Quarterly Communication Of United Grand Lodge.

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION OF UNITED GRAND LODGE .

THE following is the business to be transacted in Grand Lodge on Wednesday , 4 th June 1890 , at 0 for 7 p . m . 1 . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 5 th March 1890 for confirmation .

2 . The minutes of the Grand Festival of the 30 th April for confiruiation . 3 . Appointment and investiture of President of the Board of General Purposes . 4 . Election of Members of the Board of General Purposes . 5 . Election of Members of the Colonial Board .

6 . Eleotion of Grand Lodge Auditor . 7 . Election of Members for the Committee of Management of the "Royal Masonio Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons . " ( Vide list of names of tbe Brethren nominated for the several Boards

and Committees ) . 8 . Beport of the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter , in whioh are recommendations for the following grants , viz .: — A Brother of the St . Michael's Lodge , No . 211 , London ¦ £ 50 0 0 The Widow of a Brother of the Corinthian Lodge , No .

1208 , Dover - . - - 75 0 0 The Widow of a Brother of the Lodge of Emulation , No . 299 , Dartford - . - 50 0 0 A Brother of the Lily Lodge of Richmond , No . 820 , Richmond ¦ - - - 100 0 0 A Brother of the Zetland Lodge , No . 1005 , Gloucester . 50 0 0

9 . REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES . To the United Grand Lodge of Anoient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board have to report that their President , Brother Thomas Fenn , haB expressed a desire to present to Grand Lodge a valuable silver inkstand , formerly the property of the late Brother John

Hervey , Grand Seoretary , to whom it had been presented in the year 1876 by tho Emulation Lodge of Improvement , on his completion of thirty years' service as Treasurer . > At his death he bequeathed it to Brother Thomas Fenn , and it was used by H . R . H . the Prinoe of Wales , Most Worshipful Grand

Master , when signing the Address from Grand Lodge to Her Majesty the Queen at the Great Jubilee Meeting held in the Royal Albert Hall on the 13 th June 1887 . Brother Fenn feels that an article to which an historical Masonio interest is thus attached should become the property of Grand Lodge , to whom he , therefore , now offers it .

To the Report is subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodge Accounts , at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 16 th day of May instant , showing a balance in the Bank of England ( Western Branoh ) of £ 7676 12 s 4 d , and balance of annual allowance for library £ 40 4 s lid , and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for petty cash £ 100 , and for servants' wages £ 100 .

( Signed ) THOMAS FENN , President . FREEMASONS' HALL , LONDON , W . C . 20 th May 1890 .

. At the meeting of the Board held on Tuesday , the 20 th of May , after the ordinary business had been disposed of , the following resolution was passed , viz .: — " That the cordial thanks of the members of the Board of

General Purposes be given to V . W . Brother Thomas Fenn , the President , for the very able and courteous manner in which he has presided over the meetings of the Board during the past year . "

( Signed ) THOMAS HASTINGS MILLER , "Vice-President . 10 . REPORT OF THE COLONIAL BOARD . To the United Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Colonial Board have to report that they have had before them for tbe last two or three years numerous complaints from members of the Lodge La Concordia , No . 1226 , Cairo , Egypt , showing that gross

irregularities were taking place therein , while counter oharges against the members have also been made by the W . Master . In November 1887 ,. the Colonial Board found it necessary to suspend the W . Master from bis functions for the remainder of his term of office , but there being no other member qualified for the chair , the

same Brother again became Master for the ensuing year and has still continued in that position . Since then , further reports of irregularities as to the proceedings generally , and also as to their finances , have been made to the Board , who thereon requested the present Grand Representative of

the Grand Lodge of England in Egypt , R . W . Brother Raphael Borg , formerly Deputy District Grand Master under England , and subsequently Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Egypt , to fully

investigate the various complaiuts received from the Lodge , and to report thereon to the Board . His Report , dated tbe 15 th Jannary last , discloses suoh a lamentable state of affairs in the Lodge , as to general mismanagement , con-

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tinual irregularities , quarrels and recriminations amongst the members , together with non-payment of fees and improper expenditure of its fnnds , that the Colonial Board have arrived at the conclusion that it is impossible for the Lodge to continue aa a Masonio body , and they therefore have to recommend that it be

erased from the Roll of Lodges of the Grand Lodge of England . The Board have to add that on the 15 th February they wrote to the W . Master , informing him of their intention to recommend the erasnre of the Lodge , and stating any answer it might have to make to the charge must arrive in London before the 15 th Aptil ; further ,

that the Lodge was to cease work and to forthwith transmit its Warrant to the Grand Secretary . Although this letter was banded personally to the W . Master on the 7 th March last by Brother Borg , no reply has been received up to this date , nor has the Warrant been returned .

