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A brother of the Pimlico Lodge , No . 1772 , London ... ... too o o A brother of the Lodge of Harmony , No . 272 , Boston ... 50 o o The widow of a brother of thc Lodge Zetland-in-the-hast , No . 50 S , Singapore ... ... - r •¦• ., •;• 5 ° ° ° The widow of a brother of the Mundy Grove Lodge , No . 5 ™> Shipley Gate ... ... - - - 5 ° o o A brother of the Lodge of Loyalty , No . 1607 , London ... 50 0 o
The special report from the R . W . Piovincial Grand Master of Devonshire —under Article 93 , Book of Constitutions—transmitting and recommending a memorial from the Lodge Sincerity , No . 189 , East Stonehouse , for the expulsion from the Order of a brother of the said lodge , he having been recently convicted of felony and sentenced to five years' penal servitude , was submitted to Grand Lodge by Bro . THOMAS FENN .
Bro . BINCKES made a special appeal to the brethren whether it was necessary to inflict this additional pain on any erring brother who was already enduring the punishment of his offences . A spirited endeavour was made to obtain a division on the question whether the Prov . Grand Master for Devon should be supported , but ultimately his report was adopted by a very large majority without a
division . . The report of the Board of General Purposes was the next business , and it was as follows : — To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England .
The Board have to report that there being at present no complete catalogue of the Library of Grand Lodge , they have arranged for one to be prepared as soon as possible , and that in order to accommodate brethren who make use of the Library in the evening , the Board propose that it shall . remain open on Mondays and Thursdays until 10 o'clock p . m ., and on other days by arrangement . The Board recommend that Bro . H . Sadler , G . Tyler , be appointed Sub-Librarian , under the Grand Secretary , in addition to his other duties , with a salary of £ 20 a year , in order to carry out the
proposed arrangements . The Board also recommend—That in consideration of the very large increase in the Craft and Royal Arch of late years , and consequently in the duties of the Grand Secretary , and especially of the manner in which , in
the unanimous opinion of the Board , those duties are discharged , it be recommended to Grand Lodge that the salary of Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , the present Grand Secretary , be raised from £ 800 per annum , its present amount , to £ , 1000 per annum , and that the first quarterly payment of such increased salary be due and payable on Midsummer Day now next
ensuing . To the report is subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts , at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 13 th day of May instant , showing a balance in the Bank of England ( Western of the Grand for
Branch ) of £ 640 1 17 s . rod ., and in the hands Secretary petty cash , £ 100 ; and for servants' wages , ^ 100 ; and balance for annual allowance for library , ^ 25 6 s . 3 d . ( Signed ) THOMAS FENN , President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C .
17 th May , 1887 . At the meeting of the Board , held on Tuesday , the 17 th May , after the ' ordinary business had been disposed of , the W . Bro . John Lawrence Mather , Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies , said that , this being the last meeting of the Board prior to the election , he was desired by the members to express their most sincere thanks to the V . W . Bro . Thomas Fenn , for the kindness and courtesy uniformly displayed by him on all occasions as President of the Board of General Purposes .
Bro . T . FENN , in moving the first recommendation , said Bro . Sadler was so well versed in the books in the library , and was a very earnest searcher alter Masonic , facts , having read every book in the library , that he knew where to put his hand on every volume , and he would assist any Masonic student who applied to him . The proposed addition to his salary was very modest .
Bro . W . J . HUGHAN , in seconding the motion , said Bro . Sadler well deserved the appointment . The motion was carried . Bro . THOMAS FENN ( the Grand Secretary having retired ) proposed the next recommendation of the report , and said the reasons given in the report for this recommendation would be supported by Bro . Sir John Monckton
who would second its adoption . The brethren would be astonished at the progress which Masonry had made during the time Grand Secretary had been in office , and the immense addition to his work during those few years which Sir John Monckton's statement would disclose . He should , therefore , simply confine himself to another reason which he had ventured to think had an influence on the minds of the Board when they came to a
unanimous vote on this recommendation . It was generally felt that a great Institution like Freemasonry , which had its ramifications not only all over England , but over the Colonies and throughout the vast extent of this great Empire , and having communications also with the whole habitable globe—an institution like this should have its only executive paid officer in a position worthy of so great and vast a body , which had the Prince of Wales , the Heir to the throne , associated with it , and associated with him many of the
greatest and noblest in the land , with all of whom the Grand Secretary had constantly been in communication . But apart from this , it was due to Masons themselves and to their great institution that their officers should be paid somewhat better than officers of an Insurance Company . ( Hear , hear ) . He knew many Insurance Company ' s in the City where the Secretaries received double the salary of the Grand Secretary , and for his own part he thought the salaries paid scarcely did credit to the Institution . ( Applause ) . With these few words he proposed the adoption of the recommendation .
