Reviews.

Disbursements . Payment to Annuitants . 231 S o o Salary , Secretary . . . 100 . 0 o Commission )^ . ^ 48 13 ° Messenger . . 500 Medicine for the Inmates at

the Asylum . . . 25 o o Warden , Gatekeeper , and Gardener , do . . . 38 o o Taxes , do . . . . 20 12 3 Westminster Fire Office , Moiety of Premium , seven years , Asylum . . S 11 o

Stationery , Books , Printing , Balloting Papers , & c . . 39 12 9 Rent of Office . . 18 o o Advertisements . -439 Postage . . . 39 2 6 Petty Disbursements , including . Election Expenses . . 19 6 11

2797 3 11 Purchase of . £ 350 Stock , 3 per cent . Reduced Annuities . 325 iS 9 3123 2 8 Balance on this accjunt . . 187- ? II a

FEMALE FUND . Receipts . Balance 31 st March , 1 S 69 . . . 945 10 11 Donation from Grand Lodge . 300 o o ,, from Grand Chapter 50 o o Donations from Lodges , Chapters , and Individuals . 1203 14 6

Annual Subscriptions . . 445 18 6 Moiety of Legacy ") of late Bro . Geo . Leach PastJ- 45 ° ° Grand Deacon , less duty J

Interest . I 14 5 4 6 14 5 \\ estminster Fire Office , Moiety of Profit on the last seven years'Insurance . 2 13 o Dividends on Stock in the Government Fund . . 386 S o 2435 S 5

33 S 0 16 4 Disbursements . Payment to Annuitants . 1750 5 o Salary , Secretary . . 112 10 o Commission j | Xto y r - . & * %

Messenger . . . 500 Taxes , Asylum . . 20 12 3 Westminster Fire Office , Moiety of Premium , seven years , Asylum . . 8 II o Stationery , Books , Printing ,

Balloting Papers , & c . . 36 15 8 Rer . t of Office . . 18 o o Advertisements . . 439 Postage . . . 35 11 o Petty Disbursements , including Election Expenses . . 19 7 o

20 S 6 17 2 Purchase of , £ 250 Stock , 3 per cent . Reduced Annuities 232 16 3 2319 13 5 Balance on this Account . . 1061 2 11 FOR SUSTENTATION OF BUILDING :-.

Receipts . Balance 31 st March , 1 S 69 . 3 S 6 Dividends on £ 1000 Stock in the Government Funds . 30 o o 33 8 6

Disbursements . Repairs , & c , in the Asylum . 24 17 9 Balance on this Account . . S 10 9 Total Balance as per Auditors' Report to . 31 st of March , 1870 . . . £ 2943 5 o The Permanent Income of the Institution is as follows : —

MALE FUND . Annual Grant from Grand Lodge . . 500 o o Ditto from Grand

Chapter . . 100 o o Dividcndson . £ 22 , 350 Stock in the Government Funds . . 670 10 o 1270 10 o

FEMALE FUND . Annual Grant from Grand Lodge . . 300 o o Ditto from Grand Chapter . , 50 o o Dividends on , £ 13 , 000 Stock in the Government Funds . , 390 o o

740 o o FOR SUSTENTATION OF THE BUILDING : — Dividends on £ 1 , 000 Stock in the Govern-Funds , , . ... 30 o o £ 2040 10 o

Consecration Of The Acacia Lodge, No. 1314.

CONSECRATION of the ACACIA LODGE , No . 1314 .

This new lodge was duly consecrated on the 15 th inst . at the Bell Hotel , Bromley , Kent , by Bro . R . Wentworth Little . P . M ., Prov . G . Sec . Middlesex , in the presence of a large assemblage of brethren .

