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United Grand Lodge Of England.
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND .
The following is the business to be transacted in Grand Lodge , on Wednesday , the 5 th inst .: 1 . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 6 th June for confirmation . 2 . The minutes of the Special Grand Lodge of the 6 th July for confirmation .
3 . Report of the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which are recommendations for the following grants , viz . : A brother of the Polish National Lodge , No . 534 , London ( since deceased ) . £ 100 o o A brother of the St . Andrew's Lodge , No . 1046 , Farnham ... 50 o o 4 . REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL P URPOSES .
To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board have to report that tho following presentations have been made to the Library and Museum since the last meeting of Grand Lodge , all of which have been accepted with thanks .
TITLE OR OBJECT . By WHOM PRESENTED . Two Masonic Aprons and Sashes John F . Bean , Esq . History of the Phoenix Lodge Friendship ) Th Ah A ,H „p M Chapter , & c . ( Large Paper Copy ) ... j ' Several Masonic Calendars ( Essex ) { ThoS g £ RalIin S' P-A . G . D . C , Prov . G .
Member's J ewel of the Lodge of the Quatuor" ) Coronati ... £ VV . J . Hughan , P . G . Deacon . Old Masonic Certificate } History of St . John's Lodge , No . 32 S ... The Author , John Chapman , P . P . G . D . An Old Masonic Seal J . S . Haddon , P . P . S . G . W . Somerset . HiSt Copies ) . . ° * Lodge ' .. 2 ° ( two } The Author , E . X . Leon , P . D . S . G . W . Report of the Masonic Congress at Chicago General J . C . Smith , P . G . M , Illinois .
Several Masonic Calendars ( E . Lanes . ) ... John Chadwick , P . G . b . B ., Prov . G . Sec . Engraved Portrait of the Duke of Manchester G . VV . G . Barnard , Prov . G . Sec . Norfolk . Re Todgeotvicto r if Urati 0 n .. ° * ! . ^^} W * F * Lamonby , P-S . G . W . of Victoria . History of the Pilgrim Lodge , No . 238 ... The Author , C . Kupferschmidt , P . M . Kites ceremonies 1 Autnor ivi
nuuoers- ana - ne , u . w . spetn , r .. 153 An Old R . A . jewel William Radcliffe , P . M . 211 Several Calendars and Reports of the Great ) T HjUhouse p M Vfcl ' York . ™ St 0 ry 0 f Ma . ' ° . ' ^} The Grand Lodge of New York . The ^ Principles of Freemasonry Delineated ; J ,, _ Dyelt # 4 g 2 j Ant ; .
Freemasons' Pccket Companion , 1764 ... * S Constitutions of Grand Lodge of England , / Q [ W - i M . D ., P . M . History of the Airedale Lodge , No . 3 S 7 ... J Memorials of the Lodge of Harmony , No . j Robert R Grey > ,, M and Sec The Indian Freemasons' Diary , 1890-1894 ... P . C . Dutt , P . D . G . W . Bengal .
The Board also submit a Statement of the Grand Lodge Accounts at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 17 th day of August instant , showing a balance in the Bank of England ( Law Courts Branch ) of •67454 "is . 8 d ., and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for petty cash i , " ioo , and for servant ' s wages ; £ ioo , and balance of annual allowance for library £ 7 17 s . 4 d .
( Signed ) RICHARD LOVELAND LOVELAND , Fieemasons' Hall , London , W . C , 21 st August , 18 94 . President . 5 . REPORT OK THE COLONIAL BOARD . The Board beg to report that they have received from the District Grand Master of WellingtonNew Zealanda formal notification thatat a meeting of
, , , 'he District Grand Lodge held on the nth January last , the following lodges , which had seceded from the United Grand Lodgeof England and joined the soiled Grand Lodge of New Zealand , had , under the authority delegated to such Disttict Grand Lodge by Article 106 of the Book of Constitutions , been duly erased from the Roll of the United Grand Lodge of England :
No . 517 . New Zealand Pacific Lodge , Wellington . 1 , 1430 . Masterton Lodge , Masterton . » ' 577- Victoria Lodge , Napier . 11 1720 . Greytown Lodge , Greytown , Wairarapa West . 11 1812 . Heretaunga Lodge , Hastings , Hawkes Bay . > i ! 8 i 3 . Abercorn LodgeWaipawa .
