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To The Editor.
Why do so few provincial Masons subscribe to the boys' school ? Why is there not one subscriber to that charity in the Province of Durham ? Why should the provincial Members cease to subscribe to the Annuity Fund altogether ? I will tell you , they know that the voice which these subscriptions would give them would never be heard at the annual meetings , or if heard , it would be so weak as to produce no effect , they , therefore , prefer keeping their subscriptions at homeancl doing as much
, good with them as they can . The Members of a Durham Lodge will try the Annuity Fund this year , and then it is their intention to give it up , and give their subscriptions to a poor Brother they all know , unless that there is such an alteration made in the manner of electing annuitants as will secure to the province of Durham the election of as many annuitants as their subscriptions will pay .
How much money is wasted annually with tbe ballotting papers ancl postage , enquiry papers and postages , circulars from petitioners and postage . 1 have not my Quarterly with me , but just read the Secretary ' s or Treasurer ' s Report for last year , ancl you will see ; now all this might and would be avoided , if every petitioner was personally examined by the Grand Lodge of the province where he resides , and they elected the most worthy of the candidates , which election would only have to be confirmed
by the Grand Lodge . I am , Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , G . W .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
SIR AND BROTHER , —If any thing could add to my great respect for Dr . Crucefix , it would be the recollection of his manly explanation at the last Grand Lodge as to the salary of the First Clerk in the Grand Secretary ' s office—which , as I then collected amounts to very nearly , if not quite , £ 250 , a salary in my opinion quite sufficient for services rendered . The additional grant of £ 50 . would have been better devoted to paying a third under clerk—that is much wanted . I am a lain humble
p Brother , but I have found so much difficulty in obtaining information at the office , that however highly the Board of General Purposes may estimate the qualifications of their clerks , I trust they find more " civility " than I have done when applying for certificates and books of constitutions . Pray , Sir and Brother , how can the increased salary remove the difficulty I complain of ? as to twenty years' service , it is a / nere nothing ; and be it observed , this is the third time the salary has been raised , ancl
if it is continually to progress , it will in time exceed that of the Grand Secretary himself , which , if I am rightly informed , is but £ 450 . Verily our financial system is out at elbows . We pinch the poor petitioner at the Board of Benevolence and are lavish on an official ! I remember in my early days being told that it was of no use caring for the spigot and neglecting the bung . I remain , Your obedient Servant , LOHTANA .
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To The Editor.
Why do so few provincial Masons subscribe to the boys' school ? Why is there not one subscriber to that charity in the Province of Durham ? Why should the provincial Members cease to subscribe to the Annuity Fund altogether ? I will tell you , they know that the voice which these subscriptions would give them would never be heard at the annual meetings , or if heard , it would be so weak as to produce no effect , they , therefore , prefer keeping their subscriptions at homeancl doing as much
, good with them as they can . The Members of a Durham Lodge will try the Annuity Fund this year , and then it is their intention to give it up , and give their subscriptions to a poor Brother they all know , unless that there is such an alteration made in the manner of electing annuitants as will secure to the province of Durham the election of as many annuitants as their subscriptions will pay .
How much money is wasted annually with tbe ballotting papers ancl postage , enquiry papers and postages , circulars from petitioners and postage . 1 have not my Quarterly with me , but just read the Secretary ' s or Treasurer ' s Report for last year , ancl you will see ; now all this might and would be avoided , if every petitioner was personally examined by the Grand Lodge of the province where he resides , and they elected the most worthy of the candidates , which election would only have to be confirmed
by the Grand Lodge . I am , Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , G . W .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
SIR AND BROTHER , —If any thing could add to my great respect for Dr . Crucefix , it would be the recollection of his manly explanation at the last Grand Lodge as to the salary of the First Clerk in the Grand Secretary ' s office—which , as I then collected amounts to very nearly , if not quite , £ 250 , a salary in my opinion quite sufficient for services rendered . The additional grant of £ 50 . would have been better devoted to paying a third under clerk—that is much wanted . I am a lain humble
p Brother , but I have found so much difficulty in obtaining information at the office , that however highly the Board of General Purposes may estimate the qualifications of their clerks , I trust they find more " civility " than I have done when applying for certificates and books of constitutions . Pray , Sir and Brother , how can the increased salary remove the difficulty I complain of ? as to twenty years' service , it is a / nere nothing ; and be it observed , this is the third time the salary has been raised , ancl
if it is continually to progress , it will in time exceed that of the Grand Secretary himself , which , if I am rightly informed , is but £ 450 . Verily our financial system is out at elbows . We pinch the poor petitioner at the Board of Benevolence and are lavish on an official ! I remember in my early days being told that it was of no use caring for the spigot and neglecting the bung . I remain , Your obedient Servant , LOHTANA .