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UNITED GRAND LODGE .

THE Quarterly Communication will be held on Wednesday next , 4 th December , at Freemasons' Flail , Great Queen Street , London , at 5 for 6 p . m . The following is the agenda of business :

1 . The Minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 4 th September , for confirmation . 2 . Communication from the Most Worshipful Grand Master in reply to vote of condolence . 3 . Announcement from the chair that the Most Worshipful Grand Master has been pleased to acquiesce in the desire expressed

by several Provincial and District Grand Masters , that the occasion of His Royal Highness ' s installation as Most Worshipful Grand Master should be commemorated by the bestowal of Past Provincial and District Grand Rank on a limited number of Brethren within the several Provinces and Districts , and that in the exercise of the power recently given the Grand Master by Rule 87 , Book of Constitutions , His Royal Highness has been pleased to empower

Provincial and District Grand Masters to confer the rank of Past Provincial or District Grand Officers in the following proportions : — One appointment for every twelve Lodges in a Province or District where the Lodges do not exceed thirty in number , with one additional if the broken number exceeds six ; and one appointment for every eight Lodges in Provinces and Districts where the number of Lodges is more than thirty , with one additional if the broken number exceeds four .

4 . Nomination of a Grand Master for the ensuing year . 5 . Nomination of a Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year . 6 . Appointment and Investment of a President of the Board of Benevolence . 7 . Election of a Senior and Junior Vice-President of the Board of Benevolence .

8 . Election of twelve Past Masters to serve on the Board of Benevolence for the year ensuing . 9 . Report of the Board of Benevolence for the months ending September , October , and November , in which are -recommendations for the following grants , viz . : The Widow of a Brother of the Loyal Hay Lodge , No .

23 82 , Hay , Brecon ... ... ... ... ^ 100 o o A Brother of the One and All Lodge , No . 330 , Bodmin 100 o o A Brother of the Viator Lodge , No . 2308 , London ( since deceased ) ... ... ... ... ... 100 o o The Three Orphan Children of a Brother of the

Hemming Lodge , No . 1512 , Hampton Court ... ... 50 o o A Brother of the Ellesmere Lodge , No . 75 8 , Runcorn 100 o o The Widow of a Brother of the Alfred Lodge , No . 340 , Oxford ... ... ... ... ... 50 o o The Widow of a Brother of the Newton Lodge , No .

1661 , Newark-upon-Trent ... ... ... 50 o o A Brother of the Wandsworth Lodge , No . 1044 , London 50 o o And a resolution of a vote of thanks to the President V . W . Bro . James H . Matthews , for the courteous manner in which he has , during the past year , presided over the Meetings of the Board .

10 . REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES . To the United Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board begs to report that it has submitted to a very eminent firm of Estate Agents and Valuers a case for their opinion and advice in reference to the letting of Freemasons' Tavern , the lease of which to Spiers and Pond , Limited , will expire September 1905 .

The Board has further to report tha \ t in view of the fact that Grand Lodge would not meet until the 4 th December , it some time since passed a resolution authorising the transmission to all the Grand Lodges in the United States of America of copies of the following resolution agreed to by the Board on the 15 th October last : — -

"That this Board of General Purposes of Free and Accepted Masons of England , tenders , through the several Grand Lodges of the United States of America , the profound sympathy of English Freemasons with their American Brethren , in the loss sustained through the untimely

death of the highly esteemed and much beloved President of the United States , His Excellency Brother Wm . McKinley . The Board further desires to place on record the horror and detestation with which every Freemason regards the crime of the assassin and the teachings which prompted it . "

The Board has recently been called upon to adjudicate in regard to the installation as W . Master of Brethren whose service in the Wardens' chairs had hot been of sufficient duration to qualify them for election . In connection with such cases the Board has passed the following resolutions : —

1 st . That in , the opinion of the Board , the service of Warden under Rule 130 must be in regard of one of the Wardens' chairs , either Senior or Junior , for one complete year , from the period of investment .

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2 nd . That the Officers appointed by a Worshipful Master remain the Officers until the next installation of a Worshipful Master in the Lodge . The Board has to report that the following Presentations have been made to the Library and Museum since the last meeting of Grand Lodge , all of which have bsen accepted with thanks : — Title or Object . By whom Presented .