Bro . Sir J B . MONCKTON said he seconded the motion with very much satisfaction , and he was sure the brethren would support it . Still , there must be some brethren present for the first time who were entitled to know to some extent the reason for the recommendation , and inasmuch as he introduced it to the Board of General Purposes when it was unanimously adopted after very full , free , and fair discussion , he desired to have the pleasure to second the motion . During the ten year ' s he filled the office
of President of the Board of General Purposes he saw a great deal of the Grand Secretary during the hours of absolute work . He did not feel it necessary to put before Grand Lodge all the figures but he might inform the brethren that since the present scale of payment of Grand Secretary was adopted in March , 1874 , there had been an addition of 970 lodges and chapters to Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter of England . The brethren knew what work in Masonry that meant , and that the work of Grqnd Secretary must increase with it , How well that work had been
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performed by Grand Secretary they also knew full well , and it would be an affront to them to argue the case further . Bro . BEACH said he knew the motion would be carried with acclaniation , and he put it before them with confidence . The motion was carried unanimously , and with loud applause , which also greeted Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke when he returned to Grand Lodge Bro . THOS . FENN , in the absence of Bro . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C ., G . R ' through illness , submitted to Grand Lodge an . ~ " ' ' *
APPEAL By Bro . the Rev . HENRY WATSON , P . M . No . 757 , Past District Grand Chaplain Bombay , against a ruling of his District Grand Master , refusinghim permission to refer to official letters of the District Grand Secretary when asking a question in District Grand Lodge , of which he had given due notice .
Bro . FENN said the appeal did not refer at all to the question of what Bro . Watson had given notice , because he believed that was answered in the District Grand Lodge . The refusal of the District Grand Master was of the documents relating to a totally different subject , and as he was justified in his refusal the appeal ought to be dismissed . Bro . ROBERT GREY , President of the Board of Benevolence , seconded the motion , and the appeal was dismissed .
Bro . J OSEPH CLEVER , who wished to reserve his motion to give £ ~ iooo to each of the Charitable Institutions of Masonry , in commemoration of her Majesty ' s Jubilee , till the result of Bro . Raynham Stewart ' s motion , that the same would be £ 2000 each , was informed by Bro . Beach that this could not be done , and he must either bring his motion on first , as it stood on the paper first , or he must withdraw it .
Bro . CLEVER elected to withdraw his motion . Bro . RAYNHAM W . STEWART , P . G . D ., moved : — That in commemoration of the Jubilee of the reign of her Majesty the Oueen the following donations be given from the Fund for General Purposes : ~ " ' To the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ... ... £ 2000 „ Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ... ... " 2000
„ Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ... ... 2000 He asked the brethren to do a kind and generous act . Masons were essentially loyal , and this would be a good opportunity of showing their loyalty to the throne . This was the best way to testify it , and at the same time they would be testifying their loyalty to Masons and to the children of Masons . He would not ask for the money if Grand Lodge had not got the money . They were not going to borrow money to give it
they had plenty , which was a great relief to their minds . He went solely upon the question of loyalty—loyalty to the Queen and loyalty to the Order . They should act an honest part . When they looked at their noble Institutions , where the little children were educated so as to get their future livelihood , and where the old people were taken care of when they could not get their own livelihood , they must be proud of them . He was in a position to ask the brethren to show their loyalty , for they were all noble-minded men . He concluded by moving his motion .
Bro . J OSEPH CLEVER seconded , feeling that Masons ought to do something to commemorate the Queen ' s Jubilee , and they could not do it better than by assisting their Institutions . Bro . THOMAS FENN , without any intention whatever of prejudicino- this question , and certainly not with any view to oppose it , thought it onl y ° ight , as President of the Board of General Purposes , to let the brethren know what the state of the funds was . The Fund of General Purposes had
£ 6000 at the bankers , though that was not exactly available , for they could not draw cheques for that amount because there were current expenses to the amount of £ " 2000 to be provided for , so that the amount immediately available was ( say ) £ 4000 . They had in the funds £ " 35 , 000 invested , —( applause)—belonging to the Fund of General Purposes . If the present vote was passed , some of that amount would have to be sold out . He hoped the brethren would not mistake the object with which he put them in possession of these facts .
