United Grand Lodge.

T 'brary and Curiosities belonging to Grand Lodge is now completed , and the R rd will be most happy to receive any additions thereto , which the generosity of embers of the Craft may place at its disposal . TITLE OR OBJECIV . Bv WHOM PRESENTED . I . Vrai Macon W . A . Dawson , A . G . D . C . i cons Taug ht in Freemasonry , Vol . 2 ... T . R . Patton , G . Treasurer Penn' Lesson sylvania .

cnme Rare Certificates F . J . W . Crowe , P . M ., P . P . G . soro Organist . uicfnrical Sketch of St . Andrew's Lodge , No . Historical o sc ) « . James Smith , P . M ., & c . p , v Grand Organist ' s Jewel , 1819 George Kenning and Son . A Masonic Book Percy W . Farnborough , No . 1707 . A rViaaeini * . _ _ , cm : : _ / - \\ r n „„ j n o i- — . Grand of Illinois GWBarnardGSecretary

uvlnrv of the Chapter ... . . , . . o Eduction and Transcript of "H . F . Beau- William Watson , P . P . G . W . West P monf ' MS Yorks . o i . c nf the Masonic Benefit Society , 1700 ... A Grandson of one of the Founders . r «^ narv Medal of the Minden Lodge ... Hugh E . Diamond , P . P . G . W . . ^ Concentration" ... ... ... ... Arthur Lovell , No . 1425-Semi-Centennial Medal Grand Chapter of

, . „ •L n ^ »« Illinois Gen . John C . Smith , P . G . M . Th > Hicks-Beach Masonic Musical Service ... Harold Cadle , W . M . 1005 . Memorials of St . Matthew ' s Lodge , No . 539 ... Dr . F . W . Willmore , P . M . Prov Grand Master ' s Jewel , Kent , 1 ? c ) 4 ... \ The Earl Amherst , Pro Grand A Masonic Silk Hankerchief > Master . wJwric Papers , Part I John T . Thorp , P . T . G . Warden . Masonic r « H" = 4 \

, ..... ... .. , . , * ,. D :. K ... I o n T A Presentation Jewel , set with diamonds , and Frank Richardson , P . G . D ., as Masonic Clothing of the late Bro . representing the late Bro . Thomas Fenn , as President of the Fenn ' s executors . Board of General Purposes ... A Masonic Goblet ... ... ... ... Ashton Godwin , M . D ., P . M ., and

The Board also submits a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 17 th day of May , 100 ! showing a balance in the Bank of England ( Law Courts Branch ) of favio ns . iod ., and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for petty cash £ 100 , and for servants' wages jfiioo . ( Signed ) RICHARD LOVELAND LOVELAND , President .

Freemasons' Hall , London , 22 nd May , 1901 . This being the last meeting of the present Board , it was resolved unani" That a cordial vote of thanks be accorded to the President , the V . W .

Brother R . Loveland Loveland . K . C , for the courteous and able manner in which he has presided over the Meetings of the Board during the past year . ( Signed ) " ARTHUR G . SANDBERG , M . D ., " Vice-President .

" 21 st May , 1901 . " 10 , The Annual Report of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , dated 17 th May , 1901 , will be laid before Grand Lodge . 11 . NOTICE OF MOTION . 1 . —By the M . W . PRO GRAND MASTER" That a sum of 500 guineas be voted from Grand Lodge towards the

fund being raised for a memorial to her late Majesty . 2 . —By V . W . Bro . J . STRACHAN , K . C , Grand Reg . — " That Rule 87 , Book of Constitutions , be altered by inserting after the words ' Nor can he confer on any brother the rank of a Past Provincial or District Grand Officer , ' the words ' Unless specially empowered to do so by the Grand Master on an important commemorative occasion . "

3 . —By W . Bro . Col . GEORGE J . PARKYN , P . G . S . B . — 11 That Rule 210 , Book of Constitutions , be amended by adding to the words ' attend and be heard , ' in the seventh line , the words ' such notice shall be considered duly served if proved to have been sent by post and registered . " 4 . —By Bro . THOMAS J . HUTCHINSON , P . M . No .

