Brethren of the Victoria Lodge , No . 1 S : 31 , Ashfield , New South Wales ! , against a ruling of their District Grand Master , forbidding the discussion iu open Lodge of a Resolution proposed by

Brother Deacon Junior Warden . ( 2 ) From a Brother of tho Royal Hanover Lodge , No . 1777 , Twickenham , against a ruling of the Provincial Grand

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Master of Middlesex , sustaining a sentence of exclusion passed by that Lodge on the said Brother . N . B . —The papers relating to these appeals will be in the Grand Secretary's office till the meeting of Grand Lodge , and open for tho inspection of the Brethren during office hours .

12 . NOTICES OF MOTION : — ( 1 ) By W . Brother RAYNHAM W . STETVAKT P . G . Deacon : — " That One Thousand Pounds ( £ 1 , 000 ) bo paid from the Fund of General Purposes of this Grand Lodge to the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Boys' Preparatory-School Building Fund , towards defraying the cost of Fittings and Furniture for the New Buildings now approaching completion . "

( 2 ) By W . Brother RAYNHAM W . STEWART P . G . Deacon : — " That the sum of £ 70 bo given from the Fnnd of General Purposes ; that the money be placed in the hands of the Secretary of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons aud Widows of Freemasons , to supply the inmates of the Institution at Croydon with coals during tha winter season . "

List of Brethren nominated for the Board of General Purposes . — MASTERS . FREDERICK WEST ... . .. 4 Sir BRUCE SETON ...... 6 FREDERICK WILLIAM SMITH .... 58 HENRY TRUMAH WOOD ..... 99 EDWARD J . ALTMAN ..... . 101 STEPHEN RICHARDSON .... 183

Sir REGINALD HANSON .... 778 REGINALD ST . AUBYN ROUMIEU .... 1537 TOM DREW BEAR .... 1584 THOMAS CHARLES WALLS .... . 1793 EDWARD GARNET MAN ... .. 1827 JAMES WILLING-JUN . .... 1987

PAST MASTERS . WILLIAM BRISTO" \ V ..... G . S . L . EDMOND K . BAYLEY .... . 1 FREDERIC DAVISON P . G . D . - ---- 10 CI T 7 . „ Ol

OAJlUKJi lllJjLi - - - - - - " *¦ EDWARD F . STOKR ..... . 22 HENRY BISHOP ...... 66 CHARLES DAIRY .. .... 141 T , r .-. _ .. 1 Art

UALl'II ULLTTOiN ... ... J . J . X > CHARLES FREDERICK HOGARD .... 205 RICHARD GEORGE BARTON - 771 THOMAS HASTINGS MILLER .... - 907 HCGH HEUGII RIACH - ¦ 1118 JAMES STEVENS ..-. -- 1216 FREDERICK T . 0 . KEEBLE - 1426 JOHN LAURENCK MATHER . . .. . - 1471 A r i . 'ni ? rv flnnpifl ? ... ... 1591

THOMAS WILLTAM C . BUSH ... - - 1728 W ILLIAM A . DAWSON ... . - 1768 GIOVANNI P . FESTA .. ---- 1900 JAMKS WENTWORTH T . CHAPMAN ... - 1922 AUGUSTUS WILLIAM STEAD - - - 1997

List of Brethren nominated for the Colonial Board — CHARLES R OBERT RIVINGTON .... 2 LEOPOLD G . G ORDON RODRLNS .. . - 10 JOHN ANDREW MAITLAND - - . - 92 JAMES BRETT .... -- 177 THOMAS W . WHITMARSH .. ... 1150 -n , _ n r . „ ., . . IMS

XiDUAKU IU . IXVa - ---- --GEORGE H ALDANE ( Lieut .-Col , ) ... - 1615 List of Brethren nominated for the Committee of Management for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons . HENRY MOORE ... ... - 73 A-rr-nr . ' ^ tt U I 'VW D c IT A T T . _ 14 U nLllti AaiiuHuiiii ^

, ! ' U Li . w CHARLES DAIRY .. ---- 141 1 CHARLES G EORGE DILLEY - 447 j GEORGE L . MOORE .- -¦ 169 JAMKS W ILLING JUN . - - - - " ,

JOHN E . DAWSON .. .- - - wk THOMAS M OUNT HCMPHRIES - - - 539 CHARLES A . C OTTEURUXK --- -- 733 ROUKUT P KURYTATE " ' S < 1 ®

JAMKS B OULTON . . .- -- ^ 1 I ALFRED DUKRANT ( Captain ) - ^ WILLIAM J . MUHLIS -- -- - lb-L . THOMAS W . C . BUSH - - - - 1 '

List of Lodges for which Warrants have been granted by the M . W . Grand Master since i , he last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge : — No . 2090—The Hammersmith Lode-e , Eammeismith , Loudon , o . rmi . —The Castlubertr Lod- 'e , Settle , West Yorkshire .

2092 . —Tlie Frontier Lodge , Cathead , Sonth Africa ( E . D . ) 2093 . —Lodge Star of Rajpootnnn , Nusserabad , Bombay . 2091 . —Tho " EIHIOVHC and Middlesex Lodge , Houuslow , Middlesex ,