Bro . BRACKSTONE BAKER , P . G . D ., who did not yield to Bro . Stewart or Bro . Clever either in loyalty to the Grand Master , or in sympathy with Charity , put it to the brethren whether it would not be expedient , politic , diplomatic , even respectful , to the Grand Master to withhold this vote until after the celebration at the Albert Hall on the 13 th June . As his Royal
Highness was going to devote the proceeds of that affair to the three Masonic Institutions , he thought the present action was going somewhat obstrusively against what the Prince of Wales ' s intentions might be . The matter might be left till the September meeting , as the Jubilee sentiment would not entirely have evaporated by that time . ( " No , no . " )
Bro . J AMES LEWIS THOMAS , P . A . G . D . C , moved the reduction of the vote by £ 1000 to each of the Institutions .
Bro . the Rev . R . J . S IMPSON , P . G . D ., wished to know whether the ^ 6000 was to be placed simply to the credit of the three Charities , or whether it was to have a distinctive commemoration generic purpose , so as to take the form of a memorial of the Jubilee year . Bro . W . A . SCURRAH seconded Bro . Lewis Thomas ' s amendment .
Bro . the Rev . W . H . WELDON supported the ^ 6000 vote . The amendment was lost , and the original motion carried amidst loud applause . The following motion was also carried—By VV . Bro . RAYNHAM VV . STEWART , P . G . D . : —
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 inmates of the Institution at Croydon with coals during the winter season .
Bro . BEACH said as the Scrutineers had not yet completed their labours , he would receive their report in the Grand Master ' s private room . Grand Lodge was then closed in form . The following brethren were elected as members of the Board of General Purposes : —
1 . Bro . Nusservvanjee Dossabhoy Fracis , W . M . 255 . 2 . „ Henry Pritchard , W . M . 1415 . 3 . „ James Terry , P . M . 228 . 4 . „ Frederick E . Pocock , M . D ., P . M . 1891 . 5 . „ Tom Drew Bear , P . M . 1584 . 6 . „ Edward Terry , P . M . 29 . 7 . ,, Charles Belton , P . M , 165 . 8 . „ Howard Henry Room , P . M . 2090 . 9 . „ Henry Sutherland , M . D ., W . M . 99 . 10 . „ Robert George Clutton , W . M . 631 11 . „ Thomas Hastings Miller , P . M . 907 . 12 . ,, Frederick Trotman Bennett , W . M . 211 . 1 3 . „ Augustus Taylor Day , W . M . 58 . 14 . „ Henry Dickey , W . M . 1 744 .
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United Grand Lodge Of England.
A brother of the Pimlico Lodge , No . 1772 , London ... ... too o o A brother of the Lodge of Harmony , No . 272 , Boston ... 50 o o The widow of a brother of thc Lodge Zetland-in-the-hast , No . 50 S , Singapore ... ... - r •¦• ., •;• 5 ° ° ° The widow of a brother of the Mundy Grove Lodge , No . 5 ™> Shipley Gate ... ... - - - 5 ° o o A brother of the Lodge of Loyalty , No . 1607 , London ... 50 0 o
The special report from the R . W . Piovincial Grand Master of Devonshire —under Article 93 , Book of Constitutions—transmitting and recommending a memorial from the Lodge Sincerity , No . 189 , East Stonehouse , for the expulsion from the Order of a brother of the said lodge , he having been recently convicted of felony and sentenced to five years' penal servitude , was submitted to Grand Lodge by Bro . THOMAS FENN .
Bro . BINCKES made a special appeal to the brethren whether it was necessary to inflict this additional pain on any erring brother who was already enduring the punishment of his offences . A spirited endeavour was made to obtain a division on the question whether the Prov . Grand Master for Devon should be supported , but ultimately his report was adopted by a very large majority without a
division . . The report of the Board of General Purposes was the next business , and it was as follows : — To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England .
The Board have to report that there being at present no complete catalogue of the Library of Grand Lodge , they have arranged for one to be prepared as soon as possible , and that in order to accommodate brethren who make use of the Library in the evening , the Board propose that it shall . remain open on Mondays and Thursdays until 10 o'clock p . m ., and on other days by arrangement . The Board recommend that Bro . H . Sadler , G . Tyler , be appointed Sub-Librarian , under the Grand Secretary , in addition to his other duties , with a salary of £ 20 a year , in order to carry out the
proposed arrangements . The Board also recommend—That in consideration of the very large increase in the Craft and Royal Arch of late years , and consequently in the duties of the Grand Secretary , and especially of the manner in which , in
the unanimous opinion of the Board , those duties are discharged , it be recommended to Grand Lodge that the salary of Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , the present Grand Secretary , be raised from £ 800 per annum , its present amount , to £ , 1000 per annum , and that the first quarterly payment of such increased salary be due and payable on Midsummer Day now next
ensuing . To the report is subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts , at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 13 th day of May instant , showing a balance in the Bank of England ( Western of the Grand for
Branch ) of £ 640 1 17 s . rod ., and in the hands Secretary petty cash , £ 100 ; and for servants' wages , ^ 100 ; and balance for annual allowance for library , ^ 25 6 s . 3 d . ( Signed ) THOMAS FENN , President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C .