, 1 , 1888 . St . John's Lodge , Featherston . 11 1904 . Rangitikei Lodge , Bulls . 11 ' 940 . Feilding Lodge , Feilding . » 2053- Ngamotu Lodge , New Plymouth . 11 2059 . St . Mark ' s Lodge , Carterton .
11 2178 . Ruahine Lodge , Woodville , Hawkes Bay . The Board also beg to report that they have received from the District Grand ,, J ^ V of South Africa , Western Division , a notification that at a meeting of « e District Grand Lodge on the 20 th March , 1894 , the Albion Lodge , No . 2220 , Woodstock , South Africa , had been erased from the roll of the United Grand Lod ge of England .
( Signed ) GICORGE DAVID HARRIS , P . G . D ., Freemasons' Hall , London , Chairman . 7 'h August , 18 94 .
United Grand Lodge Of England.
6 . NOTICES OF MOTION . 1 . By Bro . WILLIAM FARCIUHARSON LA . MONBV , P . M . 9 62 and 1924—That in order to enable the M . W . the Grand Master to grant a warrant of confirmation to Lodge Otago , No . 844 , Dunedin , Otago , New Zealand , and to prevent similar occurrences in future , Article 120 of the Book of Constitutions be altered to read as follows :
" If a warrant be lost , or improperly withheld from those lawfully entitled to hold and use the same , or withheld by competent Masonic authority , the lodge must suspend its meetings until a new warrant , or warrant of confirmation , has been applied for and granted by the Grand Master in such terms or on such conditions as he may think proper , or until the warrant so withheld be restored . "
2 . By Bro . PETER LE PAGE , P . M . 243 , Guernsey—That Rule 218 of the Book of Constitutions be expunged . 7 . Al'PEAL . By Bro . RICHARD EVE , Past Grand Treasurer , against an alleged decision of the Acting Chairman of the General Committee in declining to accept notice of a question to be put in Grand Lodge , and in holding a Notice of Motion for the same must be rejected as irregular .
N . B . —The papers relating to thisappeil will be in the Grand Secretary s office until the meeting of Grand Lodge , and open for the inspection of the brethren during office hours . List of lodges for which warrants have been granted by the M . W . Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge . No . 2519 , The Moore-Keys Lodge , Kingston , Jamaica .
2520 , The Prince of Wales Lodge , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . 2521 , The Noel-Money Lodge , Weybridge , Surrey . 2522 , The Star of Bethlehem Lodge , Bethlehem , Orange Free State , S . Africa . 2523 , The Roll Call Lodge , Hounslow , Middlesex . 2 ^ 24 , The Train-bands Lodge , City Road , London .
2525 , The Thurston Lodge , Monk Coniston , Lancashire ( W . D . ) 2526 , The Irrawaddy Lodge , Myingyan , Burma . 2527 , The Dharwar Lodge , Dharwar , Bombay . 2528 , The Lancastrian Lodge , Oxford Street , London . 2529 , The Abbey Lodge , Whalley , Lancashire ( li . D , ) 2520 , The Shirley Woolmer Lodge , Sidcup , Kent .
Grand Lodge Of Mark Master Masons.
GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS .
The following is the business to be transacted on Tuesday next , the 4 th instant : •• The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of 5 th June for confirmation . REPORT OE THE GENERAL BOARD . During the three months ending ^ othjune , 18 94 , there havo been issued : Mark certificates , 348 ; total number registered , 33 , ofi 2 . •Royal Ark Mariner certificates , 42 ; total number registered , 4221 ! .
H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . YV . G . Master , has been pleased to re-appoint for a further term of three years : R . W . Bro . the Hon . W . T . Orde-I'owlett , as Provincial Grand Master for North and East Yorkshire . * R . W . Bro . Richard Vassar Vassar-Smith , as Provincial Grand Master for Gloucestershire and Herefordshire .