An Old Masonic Medal ( Silver ) . —Andrew Hope P . P . G . D . Devon . Transactions of the Lodgi of Research , No . 2429 . —J . T . Thorp P . P . S . G . Warden . Centenary Jewel of St . John Lodge , No . 39 . —The Lodge , No . 39 . An Old Masonic Jewel ( Silver ) . —J . S . Eastes P . G . Deacon . Four Masonic Medals ( American ) : —G . W . Lininger P . G . M . Nebraska . "

The Exmoor Musical Services . —T . H . Andrew 2390 . Three Old Lodge Jewels ( Silver ) . —Col . H . Bott P . P . S . G . Warden . An Old Masonic Tankard . —H . A . Steer P . P . G . Warden . An Old Mark Master ' s Jewel ( Silver ) . —F . C . Austin P . Z . 177 . Rider ' s British Merlin , 1792 . —William Vincent P . G . Std . Br . History of St . Andrew Lodge , Canada . —Henry T . Smith , Toronto . Old Prov . G . Master's Regalia . —George Kenning and Son . History of Perseverance Lodge , Pennsylvania . —Jas . M . Lamberton .

The Board also -submits a statement of the Grand Lodge Accounts at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 15 th day of November instant , showing a balance in the Bank of England ( Law Courts Branch ) of . £ 7 , 308 Ss 8 d , and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for Petty Cash ^ 100 , and for Servants' Wages , ^ 100 . ( Signed ) RICHARD LOVELAND LOVELAND ,

President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C ., 10 th November 1901 .

11 . APPEAL . By the Regent's Park Lodge , No . 2202 , London , against a decision of the Board of General Purposes .

12 . NOTICE OF MOTION . By Bro . T . H . Roberts P . M . No . 2502 , to alter Rule 130 of the Book of Constitutions , as follows : — " After the words ' for one , ' in line 6 , insert the word

entire , ' and after the words ' office of Master or , ' insert the words ' Senior or Junior , ' making the paragraph read— ' shall have served for one entire year the office of Master or Senior or Junior Warden in a regular -Lodge , ' & c . " ' i

Names of Brethren nominated to the offices of Senior and Junior Vice-President of the Board of Benevolence . Bro . David Dixon Mercer P . G . P . as Senior Vice-President . Bro . Henry Garrod P . G . P . as Junior Vice-President . Names of Past Masters nominated to serve on the Board of Benevolence .

Bros . James Block 1158 , John Ellinger 2222 , Simon H . Goldschmidt 1329 , Frederick W . Hancock 548 , Edward Nightingale 87 , Charles Henry Stone 507 , Robert Wellwood Ker 194 , George M . E . Hamilton 1446 5 Edward W . Pillinger 902 , Joseph S . Pointon 1861 , John Henry Cureton 1569 , Frederick William Golby 22 .

****************** MARK GRAND LODGE . THE Quarterly meeting will be held on Tuesday next , 3 rd December , at Mark Masons' Flail , Great Queen Street , London , at 5 for 6 p . m . The following is the agenda of business : 1 . Read and , if approved , confirm minutes of Quarterly Communication of 3 rd September 1901 .

2 . REPORT OF THE GENERAL BOARD . 3 rd December 1901 . During the three months ending 30 th September 1901 there have been issued : —Mark Certificates , 234 ; total registered , 43 , 632 . Since the last report , two Warrants for new Lodges have been granted , viz . : —No . 551 , St . George , Cape Town , South Africa ; and No . cc 2 , Adoniram , Southport , Lancashire .

Royal Ark Mariner Certificates ' , 6 3 ; number registered 6 , 744 . ' * - Warrant for one Royal Ark M ' ariners Lodge , viz . : — " Sunshine , " attached to the Pinnacle Lodge , No . 279 , Simla , India . His Royal Highness the Most Worshipful Grand Master has been graciously pleased to re-appoint for a further term of three years : — R . W . Bro . the Earl of Yarborough as Provincial Grand Master for Lincolnshire .

R . W . Bro . the Earl of Halsbury as Provincial Grand Master for Cornwall R . W . Bro . the Hon . Mr . Justice Burkitt as District Grand Master for Bengal . His Royal Highness the Most Worshipful Grand Master ' "has

been graciously pleased to appoint : — R . W . Bro . Richard Loveland Loveland , K . C ., to be Provincial Grand Master for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , in succession to M . W . Bro . W . W . B . Beach P . G . Master , deceased ,