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Masonic Charities.
firmation of the minutes in June . * These sums , with the monies in hand , Avould be sufficient to enable the building to be completed with the exception of some internal fittings , which would cost about 350 Z ., and a contract had been entered into with four contractors for its completion for 2 , 475 Z . —credit being given for the 350 Z . at interest for three yearsbwhich time there was every reason to believe that
, y the amount required Avould be obtained . Since the last annual meeting , Bro . RoAvland Gardner Alston had resigned the office of Trustee for the WidoAvs' Fund , Avhich office was now to be filled up . The report then went into a variety of financial details ( principally explained in the auditors' report ) , from which it appeared that the amount invested and balance in hand on account of the Aged
Freemasons' Annuity Fund now amounts to about 7 , 600 Z . ; on account of the Widows' Fund , 795 Z . ; on account of the Asylum Sustentation Fund , 580 Z . ; and the Braiding Fund , 1 . 660 Z . The Report was adopted ; Br . G . Barrett was elected a Trustee to the WidoAvs' Fund ; thanks were voted to the Honorary Surgeon to the Asylum , Bro . Henley , for his invaluable services ; the retiring
Auditors were re-elected ; and the vacancies in the Committee of Management were filled up . Some alterations were then proposed in the Bye-laws of the Institution , and negatived . The ballot was next proceeded with , Avhen those elected Avere as follows : —On the Male Annuitants' FundC . J . WhitakerJohn
, , Hogg , Henry Buckingham , John Korn , T . Preston , and AV . Goodall ; and on the Widows' Fund , —Phillis Ward , and Elizabeth Orpin . A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman and scrutineers , the Brethren separated .
Royal Freemasons' Girls' School.
ROYAL FREEMASONS' GIRLS' SCHOOL .
THE Sixty-sixth Anniversary of this admirable Institution , " the brightest jewel" of the Order , was held on Wednesday , the 17 th of May , at the Freemason ' s Tavern , under the very able presidency of the Right Hon . the Lord Londesborough . The cloth having been Avithdrawn , and grace sung , The CHAIEMAN proposed the health of our Most Gracious Queen ( cheers ) . This toast was always received bthe Craft with
enthuy siasm , but never was that enthusiasm more called for than at this moment , when we compared our own most glorious constitutional Queen with that of foreign despots ( cheers ) . The toast was drunk AA'ith great applause and affection .
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Masonic Charities.
firmation of the minutes in June . * These sums , with the monies in hand , Avould be sufficient to enable the building to be completed with the exception of some internal fittings , which would cost about 350 Z ., and a contract had been entered into with four contractors for its completion for 2 , 475 Z . —credit being given for the 350 Z . at interest for three yearsbwhich time there was every reason to believe that
, y the amount required Avould be obtained . Since the last annual meeting , Bro . RoAvland Gardner Alston had resigned the office of Trustee for the WidoAvs' Fund , Avhich office was now to be filled up . The report then went into a variety of financial details ( principally explained in the auditors' report ) , from which it appeared that the amount invested and balance in hand on account of the Aged
Freemasons' Annuity Fund now amounts to about 7 , 600 Z . ; on account of the Widows' Fund , 795 Z . ; on account of the Asylum Sustentation Fund , 580 Z . ; and the Braiding Fund , 1 . 660 Z . The Report was adopted ; Br . G . Barrett was elected a Trustee to the WidoAvs' Fund ; thanks were voted to the Honorary Surgeon to the Asylum , Bro . Henley , for his invaluable services ; the retiring
Auditors were re-elected ; and the vacancies in the Committee of Management were filled up . Some alterations were then proposed in the Bye-laws of the Institution , and negatived . The ballot was next proceeded with , Avhen those elected Avere as follows : —On the Male Annuitants' FundC . J . WhitakerJohn
, , Hogg , Henry Buckingham , John Korn , T . Preston , and AV . Goodall ; and on the Widows' Fund , —Phillis Ward , and Elizabeth Orpin . A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman and scrutineers , the Brethren separated .
Royal Freemasons' Girls' School.
ROYAL FREEMASONS' GIRLS' SCHOOL .
THE Sixty-sixth Anniversary of this admirable Institution , " the brightest jewel" of the Order , was held on Wednesday , the 17 th of May , at the Freemason ' s Tavern , under the very able presidency of the Right Hon . the Lord Londesborough . The cloth having been Avithdrawn , and grace sung , The CHAIEMAN proposed the health of our Most Gracious Queen ( cheers ) . This toast was always received bthe Craft with
enthuy siasm , but never was that enthusiasm more called for than at this moment , when we compared our own most glorious constitutional Queen with that of foreign despots ( cheers ) . The toast was drunk AA'ith great applause and affection .