The Most Worshipful Grand Master in answer to the prayer of a Petition by the Masters , Wardens , Overseers , and brethren of the lodges in the Punjab and Beloochistan , has been graciously pleased to direct that these lodges shall , in future , be separated from Bengal , and form a new district , to be called the " District Grand Lodge of the Punjab . "
His Royal Highness has been pleased to appoint R . W . Bro . Hon . Sir John Edge , Q . C , to be the District Grand Master for Bengal , in succession to the R . W . Bro . H . H . the Maharajah of Kuch Behar , G . C . I . E ,, whose term of ollice has expired ; and R . W . Bro . Edwin Woodall Parker to be the first District Grand Master for the Punjab .
Owing to circumstances beyond the control of the Fairtlou > h Lol ^ e , No . 422 , Sierra Leone , it was not possible to instal the W . M . on thu day appointed by the by-laws for that purpose , and Bro . Anastasio Ceffalo , the W . M ., at the conclusion of his year of oflice , will not have served the full period of 12 months . Under the peculiar circumstances of the case , the Board recommend that Bro . Anastasio Ceffalo be , and is hereby confirmed in his rank as Past Master so soon as his successor shall have been regularly elected and installed .
The Book of Constitutions published in 1886 being exhausted , the Board recommend a revision , the same to be laid before Grand Lodge at ihe Quarterly Communication in December next . W . Bro . Rev . C . H . Maiden , P . M ., Editor of the Indian Masonic Review , Madras , has appealed against sentence of suspension by the R . VV . District Grand Master for Madras , and the case will be brought before Grand Lodge . The papers relating to the case can be seen on application at the Grand Secretary ' s office .
W . Bro . Alexander Howell , P . M ., Sec . No . 2 , has presented to the Library of Grand Lodge a copy of his book on the History of the Phu .-nix Lodges ( Cr . ift and Mark ) , & c , & c , and the thanks of the Board have been presented to him . The Board have to report with great regret the death of their old and valued colleague , V . W . Bro . Alfred Williams , a member since 18 79 ; also that the M . W . Grand Master has been pleased to appoint V . W . Bro . Richard Eve , P . G . Overseer , Dep . Prov . G . M . Hants and Isle of Wight , to fill the vacancy on the General Board for the unexpired portion of the late Bro . Alfred Williams' term of ollice .
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United Grand Lodge Of England.
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND .
The following is the business to be transacted in Grand Lodge , on Wednesday , the 5 th inst .: 1 . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 6 th June for confirmation . 2 . The minutes of the Special Grand Lodge of the 6 th July for confirmation .
3 . Report of the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which are recommendations for the following grants , viz . : A brother of the Polish National Lodge , No . 534 , London ( since deceased ) . £ 100 o o A brother of the St . Andrew's Lodge , No . 1046 , Farnham ... 50 o o 4 . REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL P URPOSES .
To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board have to report that tho following presentations have been made to the Library and Museum since the last meeting of Grand Lodge , all of which have been accepted with thanks .
TITLE OR OBJECT . By WHOM PRESENTED . Two Masonic Aprons and Sashes John F . Bean , Esq . History of the Phoenix Lodge Friendship ) Th Ah A ,H „p M Chapter , & c . ( Large Paper Copy ) ... j ' Several Masonic Calendars ( Essex ) { ThoS g £ RalIin S' P-A . G . D . C , Prov . G .
Member's J ewel of the Lodge of the Quatuor" ) Coronati ... £ VV . J . Hughan , P . G . Deacon . Old Masonic Certificate } History of St . John's Lodge , No . 32 S ... The Author , John Chapman , P . P . G . D . An Old Masonic Seal J . S . Haddon , P . P . S . G . W . Somerset . HiSt Copies ) . . ° * Lodge ' .. 2 ° ( two } The Author , E . X . Leon , P . D . S . G . W . Report of the Masonic Congress at Chicago General J . C . Smith , P . G . M , Illinois .
Several Masonic Calendars ( E . Lanes . ) ... John Chadwick , P . G . b . B ., Prov . G . Sec . Engraved Portrait of the Duke of Manchester G . VV . G . Barnard , Prov . G . Sec . Norfolk . Re Todgeotvicto r if Urati 0 n .. ° * ! . ^^} W * F * Lamonby , P-S . G . W . of Victoria . History of the Pilgrim Lodge , No . 238 ... The Author , C . Kupferschmidt , P . M . Kites ceremonies 1 Autnor ivi
nuuoers- ana - ne , u . w . spetn , r .. 153 An Old R . A . jewel William Radcliffe , P . M . 211 Several Calendars and Reports of the Great ) T HjUhouse p M Vfcl ' York . ™ St 0 ry 0 f Ma . ' ° . ' ^} The Grand Lodge of New York . The ^ Principles of Freemasonry Delineated ; J ,, _ Dyelt # 4 g 2 j Ant ; .
