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United Grand Lodge.
Yearly increase To after the Second commence . Year of Maximuir offici '
Grand Secretary £ tfo £ 15 £ 600 Chief Clerk £ 200 £ 10 £ 350 2 nd Clerk £ i 5 ° £ l ° £ 200 3 rd Clerk £ 1 °° £ £ ^ 5 ° 4 th Clerk £ 1 °° £ J ° £ 1 : , °
There was no fifth Clerk at that time . The Board consider that the present salary of the Grand Secretary is by no means adequate to the position in the Craft held by that officer and the important and responsible duties he has to perform .
They therefore recommend to Grand Lodge that in future appointments to the office of Grand Secretary the salary of such officer shall commence at 5 c ? $ oo , and that an annual increase of £ 50 shall be made in such salary until the
sum of aeSoo is reached , which shall be the maximum salary . They further recommend that the following shall be the scale of salaries for the subordinate offices * . —
To Commence . Yearly Maximum . Increase . Chief Clerk ... £ 300 ^ 20 £ 400 Cashier or 2 nd Clerk 200 15 300 3 rd Clerk 120 10 200 4 th Clerk 120 10 200 5 th Clerk 120 10 200 Grand T yler ... 100 10 1 50
In determining the amount at which they recommend the salaries of the Junior Clerks shall commence , the Board have had in mind that all the Clerks must be Masons , and that consequentl y none can be employed under twenty-one years of age . The Board recommend that the Salary of the
present Grand Secretary shall be s £ 6 oo per annum from the commencement of the present year , with an increase of ^ 50 per annum until the maximum of g £ 8 oo is reached . " That the salaries ofthe subordinate officers be raised from the commencement of the present year as follows : —
Increase , Bro . Buss , Chief Clerk , from £ , 05 to £ + 20 £ 15 Bro . Pendlebury , Cashier or 2 nd Clerk , from £ 150 to £ 200 50 Bro . W . Dodd , 3 rd Clerk ,
from £ " 150 to £ 170 20 Bro . W . H . Lee , 4 th Cleik , from £ 100 to £ 120 20 Bro . N . Green , 5 th Clerk , from £ 100 to £ 120 20 Bro . C . B . Payne , Grand Tyler , from £ iz ( to £ 150 2 ?
£ l 5 " Add to this the proposed immediate addition to the salary ofthe Grand Secretary £ 90
Total addition to the present salaries £ 240 " With respect to Bro . Pendlebury , it is necessary to observe that although he succeeded Bro . Little in the office of cashier he , obtained no immediate increase in his salary , having arrived
after nine years' service at the maximum fixed for the salary of 3 rd Clerk , and on his promotion receiving for the next two years only the same sum as the minimum salary of the Cashier or 2 nd Clerk .
lhe Vice-President will then move : — ( 1 . ) That the report be received and entered on the Minutes . ( 2 . ) That the various recommendations contained in the report of the Board be adopted . ( Signed ) J OIIN ^ A . RUCKER , Vice-President .
After the ordinary business had been disposed of , it was resolved unanimously : —That the best thanks of the Members of the Board are eminently due , and are hereby offered , to the Vice-President , Bro . John Rucker , S . G . D ., who ,
in consequence of the ill-health and subsequent decease ofthe Piesident , has so ably and courteously presided over the meetings of the Board during a great portion of thc year , and whose untiring devotion to the duties of his office has obviated any inconvenience whicli might other-
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wise have been experienced in the conduct of the affairs of the society . ( Signed ) J . E . SAUNDERS . To the Report is subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the
15 th day of May ult , showing a balance in the hands of the Grand Treasurer of £ 3 , / 6 i 3 s . 4 d . j and in the hands ofthe Grand Secretary , for Petty Cash , ee ? 75 ; and for Servants' Wages , 19 °
SsBro Rucker in moving that the report be received and entered on the minutes , paid a high tribute to the memory and character of Bro . Horace Lloyd , Q . C , the late President of the Board .
