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Article QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION , June 4, 1851. ← Page 4 of 5 →
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Quarterly Communication , June 4, 1851.
and R . Perceval , as Trusteed for the Fund , to he created and kept separate and distinct , and to be applied exclusively for the purpose of upholding , repairing , sustaining , and maintaining , tho structure knoiA-n by the denomination of " the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons , " situated at Croydon Common , Surrey , pursuant to the Resolution of the Grand Lodge , passed on the 4 th September last ;
and the Board have given directions for the purchase of , £ 1 , 000 3 per cent . Reduced Annuities , on account of tho Fund for General Purposes , out of the balance now in hand on that account . "Signed ROWLAND GARDINER ALSTON , President . " *
The Annual Report of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and their AVidows , dated 16 th May last , a copy of which has been forwarded to each Lodge and the Grand Officers , Avas presented , in conformity Avith . the order of Grand Lodge , read , and ordered to entered on the Minutes . t This being the period fixed for the appointment of the Board of General Purposes , a list of the names of the several Masters and
Past Masters put in nomination , ivas printed and delivered to the Members of the Grand Lodge upon their entrance into the Hall , and eight Brethren having been appointed , they collected the balloting lists , and afterwards retired for the purpose of casting up and ascertaining the numbers for the respective Candidates . But prior to their return the hour of elei-en had arrived ; the M . AV . Grand Master therefore stated that after closing the Grand Lodge
he would retire to his own room , and there receive the Scrutineers ' Report . The Grand Lodge was then closed in ample form , and the M . AV . Grand Master proceeded to his room , attended by tho R . AA " . Deputy Grand Master , and some other Grand Officers , ivhere the Scrutineers handed to his Lordship a signed paper of the result of tho Ballot . The folloAving were then declared the Members of the Board for the
ensuing year , viz . ;¦—• R . W . Bro . Rowland Gardiner Alston , President . R . W . Bros . H . R . Leivis ; A . Dobie ; J . C . Morris ; AV . F . Beadon '; F . Pattison ; T . Parkinson ; AV . Jennings ; R . J . Spiers ; J . L . Evans ; E . H . Patten ; H . Emly , W . M . G . S . L . ; H . Lloyd , AV . M . No . 14 ; G . Haward , AV . M . No . 85 ; J . Weichbrodl , AV . M . No . 289 ; J . N . Toinkyns , AV . M . No . 318 ; J . Hervey , AV . M . No . 646 ; S . H . Lee , AV . M .
No . 830 ; J . Smith , P . M . No . 9 ; J . Savage , P . M . No . 19 ; AV . Watson , P . M . No . 25 ; J . Barnes , P . M . No . 30 ; R . AV . Toivnend , P . M . No . 36 ; S . B . Wilson , P . M . No . 188 ; G . Biggs , P . M . No . 269 .
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Quarterly Communication , June 4, 1851.
and R . Perceval , as Trusteed for the Fund , to he created and kept separate and distinct , and to be applied exclusively for the purpose of upholding , repairing , sustaining , and maintaining , tho structure knoiA-n by the denomination of " the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons , " situated at Croydon Common , Surrey , pursuant to the Resolution of the Grand Lodge , passed on the 4 th September last ;
and the Board have given directions for the purchase of , £ 1 , 000 3 per cent . Reduced Annuities , on account of tho Fund for General Purposes , out of the balance now in hand on that account . "Signed ROWLAND GARDINER ALSTON , President . " *
The Annual Report of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and their AVidows , dated 16 th May last , a copy of which has been forwarded to each Lodge and the Grand Officers , Avas presented , in conformity Avith . the order of Grand Lodge , read , and ordered to entered on the Minutes . t This being the period fixed for the appointment of the Board of General Purposes , a list of the names of the several Masters and
Past Masters put in nomination , ivas printed and delivered to the Members of the Grand Lodge upon their entrance into the Hall , and eight Brethren having been appointed , they collected the balloting lists , and afterwards retired for the purpose of casting up and ascertaining the numbers for the respective Candidates . But prior to their return the hour of elei-en had arrived ; the M . AV . Grand Master therefore stated that after closing the Grand Lodge
he would retire to his own room , and there receive the Scrutineers ' Report . The Grand Lodge was then closed in ample form , and the M . AV . Grand Master proceeded to his room , attended by tho R . AA " . Deputy Grand Master , and some other Grand Officers , ivhere the Scrutineers handed to his Lordship a signed paper of the result of tho Ballot . The folloAving were then declared the Members of the Board for the
ensuing year , viz . ;¦—• R . W . Bro . Rowland Gardiner Alston , President . R . W . Bros . H . R . Leivis ; A . Dobie ; J . C . Morris ; AV . F . Beadon '; F . Pattison ; T . Parkinson ; AV . Jennings ; R . J . Spiers ; J . L . Evans ; E . H . Patten ; H . Emly , W . M . G . S . L . ; H . Lloyd , AV . M . No . 14 ; G . Haward , AV . M . No . 85 ; J . Weichbrodl , AV . M . No . 289 ; J . N . Toinkyns , AV . M . No . 318 ; J . Hervey , AV . M . No . 646 ; S . H . Lee , AV . M .
No . 830 ; J . Smith , P . M . No . 9 ; J . Savage , P . M . No . 19 ; AV . Watson , P . M . No . 25 ; J . Barnes , P . M . No . 30 ; R . AV . Toivnend , P . M . No . 36 ; S . B . Wilson , P . M . No . 188 ; G . Biggs , P . M . No . 269 .