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The Report further stated that the lodges unattached in Rhodesia , Zululand , , p 0 rtion of the Orange River Colony , were especially represented on the r tral Committee , and that applications for relief were either forwarded direct throug h the nearest Sub-Committee . ot of the sum ot ^ , 9000 which had been received by the Trustees at Capetown , Central Committee had arranged with the Standard Bank there to place fTaao on deposit , bearing interest at three per cent . It was also stated that the 1 al Committees meet weekly , making monthly reports to the Central Comttee the services of the members of which were given gratuitously . That the iommiuee was 10 grant iree 10 wiuows

' nciple adopted Dy me ^ rener auu P ' . „ ; n need , but treating advances to the brethren as loans repayable , should f " ture circumstances permit . R . W . Bro . Richards , in conclusion , stated he was j" sired by the President and members of the Central Committee to convey to the Grand Lodge of England their gratitude on behalf of the brethren in South Africa for the noble response made by the Fraternity under the English Constitution to tbe appeal of the M . W . Grand Master . Ths Board having for some time had under its consideration proposals for mending the law relating to the election of members of the Board of General t > irnoses begs to recommend Grand Lodge to sanction the following alterations

in the Book of Constitutions : — That Rules 255 and 256 be amended to read as follows : — Rule 255 . —The President and six of such other members shall be annually aDDointed by the Grand Master at the Quarterly Grand Lodge in June , and the frand Lodge shall on the same day elect , from the actual Masters and Past Masters of lodges , as many as maybe required to make up the remaining eighteen members of the Board , as hereinafter provided . A Master and Past Master , or more than one Past Master of the same lodge , shall not be elected as such on the same Board ; but this shall not disqualify any Past Master , being a subscribing mpmber and Master of another lodge , from being elected for and representing

such other lodge as Master . RULE 256 . —At the election in June , 1 9 , the full number of 18 members shall be elected ; and thereafter one-third of the elected members shall go out of office annually , but shall be eligible for re-election . Those who go out of office in lune 1902 , shall be the six members who were elected by the smallest number of votes in 1901 ; and those who go out of office in June , 1903 , shall be the six members who were elected by the next smallest number of votes in 1901 ; the n ^ i-H alwavs determining , when the votes for any such members shall have been

equal , who shall be the members so to go out of office ; and after 1903 , those who shall go out of office shall always be the members who have been for the longest time in office . On the death or removal from office of an elected member , the brother elected in his place under Rule 261 , shall go out of office at the time appointed for the member whose place he has taken . The attention of the Board having been directed to the crowding and inconvenience occasioned by the procession into Grand Lodge of so large a number of Present and Past Grand Officers , it begs to report that , at the suggestion of the

Grand Director of Ceremonies , Sir Albert W . Woods , Garter , and with the sanction of the Most Worshipful Grand Master , it has been arranged that , in future the procession into Grand Lodge shall be divided into two parts ; the first part comprising Past Grand Officers , according to their rank , seniors first , who shall proceed into Grand Lodge and take their seats on the dais ; the second part to be lormed of the Grand Officers of the year , who will precede the Grand Master as at present , and will open out in front of the dais to allow the Grand Master , or other presiding officer , to take his seat , and will then take the seats marked and reserved for them . _

It is with a feeling of very deep and sincere regret that the Board has to report the removal by death since January , 1900 , of the following brethren , who had filled a high position in the Craft as Officers of Grand Lodge : R . W . Bro . the Earl of Radnor , Prov . G . Master for Wiltshire . R . W . Bro . the Earl of Portarlington , P . G . W . R . W . Bro . the Earl of Londesborough , P . G . W . R . W . Bro . the Earl of Donough . nore , K . C . M . G ., P . G . W .

R . W . Bro . Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart ., Prov . G . Master for Durham . R . W . Bro . Sir Gabriel Goldney , Bart ., P . G . W . R . W . Bro . Thomas Fenn , P . G . W . V . W , Bro . Rev . Robert J . Simpson , P . G . Chap . V . W . Bro . Rev . Charles J . Martyn , P . G . Chap . V . W . Bro . Rev . Brooke Lambert , P . G . Chap . V . W . Bro . Richard Eve , P . G . Treas .

