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Belfast Masonic Charity Fund.
The justice of these statements is beyond question as shown b y the accounts that were laid before the Committee at its meeting . The balance brought forward from the year 18 9 6 was close upon £ 140 . The receipts from all sources amounted to
£ 527 , which is described as " the largest yet attained , the principal items being Lodge and Personal Subscriptions and Charity Collections amounting together to close on £ 286 , Donations to the extent of £ 25 , and . £ 124 for Interest on Investments .
The expenditure was £ 546 , of which £ 420 was disbursed in Relief and Funeral Expenses ; £ 17 for expenses of management—Rent , Printing , Postage , & c . —and £ 100 in the purchase of additional capital , the total of which now reaches £ 3000 . The
result is a balance of £ 120 to be carried forward to the present year . From the table appended of Lodge Subscriptions , it appears that 4 8 out of 65 lodges and one Royal Arch chapter gave their support , while of the 17 that made no grants from
their funds , not a few rendered substantial hel p by their Charity Collections . The money expended in relief was distributed among not far short of 100 brethren , widows , and , in a few cases , children , the number of cases in which
moneys were voted towards Funeral Expenses being three . The donations , amounting together to £ 25 , were made b y the Provincial Grand Lodge of Antrim , private lodge No . 3 6 , and an individual brother . From a further table appended to
the Report , it appears that " the amount received from all sources since the commencement of the Fund" is , in round figures £ 993 8 , of which £ 3275 was contributed b y the Prov . G . Lodge of Antrim and 70 private lodges , and over ^ 49 by other
Masonic bodies . The donations and bequests were close on £ 960 and the Charity Boxes yielded £ 3 60 . The half Proceeds of Bazaar represented a sum of £ 2385 , while interest on capital , Grand Lodge Moiety , Personal Subscriptions , Proceeds of
Masonic Services and Meetings , & c , reached £ 2908 . These figures show unmistakably that our Belfast brethren are generous in the support of their Masonic Charity Fund , and we feel sure their generosity will be as conspicuous in the future as it has been in the past .
The value of this report is still further enhanced b y the unqualified testimony it bears to the excellent manner in which the Masonic Female Orphan and the Orphan Boys' Schools in Dublin are managed . It will be , no doubt , in the recollection of
our readers that some time during the summer of 18 97 we had the p leasure of publishing an account of a visit paid by some 400 brethren , & c , from Belfast to those Institutions , that they were most kindly and hospitabl y received , and that they returned
home delighted with what they had seen in the Irish capital of Masonry and its Institutions . It would have been strange indeed if this Report had appeared without some reference to this visit , and it is most gratif y ing to know how favourabl y the inspection
of the School impressed the visitors . The following is the passage containing this reference : "The reception at both Schools was most cordial and fraternal , each visitor having the honour to be presented to the R . W . Deputy Grand Master ( R . W . Bro . J .
CKEED MEREDITH , LL . D . ) , who gave a hearty welcome to all on behalf of the School Committee . It is not too much to say that the impression left on the mind of every visitor was that the half had not been told them of the excellence in every
respect of these Institutions . The sound education imparted , the fraternal care evinced , and the loyalty and affection displayed b y the children to those in authority , should suffice to obtain for these monuments of Masonic benevolence that support and
sympathy which are claimed for them . " Such testimony as this must not onl y be gratif ying to the friends and supporters of these Irish Masonic Schools , but also most honourable to the
powers that preside over them , and we hope it may never be in any one ' s power to speak in terms of commendation less unqualified than those employed by the Committee of Management of the Belfast Masonic Charitable Fund .
THE DUCHESS OF ABERCORN and Lady Phyllis Hamilton have gone to Baron ' s Court , and Bro . the Duke of Abercorn will join them shortly . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WESTMINSTER have arrived at Eaton Hall , Chester , wheie they propose to remain until their departure for Stack Ledge , Sutherlandshire . THE THRRF . DAYS' bazaar at Hampden House , Bucks , held by the kind permission of the Earl and Countess of Buckingham > hire , on behalf of the fund for the restoration of Great Hampden Church—whsre John Hampden , the patriot , is buried—realised £ 625 , making a total raised of £ 1065 towaids the £ 2000 required ,
Supreme Grand Chapter Of England.
SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER OF ENGLAND .
On Wednesday evening a Quarterly Convocation of the Supreme Grand Chapler of Royal Arch Masons was held at Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street . Comp . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., occupied the chair of G . Z . ; Comp . General Randolph that of G . H . ; and Comp . Robert Grey that of G . J . Comp . Horton Smith filled the position of . G . S . N . ; and there were present Comps . E . Letchworth , G . S . E . ; Sir T . O'Brien , G . P . S . ; T . Jones , Asst . G . S . ; Baron de Ferrieres , 2 nd Asst . G . S . ; and William Lake , Asst .
G . S . E . There were also present—Comps . Clifford Probyn , G-Treas . ; R . J . Mure , L . G . Gordon Robbins , J . J . Thomas , P . G . S . B . ; G . Cowell , P . A . G . S . ; Wm . F . Smithson , P . G . S . B . ; W . Russell , P . G . S . B . ; J . M . McLeod , P . G . S . B ., Sec . R . M . I . B . ; G . C . Kent , P . G . S . B . ; C . Valerian ! , P . A . G . D . C . ; H . W . Smalhvood , C . F . Matier , P . D . G . D . C ; T . A . Bullock , P . A . G . DIC ; Chas . Belton , P . G . Std . Br . ; F . Gordon Brown ,
P . G . Std . Br . ; T . Henry Gardiner , P . G . S . B . ; J . D . Langton , P . G . Std . Br . ; F . Laurance , P . G . S . B . ; W . A . Scurrah , P . A . G . D . C .: J . A . Farnfield , P . G . S . B . ; T . Minstrell , P . A . G . D . C ; H . Tipper , P . A . G . D . C ; Maurice Spiegel , P . P . G . Std . Br . ; W . F . Lamonby , M . Smalls , H . 10 ; Alexander C . Chapin , M . E . Z . 137 ; W . Sergeant Lee , M . E . Z . 24 S 8 ; W . J . Kennedy , M . E . Z . 7 66 ; J . Tickle , M . E . Z . 2410 ; Albert Clarke , M . E . Z . 2020 ; J . Speller , M . E . Z . 1766 ; Harry N . Nicholls , M . E . Z . 1319 ; J . R . Cleave , M . E . Z . 2030 ; and others .
Grand Chapter having been opened in due form , the minutes of the last convocation read by Grand Scribe E . having been declared correctly recorded , Comp . Sir GEO . D . HARRIS moved , and Comp . RICHARDSON seconded the adoption of the report of the General Purposes Committee . The motion was agreed to .
On the motion of Comp . Sir GEO . D . HARRIS , seconded by Comp . RICHARDSON , it was unanimously resolved to vote 100 guineas from the funds of Supreme Grand Chapter as a donation to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . This concluded the business ol the Supreme Grand Chapter , which was then closed in solemn form .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Devonshire.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF DEVONSHIRE .
The annual meeting of the above Provincial Grand Lodge was held at Paignton on the 26 th ult . The P . G . M ., Bro . Sir Stafford Northcote , C . B ., M . P ., presided , supported by Bro . W . J . Hughan , P . G . D . England , acting as D . P . G . M ,, in the absence , through indisposition , of Bro . Major G . CDavie .
Bro . J . STOCKER , P . M . 39 , Prov . G . Sec , in his report , stated that he had received the returns from the 57 lodges in the province for the year ended 31 st December , 1 S 97 , which showed the number of subscribing members to be 3670 , an increase of 245 over the previous year , and the amount paid in dues and fees ^ 426 9 s ., an excess of ^ 24 12 s . 6 d . over the previous year . There were 342 initiations and 163 joinings , the large
number of the latter being accounted for by the returns of four new lodges constituted during the year . The number of , Past Masters returned was 845 . It would be of interest to the brethren to know that at the recent Centenary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for 3 oys , presided over by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., the province was represented by 34 Stewards , and the contributions amounted to /' 1775 . ( Applause . ) The
province stood 15 'h in order of amounts contributed out of the 46 that were represented . ( Applause . ) In a letter received on the 2 rst ult . from the Secretary of the Institution expressing regret at his inability to attend that meeting , Bro . McLeod said : " Will you kindly express my best thanks on behalf of the Institution for the splendid help accorded by the Stewards and the brethren of the province on the occasion of our recent Centenary
Festival . The position held by the province on the announcement is one they may well be proud of , and reflects greatly to the credit of all who contributed thereto . " ( Applause . ) The Devon Masonic Directory was issued that year in the month of June in an improved form , and with additional information . He wou'd embrace that opportunity of urging upon brethren the necessity of increasing its circulation , and that they would endeavour in their respective lodges to promote and stimulate a greater interest in the publication
and its circulation amongst their members . He had further to report that he had received from the Masters of iS lodges applications under the 20 th By-Law for the supplemental grant to enable them to acquire Life Governorships in one or other of the great Masonic Charities . The PROV . G .. M . in moving the adoption of the report , congratulated the province on its satisfactory character , and especially on the success of the Boys' Centenary Festival , for the generous support of which by the Masters and b tthren of the lodges he thanked tnem generally .