1392—" That it be a recommendation to the Board of General Purposes to take into consideration the present mode of electing the Grand Treasurer , and to report to Grand Lodge at the next Quarterly Communication what alterations the Board would recommend whereby the members of Grand Lodge could more conveniently exercise their privilege . "

5 . —By Bro . JOHN A . FARNFIELD , P . A . G . D . of C . — " That the sum of ^ 70 be given from the Fund of General Purposes , and that the money be placed in the hands of the Secretary of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons to supply the inmates of this Institution at Croydon with coal during the winter season . "

12 . APPEALS . 1 . —By Bro . R . H . FORMAN , of the Rangoon Lodge , No . 1268 , and 13 other members , -1 . Against a refusal by the District Grand Master of Burmah ( R . W . Bro . J . Copley Moyle ) to order the re-hearing of a complaint . 2 . —By Bro . F . J . SCARD , W . M . of the Union Lodge , No . 247 , Demarara ,

Against decisions of the R . W . District Grand Master of British Guiana ( Col . Daly ) and his Deputy ( Bro . Bankart ) concerning honorary membership . Board of General Purposes , brethren nominated for election , 1901-1902 . NAME . NOMINATED BV .

Bro . Frank Adams , P . M . 2512 Bro . T . Blanco White , P . M . 34 . „ Arthur Blenkarn , P . M . 2381 „ Geo . R . Langley , P . M . 2381 . 11 William Furner Bates , P . M . 1507 Wm . Vincent , P . G . Std . Br . ..William I . Batho , P . M . 1708 „ W . H . Bailey , P . G . T . n William H . Bale , P . M . 8 7 , Wm . Farquharson Lamonby ,

„ ,, P . A . G . D . C . > , Thomas Bore , P . M . 1275 „ Ebenezer Chas . Mulvey ,

, „ .,, P . G . P . " i » ,, fred A - Bowser . P-M . 2000 ... „ Henry R . Rose , P . G . O . .. William Cleghorn , P . M . 128 7 „ Chas . Kempton , P . M . 1287 . .. Arthur Geo . Duck , P . M . 898 „ John Joseph Thomas , P . G . StdBr

. . " Bernard Groner , P . M . 1 C 13 „ ArthurL . Spiegel , W . M . i 6 i 3 . " Ur . «' y Kem RM 862 .. James Terry , P . G . S . B . .. William Farquharson Lamonby , P . M . 962 , P . A . G . D . C „ Louis Parkinson : W . M . 656 .

United Grand Lodge.

NAME . NOMINATED BY . Bro . Robert Manuel , P . M . 1196 , Wm . Mason Stiles , P . G . T . „ John M . Mitchell , P . M . 92 Robert Freke Gould , P . G . D . „ Charles Lucius Nelson , P . M . 781 Somerset William Timson , P . M . 7 81 . „ Frederick Atkinson Powell , P . M . 471 ... „ Lt .-Col . Chas . R . Lyne , G . D .

„ George Parrett , P . M . 1259 Richard Owston Hinderwell , P . M . 1259 . „ Edward Wm . Pillinger , P . M . 902 ... „ Henry Garrod , P . G . P . „ John Robertson Reep , P . M ; 1260 ... „ Henry Lovegrove , P . G . S . B . „ Thomas Henry Roberts , P . M . 2502 ... „ Horace Brooks Marshall , G . Treus .

„ Henry W . Roberts , M . D ., P . M . 1293 ... „ Thomas Henry Gardiner , P . A . G . D . C . „ James Beresford Ryley , M . D ., P . M . 1423 „ Charles E . Keyser , P . G . D . . „ Arthur G . Sandberg , M . D ., P . M . 3 ... „ Robt . Clay Sudlow , P . G . Std . Br . „ James Speller , P . M . 16 77 „ Jas . Stephens , P . D . G . D . C . ,, Edwin Styles , P . M . 704 ... ¦ „ Ebenezer , Charles Mulvey , P . G . P .

„ William'J . Songhurst , P . M . 227 ... „ E . M . Money , P . A . G . D . C . . „ John Sulley , P . M . 1804 Henry Garrod , P . G . P . „ J . D . Stuart Sim , W . M . 2716 „ J . V . Vesey Fitzgerald , K . C , Dep . G . Reg . „ Frank P . Telfer , P . M . 12 „ W . A . Scurrah , P . G . Std . Br . „ William H . Toye , P . M . 1278 „ Henry J . Lardner , P . M . 1623 . „ Japheth Tickle , P . M . 1702 „ Thos . Sheppard , P . M . 1702 .

