The Vacant Secretaryship Of The Girls' School.

THE VACANT SECRETARYSHIP OF THE GIRLS' SCHOOL .

Without venturing to dictate to the electors aa to this or that favourite candidate , without seeking to anticipate the verdict of the Masonic

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Answers To Correspondents.

Answers to Correspondents .

MEsauiTA , J . G ., Jamaica . —The books were sent you some time back . In next Freemason will appear a note on " Les Philadelphes , " by Masonic Student . R . 0 . —in our next

Births ,Marriages And Deaths.

Births , Marriages and Deaths .

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The Freemason , SATURDAY , J UNE I , 1878 .

Official Appointments.

OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS .

We are enabled to state that the Duke of St . Albans has resigned Lincolnshire , and been appointed by the Grand Master Prov . G . M . for Nottinghamshire ; and William Henry Smyth ,

Esq ., M . A ., Deputy Lteut . and Justice of the Peace of the North Riding of Yorkshire , High Steward of the Borough of Louth , & c , of Elkirrgton Hall , Louth , has been appointed b y H . R . H . to be Provincial Grand Master for Lincolnshire .

The Next Quarterly Communication.

THE NEXT QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION .

The approaching gathering of Grand Lodge will be a most interesting one , alike on general and special Masonic grounds . It will deal with the seasonable vote of congratulation to our Illustrious Bro . the Emperor of Germany , about which there is but one opinion among English

Masons . It will also take up the financial question , of much importance to English Masonry . With regard to the former question English Freemasons , ever loyal , have been shocked by an act , alike desperately wicked , and frantically insane . It is mournful to realize , on what an act of

cruel wickedness , humanly speaking , a life dear to Germany and valuable to the world , depended for a few moments , though at the same time as Masons , we shall devoutly recognize the preserving and over-ruling hand of T . G . A . O . T . U . in thus mercifully delivering our Illustrious Brother , a

great and sagacious ruler , . from the murderous hands of a cowardly assassin . The congratulation of our English Grand Lodge will be alike heartfelt , unanimous , and enthusiastic . The financial question deserves grave consideration . Wc have not departed from the views we

originally ventured to express upon the subject . Any settlement which does not proceed on purely business principles , which does not recognize the functions and the responsibility of the Grand Treasurer , distinctly , or which renders the Grand Treasurership merely an ornamental post , and

above all , which ignores the advisability and need of Security , can in our humble opinion , be only temporary , and will eventually have to be altered and amended , We think that now is the time to consider carefully all our official procedure , alike as regards the Grand Trea urer

and the Grand Secretary ' s office , and that it is our bounden duty , as men of sense and business habits , to try and place the whole of our Secretarial and financial arrangements on a safe , a satisfactory , and a permanent footing . The English Grand Lodge is a

most important body , with an increasing income , and an enlarged constituency , and in our humble opinion , any proposals which serve to perpetuate the present state of affairs , which are indefensible on every ground , may last perhaps for a few years , but must one day be hastily

changed , when , perhaps , a ruder shock and more serious contingencies , awaken us at last to a keen sense of the overwhelming need of a thorough recognition of the great princip le of actual responsibility on the one hand , and available security on the other . We say all this most

deferentially to hig her authorities and wiser heads , but holding these opinions honestly , we see no reason to suppress them , the more so as we believe equally strongly , that in Freemasonry and everything else , the doctrine of " reserve "

is very questionable teaching , and that plain speaking and manly openness are best for us all alike . We shall touch upon the other and ordinary matters of our Masonic business at the Quarterly Communication , in our next impression ,

Grand Lodge Finances .

GRAND LODGE FINANCES .

We are in possession of the Receipts and Ex penditure of Grand Lodge for 1377 , and we are struck , as all will be , with their very satisfactory appearance , indeed we will add , that we hardly ever remember any more promising or more suggestive . As regards the Fund of Benevolence

Grand Lodge Finances .

it is credited during 1877 with ggto . ifc ns . 6 d . which sum is made up as follows : — FUND FOR BENEVOLENCE . Analysis of Receipts and Payments for year ending 31 st December , 1877 : —

Dr £ s . d . £ s . d . To Balance in hands of Grand Treasurer , ist January , i g 77 1829 16 S

„ Dividends on Consols ... 1 305 9 10 „ Contributions of Lodges 6876 7 o „ Fees of Honour ... ... 111 5 3 o „ Calendars and Pocket Books 27 13 o 8324 14 io <

£ 10 , 154 11 6 . Cr . £ s . d . £ s . d . By sundry amounts voted to Petitioners ... ... 5829 o o ,, Donations to Royal

Benevolent Institution ... 800 o o ,, Printing Summonses of Lodge of Benevolence 10 1 ; o 66 49 15 o-,, Purchase of £ 3000 Three

per Cent . Consols ... 38 91 5 „ Cash iu hands of Grand Treasurer , 31 st Dec , i 8 / 7 613 11 6 £ 10 , 154 11 6 .

ruM > KOR GENERAL PURPOSES . Analysis of Receipts and Payments ' for the year ending 31 st December , 1877 : — Dr . £ s . cl . £ s . d . To Balance in hands of Grand Treasurer , ist January ,

1877 1212 6 7 ,, Dividends on Annuities ... 325 17 6 „ Rents for House Property , Lodges , tec 2593 12 8 „ Contributions cf Lodgis 88 93 10 o „ Fees of Honour ... ... 80 4 o

11 , 8 97 4 2 „ Sale of Books of Constitutions 138 17 i ) „ Sale of Charity Medals 54 12 o

„ Subscriptions for Grand Lodge Reports ... 8 17 6 202 7 3 ,, Grand Chapter , for onefifth if thc Salaries for the year ... ... 420 1 o

nC' 3 . 73 " 9 ° Cr . £ s . d . £ s . d . By Purchase of Charity Medals 52 10 o ,, Repairs and Decorations 392 17 t , „ Printing and Stationery 35 S 6 3 „ Cerlificatis and Warrants 413 4 c

„ Miscellaneous Expenses 255 8 2 „ Postages ... ... 123 o o „ Petty Disbursements ... 107 18 9 „ Donatkns and Pensions 5760 4 o ,, Wages 384 10 o

,, Rates and" axes ... S 5 C 1 3 3 „ Salaries ... ... 2 ijfi 6 o 11 , 060 10 5 „ Purchase of £ 2000 Three per Cent . Annuities ... 1935 o a-.. Cash in hands of Grand j —

11 —— - " •—~ . . . . .. . Treasurer , 31 st Dec , . . > 8 ? 7 5 4 13 7 „ Ditto Grand Secretary for Pttty Cash 73 o o „ Servants Wages ... 9 6 15 o

7 . ^ 8 7 £ t .,. 73 l 19 ° Thus it will be seen , that we have been able at the close of 1877 , to invest , £ 3000 Consols for the Fund of Benevolence , . siS'aooo / cr the Fund of General Purposes t-d , that Aw cial prosperity

appears to accompany the onward movements of the Craft , as might perhaps have been reasonably expected . We congratulate the Craft on the financial good management , which to the close of 1877 , had spent 0 ^ 5829 in charity , ^ 5760 in donations and pensions , and yet , in .

addition to the current expenditure , which may be rightly estimated at £ 4000 per annum , can put by £ 5000 , leaving an available balance in each fund . Let us hear no more from any quarter of " financial mismanagement , " it is alike untrue as a statement , and most unjust to our excellent and hard worked officials .