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was now unable to take his proper share of the work ; since his illness , in 1 S 03 , he had only been able to take but a small porticn of the woik . The Board had taken seriously into consideration the services of their clerk and faithful brother , and they suggested to Grand Lodge that he should be allowed to retire with a pension of . £ 220 a year . He begged to move the adoption of that recommendation .

Bro . F RANK RICHARDSON , P . G . D ., seconded , and he hoped sincerely that Grand Lodge would go with the Board in their recommendation . They must consider that matter as Masons and be animated by Masonic feeling in calculating the amount of the retiring pension . The Board felt that

Grand Lodge would not like to be bound by a hard-and-fast line of a Government scale , but ought to deal liberally with those brethren , and they asked the brethren therefore—and they asked with confidence—a vote of two-thirds of Bro . Lee ' s actual pay . Bro . Lee had a large family to support , and the Board felt they were not asking too much .

BRO . NEVILLE GREEN ' S PENSION . Bro . R . LOVELAND LOVELAND next moved the recommendation with reference to Bro . N . Green , who also entered Grand Secretary ' s office in 1 S 73 , and had given to the work of that office the best part of his life . He also had arrived at his maximum salary , . £ 285 . His health broke down in 1894 and his capacity for work had been considerably impaired . The Board recommended in this case a pension of two-thirds of his salary , or

£ 190 . The joint pensions of Bros . Lee and Green would then be ^ 410 and there would be . £ 205 in hand , about which he would ask Grand Lodge presently to pass a resolution . Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON seconded the motion . What he had said with respect to Bro . Lee was equally applicable to Bro . Green , whom the Board had treated on the same lines . Bro . Green was , likewise , a married man with a family , and considering his services he was sure the proposition would meet with the feelings of Grand Lodge . Both resolutions were carried unanimously .

T HE J UNIOR C LERKS , B ROS . P ALMER AND C OOK . Bro . L OVELAND-LOVEL . VND , in moving the adoption of the recommendation to increase Bro . Frank Palmer ' s salary to £ 150 a year by yearly increments of ; £ IO from January ist , 1896 , and Bro . Cook ' s similarly to ^ 130 a year , spoke in very flattering terms of the performance by these two brethren of the duties of their office . With respect to Bro . Palmer , the Grand

Secretary ' s private Secretary , he said he did an immense amount of work , in fact more than might be expected of him . He came to the office in 1 S 94 , and his salary had gone to ^ 120 . It was proposed that he should rise to ^ 150 . Bro . Cook came to the office in Dec , 1 S 93 , and he received , £ 100 a year . It was proposed he should receive a yearly rise of ^ 10 until he received

£ " 130 . Bro . Cook was one of their best clerks ; he was a new hand , but he got very quickly into the work , and he did more than a clerk ought to be expected to do . Having regard to all Bro . Cook had done , to the quantity of work that was put upon him , the Board considered that he was entitled to yearly increments of ^ 10 until his salary amounted to . £ 130 .

Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON seconded the motion . Having served on the Officers' and Clerks' Committee , he had had a , very good opportunity of seeing the work which was performed in the Grand Secretary ' s Office , and he confidently recommended this proposition to the consideration of the brethren .

Bro . J . S . CUMBERLAND rose to make some remarks about the proposal as to the saving effected by the pensions named , and the proposal to deal with it by paying it in salaries to junior clerks ; but Bro . Loveland Loveland said this was not the time to interrupt on that point , as he was going to make a proposition on that subject . The motion was then carried .

DISPOSAL OF THE SURPLUS . Bro . LOVELAND L OVELAND said the saving affected by the propositions which had just been carried would be ^ 205 a year j but this amount was reduced to . £ 145 by the increase in Bro . Palmer ' s and Bro . Cook ' s salaries . He now asked the authority of Grand Lodge to dispose of this by providing the Grand Secretary with two young clerks . They must be Masons , and , therefore , must be 21 years of age , or bordering on it . The Board thought £ 145 would be ample to provide such assistance .

Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON seconded the motion , Bro . J . S . CUMBERLAND moved as an amendment that the salary be not less than . £ 100 a year each . They had no right to cut down salaries . The work in the office was increasing . They must have clerks who were old enough to be Masons . The brethren to whom pensions had just been granted entered on their clerkships at ^ , 100 a year . Grand Lodge had plenty of money ; therefore let it pay good salaries . Bro . F . L . CHANDLER , P . M . No . 1 793 , seconded the amendment .

Bro . LOVELAND LOVELAND withdrew the original motion and accepted the amendment , which was put and carried . On the motion of Bro . J . A . FARNIIELD , P . Asst . G . D . C , seconded by Bro . GEORGE E . FAIRCHILD , P . Asst . G . D . C , it was resolved : 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 . CHARLES E . KEYSER , P . G . D ., moved—That the sum of 500 guineas be contributed from the funds of Grand Lodge in aid of the special effort now being made under the chairmanship of his Royal Highness tie Prince of Wales , Most Worshipful Grand Master , on behalf of Guy's Hospital , with the object of re-endowing and permanently improving the financial condition of that noble institution .

Bro . KEYSER gave a long account of the origin of Guy ' s Hospital . He stated that he had been over the hospital , and he found that in consequence of want of funds two wards had been closed . It took in people from all parts , and did not confine its operations lo Southwark . It bad in it patients from Australia , Africa , and all parts of the woild , who were

attracted to it by its fame ( or science and skill . He asked that Grand Ledge should vote 500 guineas , and he asked also that brethren should individually give subscriptions of not less than a guinea , which would entitle the donor to admission to the reception by the Prince of Wales at the Imperial Institute next Wednesday .

Bio . HENRY LOVEGROVK , G . Std . Br ., tcccndcd the motion , which was then put and carried . Bio . BEACH said he would take the rcpott of the Sciutineers in the Grand Master ' s piivate room . Grand Lodge was then closed in form .

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The following is the result of the election for the Board of General Purposes : No . of n o Votes . Bro . James Stephens ... ... ... ... 527 „ Ebenezer Charles Mulvey ... ... ... 104 „ William James Mason ... ... ... ... >()

,, Arthur Blenkarn ... ... .. ; ... ~() 2 ,, John Joseph Thomas ... ... ... ... -35 , ,, William Cleghorn ... ... ... \ $ , „ James Willing , jun . ... ... ... ... 2 S 3 „ William Barnes Fendick ... ... ... 282 „ Arthur Williams ... ... ... ... 246 ,, John Robertson Reep ... ... ... 240

,, Arthur G . Sandberg , M . D . ... ... ... 237 ,, Richard Philip James Laundy ... ... ... 211 „ Frederick Buxton ... ... ... ... 177 ,, Charles Pulman ... ... ... 162 „ James Whittaker Burgess ... ... ... 157 „ Frederick Augustus Powell ... ... ... j \ s „ William Farquharson Lamonby ... ... ... \ \ ^ ,, John Leach Barrett ... ... ... ... 124 .

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GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS

The Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales and the Colonies and Dependencies of ihe British Crown was held on Tuesday evening , at Mark Masons' Hall , Great Queen-street . Bro . the Earl of Euston , Pro Grand Master , presided , and was supported by Bros . Viscount Dungarvan , Deputy Grand Master ; the

Marquess of Hertford , Past Grand Master ; the Earl of Portarlington , S . G . W . ; Frank Richardson , G . Reg ., as J . G . W . ; Robert Bsrridge , as G . M . O . ; Richard Eve , as J . G . O . ; Admiral Hastings Markham , Lord

Bolton , Charles Letch Mason , R . Loveland Loveland , President of General Board ; C . F . Matier , G . Sec . ; Dr . R . Turtle Pigott , Dr . Balfour Cockburn , W . M . Stiles , G . Everett , Baron de Fcrrieres , Col . A . B . Cook , W . J . Hughan , Henry Lovegrove , and Dr . Lawrence .