The acting DEI * . PROV . G . M ., in seconding , suggested that the generous support of the Boys' Centenary by that province was not only an indication cf the value of the Institution itself , but also a testimony to the esteern in which their own Prov . G . Master was held . ( Applause . ) In spite of the
increase in the number of lodges the average membership per lodge had also increased , which was a remarkable feature . The province was to bs congratulated not only on its support to the great Charities , but also on its harmonious working . ( Applause . ) The report was then adopted .
The Prov . G . Treas ., Bro . Fred Sanders , P . M . 12 S 4 , in his report showed a balance brought forward from the previous year of . £ 263 os . 1 id-r and the receipts made the total £ 750 14 s . rod . Payments amounting to , £ 491 ifis . 4 < i . left a balance in hand of ^ 258 18 s . 6 d . On the proposition of Bro . HENRY STOCKER , seconded by Bro . H . W . Hooi'i' . R , the report was adopted , and a vote of thanks passed to Bro . Sanders for the able manner in which he had discharged the Treasurer s duties . _ . Bro . E . H . SIIORTO presented the report of the Fortescue Annuity Fun ' for the year ended 31 it May , 1 S 98 , which stated that it was agiin the p lea ^ -
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Belfast Masonic Charity Fund.
The justice of these statements is beyond question as shown b y the accounts that were laid before the Committee at its meeting . The balance brought forward from the year 18 9 6 was close upon £ 140 . The receipts from all sources amounted to
£ 527 , which is described as " the largest yet attained , the principal items being Lodge and Personal Subscriptions and Charity Collections amounting together to close on £ 286 , Donations to the extent of £ 25 , and . £ 124 for Interest on Investments .
The expenditure was £ 546 , of which £ 420 was disbursed in Relief and Funeral Expenses ; £ 17 for expenses of management—Rent , Printing , Postage , & c . —and £ 100 in the purchase of additional capital , the total of which now reaches £ 3000 . The
result is a balance of £ 120 to be carried forward to the present year . From the table appended of Lodge Subscriptions , it appears that 4 8 out of 65 lodges and one Royal Arch chapter gave their support , while of the 17 that made no grants from
their funds , not a few rendered substantial hel p by their Charity Collections . The money expended in relief was distributed among not far short of 100 brethren , widows , and , in a few cases , children , the number of cases in which
moneys were voted towards Funeral Expenses being three . The donations , amounting together to £ 25 , were made b y the Provincial Grand Lodge of Antrim , private lodge No . 3 6 , and an individual brother . From a further table appended to
the Report , it appears that " the amount received from all sources since the commencement of the Fund" is , in round figures £ 993 8 , of which £ 3275 was contributed b y the Prov . G . Lodge of Antrim and 70 private lodges , and over ^ 49 by other
Masonic bodies . The donations and bequests were close on £ 960 and the Charity Boxes yielded £ 3 60 . The half Proceeds of Bazaar represented a sum of £ 2385 , while interest on capital , Grand Lodge Moiety , Personal Subscriptions , Proceeds of
Masonic Services and Meetings , & c , reached £ 2908 . These figures show unmistakably that our Belfast brethren are generous in the support of their Masonic Charity Fund , and we feel sure their generosity will be as conspicuous in the future as it has been in the past .
