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state of the funds , and the adminstration of our income , and our affairs generally , reflects the greatest credit on all concerned , and such , if we mistake not , will be the unanimous verdict of our readers and our Craft .

IN the Evening News last week appears a paragraph relating to some remarks of ours , as to non-Masonic papers publishing . Masonic records . The writer seems to have misapprehended the drift of our remarks , as , while we ourselves do not object to the result of Masonic work appearing

in non-Masonic papers , we certainly do not like to see accounts of Masonic work in lodge therein set forth . Some dislike to read any reports of our Charities in non-Masonic papers , and regard such publicity as so many advertisements for claims and claimants . We do not go so far as that , but are on the contrary , glad when the non-Masonic press recognizes Masonic reality and records Masonic services .

United Grand Lodge.

UNITED GRAND LODGE .

The following is the agenda paper of Grand Lodge to be held on Wedr nesday , the 7 th inst . : 1 . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the ist of March for coufirmation . 2 . The minutes of tlie special Grand Lodge of the 15 th of March for confirmation .

3 . The minutes of the Grand Festival of the 26 th of April for confirmation . 4 . Election of members of the Board of General Purposes . 5 . Election of members of the Colonial Board . 6 . Election of members for the Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of

F reemasons . 7 . Report of the Lodge of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which are recommendations for the following grants , viz . ; £ s . ( 1 . A brother of the Restoration Lodge , No . in , Darlington ... 50 o o A brother of the Sydney Lodge , No . S 20 , Sidcup ... ... 50 o o

The widow of a brother of the Ranelagh Lodge No . S 34 , London 50 o o A brother of the Lodge of Faith , 141 , London ... ... ... 50 o o The widow of a brother of Lodge Confidence , No . 193 , London ... 50 o o The widow of a brother of the William of Wykeham Lodge , No . 1 SS 3 , Winchester ... ... ... ... ... 75 0 o

A brother of the Lodge of Unanimity and Sincerity , No . 261 , Taunton ... ... ... ••• ••• 50 o o A brother of the Whittington Lodge , No . S 62 , London ... 75 o o The widow of a brother of the Fitz Roy Lodge , No . 569 , London 75 o o The widow of a brother of the De-la-Pole Lodge , No . 1605 , Hull 75 o o The widow of a brother of the Saint Cuthberga Lodge , No . 622 ,

Wimborne ... ¦•• ... ••• ... 1 5 ° o o A brother of the Amphibious Lodge , No . 25 S , Heckmondwike ... 50 o o A brother of the St . John the Baptist Lodge , No . 39 , Exeter ... 50 o o A brother of Lodge Semper Fidelis , No . 1254 , Exeter ... ... 100 o o A brother of the Lodge of Love and Honour , No . 75 , Falmouth ... 50 o o 8 . REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES . —To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England .

1 . The Board have to report that it having been represented to them that a lodge had recently elected and installed a Master who had served only eleven months as a Warden , the Master and Wardens were summoned to appear before the Board , and the facts being admitted , with the explanation that they occurred through inadvertence , the lodge was duly admonishep lor its inattention to the Constitutions , and it was declared that the election was

null and void , that the late W . M . was still the Master , and must continue so to act until the next regular period of election , and until a successor shall have been duly elected and installed in his stead . 2 . The Board have also to report that the growing practice of Secretaries of lodges styling and signing themselves Honorary Secretaries has been from time to time brought under their notice , and they think it desirable in this

manner to draw attention to the fact that the title of Honorary Secretary is not authorised by the Constitutions . 3 . Lastly , the Board desire to lay before the Grand Lodge the revision of the Book of Constitutions , on which much thought and attention have been bestowed , and they recommend that the Most Worshi pful Grand

Master be asked to convene a special Grand Lodge at a convenient time to consider the same . ( Signed ) JOHN B . MONCKTON . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C . President . 16 th May , 1882 .

At the meeting of the Board , held on Tuesday , the 16 th of May , after the ordinary business had been disposed of , the following resolution was passed , viz .: The members of the Board unanimously desire to express their sense of the ability and courtesy uniformly displayed on all occasions by the V . W . Bro . Sir John B . Monckton , as President of the Board of General Purposes .