After Grand Lodge had been opened in ample form , the minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed . Bro . MATIER , G . Sec , said he had to announce that he had received a letter from the Home Secretary , Bro . Sir Matthew White Ridley , in which her Majesty begged to thank Grand Mark Lodge most graciously for the vole of condolence passed on the death of Prince Henry o [ Battenberg .

The report of the General Board , as published in the Freemason last week , was , on the motion of Bro . R . LOVELAND LOV ELAND , seconded by Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON , G . Reg ., taken as read , and ordered to be received and entered on the minutes . The Kirby Lodge , No . 285 , Saidfind , Bengal , was erased , and a grant of £ 25 , recommended by the Hoard to a necessitous brother , a subscriber for 15 years , was confirmed .

The report was then adopted on the motion of B : o . LOVELAND LOVELAND , seconded by Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales was afterwards declared to be re-installed M . W . G . M . M . M ., and was proclaimed by Bro . Dr . J . BALFOUR COCKUUKN .

G . D . C . The Earl of EUSTON said the great honour had been conferred on him by the Prince of Wales of being re-appointed Pro Grand Master for the ensuing year . His lordship was then proclaimed by Bro . Dr . BALI OUR COCKUUKN , and saluted according to ancient custom . Bro . Viscount Dungarvan was re-appointed Deputy Grand Master , proclaimed , and saluted . The other Grand Office appointments were :

Bio . The Right Hon . Lord Stanley , M . P . ... S . G . W . „ The Right Hon . W . Lawies Jackson ... J . G . W . ,, James Balfour Cockburn ... ... G . M . O . „ The Right Hon . Sir VV . T . Marriott , O . C . ... S . G . O . „ W . E . M . Tomlinson , M . P . ... ~ ... J . G . O . ,, Rev . Thomas Edwards ... ... ... " ) _ _ „ Rev . Vilruvius Partridge Wyatt ... ¦ ¦ ¦ ) L"a P ' ains-„ Major Clifford Probyn ... ... ... G . Treasurer . ,, Frank Richardson , P . G . W . ... ... G . Registrar . ,, R . Loveland Loveland ... ... ... Pres . Gen . Bd .

,, Chailes FiuGerald Matier ... ... G . Secretary . „ Major Walter Edward Williams ... < Q r n ,, George Everett ... ... ... ) ^• G . Us . „ Philip Felix Renaud Saillard ... ... ) , „ ., „ Frederick Hughes-Hallett ... ... j ; J-G . Ds . ,, Rowland Plumbe ... ... ... G . l . ofW-. „ Major Charles William Carrell ... ... G . D . of c ! „ John Taylor , J . P . ... ... ... 7 , „ „ ' . / 01

„ William Henry Stanger ... j v . u . u . us . „ Major-General Edward Coysgarue Sim , R . E . G . S . B . „ John Evan Bowen ... ... ... ' , „ Charles Arthur Bathurst Bignold ... ^ Lt . btct . Hrs . „ James Turle Lee ... ... ... G . Organist . ,, 1 homas Phipps Dorman ... ... G . l . G . ,, Lawrence Steele ... ... ... A . G . I . G . „ Edward James Mills ... ... ... G . Tyler .

Bro . MATIER announced that H . R . H . the Prince of Wales had bsen pleased to nominate for the Grand Board Bros . Gordon Miller , Charles Belton , C . H . Driver , A . Woodiwiss , Richard Eve , and G . C . \ V . FIIZ - william ; the brethren nominated for election and elected were Bros . K Clowes , A . Stewart Brown , Frederick West , T . P . Dorman , and Frederick Cletves .

The new Grand Stewards H . R . H . the Prince of Wales had been pleased to appoint were : Bros . Wright Wilson , Howe ( T . I . ); F . F . Schnitger , Northumberland and Berwick ( 1 . 1 . ) ; D . O . Hobbs , 0 , 3 ; J . P . Slingsby Roberts , 168 ; C . E .