Freemasons' Pccket Companion , 1764 ... * S Constitutions of Grand Lodge of England , / Q [ W - i M . D ., P . M . History of the Airedale Lodge , No . 3 S 7 ... J Memorials of the Lodge of Harmony , No . j Robert R Grey > ,, M and Sec The Indian Freemasons' Diary , 1890-1894 ... P . C . Dutt , P . D . G . W . Bengal .
The Board also submit a Statement of the Grand Lodge Accounts at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 17 th day of August instant , showing a balance in the Bank of England ( Law Courts Branch ) of •67454 "is . 8 d ., and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for petty cash i , " ioo , and for servant ' s wages ; £ ioo , and balance of annual allowance for library £ 7 17 s . 4 d .
( Signed ) RICHARD LOVELAND LOVELAND , Fieemasons' Hall , London , W . C , 21 st August , 18 94 . President . 5 . REPORT OK THE COLONIAL BOARD . The Board beg to report that they have received from the District Grand Master of WellingtonNew Zealanda formal notification thatat a meeting of
, , , 'he District Grand Lodge held on the nth January last , the following lodges , which had seceded from the United Grand Lodgeof England and joined the soiled Grand Lodge of New Zealand , had , under the authority delegated to such Disttict Grand Lodge by Article 106 of the Book of Constitutions , been duly erased from the Roll of the United Grand Lodge of England :
No . 517 . New Zealand Pacific Lodge , Wellington . 1 , 1430 . Masterton Lodge , Masterton . » ' 577- Victoria Lodge , Napier . 11 1720 . Greytown Lodge , Greytown , Wairarapa West . 11 1812 . Heretaunga Lodge , Hastings , Hawkes Bay . > i ! 8 i 3 . Abercorn LodgeWaipawa .
, 1 , 1888 . St . John's Lodge , Featherston . 11 1904 . Rangitikei Lodge , Bulls . 11 ' 940 . Feilding Lodge , Feilding . » 2053- Ngamotu Lodge , New Plymouth . 11 2059 . St . Mark ' s Lodge , Carterton .
11 2178 . Ruahine Lodge , Woodville , Hawkes Bay . The Board also beg to report that they have received from the District Grand ,, J ^ V of South Africa , Western Division , a notification that at a meeting of « e District Grand Lodge on the 20 th March , 1894 , the Albion Lodge , No . 2220 , Woodstock , South Africa , had been erased from the roll of the United Grand Lod ge of England .
( Signed ) GICORGE DAVID HARRIS , P . G . D ., Freemasons' Hall , London , Chairman . 7 'h August , 18 94 .
United Grand Lodge Of England.
6 . NOTICES OF MOTION . 1 . By Bro . WILLIAM FARCIUHARSON LA . MONBV , P . M . 9 62 and 1924—That in order to enable the M . W . the Grand Master to grant a warrant of confirmation to Lodge Otago , No . 844 , Dunedin , Otago , New Zealand , and to prevent similar occurrences in future , Article 120 of the Book of Constitutions be altered to read as follows :
" If a warrant be lost , or improperly withheld from those lawfully entitled to hold and use the same , or withheld by competent Masonic authority , the lodge must suspend its meetings until a new warrant , or warrant of confirmation , has been applied for and granted by the Grand Master in such terms or on such conditions as he may think proper , or until the warrant so withheld be restored . "
2 . By Bro . PETER LE PAGE , P . M . 243 , Guernsey—That Rule 218 of the Book of Constitutions be expunged . 7 . Al'PEAL . By Bro . RICHARD EVE , Past Grand Treasurer , against an alleged decision of the Acting Chairman of the General Committee in declining to accept notice of a question to be put in Grand Lodge , and in holding a Notice of Motion for the same must be rejected as irregular .