Bro . F . A . Philbrick also bore testimony to the distinguished character of the deceased brother , the care aiid assiduity with which he discharged his duties , and the unwearied manner with which he devoted himselt to all the claims
of Masonry , notwithstanding his numerous professional avocations . As a Mason he was an ornament to the Order , and in his profession he was missed as one of the ablest reasoners , and as possessing one of the most analytical minds in Westminster Hall .
The M . W . G . M . said he could not allow this motion to pass without expressing his entire concurrence in what had fallen from the worthy brethren who had just addressed them . He fully agreed with them in the belief that the Craft had sustained the loss of a very eminent
brother , and the profession of the law a great ornament . Speaking for himself , he ( the M . W . G . M ., ) felt grateful when Bro . Horace Lloyd accepted the office of President of the Board of General Purposes , and ho now
rejoiced to find how truly his services upon that Board were appreciated by those with whom he was associated . The report was then unanimously ordered to be received and entered on the minutes .
Bro . Rucker moved the adoption of the various recommendations contained in the report , which having been seconded , Bro . John Havers atter stating that he knew he was taking a most unpopular view of the recommendation as to the increase of the salaries
to Grand Secretary and his oflicers , opposed it except in the case of Bros . Buss and Pendlebury , and said that a bad precedent would be set , that the salaries would really in seven years be increased by over ^ 2 , 000 5 but what he most objected to was the increase in the junior clerks '
salaries , and the commencing salaries of the new clerks who would come in . He instanced various Government offices where the commencing salaries were small , but was reminded first that junior clerks in Government offices went in as
boys , an-i that when they reached twenty-one , which a clerk in Grand Secretary ' s office must be . their salaries were far higher than Grand Secretary ' s junior clerks . He was also reminded by Bro . Matthew Cooke that Government clerks were not obliged to be Masons .
Bro . S . lomkins , G . . Treasurer , supported the recommendation of the Board , and thought that so great and rich a body as Freemasons should act with dignified liberality to their officers . Bro . J . C . Parkinson , G . J . W ., followed on the same side .
Bro . Eve , from Hants , and another brother from the same province , respectively , moved and seconded an amendment embodying Bro . Haver ' s views , that brother having only spoken to the motion , and not moved any amendment . Lord Tenterden supported the Board , as did
also Bro . Matthew Cooke , who spoke strongly in favour of the industry , urbanity and consideration which chaiacterised all the officers in Grand Secretary ' s department . The motion of amendment being put and
lost , the motion was put and was opposed by two hands only , and it was declared to be carried , amidst marks of general approbation . Bro . Monckton moved the reception of the following report ofthe Colonial Board .
The Colonial Board take the opportunity , at the close of their year ' s labours , to congratulate Grand Lodge on the prosperity and general unanimity of the Craft , under the English Constitution , in the various colonies ; and that during
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the session 1873-4 they nave not had occasion , in one single instance , to trouble Grand Lodge with the affairs of the colonies , no question of any sort having arisen with which the Board was not enabled to deal .
The only subject the Board have to submit for the consideration of Grand Lod ge , is an application from the Royal Philanthropic Lodge , No . 405 , Trinidad , for assistance to build a Masonic Hall . ( Signed ) J B . MONCKTON , President :
The members of the Board desire to express to their President , Bro . fohn B . Monckton , P . G . D ., their hearty thanks and sincere acknowledgments for the courtesy of his demeanour
and the ability with which he has presided over them , and their earnest hope that the Craft may long have the advantage of his services . ( Signed ) W . NETTLESHII * . Vice-President .
lhe same was received , and Bro . Hervey said he had a letter from the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , at Trinidad , asking the postponement of the consideiation of the petition ef the Philanthropic Lodge . The Annual Report of the Royal Masonic
Benevolent Institution for aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , was then laid before Grand Lodge , and the following alteration in the laws , which was agreed to at the Annual General Meeting of the Institution , held on Friday , the 15 th May , 1874 , submitted for the approval of Grand Lodge : —
That Rule 8 , page 8 ofthe Rules and Regulations be altered , by inserting after the words " London Papers "— " Notice also being sent to every Provincial Grand Secretary . " Bro . John Symonds explained that this altera tion was suggested for the purpose of giving the
country brethren full notice of any of the special meetings of the Institution . The vu \ e had been adopted in the Boys' and Girls' Schools , as it was found that advertisements in the London daily papers , and The Freemason , did not always reach the eves of Provincial brethren .