The lodge-room was gaily decorated with banners and Masonic emblems , and the various appointments were extremely handsome . The brethren having entered the lodge-room , Bro . Little took the chair , and the wardens were nominated : Bro . H . G . Buss , Prov . G . Treas . Middlesex , as Junior ; and C . T . Sutton , P . P . A . G . D .

of C . Kent , as Senior . Bro . Deenng , one of the founders , officiated as D . of C , and most efficiently discharged his duties during the evening . The lodge was opened in the three degrees , and the presiding officer addressed the brethren upon the nature of the meeting , and in doing so referred in complimentary terms to the manner in which the Kentish Craft had flourished under the rule of

Viscount Holmesdale , P . G . M ., and his Deputy , Bro . Dobson . The consecration ceremony was then commenced with solemn prayer , and after thcusual preliminaries , Bro . Little delivered with great fluency and emphasis an oration on the excellencies of the Craft ,

in which its principles , both moral and intellectual , were fully explained and elucidated . The beautiful anthem , " Behold how good and joyful , " was then admirably rendered by the choir , under the direction of Bro . Parker , and various other anthems and chants were sung by the musical brethren during

the ceremony . In dedicating the lodge to the service of the Most High , tlicfirst great 'Emblematic Light" was pointed out to the lodge , and the two other lights were exhibited at the several dedications to " Freemasonry and Universal Benevolence , " and to " Virtue and Science . "

In the unavoidable absence of the Prov . Grand Chaplain , Bro . Hill , the duties of that office also fell upon the Consecrating Master , who performed all with a promptitude and correctness not to be surpassed . The ceremony concluded with the " Patriarchal

Benediction , " and the lodge having been resumed in the second degree , Bro . James Avery , P . M . 619 , took the chair , and installed his brother , Alfred Avery , P . M . 619 , as the first Master of the Acacia Lodge , this sublime ceremony being also rendered with marvellous solemnity and effect . The

W . M . then invested his ofiiccrs as follows : — Bros . J . Hailing , S . W . ; T . Knott , J . W . ; H . Williams . Treas . ; E . Coste , P . M ., Sec . ; S . Weils , S . D . ; W . Manger . J . D . ; W . Seaman , I . G . ; F . Deering , D . C . ; and James Avery P . M ., I . P . M . and Steward .

The installation addresses were impressively delivered by Bro . James Avery . The lodge having been closed , a very choice banquet followed , provided by Mr . Sutton , who from the first had been anxious that the

consecration festival should satisfy the most fastidious , and the result was a complete success , ihc tables being tastefully decorated and the viands of the most excellent quality , while all the wines were of the very best brands .

The W . M . presided , and gave the usual loyal and Masonic toasts in a very happy manner . In proposing the health of the Earl of Carnarvon , D . G . M ., and the rest of the Grand Officers , the W . M . alluded to the great assistance be bad

received in forming the lodge from Bro . W . F . Dobson , Ccputy Prov . Grand . Master of Kent , and Bro . Brackstone Baker , P . G . J . D . Bro . BAKER returned thanks in an eloquent speech .

Bro . Donsox , whose health had been proposed and received most heartily , said how delighted he was at another lodge having been added to the Province of Kent , and from what he had already seen of the W . M . and ofiiccrs of the lodge , particularly the fact of a P . M . bavins undertaken the

duties of Secretary , he felt certain that in the future the small village of Bromley would be well-known as possessing one of the foremost lodges in Freemasonry , as under the presidency of a brother so well-known and esteemed in the Craft as Bro . A . Avery , he felt certain the Acacia Lodge would be

steadily worked up to the highest degree of excellence . He concluded by proposing the " Health of the New W . M ., Bro . A . Avery , " and congratulated the brethren and the founders on the excellent choice they had made of their nciv Master , as

befell sure that if they had scoured the ranks of the Craft they could not possibly have selected one who would fill the office more to their satisfaction or secure more fame and credit for the lodge . The W . M ., who on rising was received with the most hearty cheers , said he was very proud , indeed ,

Consecration Of The Acacia Lodge, No. 1314.

of the position he that day occupied , it had long been a cherished wish of his to be the W . M . of a provincial lodge , and in the future he should make it his constant care to place the Acacia Lodge second to none in the Province of Kent . He regretted the absence of Viscount Holmesdale , Prov .