„ Charles J . Wilkinson-Pimbury , P . M . 1997 „ Henry Lovegrove , P . G . S . B . „ Arthur Williams , P . M . 834 Wm . Mason Stiles , P . G . T . „ Jamas Willing , jun ., P . M . 1987 „ Wm . Mason Stiles , P . G . T . List of brethren nominated for the Committee of Management for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons : Bros . John Briggs , W . M . 45 ; C . A . Cottebrune ,. P . M .

733 ; W . D . Child , W . M . 1437 ; J . Campbell , W . M . 1366 ; W . H .

Hubbert , P . M . 1625 ; Leonard Potts , P . M . 1716 ; J . S . Pointon , P . M . 1901 ; J . R . Reep , P . M . 1268 ; Jas . A . Sheltdh , P . M . 2579 ; and F . O . Tubby , W . M . 907 ; nominated by Bro . James Speller , Patron . List of lodges for which warrants have been granted by the M . W . Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge : No . 2845 , The London Hospital Lodge , London .

2846 , The Forest Hill Lodge , London . 2847 , The Polytechnic Lodge , London . 2848 , The Victoria Lodge , Wolverhampton , Staffordshire . 2849 , The Beaconsfield Lodge , Beaconsfield , Buckinghamshire . 2850 , The Robertson Lodge , Robertson , Cape Colony . 2851 , The Rosemary Lodge , London . 2852 , The Norfolk Lodge , London .

2853 , The Chere Reine Lodge , London . 2854 , The Temperantia Lodge , Whitehaven , Cumberland . 2855 , The Far Cathay Lodge , Hankow , China . 2856 , The Regent Lodge , Barnsley , Yorkshire . 2857 , The Golden Square , Lodge , London . 2858 , The Astolat Lodge , Guildford , Surrey . 2859 , The Chingford Lodge , Chingford , Essex .

Mark Grand Lodge.

MARK GRAND LODGE .

The following is the business to be transacted on Tuesday nex , the 4 th instant : 1 . Read and , if approved , confirm minutes of Ouarterly Communication of sth March , 1901 . "" 2 . Report of the General Board . 3 . A motion will be made that the Report be taken as read .

4 . A motion will be made that the Report be received and enterel on the minutes . 5 . Recommendations arising out of the Report : That the following words , to be called Rule 153 A , be added to the Book of Constitutions , immediately after Rule 153 : " Any matter not specifically dealt with in these Constitutions must be governed by the general rules of Masonry contained in the Book

of Constitutions of Free and Accepted Masons under the United Grand Lodge of England , so tar as such rules are not inconsistent with any of the regulations herein , and so far as they are applicable to the Mark Degree . " •"That the sum of £ 50 be voted to a brother of the Egerton Lodge , No . 165 . " "That the sum of £ 25 be voted to the widow of a late brother of Lodge No . no . "

" That the sum of £ 20 be voted to the widow of a late brother of Bombay . " 6 . A motion will be proposed that the Report be adopted . 7 . Installation of the M . W . Grand Master . 8 . Appointment and Investiture of Grand Officers . 9 . Nomination by the M . W . G . M . of six members to serve on thc General Board . 10 . Election , by Grand Lodge , of five members to serve on the General Board . ( Five only are nominated . )

LIST OF BRETHREN NOMINATED FOR THE GENERAL BOARD . Masters a nd Past Masters . Nominated by ? Richard Clowes , P . G . Overseer " 1 ? Frederick West , Dep . Prov . G . M . Surrey J ... , „ „ _ : * T . P . Dorman , Dep . Prov . G . M . Norths ., I Alfred Cooper , P . G Overseer . Hunts and Beds ' Ftedk - Mead P , G- Treasurer . ? Alfred F . Church , P . G . Overseer . Clement Godson , P . G . Deacon . J . C . F . Tower , Asst . G . D . C . J # Are present Members of the Board .

Consecration Of The Earl Of Clarendon Chapter, No. 1984.

CONSECRATION OF THE EARL OF CLARENDON CHAPTER , No . 1984 .

The Earl of Clarendon Chapter , attached to the lodge bearing the same name and numbered 1984 , was consecrated at the Masonic Hall , Watford , on Wednesday , the 15 th ult . The ceremony was performed by Comp . the Right Hon , T . F . Halsey , M . P ., Grand Superintendent of Hertfordshire ,