17 th May , 1887 . At the meeting of the Board , held on Tuesday , the 17 th May , after the ' ordinary business had been disposed of , the W . Bro . John Lawrence Mather , Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies , said that , this being the last meeting of the Board prior to the election , he was desired by the members to express their most sincere thanks to the V . W . Bro . Thomas Fenn , for the kindness and courtesy uniformly displayed by him on all occasions as President of the Board of General Purposes .
Bro . T . FENN , in moving the first recommendation , said Bro . Sadler was so well versed in the books in the library , and was a very earnest searcher alter Masonic , facts , having read every book in the library , that he knew where to put his hand on every volume , and he would assist any Masonic student who applied to him . The proposed addition to his salary was very modest .
Bro . W . J . HUGHAN , in seconding the motion , said Bro . Sadler well deserved the appointment . The motion was carried . Bro . THOMAS FENN ( the Grand Secretary having retired ) proposed the next recommendation of the report , and said the reasons given in the report for this recommendation would be supported by Bro . Sir John Monckton
who would second its adoption . The brethren would be astonished at the progress which Masonry had made during the time Grand Secretary had been in office , and the immense addition to his work during those few years which Sir John Monckton's statement would disclose . He should , therefore , simply confine himself to another reason which he had ventured to think had an influence on the minds of the Board when they came to a
unanimous vote on this recommendation . It was generally felt that a great Institution like Freemasonry , which had its ramifications not only all over England , but over the Colonies and throughout the vast extent of this great Empire , and having communications also with the whole habitable globe—an institution like this should have its only executive paid officer in a position worthy of so great and vast a body , which had the Prince of Wales , the Heir to the throne , associated with it , and associated with him many of the
greatest and noblest in the land , with all of whom the Grand Secretary had constantly been in communication . But apart from this , it was due to Masons themselves and to their great institution that their officers should be paid somewhat better than officers of an Insurance Company . ( Hear , hear ) . He knew many Insurance Company ' s in the City where the Secretaries received double the salary of the Grand Secretary , and for his own part he thought the salaries paid scarcely did credit to the Institution . ( Applause ) . With these few words he proposed the adoption of the recommendation .
Bro . Sir J B . MONCKTON said he seconded the motion with very much satisfaction , and he was sure the brethren would support it . Still , there must be some brethren present for the first time who were entitled to know to some extent the reason for the recommendation , and inasmuch as he introduced it to the Board of General Purposes when it was unanimously adopted after very full , free , and fair discussion , he desired to have the pleasure to second the motion . During the ten year ' s he filled the office
of President of the Board of General Purposes he saw a great deal of the Grand Secretary during the hours of absolute work . He did not feel it necessary to put before Grand Lodge all the figures but he might inform the brethren that since the present scale of payment of Grand Secretary was adopted in March , 1874 , there had been an addition of 970 lodges and chapters to Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter of England . The brethren knew what work in Masonry that meant , and that the work of Grqnd Secretary must increase with it , How well that work had been
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performed by Grand Secretary they also knew full well , and it would be an affront to them to argue the case further . Bro . BEACH said he knew the motion would be carried with acclaniation , and he put it before them with confidence . The motion was carried unanimously , and with loud applause , which also greeted Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke when he returned to Grand Lodge Bro . THOS . FENN , in the absence of Bro . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C ., G . R ' through illness , submitted to Grand Lodge an . ~ " ' ' *
APPEAL By Bro . the Rev . HENRY WATSON , P . M . No . 757 , Past District Grand Chaplain Bombay , against a ruling of his District Grand Master , refusinghim permission to refer to official letters of the District Grand Secretary when asking a question in District Grand Lodge , of which he had given due notice .
Bro . FENN said the appeal did not refer at all to the question of what Bro . Watson had given notice , because he believed that was answered in the District Grand Lodge . The refusal of the District Grand Master was of the documents relating to a totally different subject , and as he was justified in his refusal the appeal ought to be dismissed . Bro . ROBERT GREY , President of the Board of Benevolence , seconded the motion , and the appeal was dismissed .
Bro . J OSEPH CLEVER , who wished to reserve his motion to give £ ~ iooo to each of the Charitable Institutions of Masonry , in commemoration of her Majesty ' s Jubilee , till the result of Bro . Raynham Stewart ' s motion , that the same would be £ 2000 each , was informed by Bro . Beach that this could not be done , and he must either bring his motion on first , as it stood on the paper first , or he must withdraw it .
