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there remained , therefore , 5 6 to compete for the 17 annuities—14 immediate and three deferred—that were available . London furnished 18 , and was successful in carrying the election of seven , while the Provinces and Abroad were responsible for 3 8 ,
of whom they were able to elect 10 . The two hig hest on the poll hailed from Cheshire , which contributed four candidates . Both these candidates had been on the list at two previous elections , and No . 1 , who started with only 19 voles to
his credit , . had the satisfaction of increasing his total to 56 39 ; while No . 2 , who began . the day with 28 votes , finished with 5574 . One of three candidates from East Lancashire secured the third vacancy with 545 8 votes all polled
on this occasion ; No . 4 from Cornwall , who brought forward 744 votes from his first attempt in 1 S 97 , obtained 45 66 additional votes thereby augmenting his poll to 5310 . No . 5 was a London candidate of two years' standing , who raised the 1406
votes polled for him in May , 18 97 , to 5090 , while Nos . 6 and 7 were new candidates , the former who scored 5059 votes hailing from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , while the latter , who polled 5037 , was one of two candidates from Dorsetshire . Nos .
S and 16 were two out of the three applicants from West Yorkshire , and obtained respectively 4951 and 4261 votes ; and No . 9 , London , who brought forward 3720 votes from his previous attempts , appears to have had no difficulty in augmenting his
total to 4919 . No . 10 was one of four applicants fro ' m Kent who compiled a total of 4 8 79 votes , of which 3412 were the result of his efforts in 18 ^ 5 , 1 X 0 , 6 , and 18 97 ; while Nos . 11 , 12 , 13 , and 14 , all hailed from the Metropolitan district and polled 4758 ,
459 ^ 1 45 & 4 > n'i ^ 4401 votes , respectively , the highest of the four old brethren being a candidate for the first time , the next in order an unsuccessful applicant from last year , who started with 84 votes to his credit , the third polling 2400 at his first experience
in May , 18 97 , and the last having 2618 votes in hand from three previous elections . No . 15 , who hailed from Victoria , polled 1808 last year and raised his total on this occasion 10 4340 votes , while No . 17 , from London , was a candidate for
[ lie first lime , and polled right away 36 9 S votes , the next highest , but unsuccessful , candidate , being also a London brother and having 3 6 47 votes to his credit , of which 255 were brought forward from last year . There were also three other
candidates who obtained—in the order of their seniority on the poll—3514—one of two candidates from Somersetshire ; 3449 ( Surrey ) , and 3424 ( Norfolk ) . Eight other candidates carry forward over 2000 votes to next year , and three between 1000
and 2000 , while four polled under 10 votes , one of them being a last year ' s candidate from Warwickshire , who brought forward two votes and polled a further seven . The votes brought forward from previous elections were 26 , 479 , and the number
issued for this was 110 , 3 88 , but of the latter only 9 8 , 66 3 passed the Scrutineers , leaving 11 , 725 unused or spoiled For the . WIDOWS' FUND
there were originally 62 candidates , while the vacancies declared in February were only eight in number , but as regards the former , two , namely , No . 4 from Devonshire , who was an applicant for tie 12 th time , and No . 25 from Cheshire , for the
first , died subsequent to the issue of the Voting Papers , and No . 5 X from London , a new applicant , was withdrawn , while four additional annuities had become vacant since then , so that there were 59 candidates—of whom London furnished 18
and the Provinces and Abroad 41 for the 12 annuities—nine immediate and three deferred—that were , to be competed for . In this ballot London was most unfortunate , and secured the election of only one of its many applicants , while the other 11
hailed from the Provinces and Abroad , the highest place on the poll being secured by one of three widows from Lincolnshire , who obtained 72 S 0 votes at this her first election , a new London candidate being next with 7102 votes ,
No . 3 was a Cornish widow , who scored 63511 ) votes at the first time of asking , the Hertfordshire candidate standing next with 6079 votes . The three West Yorkshire widows were placed
fifth , sixth , and seventh on the list , with 5 689 , 5 686 , and 5 658 votes respectively ) one of two widows from Devonshire , who was an applicant for the first time , taking the eighth place , with 534 6 votes , and one of two from Staffordshire , who already had 116
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votes to her credit from four previous trials , the ninth place , with 4944 votes . One of the two Hampshire and Isle of Wi ght widows was bracketed with No . 9 , scoring 4944 votes , the remaining two who obtained places among the successful competitors having been candidates for the first lime last year , when
No . 11 , one of two Kentish widows , who had K ; . <) 8 votes in hand , finished up with 4 8 39 votes , and No . 12 , one of two applicants from Bristol , polled 4120 , of which 514 wen ? brought forward . The highest unsuccessful widow was one ol three from
Warwickshire , who increased the 1211 votes , with which she started , to 4065 , a first case from . London being close up with 4043 votes , and a last year ' s candidate from London , who polled 3849 votes , of which 16 74 were brought forward , was third . There were , in addition , three other widows who police ! between 2000 and 3000
votes ; seven between 1000 and 2000 ; and six for whom no votes whatever were polled . The number brought forward from previous elections was 93 82 votes , and lhe number issued for
this election , 1 io , 8 ; o , but only 95 , 137 of the latter passed the Scrutineers , leaving 15 , 733 *^ * " ' either unused or spoiled . There are now 49 candidates who , if their circumstances remain as they are now , will go forward to next year ' s election .