( Signed ) G . HALDANE , P . G . Sword Bearer , Chairman . FREEMASONS' HAIL , LONDON . 6 th May 1890 .

11 , The Annual Report of the Royal Masonio Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , dated the 16 th May 1890 , including the following alterations in the Laws , will be laid before Grand Lodge .

Rule 37 . —To add , after the words 'him or her on the list of Annuitants , ' " If in their opinion efforts have been made to secnre his or her eleotion . "

QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE MALE FUND . Bule 1 . —Strike out after ' Master Mason' in tbe third line "for fifteen years " and alter in the fourth line ' at least ten' to " fifteen , " and take onr the words '•of that period , ' and aftor the words ' shall be' in the fifth line , alter the words following to " certified by two

Medioal Men as suffering from blindness , paralysis , or other affliction which in the opinion of the Committee , " alter the word ' party' in the ninth line to " candidate , " and in the last line but one change ' at least ten' " to fifteen . "

Rule 2 . —Alter £ 40 to £ 32 . Rale 3 . —Add at end of Clause "A Candidate having been a Life Governor for five years at the time of presenting his Petition

shall be entitled to twenty votes at each eleotion until successful , for each Governorship he may have qualified before his Petition was accepted ; but after bis election all future rights to suoh added votes shall cease . "

Rule 7 . —Alter £ 40 to £ 32 . Rule 9 . —In second line alter ' five' to " seven , " in fifth line alter ' she shall be' to " she may be , " in seventh line alter ' three years ' to "live years , " and in the last line bat one , after the word ' residence , ' substitute for all that follows " subject to the approval of the House Committee . "

QUALIFICATIONS FOR WIDOWS' FUND . Rule 1 . —Omit the whole , and substitute the following : — " No Widow shall be eligible nnder the age of sixty years , nor unless her last husband was qualified in accordance with Rule 1 , Male Fund . She mast have been married to him for at least seven years , and if the Widow of an Annuitant , t ! e marriage mast have taken place at

least five years previously to the presentation of her husband ' s petition —subject to these qualifications a Widow shall be eligible to bo accepted as a Candidate at an earlier age if suffering from blindness , paralysis , or other affliction certified by two medioal men , which in the opinion of the Committee ahall permanently incapacitate her from earning a livelihood . "

Rule 3 . —Alter in fourth and seventh lines the word ' late' to ' last . ' At end of Rule 3 . —Add : — " A Candidate having been a Life Governor for five years at the time of presenting her Petition , shall

be entitled to 20 votes at eaob eleotion until successful , for each Governorship she may have qualified before her Petition was accepted ; but after her election all further right to such added votes shall cease . " 12 . NOTICES OF

MOTION—1 . By W . Brother John Albert Farnfield P . Asst . G . D . of CeremonieB : — That the sum of £ 70 be given from the Fund of General Parposes ; that the money be placed in the hands of the Seoretary of the " Royal Masonio Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , " to supply the inmates of the Asylum at Croydon with coals during the wintor season .

2 . By Right Worshipful Brother Sir John B . Monckton P . G . W . : — That the sum of £ 500 be voted from the funds of Grand Lodge for the purpose of plaoing a stained glass window in the " Centenary Hall , " now in course of erection at the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , as a memorial of the

anspicious occasion on which His Royal Highness the Most "Worshipful Grand Master presided at the Centenary Meeting of the Institution , at the Royal Albert Hall , on the 7 th June 1888 , when H . M . the King of Sweden , Grand Master of Masonry in that country , honoured the meeting with hia presence .

List of brethren nominated for the Board of General Purposes : — PAST MASTERS . GOEDON SMITH . ... * 14 JOHN RUSSELL CLIPPEBTON - - - * 66