The value of this report is still further enhanced b y the unqualified testimony it bears to the excellent manner in which the Masonic Female Orphan and the Orphan Boys' Schools in Dublin are managed . It will be , no doubt , in the recollection of
our readers that some time during the summer of 18 97 we had the p leasure of publishing an account of a visit paid by some 400 brethren , & c , from Belfast to those Institutions , that they were most kindly and hospitabl y received , and that they returned
home delighted with what they had seen in the Irish capital of Masonry and its Institutions . It would have been strange indeed if this Report had appeared without some reference to this visit , and it is most gratif y ing to know how favourabl y the inspection
of the School impressed the visitors . The following is the passage containing this reference : "The reception at both Schools was most cordial and fraternal , each visitor having the honour to be presented to the R . W . Deputy Grand Master ( R . W . Bro . J .
CKEED MEREDITH , LL . D . ) , who gave a hearty welcome to all on behalf of the School Committee . It is not too much to say that the impression left on the mind of every visitor was that the half had not been told them of the excellence in every
respect of these Institutions . The sound education imparted , the fraternal care evinced , and the loyalty and affection displayed b y the children to those in authority , should suffice to obtain for these monuments of Masonic benevolence that support and
sympathy which are claimed for them . " Such testimony as this must not onl y be gratif ying to the friends and supporters of these Irish Masonic Schools , but also most honourable to the
powers that preside over them , and we hope it may never be in any one ' s power to speak in terms of commendation less unqualified than those employed by the Committee of Management of the Belfast Masonic Charitable Fund .
THE DUCHESS OF ABERCORN and Lady Phyllis Hamilton have gone to Baron ' s Court , and Bro . the Duke of Abercorn will join them shortly . THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WESTMINSTER have arrived at Eaton Hall , Chester , wheie they propose to remain until their departure for Stack Ledge , Sutherlandshire . THE THRRF . DAYS' bazaar at Hampden House , Bucks , held by the kind permission of the Earl and Countess of Buckingham > hire , on behalf of the fund for the restoration of Great Hampden Church—whsre John Hampden , the patriot , is buried—realised £ 625 , making a total raised of £ 1065 towaids the £ 2000 required ,
Supreme Grand Chapter Of England.
SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER OF ENGLAND .
On Wednesday evening a Quarterly Convocation of the Supreme Grand Chapler of Royal Arch Masons was held at Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street . Comp . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., occupied the chair of G . Z . ; Comp . General Randolph that of G . H . ; and Comp . Robert Grey that of G . J . Comp . Horton Smith filled the position of . G . S . N . ; and there were present Comps . E . Letchworth , G . S . E . ; Sir T . O'Brien , G . P . S . ; T . Jones , Asst . G . S . ; Baron de Ferrieres , 2 nd Asst . G . S . ; and William Lake , Asst .
G . S . E . There were also present—Comps . Clifford Probyn , G-Treas . ; R . J . Mure , L . G . Gordon Robbins , J . J . Thomas , P . G . S . B . ; G . Cowell , P . A . G . S . ; Wm . F . Smithson , P . G . S . B . ; W . Russell , P . G . S . B . ; J . M . McLeod , P . G . S . B ., Sec . R . M . I . B . ; G . C . Kent , P . G . S . B . ; C . Valerian ! , P . A . G . D . C . ; H . W . Smalhvood , C . F . Matier , P . D . G . D . C ; T . A . Bullock , P . A . G . DIC ; Chas . Belton , P . G . Std . Br . ; F . Gordon Brown ,
P . G . Std . Br . ; T . Henry Gardiner , P . G . S . B . ; J . D . Langton , P . G . Std . Br . ; F . Laurance , P . G . S . B . ; W . A . Scurrah , P . A . G . D . C .: J . A . Farnfield , P . G . S . B . ; T . Minstrell , P . A . G . D . C ; H . Tipper , P . A . G . D . C ; Maurice Spiegel , P . P . G . Std . Br . ; W . F . Lamonby , M . Smalls , H . 10 ; Alexander C . Chapin , M . E . Z . 137 ; W . Sergeant Lee , M . E . Z . 24 S 8 ; W . J . Kennedy , M . E . Z . 7 66 ; J . Tickle , M . E . Z . 2410 ; Albert Clarke , M . E . Z . 2020 ; J . Speller , M . E . Z . 1766 ; Harry N . Nicholls , M . E . Z . 1319 ; J . R . Cleave , M . E . Z . 2030 ; and others .