The alteration was ordered to be made . The following two appeals were dismissed , after due consideration , from the Union of Malta Lodge , No . 407 , Malta , against the decision of the District Grand Master ordering the reinstatement of a brother excluded by the lodge ;
and of the Treasurer of the Sandeman Lodge , No . 1374 , Dum Dum , Bengal , East Indies , against an order of the Deputy District Giand Master directing that the resignation of a brother must be accepted although his dues were not paid . The motion by Bro . Benjamin Head , 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 at Croydon with coals during
the winter season was carried nem con . Grand Secretary read a letter from Bro . Wm . Smith , P . G . Steward , P . M . 26 , asking permission to postpone the motion given below , as he feared he would not be back from Epsom in time . ( Great laughter . )
That the practice followed by the Board of General Purposes of refusing audience as of right to members of the Craft desiring to make personal communications or suggestions for the benefit of the Order , or on matters likely to be conducive to its well-being , unless invited by
the Board to attend , shall henceforth be discontinued in respect of Past Masters and the W . Masters of Lodges , who shall , in future have the right of audience after communicating in writing to the Grand Secretary their intention to attend on the next board-day , and stating shortly the objector purpose of such audience . "
The Scrutineers then returned into Grand Lodge , and the following brethren were declared duly elected . Board of General Purposes , Masters ; Bros . John Chynoweth , No . 4 . ; Edward Clark , 134 Frederick G . Dobbs , 1150 ; Robert Grey , 259 ; Peter De Lande Long , 114 - Charles A . Swin-
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United Grand Lodge.
Yearly increase To after the Second commence . Year of Maximuir offici '
Grand Secretary £ tfo £ 15 £ 600 Chief Clerk £ 200 £ 10 £ 350 2 nd Clerk £ i 5 ° £ l ° £ 200 3 rd Clerk £ 1 °° £ £ ^ 5 ° 4 th Clerk £ 1 °° £ J ° £ 1 : , °
There was no fifth Clerk at that time . The Board consider that the present salary of the Grand Secretary is by no means adequate to the position in the Craft held by that officer and the important and responsible duties he has to perform .
They therefore recommend to Grand Lodge that in future appointments to the office of Grand Secretary the salary of such officer shall commence at 5 c ? $ oo , and that an annual increase of £ 50 shall be made in such salary until the
sum of aeSoo is reached , which shall be the maximum salary . They further recommend that the following shall be the scale of salaries for the subordinate offices * . —
To Commence . Yearly Maximum . Increase . Chief Clerk ... £ 300 ^ 20 £ 400 Cashier or 2 nd Clerk 200 15 300 3 rd Clerk 120 10 200 4 th Clerk 120 10 200 5 th Clerk 120 10 200 Grand T yler ... 100 10 1 50
In determining the amount at which they recommend the salaries of the Junior Clerks shall commence , the Board have had in mind that all the Clerks must be Masons , and that consequentl y none can be employed under twenty-one years of age . The Board recommend that the Salary of the
present Grand Secretary shall be s £ 6 oo per annum from the commencement of the present year , with an increase of ^ 50 per annum until the maximum of g £ 8 oo is reached . " That the salaries ofthe subordinate officers be raised from the commencement of the present year as follows : —
Increase , Bro . Buss , Chief Clerk , from £ , 05 to £ + 20 £ 15 Bro . Pendlebury , Cashier or 2 nd Clerk , from £ 150 to £ 200 50 Bro . W . Dodd , 3 rd Clerk ,
from £ " 150 to £ 170 20 Bro . W . H . Lee , 4 th Cleik , from £ 100 to £ 120 20 Bro . N . Green , 5 th Clerk , from £ 100 to £ 120 20 Bro . C . B . Payne , Grand Tyler , from £ iz ( to £ 150 2 ?
