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General Remarks.
at least twenty were in partial abeyance . In the Provinces the effects are equally bri g ht ; within two months several new warrants haA'e been granted , as will be seen among the " Masonic Intelligence . " The installations this year have been marked b y more
than usual effect . They have been conducted AA'ith dignity and disci p line ; they have been graced b y courtesy and hospitality : it would be invidious to enumerate where the system has been so generall y practised , and may fairl y distrust our own memory , Avhere the record of good feeling is so general .
The Finance department is most prosperous . The recent debt of the Society is discharged ; and when the tontine shall in the course of nature cease , will be altogether extinguished—we shall even in the course of the . present year have a considerable sum for general purposes .
Much will depend upon the future Boards to carry forward the effects which the general improvement will commit into their charge .
THE CHARITIES .- —The improved state of finance has , it Avill be seen b y the reports , increased the allowance to the Girls' and Boys' Schools , as well as to the Fund of Benevolence ; but it must be understood that this increase is considerabl y below what will be shown hereafter in the current year * . And , while the prospect is thus brilliant shall we not ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
General Remarks.
at least twenty were in partial abeyance . In the Provinces the effects are equally bri g ht ; within two months several new warrants haA'e been granted , as will be seen among the " Masonic Intelligence . " The installations this year have been marked b y more
than usual effect . They have been conducted AA'ith dignity and disci p line ; they have been graced b y courtesy and hospitality : it would be invidious to enumerate where the system has been so generall y practised , and may fairl y distrust our own memory , Avhere the record of good feeling is so general .
The Finance department is most prosperous . The recent debt of the Society is discharged ; and when the tontine shall in the course of nature cease , will be altogether extinguished—we shall even in the course of the . present year have a considerable sum for general purposes .
Much will depend upon the future Boards to carry forward the effects which the general improvement will commit into their charge .
THE CHARITIES .- —The improved state of finance has , it Avill be seen b y the reports , increased the allowance to the Girls' and Boys' Schools , as well as to the Fund of Benevolence ; but it must be understood that this increase is considerabl y below what will be shown hereafter in the current year * . And , while the prospect is thus brilliant shall we not ,