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United Grand Lodge Of England.
that yourself , your Past Masters and AVardens may be fully prepared to decide on the question of confirmation at the Quarterly Communication on Wednesday the 4 th of June next . The M . W . Grand Master commands me further to acquaint you , that notice has been given , in the event of the above resolution being confirmed at the next Grand Lodge , that the following propositions will be moved , viz . —
• ' That , as an additional contribution of Two Shillings per annum from each Member will materially increase the General Fund of Masonic Benevolence , the sum of 200 / . per annum be paid out of the Fund of Masonic Benevolence to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund , in addition to the 400 / . already voted hy Grand Lodge . " " That the widow of any pensioner upon the Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fundwho shall have been married to such pensioner
pre-, vious to his having become a candidate forelection thereupon , shall receive a pension equal to half the amount received by her deceased husband , as long as she shall subsequently remain unmarried . " " That the widow of any Brother who would have been eligible as a candidate for a pension out of the Royal Benevolent Annuity Fund , shall be eligible to election as a recipient of a proportionate stipend out of such Fundprovided she be upwards of sixty years of age at the time of his
, death , subject however to rules and regulations analogous to those pertaining to the male pensioners upon that Fund . " The business ofthe Grand Lodge will commence at eight o ' clock in the evening precisely . By command of the M . W . Grancl Master , the Earl of Zetland , WILLIAM H . WHITE , G . S .
Quarterly Communication.
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION .
June i . —Present—The Earl of Zetland , M . W . G . M ., on the throne . Rt . W . The Earl Fortescue . . ( P . G . M . Devon ) as D . G . M . „ The Earl of Yarborough . P . G . AL Isle of Wight . „ The Earl of Aboyne . . P . G . AL Northampton . „ Lord Francis Egerton . P . G . M . East Lancashire . „ Rev . — Ridley .... P . G . M . Oxfordshire . T . H . HaU P . G . M . Cambridge .
„ „ H . R . Lewis .... P . G . AL Sumatra . „ M . Furnell ( visitor ) . . P . G . AL North Monster . „ Sir R . B . Phillips , R . G . Alston , Grancl Wardens . Several Present and Past Grand Officers , and Grand Stewards of the year ; Deputy Grancl Al asters , ancl Provincial Grand Officers ; the Alaster , Past Alasters , and Wardens of the Grand Stewards' Lodge ; and the same of many other subordinate Lodgesparticularlfrom the
, y provinces . The attendance was unusually numerous . Previous to commencing the business of the evening , the GRAND MASTER rose and informed the meeting that he hacl received a petition from the Humber Lodge , No . 65 , praying that a resolution passed at the last Grand Lodge , for an increase of 100 per cent , on tbe dues now payable by country members , might not pass . " The petition was then
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United Grand Lodge Of England.
that yourself , your Past Masters and AVardens may be fully prepared to decide on the question of confirmation at the Quarterly Communication on Wednesday the 4 th of June next . The M . W . Grand Master commands me further to acquaint you , that notice has been given , in the event of the above resolution being confirmed at the next Grand Lodge , that the following propositions will be moved , viz . —
• ' That , as an additional contribution of Two Shillings per annum from each Member will materially increase the General Fund of Masonic Benevolence , the sum of 200 / . per annum be paid out of the Fund of Masonic Benevolence to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund , in addition to the 400 / . already voted hy Grand Lodge . " " That the widow of any pensioner upon the Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fundwho shall have been married to such pensioner
pre-, vious to his having become a candidate forelection thereupon , shall receive a pension equal to half the amount received by her deceased husband , as long as she shall subsequently remain unmarried . " " That the widow of any Brother who would have been eligible as a candidate for a pension out of the Royal Benevolent Annuity Fund , shall be eligible to election as a recipient of a proportionate stipend out of such Fundprovided she be upwards of sixty years of age at the time of his
, death , subject however to rules and regulations analogous to those pertaining to the male pensioners upon that Fund . " The business ofthe Grand Lodge will commence at eight o ' clock in the evening precisely . By command of the M . W . Grancl Master , the Earl of Zetland , WILLIAM H . WHITE , G . S .
Quarterly Communication.
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION .
June i . —Present—The Earl of Zetland , M . W . G . M ., on the throne . Rt . W . The Earl Fortescue . . ( P . G . M . Devon ) as D . G . M . „ The Earl of Yarborough . P . G . AL Isle of Wight . „ The Earl of Aboyne . . P . G . AL Northampton . „ Lord Francis Egerton . P . G . M . East Lancashire . „ Rev . — Ridley .... P . G . M . Oxfordshire . T . H . HaU P . G . M . Cambridge .
„ „ H . R . Lewis .... P . G . AL Sumatra . „ M . Furnell ( visitor ) . . P . G . AL North Monster . „ Sir R . B . Phillips , R . G . Alston , Grancl Wardens . Several Present and Past Grand Officers , and Grand Stewards of the year ; Deputy Grancl Al asters , ancl Provincial Grand Officers ; the Alaster , Past Alasters , and Wardens of the Grand Stewards' Lodge ; and the same of many other subordinate Lodgesparticularlfrom the
, y provinces . The attendance was unusually numerous . Previous to commencing the business of the evening , the GRAND MASTER rose and informed the meeting that he hacl received a petition from the Humber Lodge , No . 65 , praying that a resolution passed at the last Grand Lodge , for an increase of 100 per cent , on tbe dues now payable by country members , might not pass . " The petition was then