United Grand Lodge. '
UNITED GRAND LODGE . '
The following is the business to be transacted on Wednesday next , the ist prox .: The minutes of the Ouarterly Communication of the 2 nd March for confirmation . The minutes of the Grand Festival of the 27 th April for confirmation . To consider the following communication from the Most Worshi pful Grand Master :
It having been made to appear to the satisfaction of the Most Worshi pful Grand Master that the Grand Lodge of Peru has decreed the removal of the Volume of the Sacred Law from the altars of all lodges under its jurisdiction , substituting therefore the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of Peru , and replacing the word " Bible " in the ritual by the words " of the Grand Constitution of the Grand Lodge of Peru ; " and , further ,
that the said Grand Lodge has not only refused to teconsiier its decision in authorising such decree , but requires obedience thereto from the several lodges under its jurisdiction . His Royal Highness is of opinion that recognition of the Grand Lodge of Peru as a Masonic body ought no longer to be accorded , until that body shall have returned to its observance of the ancient landmarks , and ,
therefore , desires that the sense of Grand Lodge shall be taken on the following resolutions : ist Resolution . —That this Grand Lodge views with profound regret the step taken by the Grand Lodge of Peru in ordering the removal of the Volume of the Sacred Law from the altar , and in prohibiting all mention of the Bible in the ceremonies of lodges under its
jurisdiction , and Resolution . —That so long as the Grand Lodge of Peru , or the lodges holding thereunder , require or authorise the holding of lodge meetings from which the Volume of the Sacred Law is absent , or in the ceremonies of which no mention of the Bible is made , they cannot be recognised as true and lawful Masonic lodges or bodies .
3 rd Resolution . —That this Grand Lodge requests that his Royal Highness the Most Worshipful Grand Master will be pleased to take such steps for giving effect to the foregoing resolutions , as he may consider consistent with the houour of this Grand Lodge ; and to take such further steps , if any , as he may deem desirable for the recognition of those brethren in Peru who determine to abide by the ancient landmarks of the Order .
4 th Resolution . —That this Grand Lodge hereby re-affirms and again places on record the resolution adopted by Grand Lodge , on the 6 th day of March , 187 S , as follows : That in view of the foregoing resolutions , the Worshipiul Masters of all lodges holding under the Grand Lodge of England be directed not
to admit any foreign brother as a visitor unlessist . —He is duly vouchsafed for , or unless his certificate shows that he has been initiated according to the ancient rites and ceremonies in a lodge professing belief in T . G . A . O . T . U ., and zndly . —Not unless he himself shall acknowledge that this belief is an essential landmark of the Order .
5 th Resolution . —That a copy of the foregoing resolutions be transmitted to the Grand Lodges of Scotland and Ireland , to each Grand Lodge with which this Grand Lodge is in communication , and to the Worshipful Masters of all lodges holding under the Grand Lodge of England , each of whom is hereby instructed to cause these resolutions to be read at the first meeting of his lodge after the receipt thereof , and to direct that they shall be entered on the minutes .