( Signed ) FRANK GREEN , Vice President . To the report is subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 12 th May inst ., showing " a balance in the Bank of England of £ 4191 ; and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for petty cash £ 75 , and for servants' wages £ i °° -

_ . . _ ... ....... 9 . Report of the Committee appointed by Grand Lodge on the ist March last , to investigate and report on the finances and present income cf Grand Lodge—That the Committee having met on the iGth of May , proceeded to enquire into and examine the various sources of income of Grand Lodge , as well as its current

expenditure for the last three years , and they now beg to report , as the result of their investitures , that at the present time Grand Lodge is in receipt of an average nett income of about £ 4000 per annum , which is , however , liable to considerable fluctuations , in prcportion to the number of admissions of members into the Order and from various other causes .

( Signed ) J . S . BROWNRIGG , Provincial Grand Master for Surrey , Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C . Chairman . 16 th May , 18 S 2 . 10 . The annual report of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , dated the 19 th May , 1882 , will be laid before Grand Lodge .

United Grand Lodge.

11 . APPEALS . —1 . From Thomas J . Mountain , late of the New Zealand Pacific Lodge , No . 517 , Wellington , New Zealand , against the decision of Grand Lodge , on the 7 th December last , declining to entertain his former appeal against his expulsion from the order by the District Grand Lod ge of Wellington ( North Island ) , New Zealand , on the ground of its not havinobeen made at the " next practical Grand Lodge , " as required by page 9 = Book of Constitutions , and praying that Grand Lodge will now consider the said former appeal on its merits .

2 . From Bro . Alexander Dimant , of the New Zealand Pacific Lod ge , No . 517 , Wellington , New Zealand , against his suspension by the Deputy District Grand Master of the District Grand Lodge of Wellington ( North Island ) , New Zealand , previous to hearing and determining the complaint preferred against him—And also against a sentence of expulsion from the Order subsequentl y passed against him by the District Grand Master of the said District

Grand Lodge . 12 . NOTICES OF MOTION . —I . Consideration as a substantive motion of the following amendment proposed by Bro . the Baron de Ferrieres , at the Quarterly Communication in March last , on the proposition submitted by the Board of General Purposes at that meeting , relative to Bro . Perceval ' s motion for counting votes in Grand Lodge on a division , and which amendment being carried , its consideration as a substantive motion was deferred until the Quarterly Communication in Tune , viz .:

—By Bro . Baron DE FERRIERES , M . P ., P . M . No . 82—That the counting of votes on a division in Grand Lodge be conducted in future on the following system : ist . That there shall be eight tellers from the body of the hall , namely—the four Grand Deacons acting for Grand Lodge , and the proposer and seconder of the motion , with two brethren nominated by them , for the resolution . 2 nd . That there shall be two tellers for the Grand Officers on the dais , namely—the Assistant

Director of Ceremonies for Grand Lodge and a brother nominated by the proposer for the resolution . ' 3 rd . That on a division being called for , a pair of tellers shall be placed opposite each of the four divisions of Grand Lodge and the dais , who shall request the brethren of their division to hold up their hands—first for "Ayes" and then for " Noes " —the tellers audibly counting the numbers each time , which shall be at once noted on paper , initialed by both tellers , and handed up to the Grand Secretary , who shall announce the result after receiving and adding up all the scores .

( 2 ) By Bro . J M . CLABON , P . G . D . — That , for the purpose of maintaining and extending the Fund of Benevolence , all the members of the lodges in the London district ( except military lodges ) , shall pay quarterly one shilling and sixpence each to the Fund , instead of one shilling as fixed by the Grand Lodge held on the 2 nd March , 1 S 14 . And that all members of lodges not

within the London district ( except military , Colonial , and foreign lodpes ) , shall pay quarterly ninepence each to the Fund , * instead of sixpence , as fixed by the said Grand Lodge . ( 3 ) That no sale be made of all or any part of the Capital Funds of Benevolence without the express order of a Grand Lodge , confirmed by a subsequent Grand Lodge .

( 4 ) By Bro . RAYNHAM W . STEWART , P . G . D . — That , in the event of the report of the Financial Committee appointed at the Quarterly Communication , held on the ist day of March last being adopted , to move-That , having regard to the enormous increase in the number of lodges and chapters since the grant of , CSoo made by Grand Lodge in 1 S 5 S to the Royal Masonic Benevolent

Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , and for which the Institution had to send , and still sends , two voting papers to ' each lodge and chapter , that the amount to be contributed in future by Grand Lodge be increased by an annual payment of £ 300 to the Male Fund , and Ijfsoo to the Widows' Fund , such payment being borne by the fund at the disposal of the Board of General Purposes .

