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shall cease until the brother receiving it join another Lodge . _ •; . That nothing herein contained shall prevent any Lodge laying on a private assessment for its own purposes . r . That these regulations shall come into operation on the 27 th of December , 1872 .

4 . Moved by Brother Alex . Hay , Grand Jeweller , seconded by Brother Officer , Pr . M . No n , and Senior Grand Deacon . " That with a view to the extinction of the

debt of Grand Lodge , and the application of its surp lus revenues to charitable purposes , the Fee payable to Grand Lodge for each Diploma shall hereafter be five shillings ; and that each daughter Lodge shall hereafter annually pay , on the 24 th day of June , to Grand Lodge , the sum of One

Pound sterling ; that these sums shall be collected by the Grand Secretary , and under deduction of the actual expense of the Diplomas , shall be deposited in Bank , in an Account to be kept in name of Trustees , of whom two shall be

nominated by each Provincial Grand Lodge , at home and abroad , and two by the Grand Committee , with the Substitute Grand Master for the time being , as an ex officio Member and Chairman of thc said Board of Trustees ;—that

the said Trustees shall annually apply the sums so deposited in extinction of the debt of Grand Lodge that on the total extinction of said debt , or in the discretion of Grand Lodge on its partial extinction , the surplus revenues of Grand

Lodge shall be applied to charitable uses by the Grand Committee and the said Provincial Grand Lodges , in sums proportional to the Intrants annually recorded by the Lodges within their respective districts .

Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

At the General Committee of the Freemasons' Girls' School , held on Thursday , at Freemasons' Hall , Major Creaton in the chair , Bro . J . C . Parkinson , one cf the Vice-Presidents of the institution , made inquiry into the state of health of Bro . E . H . Patten , its Secretary , and as

to the probability or the reverse of his being able to resume his duties . Attention was drawnto the fact that Bro . Patten was smitten with paralysis in January last , and that he is considerably over seventy years of age ; and the necessity for declaring the office vacant , and of appointing a

successor was strongly urged . Mr . Parkinson expressed the deep sense of obligation with which the supporters and authorities of the institution regarded the faithful and zealous services of Bro . Patten , and expressed an earnest wish that the latter gentleman should have granted to him a

pension equal in amount to his full salary , as well as a most liberal compensation for the other emoluments pertaining to his official position . But the Freemasons' Girls' School had now been practically without a Secretary for nine months , and a strong feeling was entertained that its interest would suffer unless the duties of the

post were discharged actively , and without further delay . The period of the year is now at hand when it is customary for the representatives of the Masonic charities to pay official visits to

urge the claims ' , of their respective institutions upon the craft ; and the energy and ability with which , as the committee knew , thc interests of the Boys' School would be advocated , made it incumbent that the sister institution should not

suffer by contrast . After a brief discussion , it was agreed unanimously that thc certificate of Bro . Patten ' s medical attendant should be obtained at once and that , if it be found necessary , immediate steps shall be taken for securing a liberal pension , and for appointing a new * Secretary tothe Freemasons' Girls' School .

As the above paragraph has already caused several candidates to appear in the field , we may state that , in the event of a vacancy being declared , Bro . R . Wentworth Little , of the Grand Secretary ' s office , will be a candidate for the Secretaryship of the Girls' School .

BREAKFAST . —Ei'ps ' s COCOA . —GRATEFUL AND COM " roicriNG . — " By a thorough knowledge of thc natural laws rca 13 A " qoyeni thc operations of digestion and nutrition , and ii ipm . ucful application of thc fine propeities of well-selected

cocoa , Mr . Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicatel y-flavoured beverage which may save us man ,-heavy doctors' hills . "—Civil Service Gazette . Made simply with Boiling Water or Milk . Each packet is labelled'J AMES Errs & Co ., Jlomceopathic Chemists , London . "

Bombay Masonic Charity Fund.

BOMBAY MASONIC CHARITY FUND .

The following rules ofthe above fund offer suggesrive hints to t he founders of similar Institutions in this country : — RULES The relief of destitute Freemasons and the education of children of poor and distressed

Freemasons , and to contribute its aid towards any act of benevolence and charity . In conformity with the above objects this Society was instituted ist January , 1872 , and is called " Bombay Masonic Association , " regstered under Act XXI of 186 a .

The Fund is under the patronage of the District Grand Lodge , Bombay Council 30 th Degree ofthe Antient and Accepted Rite , Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons , Provincial Grand Conclave Masonic Knights Templar , and Provincial Grand Council of Red

Cross of Rome and Constantine . A Council of six Directors is elected from the subscribers at large , who retire annually at the General Meeting , but are eli g ible for re-election . The election to each is made by means of printed voting lists , which are to be circulated to each subscriber in the Presidency of Bombay ,

at least one month before the General Meeting , and the votes shall be scrutinised , and the result declared at such Annual Meeting . The heads of the ruling bodies of Freemasonry in this Presidency shall be ex-officio Directors . Any Director quitting Bombay shall ipso facto cease to be a Director from the date of such

departure . Meetings of the Directors will be held quarterly , or from time to time , as needed , on the requisiton of any two Directors . The Meeting is competent if two members be present .

The Directors are competent to fill up the vacancies which arise during the year until the Annual Meeting . Benefactors to the amount of 50 rupees or monthly subscribers of 20 rupees are qualified to vote at any General Meeting of the Fund .

T he report delivered at the Annual Meeting is published for the use of subscribers . No General Meeting of the subscribers can act unless ten members be present .