V . W . Bro . Sir Alfred Bevan , P . G . Treas . W . Bro . A . Saville Tomkins , P . G . D . W . Bro . Sir Francis Boileau , Bart ., P . G . D . W . Bro . Sir J . W . Maclure , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . D . W . Bro . A . Stewart Brown , F . R . C . S ., P . G . D . W . Bro . Chas . Beaumont , P . G . D . W . Bro . Chas . Barry , F . S . A ., P . G . Supt . of Works .

W . Bro . Chas . H . Driver , P . G . Supt . of Works . W . Bro . Wentworth Cole , P . Asst . G . D . C . W . Bro . John Fenwick , P . Asst . G . D . C . W . Bro . Geo . Kelly , P . G . S . B . W . Bro . E . J . Smith , P . G . Std . Br .

W . Bro . B . Kelly Thorpe , P . G . Std . Br . W . Bro . Howard H . Room , P . G . Std . Br . W . Bro . Sir Arthur Sullivan , P . G . Organist . W . Bro . George Graveley , P . G . Purst . W . Bro . L . F . Littell , P . G . Purst . W . Bro . Walter Martin , P . Asst . G . Purst .

The Board has to report that the following presentations have been male to tho Library and Museum since the last meeting of Grand Lodge , all of which have been accepted with thanks :

TITLE OR OBJHCT . Two Old Masonic Prints ( Dutch ) An Old Past Grand Steward's Jewel "The Masonic Record , " No . 1 . ( printed on satin ) . ... An Old Masonic Apron and three Masonic Prints Hx Tabernacle in the Wilderness tunttitutions , 1756 , and four old Jewels

Hutchinson's Spirit of Masonry , 1 S 43 Ross ' s Masonic Chart , iS 2 e I holograph of an o'd Masonic Plate 'lie Masunic Veterans of Illinois , > 5 th Report ...

An Old Perfect Ashlar ( inlaid ) » . lour Old Masonic Prints ( the late 1 . G . ,, I'o'Jghtey's ) . '"< - ' Antiquity of Chester Masonry ... ... ' ™ Constitution , ( J UDIJC Ceremonies , & c , of the r Otand Lodge of Canada , « ° Old Masonic Books Jisiory of the Soc . Ros . in AnglU "' story 0 f tne L , dge 0 f justice , No . 147

Bv WHDiii PRESENTED . John H . Gerards , No . 2772 . K . Loveland Loveland , k . C , Pres . B . G . Purposes . The Proprietor of "The Masonic Record . "

\ C . T . Townsend , P . P . S . G . W . ) Suffolk . Thos . E . Withington , Prov . S . G . W . W . Lar . c . Qr .-Mr .-Sergt . John Leaney , P . P . G . Purst . l ' ssex . J . C . Main , P . M . and Sec . No . 157 . Joseph Gray , P . M . No . 503 . Gen . John C Smith , Past G . Master ol Illinois . Edwin P . Luke , W . M . NJ . 1 S 53 .

F . Bascombe , P . M . No . 231 ft . Jn . Armstrong . P . P . S . G . W . W . Lane . The Gcand Seccetary of Can 1 da . Rev . V . M . Burtnn , G . Chio . Dr . W . Wynn Wss' . o ' . t , P . M . Walter E . D . lley , P . M . and SJC .

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Photograph of the Lambton Arms Inn Robert Hudson , P . G . S . B ., Prov . G . Sec . Durham . History of Jerusalem Chapter , No . S , Nsw York The Author , C Victor Twiss , P . M ., Past High Priest , & c . ( Signed ) RICHARD LOVELAND-LOVELAND , President .

Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C , 19 th February , 1901 . The Grand Lodge Accounts at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the iSth instant , showed a balance in the Bank of England ( Law Courts Branch ) of . £ 9125 5 s . 6 d ., and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for Detty cash ^ , and for servants' wages £ 100 .

6 . NOTICE OF MOTION . By Bro . W . F . LAMONBY , P . A . G . D . CAddition to Article 282 . " A Brother who has been a member of a subardinate Lodge in a British Colony , formerly holding allegiance to this Grand Lodge ,

but now to a Colonial Grand Lodge , may , by permission of the Grand Master , if a member of this Grand Lodge , wear his Colonial Grand Lodge insignia in Grand Lodge , or in any subordinate Lodges ; provided that the permission of the Grand M ister to wear such insignia shall not interfere with the order of precedence set forth in Article 6 . "

7 . Report of Bro . John Smith , Auditor of the Grand Lodge accounts of receipts and disbursements during the year 1900 . List of lodges for which warrants have been granted b y the M . W . Grand Master since the last Q uarterly Communication of Grand Lodge : No . 2838 , The Needles , Freshwater , Isle of Wight .