Grand Master of Kent , who was absent from illness , but he had promised to visit them on some future occasion . The health of the Installing Master , P . M ., J . W . Avery , having been warmly received , the W . M . proposed the "Visitors , " who were , he said , all so well-known , and in such a

high position in Masonry as to need no word from him except a most hearty welcome to the new lodge . They were W . F . Dobson , D P . G . M . of Kent ; Bro . B . Baker , P . G . D . ; Bro . H . G . Buss , P . M . and Treasurer for the Province of Middlesex ; F . Walters , P . M . 73 ; Odell , P . M .

3 ; Sutton , P . M . Cornwallis ; Richard Buller , W . M . 9 ; Price , W . M . Canonbury ; Grey , 1185 ; Parker , 435 ; Walker , 173 ; Penna , 111 ; Knight , 1107 ; W . Holland , 157 , La Forest ( Corinthian ); Wyatt , Cornwallis ; and others . Br . Buss , P . M ., having returned thanks ,

The W . M . called on the brethren to drink " The Health of Bro . R . Wentworth Little , " who had that day , at great inconvenience to himself , come down to consecrate the new lodge , and he felt certaiifthat every brother would remember with deep satisfaction and delight the very able manner in which the

ceremony had been performed . The toast having been most heartily received , and Bro . LITTLE having returned thanks , The W . M . said he had an important toast to propose : that of his " Officers , " who were already so well up in Feeemasonry that he felt sure they would

work steadily with him to promote the success of the lodge . The following programme of music was performed during the evening : —National Anthem , " A Song for Old England , " Bro . Penna ; "Love ' s Request , " Bro . Phillips ; solo , pianoforte , " Bonnie Scotland , "

Bro . Parker ; "The Fine Old English Gentleman , " Bro , Penna ; " My Pretty Jane , " " " The Pilgrim of Love , " and " Thou art so near , and yet so far , " Bro . Phillips . Bro . Deering also sang , " Come into the garden , Maud , " and recited , " Most noble , grave , and reverend Seignors , " in a very charming

style . Bro . F . Walker , who had officiated as tenor at " the consecration , was obliged to leave immediately afterwards . The lodge furniture was of the most elaborate and chaste description , the chairs , gavels , & c , being made of the wood from whence the lodge takes its

name , and were finished in the most tasteful manner by Bro . Williams , the much esteemed Treasurer of the lodge . It is needless to add that a - most pleasant evening was spent , and all concurred in wishing Bro . Avery and the Acacia Lodge , every possible success .

BRO . TERRY , W . M . 127 S , and P . G . S . B . for Herts , will work the Ceremony of Installation on Wednesday , the 28 th June , at the Burden Coutts Lodge of Instruction , Bro . Lloyd's , Approach Tavern , Victoria-park . Bro . Terry's name , we have no doubt , will as usual bring a large number of the brethren together to witness his perfect and admirable working .

MASOXRV is cosmopolitan . Its mission is to all mankind , whatever accidents in the form of birth or language , creed or opinion , may keep them asunder . There is no gulf so wide—of race , nationality , religion , or party—that Masonry cannot bridge it over . To do this very thing it exists .

Because it has aimed to do this thing it has been enabled to exist while so much around it is perishing , or doomed to perish . Nationalities , languages and Governments , religions may pass away one after the other ; but so long as mankind lasts on this planet will Masonry last , if it does but remain

true to the sentiment of universal brotherhood , charity , and toleration on which it has been widely based . From the very nature of the constitution of human society , if men would pass peacefully and happily down ' lhe stream of life , it is but reasonable that they should seek to promote Ihc general good of the society in whicn they live , and to

cultivate all those social virtues which render life pleasant , and smooth down the asperities of those adverse scenes through which , at some period in our experience , we must inevitably pass . To the performance of these duties the spirit of Masonry whispers in the ears of its votaries a friendly reminder , and it would be well for us all if we would listen to and obey the voice .

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