Appointment and investiture of President of the Board of General Purposes . Election of members of the Board of General Purposes . Election of Grand Lodge Auditor . Election of Members for the Committee of Management of the " Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemninn * :. "
Report of the Board of Benevolence for the past quarter , in which are recommendations for the following grants ; The widow of a brother of the Kilburn Lodge , No . IOOS , London ... ... ... ... ... £ 50 o o A brother of the Fenwick Lodge , No . 1 . 189 , Sunderland 50 o 0 The widow of a brother of the York Lodge , No . 23 G , York .., ... .,. ... ... 75 0 0
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there remained , therefore , 5 6 to compete for the 17 annuities—14 immediate and three deferred—that were available . London furnished 18 , and was successful in carrying the election of seven , while the Provinces and Abroad were responsible for 3 8 ,
of whom they were able to elect 10 . The two hig hest on the poll hailed from Cheshire , which contributed four candidates . Both these candidates had been on the list at two previous elections , and No . 1 , who started with only 19 voles to
his credit , . had the satisfaction of increasing his total to 56 39 ; while No . 2 , who began . the day with 28 votes , finished with 5574 . One of three candidates from East Lancashire secured the third vacancy with 545 8 votes all polled
on this occasion ; No . 4 from Cornwall , who brought forward 744 votes from his first attempt in 1 S 97 , obtained 45 66 additional votes thereby augmenting his poll to 5310 . No . 5 was a London candidate of two years' standing , who raised the 1406
votes polled for him in May , 18 97 , to 5090 , while Nos . 6 and 7 were new candidates , the former who scored 5059 votes hailing from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , while the latter , who polled 5037 , was one of two candidates from Dorsetshire . Nos .
S and 16 were two out of the three applicants from West Yorkshire , and obtained respectively 4951 and 4261 votes ; and No . 9 , London , who brought forward 3720 votes from his previous attempts , appears to have had no difficulty in augmenting his
total to 4919 . No . 10 was one of four applicants fro ' m Kent who compiled a total of 4 8 79 votes , of which 3412 were the result of his efforts in 18 ^ 5 , 1 X 0 , 6 , and 18 97 ; while Nos . 11 , 12 , 13 , and 14 , all hailed from the Metropolitan district and polled 4758 ,
459 ^ 1 45 & 4 > n'i ^ 4401 votes , respectively , the highest of the four old brethren being a candidate for the first time , the next in order an unsuccessful applicant from last year , who started with 84 votes to his credit , the third polling 2400 at his first experience
in May , 18 97 , and the last having 2618 votes in hand from three previous elections . No . 15 , who hailed from Victoria , polled 1808 last year and raised his total on this occasion 10 4340 votes , while No . 17 , from London , was a candidate for
[ lie first lime , and polled right away 36 9 S votes , the next highest , but unsuccessful , candidate , being also a London brother and having 3 6 47 votes to his credit , of which 255 were brought forward from last year . There were also three other
candidates who obtained—in the order of their seniority on the poll—3514—one of two candidates from Somersetshire ; 3449 ( Surrey ) , and 3424 ( Norfolk ) . Eight other candidates carry forward over 2000 votes to next year , and three between 1000
and 2000 , while four polled under 10 votes , one of them being a last year ' s candidate from Warwickshire , who brought forward two votes and polled a further seven . The votes brought forward from previous elections were 26 , 479 , and the number
issued for this was 110 , 3 88 , but of the latter only 9 8 , 66 3 passed the Scrutineers , leaving 11 , 725 unused or spoiled For the . WIDOWS' FUND
there were originally 62 candidates , while the vacancies declared in February were only eight in number , but as regards the former , two , namely , No . 4 from Devonshire , who was an applicant for tie 12 th time , and No . 25 from Cheshire , for the
first , died subsequent to the issue of the Voting Papers , and No . 5 X from London , a new applicant , was withdrawn , while four additional annuities had become vacant since then , so that there were 59 candidates—of whom London furnished 18
and the Provinces and Abroad 41 for the 12 annuities—nine immediate and three deferred—that were , to be competed for . In this ballot London was most unfortunate , and secured the election of only one of its many applicants , while the other 11
hailed from the Provinces and Abroad , the highest place on the poll being secured by one of three widows from Lincolnshire , who obtained 72 S 0 votes at this her first election , a new London candidate being next with 7102 votes ,
No . 3 was a Cornish widow , who scored 63511 ) votes at the first time of asking , the Hertfordshire candidate standing next with 6079 votes . The three West Yorkshire widows were placed
fifth , sixth , and seventh on the list , with 5 689 , 5 686 , and 5 658 votes respectively ) one of two widows from Devonshire , who was an applicant for the first time , taking the eighth place , with 534 6 votes , and one of two from Staffordshire , who already had 116
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votes to her credit from four previous trials , the ninth place , with 4944 votes . One of the two Hampshire and Isle of Wi ght widows was bracketed with No . 9 , scoring 4944 votes , the remaining two who obtained places among the successful competitors having been candidates for the first lime last year , when
No . 11 , one of two Kentish widows , who had K ; . <) 8 votes in hand , finished up with 4 8 39 votes , and No . 12 , one of two applicants from Bristol , polled 4120 , of which 514 wen ? brought forward . The highest unsuccessful widow was one ol three from
Warwickshire , who increased the 1211 votes , with which she started , to 4065 , a first case from . London being close up with 4043 votes , and a last year ' s candidate from London , who polled 3849 votes , of which 16 74 were brought forward , was third . There were , in addition , three other widows who police ! between 2000 and 3000
votes ; seven between 1000 and 2000 ; and six for whom no votes whatever were polled . The number brought forward from previous elections was 93 82 votes , and lhe number issued for
this election , 1 io , 8 ; o , but only 95 , 137 of the latter passed the Scrutineers , leaving 15 , 733 *^ * " ' either unused or spoiled . There are now 49 candidates who , if their circumstances remain as they are now , will go forward to next year ' s election .