2839 , The Defence , Calcutta . 2 S 40 , The White Rose of York , London . 2841 , The Aldersbrook , London . 2842 , The Asylums Board , London . 2843 , The Middlesex Hospital , London . 2844 , The Grey , Dharmsala , Punjab , India .

Mark Grand Lodge.

MARK GRAND LODGE .

The following is the business to be transacted on Tuesday next , the 5 th instant : 1 . Read and , if approved , confirm minutes of Quarterly Communication of 4 th December , 1900 , and Special Grand Lodge of 19 th February , 1901 . 2 . That the humble and grateful thanks of Grand Lodge be most respectfully offered to his Majesty the King , for his gracious intimation that

he will be pleased to assume ihe position and title of Patron of the Mark Degree . 3 . Election of the M . W . Grand Master for the ensuing year . 4 . Election of the Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year . 5 . Report of the General Board . 6 . A motion will be made that the report be taken as read .

7 . A motion will be made that the report be received and entered on the minutes . 8 . Recommendations arising out of the report : ( a ) That a sum of . 650 be voted to the widow of a late brother No . 342 . ( 4 ) That a sum of £ 20 be voted to the widow of a late brother

No . 342 . ( c ) That a sum of £ 20 be voted to the daughter of a late brother No . 28 . ( et ) That a sum of £ 20 be voted to the widow of a brother Nos . 2 and 305 . 9 . A motion will be proposed that the report be adopted .

Royal Arch.

Royal Arch .

Royal Alfred Chapter , No . 777 . The regular convocation of this chapter was held on Wednesday , the 20 th ult ., at he Angel Hotel , Guildford , when there were present Comps . Alfred G . bbs , M . E . Z . ; T . P . Whately , II . j Rev . J . A . Arnan Tait , J . ; J . B . S . Lancaster , P . P . G . Std . Br ., Scribe E . ; W . Macklin , P . S . ; F . Dowse , P . Z . j P . Dewar , W . A . Shaw , and C . Haig-Brown . Visitors : Comps . R . F . Gould , P . A . G . S . ; and C . T . Tyler , P . A . G . D . C , Prov . G . S . E .

The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , a ballot was taken for Bro . George Lintott , 2101 , which proving unanimous in his favour , and the candidate being in attendance , he was exalted into the mysteries and privileges of Royal Arch Masonry . A resolution embodying the regret of Ihe companions at the death of her late Majesty the Queen was recorded on the minutes , after which , there being no further business , the chapter was closed . The companions subsequently dined together .

St . Magdalene Chapter , No . 242 . INSTALLATION OF COMP . F . J . FORTH . The installation meeting of this chapter was held in the Masonic Rojmj , Doncaster . on Friday , the 22 nd ult . Present : II . A . Fenton , M . E Z . ; F . J . Forth H . ; W . Langbridge , - ] . ; J . Constable , P . Z ., P . S . ; W . W . Fretwell , P . Z . ; C . Goldthorpe , P . Z . ; C M . Hartley , P . Z . ; F . I ) . Waker , P . Z . ; J . Shires , P . H . : F . T . Turner , J . H . Pawson , W . Ord , W . W . Hainsworth , G . Pashley , W . Mason ! Janitor , and others .

Comp . Forth was installed into the chair of M . E . Z . by Comp . Fenton , I . P . Z ., Comp . Langbridge into the chair of H . by Comp . Constable , P . Z ., who in turn was installed into the chair of J . by Comp . Langbridge , and the newly-installed M . E . Z . invested his officers as follows : Comps . Ord , S . E . ; Boomer , S . N . ; Turner , P . S . ; Shires , ist A . S . ; Pawson , 2 nd A . S . ; Forth , Treas . ; and W . Mason , Janitor .

The chapter was duly closed , and the companions adjourned to the ante-rnom , where a light banquet was partaken of , and the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were gone through .

His MAJESTY THE KING has been pleased to confer upon the undermentioned regiments the honour of becoming their Colonel-in-Chief on his accession to the throne ; ioth ( Prince of Wales's Own Royal ) Hussars , of which regiment he has been the Regimental Colonel since the year 1 S 63 ; Grenadier Guards , Coldstream Guirds ,. Scots Guards , and Irish Guards .