5 . By Bro . EDWIN T . BUDDEN , P . M . No . 622—Whereas one of the great objects of Freemasonry is to promote the liberal arts and sciences ; and whereas the Most Worshipful Grand Master H . R . H . the Prince of Wales is endeavouring to establish a Royal College of Music , and solicits the co-operation and assistance of public corporations and associations throughout the land ; and

whereas the Most Worshipful Grand Master , and the Royal Princes , his brothers , have rendered great and valuable services to the Craft in this country . This Grand Lodge agrees out of the funds at its disposal to found one Grand Lodge Scholarship of the value ot £ 80 per annum , and one Grand Lodge Exhibition of the value of £ 40 per annum , in the said Royal College of Music . And that the Board of General Purposes be instructed to carry this resolution into effect at the proper time .

6 . By V . W . Bro . Lieut .-Col . J CREATON , Grand Treasurer—That the sum of £ 70 be given from the Fund of General Purposes ; 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 residents of the Institution at Croydon with coals during the winter season .

List of brethren nominated for the Board of General Purposes : Masters and Past Masters—Bros . R . Loveland Loveland , W . M . 1 S 6 9 ; Alfred H . Tattershall , P . M . 140 ; Wm . H . Perryman , W . M . 135 1 ; Hen . A . Dubois , P . M . 1777 in 142 ; Thomas C . Walls , W . M . 1512 ; Edgar Bowyer , W . M . 1964 ; George Brown , W . M . 140 ; William George Kentish , W . M . 1293 ; George Drysdale , W . M . 222 ; William Stephens , P . M . 1489 ; Charles Atkins , P . M . 27 ; William Bristow , W . M . G . S . L . : Arthur E . Gladwell ,

P . M . 172 ; William Smallpeice , P . M . 1395 ; Albert Escott , W . M . 1593 ; John H . Watts , W . M . 63 ; George Bolton , W . M . 1 155 ; Edward Beaumont , W . M . 26 ; Charles Chester Cheston , W . M . 99 ; Ral p h Clutton , W . M . 143 ; Frank Green , W . M . 1827 ; Edward Letchworth , W . M . 197 ; Henry Bishop , P . M . 66 ; Henry R . Cooper-Smith , P . M . 47 8 ; Henry Harben , P . M . 92 ; Charles Harding , P . M . 778 ; Alfred Meadows , M . D ., P . M . 4 ; and George Pitt-Lewis , P . M . 165 .

List of brethren nominated for the Colonial Board : Bros . Henry Francis Auldjo , W . M . 92 ; James Brett , P . M . 177 ; Augustus T . Day , W . M . 166 ; Ralp h Gooding , P . M . 1 ; William George Lemon , W . M . 1601 ; James Henry Matthews , P . M . 143 ; and Griffiths Smith , P . M . 21 . List of brethren nominated for the Committee of Management for the

Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons : Bros . John James Berry , P . M . 554 ; Thomas W . C . Bush , P . M . 1728 ; Chas . A . Cottebrune , P . M . 733 ; William H . Goodall , W . M . 1567 ; Henry McPherson , P . M . 890 ; George L . Moore , P . M . 169 ; William J . Murlis , P . M . 1642 ; Robert Perry Tate , P . M . 862 ; Alf . HTattershall , P . M . 140 ; and James Willing , jun ., P . M . 1507 .

List of lodges for which warrants have been granted by the M . W . Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge :

Lodge 19 62 , London Rifle Brigade Lodge , London . ,, 19 63 , Duke of Albany Lodge , London . „ 1964 , Clerkenwell Lodge , London . „ 1965 , Eastes Lodge , Bromley , Kent . „ 1966 , Lodge of Fidelity and Sincerity , Wellington , Somersetshire .

„ 1967 , Beacon Court Lodge , New Brompton , Kent . „ . 19 68 , Duke of Manchester Lodge , Melbourne , Victoria . „ 1969 , Waldeck Lodge , London . „ 1970 , Hadrian Lo'dge , South Shields .