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Generous Liberality
of the vacant rooms in the Hospital of the Hol y Trinity at Croydon , of the foundation of John Whitgift , Archbishop of Canterbury ; the emoluments of which appointment are , a room to live in , nearly twenty shillings per week in money , with an ample supply of fire-wood . We sincerely wish our brother health and happiness , and long life ( although he has already seen his sixty-fourth summer ) for many years to enjoy himself in his new abode .
In conclusion , we would repeat what we urged in our former noticefor thy poorer brethren , " Go thou and do likewise . "
The Masonic Charity Jewel.
THE MASONIC CHARITY JEWEL .
We have great pleasure in being able to congratulate the Stewards and Past Stewards of the Masonic Charities on the reduction in the price of the Charity Medal , which Bro . Evans ( who has succeeded the late Bro . Burckhardt as manufacturer ) has , with his usual liberality , reduced from 3 / . 13 * . 6 d . to 3 / . 3 s . It has always been a subject of complaint that the charge was excessive , and credit is accordingly due to Bro . Evans for having reduced the charge . We cordiall y wish him success .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
Lodge , Jan 22 , 1849 . SIR AND BROTHER , —At our initiation into Freemasonry we are all of us " exhorted to devote a portion of onr leisure hours to the study of such of the liberal arts as may lay within the compass of our attainment . "—( See Preston ' s Charge , 1 st degree . ) It is on this account that I have devoted a few of my leisure hours to the following subject : — Can the pound sterling be decimally divided by our present coins ?
If it can , how may it be done ? What will it cost , and what use will it be ? I must first acknowledge that the more I have read upon the currency question the less I know about it , and for my present enquiry it is sufficient to take the money of Great Britain as I find it ; it is then , one gold sovereign , or pound sterling , 4 crowns , 8 half-crowns , 20 shillings , 240 pence , 960 farthings . By the present division of the pound there are 960 farthings , 1920 half-farthings . Now let us divide the pound into 1000 parts and 2000 half parts , the coins will represent the parts of the pound as
under-Gold coin . . one sovereign . . one pound sterling . . 1000 parts . , . . half sovereign . . half pound sterling . . SOO Silver . . crown pieces . . five shillings 250 . . . . half crown . . . two shillings & sixpence 125 . . . . shilling one shilling 50 . . . . sixpence sixpence 25 . . . . three pence . . . three pence 12 5
Copper . . penny piece . . . penny piece 5 . ¦ . . halfpenny .... halfpenny 2 5 farthing farthing 1 . . . . half farthing . . half farthing ..... 5
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Generous Liberality
of the vacant rooms in the Hospital of the Hol y Trinity at Croydon , of the foundation of John Whitgift , Archbishop of Canterbury ; the emoluments of which appointment are , a room to live in , nearly twenty shillings per week in money , with an ample supply of fire-wood . We sincerely wish our brother health and happiness , and long life ( although he has already seen his sixty-fourth summer ) for many years to enjoy himself in his new abode .
In conclusion , we would repeat what we urged in our former noticefor thy poorer brethren , " Go thou and do likewise . "
The Masonic Charity Jewel.
THE MASONIC CHARITY JEWEL .
We have great pleasure in being able to congratulate the Stewards and Past Stewards of the Masonic Charities on the reduction in the price of the Charity Medal , which Bro . Evans ( who has succeeded the late Bro . Burckhardt as manufacturer ) has , with his usual liberality , reduced from 3 / . 13 * . 6 d . to 3 / . 3 s . It has always been a subject of complaint that the charge was excessive , and credit is accordingly due to Bro . Evans for having reduced the charge . We cordiall y wish him success .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
Lodge , Jan 22 , 1849 . SIR AND BROTHER , —At our initiation into Freemasonry we are all of us " exhorted to devote a portion of onr leisure hours to the study of such of the liberal arts as may lay within the compass of our attainment . "—( See Preston ' s Charge , 1 st degree . ) It is on this account that I have devoted a few of my leisure hours to the following subject : — Can the pound sterling be decimally divided by our present coins ?
If it can , how may it be done ? What will it cost , and what use will it be ? I must first acknowledge that the more I have read upon the currency question the less I know about it , and for my present enquiry it is sufficient to take the money of Great Britain as I find it ; it is then , one gold sovereign , or pound sterling , 4 crowns , 8 half-crowns , 20 shillings , 240 pence , 960 farthings . By the present division of the pound there are 960 farthings , 1920 half-farthings . Now let us divide the pound into 1000 parts and 2000 half parts , the coins will represent the parts of the pound as
under-Gold coin . . one sovereign . . one pound sterling . . 1000 parts . , . . half sovereign . . half pound sterling . . SOO Silver . . crown pieces . . five shillings 250 . . . . half crown . . . two shillings & sixpence 125 . . . . shilling one shilling 50 . . . . sixpence sixpence 25 . . . . three pence . . . three pence 12 5
Copper . . penny piece . . . penny piece 5 . ¦ . . halfpenny .... halfpenny 2 5 farthing farthing 1 . . . . half farthing . . half farthing ..... 5