Grand Chapter having been opened in due form , the minutes of the last convocation read by Grand Scribe E . having been declared correctly recorded , Comp . Sir GEO . D . HARRIS moved , and Comp . RICHARDSON seconded the adoption of the report of the General Purposes Committee . The motion was agreed to .
On the motion of Comp . Sir GEO . D . HARRIS , seconded by Comp . RICHARDSON , it was unanimously resolved to vote 100 guineas from the funds of Supreme Grand Chapter as a donation to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . This concluded the business ol the Supreme Grand Chapter , which was then closed in solemn form .
Provincial Grand Lodge Of Devonshire.
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF DEVONSHIRE .
The annual meeting of the above Provincial Grand Lodge was held at Paignton on the 26 th ult . The P . G . M ., Bro . Sir Stafford Northcote , C . B ., M . P ., presided , supported by Bro . W . J . Hughan , P . G . D . England , acting as D . P . G . M ,, in the absence , through indisposition , of Bro . Major G . CDavie .
Bro . J . STOCKER , P . M . 39 , Prov . G . Sec , in his report , stated that he had received the returns from the 57 lodges in the province for the year ended 31 st December , 1 S 97 , which showed the number of subscribing members to be 3670 , an increase of 245 over the previous year , and the amount paid in dues and fees ^ 426 9 s ., an excess of ^ 24 12 s . 6 d . over the previous year . There were 342 initiations and 163 joinings , the large
number of the latter being accounted for by the returns of four new lodges constituted during the year . The number of , Past Masters returned was 845 . It would be of interest to the brethren to know that at the recent Centenary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for 3 oys , presided over by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., the province was represented by 34 Stewards , and the contributions amounted to /' 1775 . ( Applause . ) The
province stood 15 'h in order of amounts contributed out of the 46 that were represented . ( Applause . ) In a letter received on the 2 rst ult . from the Secretary of the Institution expressing regret at his inability to attend that meeting , Bro . McLeod said : " Will you kindly express my best thanks on behalf of the Institution for the splendid help accorded by the Stewards and the brethren of the province on the occasion of our recent Centenary
Festival . The position held by the province on the announcement is one they may well be proud of , and reflects greatly to the credit of all who contributed thereto . " ( Applause . ) The Devon Masonic Directory was issued that year in the month of June in an improved form , and with additional information . He wou'd embrace that opportunity of urging upon brethren the necessity of increasing its circulation , and that they would endeavour in their respective lodges to promote and stimulate a greater interest in the publication
and its circulation amongst their members . He had further to report that he had received from the Masters of iS lodges applications under the 20 th By-Law for the supplemental grant to enable them to acquire Life Governorships in one or other of the great Masonic Charities . The PROV . G .. M . in moving the adoption of the report , congratulated the province on its satisfactory character , and especially on the success of the Boys' Centenary Festival , for the generous support of which by the Masters and b tthren of the lodges he thanked tnem generally .
The acting DEI * . PROV . G . M ., in seconding , suggested that the generous support of the Boys' Centenary by that province was not only an indication cf the value of the Institution itself , but also a testimony to the esteern in which their own Prov . G . Master was held . ( Applause . ) In spite of the
increase in the number of lodges the average membership per lodge had also increased , which was a remarkable feature . The province was to bs congratulated not only on its support to the great Charities , but also on its harmonious working . ( Applause . ) The report was then adopted .
The Prov . G . Treas ., Bro . Fred Sanders , P . M . 12 S 4 , in his report showed a balance brought forward from the previous year of . £ 263 os . 1 id-r and the receipts made the total £ 750 14 s . rod . Payments amounting to , £ 491 ifis . 4 < i . left a balance in hand of ^ 258 18 s . 6 d . On the proposition of Bro . HENRY STOCKER , seconded by Bro . H . W . Hooi'i' . R , the report was adopted , and a vote of thanks passed to Bro . Sanders for the able manner in which he had discharged the Treasurer s duties . _ . Bro . E . H . SIIORTO presented the report of the Fortescue Annuity Fun ' for the year ended 31 it May , 1 S 98 , which stated that it was agiin the p lea ^ -