£ l 5 " Add to this the proposed immediate addition to the salary ofthe Grand Secretary £ 90
Total addition to the present salaries £ 240 " With respect to Bro . Pendlebury , it is necessary to observe that although he succeeded Bro . Little in the office of cashier he , obtained no immediate increase in his salary , having arrived
after nine years' service at the maximum fixed for the salary of 3 rd Clerk , and on his promotion receiving for the next two years only the same sum as the minimum salary of the Cashier or 2 nd Clerk .
lhe Vice-President will then move : — ( 1 . ) That the report be received and entered on the Minutes . ( 2 . ) That the various recommendations contained in the report of the Board be adopted . ( Signed ) J OIIN ^ A . RUCKER , Vice-President .
After the ordinary business had been disposed of , it was resolved unanimously : —That the best thanks of the Members of the Board are eminently due , and are hereby offered , to the Vice-President , Bro . John Rucker , S . G . D ., who ,
in consequence of the ill-health and subsequent decease ofthe Piesident , has so ably and courteously presided over the meetings of the Board during a great portion of thc year , and whose untiring devotion to the duties of his office has obviated any inconvenience whicli might other-
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wise have been experienced in the conduct of the affairs of the society . ( Signed ) J . E . SAUNDERS . To the Report is subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the
15 th day of May ult , showing a balance in the hands of the Grand Treasurer of £ 3 , / 6 i 3 s . 4 d . j and in the hands ofthe Grand Secretary , for Petty Cash , ee ? 75 ; and for Servants' Wages , 19 °
SsBro Rucker in moving that the report be received and entered on the minutes , paid a high tribute to the memory and character of Bro . Horace Lloyd , Q . C , the late President of the Board .
Bro . F . A . Philbrick also bore testimony to the distinguished character of the deceased brother , the care aiid assiduity with which he discharged his duties , and the unwearied manner with which he devoted himselt to all the claims
of Masonry , notwithstanding his numerous professional avocations . As a Mason he was an ornament to the Order , and in his profession he was missed as one of the ablest reasoners , and as possessing one of the most analytical minds in Westminster Hall .
The M . W . G . M . said he could not allow this motion to pass without expressing his entire concurrence in what had fallen from the worthy brethren who had just addressed them . He fully agreed with them in the belief that the Craft had sustained the loss of a very eminent
brother , and the profession of the law a great ornament . Speaking for himself , he ( the M . W . G . M ., ) felt grateful when Bro . Horace Lloyd accepted the office of President of the Board of General Purposes , and ho now
rejoiced to find how truly his services upon that Board were appreciated by those with whom he was associated . The report was then unanimously ordered to be received and entered on the minutes .
Bro . Rucker moved the adoption of the various recommendations contained in the report , which having been seconded , Bro . John Havers atter stating that he knew he was taking a most unpopular view of the recommendation as to the increase of the salaries
to Grand Secretary and his oflicers , opposed it except in the case of Bros . Buss and Pendlebury , and said that a bad precedent would be set , that the salaries would really in seven years be increased by over ^ 2 , 000 5 but what he most objected to was the increase in the junior clerks '
salaries , and the commencing salaries of the new clerks who would come in . He instanced various Government offices where the commencing salaries were small , but was reminded first that junior clerks in Government offices went in as
boys , an-i that when they reached twenty-one , which a clerk in Grand Secretary ' s office must be . their salaries were far higher than Grand Secretary ' s junior clerks . He was also reminded by Bro . Matthew Cooke that Government clerks were not obliged to be Masons .
Bro . S . lomkins , G . . Treasurer , supported the recommendation of the Board , and thought that so great and rich a body as Freemasons should act with dignified liberality to their officers . Bro . J . C . Parkinson , G . J . W ., followed on the same side .