The capital stock of the charity is lodged in the Bank of Bombay . Within ten days after a meeting of Directors the proceedings should be circulated for the . information of those Directors who could not

attend . All applications for relief shall be circulated for the information and opinion of the Directors , and the Directors shall meet , if necessary , for their disposal .

Temporary relief shall be granted at the discretion of the Directors to such applicants as may seem to them proper objects of Masonic charity , not exceeding 100 Rupees , unless specially sanctioned by * the President of the Board of Directors .

Parties relieved under the foregoing Rule shall not receive any further assistance from the Fnnd until after the lapse of a year from the last relief being granted . Permanent pensions shall be regulated accordins to the state of the Fund and the circumstances

of the applicants . To entitle a brother or his family to permanent relief , the former must have been a contributing member to some warranted Lodge , Chapter , Encampment , or Conclave in this District for the space of at least two years immediately

proceeding the date of application , or date of death , as the case may be ; unless it shall appear that he hatl left his Lodge , Chapter , Encampment , or Conclave from necessity , or there are other circumstances to justify a departure from this rule .

The Directors shall be at liberty to reject any application for relief without assigning any reason . Relief shall be given in no case unless satisfactory proofs be afforded of worth and merit , and parties enjoying the benefits of the Fund shall

forfeit the same for misconduct proved to the satisfaction of the directors . The cases of Pensioners shall be reviewed periodically , and allowances shall cease , or be reduced , at the discretion ofthe Directors . All surplus Funds at the close of the year ,

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after reserving a sufficient sum for emergent expenses , shall be invested in Government Paper , at the discretion of the Directors . The Accounts , Correspondence , and Proceedngs ofthe Fund shall at all times be open to thc iinspection of the Subscribers .

A Report of the Accounts and Management ofthe Fund shall be submitted to all the District Grand Lodges , Chapters , Encampments , or Conclaves , at each of its Regular Communications . The funds of the Association are to be devoted partly to the board and education of children .

In all cases when the Association defrays the school expenses ofa child , whether part or whole , periodical certificate of character shall be required and when such certificates are unsatisfactory , it shall be the duty of the Directors to enquire

into the subject , and , if necessary , withdraw the allowance or remove the child . A general meeting of subscribers is held twice in the year , viz ., on the first Wednesday in the months of June and December , at the Freemasons' Hall , Mazagon , at 6 o ' clock in the

afternoon . The Committee may at any time convene an extraordinary meeting of Subscribers . It shall be compulsory upon the Committee lo

call an Extraordinary Meeting upon a requisition signed by a least ten Subscribers of Rs . joseach . The business shall be stated in the requisition , and no other shall be entered upon at the same meetincr .

In all cases of Extraordinary Meetings , whether convened as provided for in Art . 25 or in Art . 26 , a week ' s notice shall be given to all Subscribers , and the business to be transacted shall be stated .

Proxy papers require to be stamped with a one-anna stamp , and are valid only for the meeting specified above , or for any adjournment thereof . Special Proxy papers can only be given under power of attorney . and require a stamp of Rs . 4 .

Major-General Sir James E . Alexander , K . C . B ., of Westerton , Provincial Grand Master for Stirlingshire , has agreed to lay the Foundation-Stone of the New Municipal Buildings of the Burgh of Alloa , on Thursday , the 17 th October , at Half-past One o ' clock . The

Provincial Grand Lodge will assemble in the Lodge Room , Royal Oak Hotel , at twelve noon . The lodges will form into procession , at half-past twelve p . m . A banquet will take place in the Corn Exchange , at half-past three . A Council of the Illustrious Knights K . H .

30 will be holden at the Masonic Hall , Golden Square , on Wednesday 9 th inst ., when a large number of candidates , many of whom are distinguished Masons , will be admitted and installed as Grand Elected Knights K . H .

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE , ROYAL ORDER OF SCOTLAND ; lhe Knights Companions of the R . S . Y . C . S . are to meet in Council at the Provincial Grand Lodge , ioth inst , at . Golden Square , when several candidates arc to be admitted to the Ancient Order of Robert the Bruce .

Bro . Seymour Smith , Organist 742 , announces his Annual Benefit Concert to take place at the Camberwell Hall , Grove Terrace , Camberwell , on Monday , 7 th inst . when he will be assisted by several eminent artistes .

MOLLOWAY ' OINTMENT AND PILLS . —Culpable Negligence . —Al certain seasons , when thc very air seems foul with pestilence and thc water provokes disease , it becomes the paramount duty of all invalids to keep themselves and their families in full health and vigour . No wound or sore should now be permitted to run its destructive course , no skin disease should be allowed to depress the

nervous system , when all such predisposing causes of danger may be effectually removed by this healing ointment and these purifying pills , without enervating e > r irritating lhe con * -tiu * it \ on . Everybody must in his own person light the battle for health , and he will surely be victorious who when illness shows itself , handles 1 lollow . i )¦'_ weapons comformably to their instructions . —AIIVT .

" t- ' or a year and a half 1 suffered so much with rheumatism in my arm as to deprive me of all rest , and asf could get no relic ! fiom the faculty , my daughter jiersuadei me to try your Pain Killer . Tlie first bottle convinced me

that it would restore the use of my paralysed arm , as well as relieve the pain , and before 1 had finished the second I had got the cure I had so long sought iu vain . —ELIZA . MARKS , . Milksh . ini , Ocr . 1 S 68 . —To Perry Davis & Son l . ov .- ' .-. / a . W . C . * '