Bro . CLEVER elected to withdraw his motion . Bro . RAYNHAM W . STEWART , P . G . D ., moved : — That in commemoration of the Jubilee of the reign of her Majesty the Oueen the following donations be given from the Fund for General Purposes : ~ " ' To the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ... ... £ 2000 „ Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ... ... " 2000
„ Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ... ... 2000 He asked the brethren to do a kind and generous act . Masons were essentially loyal , and this would be a good opportunity of showing their loyalty to the throne . This was the best way to testify it , and at the same time they would be testifying their loyalty to Masons and to the children of Masons . He would not ask for the money if Grand Lodge had not got the money . They were not going to borrow money to give it
they had plenty , which was a great relief to their minds . He went solely upon the question of loyalty—loyalty to the Queen and loyalty to the Order . They should act an honest part . When they looked at their noble Institutions , where the little children were educated so as to get their future livelihood , and where the old people were taken care of when they could not get their own livelihood , they must be proud of them . He was in a position to ask the brethren to show their loyalty , for they were all noble-minded men . He concluded by moving his motion .
Bro . J OSEPH CLEVER seconded , feeling that Masons ought to do something to commemorate the Queen ' s Jubilee , and they could not do it better than by assisting their Institutions . Bro . THOMAS FENN , without any intention whatever of prejudicino- this question , and certainly not with any view to oppose it , thought it onl y ° ight , as President of the Board of General Purposes , to let the brethren know what the state of the funds was . The Fund of General Purposes had
£ 6000 at the bankers , though that was not exactly available , for they could not draw cheques for that amount because there were current expenses to the amount of £ " 2000 to be provided for , so that the amount immediately available was ( say ) £ 4000 . They had in the funds £ " 35 , 000 invested , —( applause)—belonging to the Fund of General Purposes . If the present vote was passed , some of that amount would have to be sold out . He hoped the brethren would not mistake the object with which he put them in possession of these facts .
Bro . BRACKSTONE BAKER , P . G . D ., who did not yield to Bro . Stewart or Bro . Clever either in loyalty to the Grand Master , or in sympathy with Charity , put it to the brethren whether it would not be expedient , politic , diplomatic , even respectful , to the Grand Master to withhold this vote until after the celebration at the Albert Hall on the 13 th June . As his Royal
Highness was going to devote the proceeds of that affair to the three Masonic Institutions , he thought the present action was going somewhat obstrusively against what the Prince of Wales ' s intentions might be . The matter might be left till the September meeting , as the Jubilee sentiment would not entirely have evaporated by that time . ( " No , no . " )
Bro . J AMES LEWIS THOMAS , P . A . G . D . C , moved the reduction of the vote by £ 1000 to each of the Institutions .
Bro . the Rev . R . J . S IMPSON , P . G . D ., wished to know whether the ^ 6000 was to be placed simply to the credit of the three Charities , or whether it was to have a distinctive commemoration generic purpose , so as to take the form of a memorial of the Jubilee year . Bro . W . A . SCURRAH seconded Bro . Lewis Thomas ' s amendment .
Bro . the Rev . W . H . WELDON supported the ^ 6000 vote . The amendment was lost , and the original motion carried amidst loud applause . The following motion was also carried—By VV . Bro . RAYNHAM VV . STEWART , P . G . D . : —
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 inmates of the Institution at Croydon with coals during the winter season .
Bro . BEACH said as the Scrutineers had not yet completed their labours , he would receive their report in the Grand Master ' s private room . Grand Lodge was then closed in form . The following brethren were elected as members of the Board of General Purposes : —
1 . Bro . Nusservvanjee Dossabhoy Fracis , W . M . 255 . 2 . „ Henry Pritchard , W . M . 1415 . 3 . „ James Terry , P . M . 228 . 4 . „ Frederick E . Pocock , M . D ., P . M . 1891 . 5 . „ Tom Drew Bear , P . M . 1584 . 6 . „ Edward Terry , P . M . 29 . 7 . ,, Charles Belton , P . M , 165 . 8 . „ Howard Henry Room , P . M . 2090 . 9 . „ Henry Sutherland , M . D ., W . M . 99 . 10 . „ Robert George Clutton , W . M . 631 11 . „ Thomas Hastings Miller , P . M . 907 . 12 . ,, Frederick Trotman Bennett , W . M . 211 . 1 3 . „ Augustus Taylor Day , W . M . 58 . 14 . „ Henry Dickey , W . M . 1 744 .