Bro . Eve , from Hants , and another brother from the same province , respectively , moved and seconded an amendment embodying Bro . Haver ' s views , that brother having only spoken to the motion , and not moved any amendment . Lord Tenterden supported the Board , as did
also Bro . Matthew Cooke , who spoke strongly in favour of the industry , urbanity and consideration which chaiacterised all the officers in Grand Secretary ' s department . The motion of amendment being put and
lost , the motion was put and was opposed by two hands only , and it was declared to be carried , amidst marks of general approbation . Bro . Monckton moved the reception of the following report ofthe Colonial Board .
The Colonial Board take the opportunity , at the close of their year ' s labours , to congratulate Grand Lodge on the prosperity and general unanimity of the Craft , under the English Constitution , in the various colonies ; and that during
United Grand Lodge.
the session 1873-4 they nave not had occasion , in one single instance , to trouble Grand Lodge with the affairs of the colonies , no question of any sort having arisen with which the Board was not enabled to deal .
The only subject the Board have to submit for the consideration of Grand Lod ge , is an application from the Royal Philanthropic Lodge , No . 405 , Trinidad , for assistance to build a Masonic Hall . ( Signed ) J B . MONCKTON , President :
The members of the Board desire to express to their President , Bro . fohn B . Monckton , P . G . D ., their hearty thanks and sincere acknowledgments for the courtesy of his demeanour
and the ability with which he has presided over them , and their earnest hope that the Craft may long have the advantage of his services . ( Signed ) W . NETTLESHII * . Vice-President .
lhe same was received , and Bro . Hervey said he had a letter from the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , at Trinidad , asking the postponement of the consideiation of the petition ef the Philanthropic Lodge . The Annual Report of the Royal Masonic
Benevolent Institution for aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , was then laid before Grand Lodge , and the following alteration in the laws , which was agreed to at the Annual General Meeting of the Institution , held on Friday , the 15 th May , 1874 , submitted for the approval of Grand Lodge : —
That Rule 8 , page 8 ofthe Rules and Regulations be altered , by inserting after the words " London Papers "— " Notice also being sent to every Provincial Grand Secretary . " Bro . John Symonds explained that this altera tion was suggested for the purpose of giving the
country brethren full notice of any of the special meetings of the Institution . The vu \ e had been adopted in the Boys' and Girls' Schools , as it was found that advertisements in the London daily papers , and The Freemason , did not always reach the eves of Provincial brethren .
The alteration was ordered to be made . The following two appeals were dismissed , after due consideration , from the Union of Malta Lodge , No . 407 , Malta , against the decision of the District Grand Master ordering the reinstatement of a brother excluded by the lodge ;
and of the Treasurer of the Sandeman Lodge , No . 1374 , Dum Dum , Bengal , East Indies , against an order of the Deputy District Giand Master directing that the resignation of a brother must be accepted although his dues were not paid . The motion by Bro . Benjamin Head , 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 at Croydon with coals during
the winter season was carried nem con . Grand Secretary read a letter from Bro . Wm . Smith , P . G . Steward , P . M . 26 , asking permission to postpone the motion given below , as he feared he would not be back from Epsom in time . ( Great laughter . )
That the practice followed by the Board of General Purposes of refusing audience as of right to members of the Craft desiring to make personal communications or suggestions for the benefit of the Order , or on matters likely to be conducive to its well-being , unless invited by
the Board to attend , shall henceforth be discontinued in respect of Past Masters and the W . Masters of Lodges , who shall , in future have the right of audience after communicating in writing to the Grand Secretary their intention to attend on the next board-day , and stating shortly the objector purpose of such audience . "
The Scrutineers then returned into Grand Lodge , and the following brethren were declared duly elected . Board of General Purposes , Masters ; Bros . John Chynoweth , No . 4 . ; Edward Clark , 134 Frederick G . Dobbs , 1150 ; Robert Grey , 259 ; Peter De Lande Long , 114 - Charles A . Swin-