N . B . —The papers relating to thisappeil will be in the Grand Secretary s office until the meeting of Grand Lodge , and open for the inspection of the brethren during office hours . List of lodges for which warrants have been granted by the M . W . Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge . No . 2519 , The Moore-Keys Lodge , Kingston , Jamaica .
2520 , The Prince of Wales Lodge , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . 2521 , The Noel-Money Lodge , Weybridge , Surrey . 2522 , The Star of Bethlehem Lodge , Bethlehem , Orange Free State , S . Africa . 2523 , The Roll Call Lodge , Hounslow , Middlesex . 2 ^ 24 , The Train-bands Lodge , City Road , London .
2525 , The Thurston Lodge , Monk Coniston , Lancashire ( W . D . ) 2526 , The Irrawaddy Lodge , Myingyan , Burma . 2527 , The Dharwar Lodge , Dharwar , Bombay . 2528 , The Lancastrian Lodge , Oxford Street , London . 2529 , The Abbey Lodge , Whalley , Lancashire ( li . D , ) 2520 , The Shirley Woolmer Lodge , Sidcup , Kent .
Grand Lodge Of Mark Master Masons.
GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS .
The following is the business to be transacted on Tuesday next , the 4 th instant : •• The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of 5 th June for confirmation . REPORT OE THE GENERAL BOARD . During the three months ending ^ othjune , 18 94 , there havo been issued : Mark certificates , 348 ; total number registered , 33 , ofi 2 . •Royal Ark Mariner certificates , 42 ; total number registered , 4221 ! .
H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . YV . G . Master , has been pleased to re-appoint for a further term of three years : R . W . Bro . the Hon . W . T . Orde-I'owlett , as Provincial Grand Master for North and East Yorkshire . * R . W . Bro . Richard Vassar Vassar-Smith , as Provincial Grand Master for Gloucestershire and Herefordshire .
The Most Worshipful Grand Master in answer to the prayer of a Petition by the Masters , Wardens , Overseers , and brethren of the lodges in the Punjab and Beloochistan , has been graciously pleased to direct that these lodges shall , in future , be separated from Bengal , and form a new district , to be called the " District Grand Lodge of the Punjab . "
His Royal Highness has been pleased to appoint R . W . Bro . Hon . Sir John Edge , Q . C , to be the District Grand Master for Bengal , in succession to the R . W . Bro . H . H . the Maharajah of Kuch Behar , G . C . I . E ,, whose term of ollice has expired ; and R . W . Bro . Edwin Woodall Parker to be the first District Grand Master for the Punjab .
Owing to circumstances beyond the control of the Fairtlou > h Lol ^ e , No . 422 , Sierra Leone , it was not possible to instal the W . M . on thu day appointed by the by-laws for that purpose , and Bro . Anastasio Ceffalo , the W . M ., at the conclusion of his year of oflice , will not have served the full period of 12 months . Under the peculiar circumstances of the case , the Board recommend that Bro . Anastasio Ceffalo be , and is hereby confirmed in his rank as Past Master so soon as his successor shall have been regularly elected and installed .
The Book of Constitutions published in 1886 being exhausted , the Board recommend a revision , the same to be laid before Grand Lodge at ihe Quarterly Communication in December next . W . Bro . Rev . C . H . Maiden , P . M ., Editor of the Indian Masonic Review , Madras , has appealed against sentence of suspension by the R . VV . District Grand Master for Madras , and the case will be brought before Grand Lodge . The papers relating to the case can be seen on application at the Grand Secretary ' s office .
W . Bro . Alexander Howell , P . M ., Sec . No . 2 , has presented to the Library of Grand Lodge a copy of his book on the History of the Phu .-nix Lodges ( Cr . ift and Mark ) , & c , & c , and the thanks of the Board have been presented to him . The Board have to report with great regret the death of their old and valued colleague , V . W . Bro . Alfred Williams , a member since 18 79 ; also that the M . W . Grand Master has been pleased to appoint V . W . Bro . Richard Eve , P . G . Overseer , Dep . Prov . G . M . Hants and Isle of Wight , to fill the vacancy on the General Board for the unexpired portion of the late Bro . Alfred Williams' term of ollice .