United Grand Lodge. '
UNITED GRAND LODGE . '
The following is the business to be transacted on Wednesday next , the ist prox .: The minutes of the Ouarterly Communication of the 2 nd March for confirmation . The minutes of the Grand Festival of the 27 th April for confirmation . To consider the following communication from the Most Worshi pful Grand Master :
It having been made to appear to the satisfaction of the Most Worshi pful Grand Master that the Grand Lodge of Peru has decreed the removal of the Volume of the Sacred Law from the altars of all lodges under its jurisdiction , substituting therefore the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of Peru , and replacing the word " Bible " in the ritual by the words " of the Grand Constitution of the Grand Lodge of Peru ; " and , further ,
that the said Grand Lodge has not only refused to teconsiier its decision in authorising such decree , but requires obedience thereto from the several lodges under its jurisdiction . His Royal Highness is of opinion that recognition of the Grand Lodge of Peru as a Masonic body ought no longer to be accorded , until that body shall have returned to its observance of the ancient landmarks , and ,
therefore , desires that the sense of Grand Lodge shall be taken on the following resolutions : ist Resolution . —That this Grand Lodge views with profound regret the step taken by the Grand Lodge of Peru in ordering the removal of the Volume of the Sacred Law from the altar , and in prohibiting all mention of the Bible in the ceremonies of lodges under its
jurisdiction , and Resolution . —That so long as the Grand Lodge of Peru , or the lodges holding thereunder , require or authorise the holding of lodge meetings from which the Volume of the Sacred Law is absent , or in the ceremonies of which no mention of the Bible is made , they cannot be recognised as true and lawful Masonic lodges or bodies .
3 rd Resolution . —That this Grand Lodge requests that his Royal Highness the Most Worshipful Grand Master will be pleased to take such steps for giving effect to the foregoing resolutions , as he may consider consistent with the houour of this Grand Lodge ; and to take such further steps , if any , as he may deem desirable for the recognition of those brethren in Peru who determine to abide by the ancient landmarks of the Order .
4 th Resolution . —That this Grand Lodge hereby re-affirms and again places on record the resolution adopted by Grand Lodge , on the 6 th day of March , 187 S , as follows : That in view of the foregoing resolutions , the Worshipiul Masters of all lodges holding under the Grand Lodge of England be directed not
to admit any foreign brother as a visitor unlessist . —He is duly vouchsafed for , or unless his certificate shows that he has been initiated according to the ancient rites and ceremonies in a lodge professing belief in T . G . A . O . T . U ., and zndly . —Not unless he himself shall acknowledge that this belief is an essential landmark of the Order .
5 th Resolution . —That a copy of the foregoing resolutions be transmitted to the Grand Lodges of Scotland and Ireland , to each Grand Lodge with which this Grand Lodge is in communication , and to the Worshipful Masters of all lodges holding under the Grand Lodge of England , each of whom is hereby instructed to cause these resolutions to be read at the first meeting of his lodge after the receipt thereof , and to direct that they shall be entered on the minutes .
Appointment and investiture of President of the Board of General Purposes . Election of members of the Board of General Purposes . Election of Grand Lodge Auditor . Election of Members for the Committee of Management of the " Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemninn * :. "
Report of the Board of Benevolence for the past quarter , in which are recommendations for the following grants ; The widow of a brother of the Kilburn Lodge , No . IOOS , London ... ... ... ... ... £ 50 o o A brother of the Fenwick Lodge , No . 1 . 189 , Sunderland 50 o 0 The widow of a brother of the York Lodge , No . 23 G , York .., ... .,. ... ... 75 0 0