United Grand Lodge Of England.

"That the members of the Board of General Purposes desire to place on record their high appreciation of the skill , ability , ar . d courtesy displayed by the President , Bro . R . Loveland Loveland , in presiding over their deliberations during the past year . "J . J . THOMAS , Vice-President . " i Sth May , 1897 . "

9 . Report of Special Committee appointed by Grand Lodge to consider certain additions to , and alterations in , the Book of Constitutions , proposed by the Grand Registrar . At the Quarterly Communication on the 3 rd March las' * , a resolution was passed by Grand Lodge that certain additions to , and alterations in , the Book of Constitutions which the Grand Registrar had proposed for adoption should be referred to a Special Committee , to be composed of R . W . Bro . Lieut .-General

J . Wimburn Laurie , M . P ., Provincial Grand Master for South Wales ( W . D . ) , and Past Grand Master of Nova Scotia ; R . W . Bro . Thomas Fenn , P . G . W ., Past President of the Board of General Purposes ; V . W . Bro . Richard Eve , Past Grand Treasurer ; V . W . Bro . Judge Philbrick , Q . C , Grand Registrar ; and the Members of the Colonial Committee of the Board of General Purposes , consisting of V . W . Bro . R . Loveland Loveland , President of the Board of General Purposes ; W . Bro . J . J . Thomas , Vice-President of the Board of General Purposes ; W . Bro . Sir Geo . D . Harris , P . G . D ., Past President of the Colonial

Board , and Past G . Warden Bahamas ; V . W . Bro . J . H . Matthews , President of the Board of Benevolence , and Past District Grand Deacon of Bengal ; W . Bro . Major-General Gadsden , P . G . Swd . Br ., and Past District Grand Warden of Madras ; W . Bro . Frank Richardson , P . G . D ., P . D . G . Warden Victoria , and Representative of the Grand Lodge of Victoria at the Grand Lodge of England ; and W . Bro . W . F . Lamonby , P . G . Warden of the Grand Lodge of Victoria ; and that such Special Committee should report thereon to the next Grand Lodge .

Vour Committee beg to report that they met on the 27 th April last , when all the members were present , with the exception of Bro . Richard Eve , and Bro . Major-General Gadsden , the lattei of whom was prevented by illness from attending . Your Committee very fully considered and discussed the proposed

alterations and additions , which it was unanimously resolved should be amended to read as follows , and it was further resolved that the Grand Registrar be asked to take the necessary steps with the view of submitting the same for adoption by Grand Lodge at the next Quarterly Communication . To follow Rule 218 , Book of Constitutions .

218 A . In a Colony or Foreign part in which a District Grand Lodge exists , if the District Grand Master shall think proper to grant a dispensation for that purpose , it shall be lawful for any lodge to hold a special meeting , or meetings , to discuss and resolve on the question of the formation of a Sovereign Grand Lodge for or including the District or part thereof , or any neig hbouring District or part thereof , or any lodges not in a District . Such dispensation may be granted subject to any conditions that the District Grand Master

may deem proper , and also to provisions enabling two or more lodges to unite in the special meeting ; and if the District Grand Master or Masters should refuse to grant a dispensation an appeal may be made to the Grand Master . 2 ISB . Whenever Grand Lodge shall , with the assent of the Grand Master , recognise a Grand Lodge as a regular and independent Sovereign Body , having jurisdiction in any Colony or Foreign part where a

District Grand Lodge or Lodges not in a District exist , and the Grand Master shall signify it is not his intention to grant for the future any warrant for a new lodge in that jurisdiction the following rules shall apply : 1 . Within six months after recognition the Master of every lodge in such jurisdiction shall convene a special meeting of the lodge on not less than 21 days' notice to every member j failing the

Master , the District Grand Master or the acting Deputy shall convene such meeting and preside thereat , 2 . The brethren present at such meeting whose names appear as subscribing members on the last return filed with the Grand Secretary , shall decide whether they desire that the lodge shall continue under the Grand Lodge of England or not .

If the decision be to join the new Grand Lodge , the brethren shall at the same meeting decide in whom the property and effects of the lodge shall be vested , and the warrant shall be forthwith returned to the Grand Secretary to be delivered up to the Grand Master . A majority of two-thirds of the members present shall be required to carry such resolution .

3 . No questions shall be discussed or put at such meeting other than those above prescribed . 4 . Immediately after such meeting , a full copy of the minutes and a list from the signature book of all members attending , together with the numbers voting for or against , shall be sent to the Grand Secretary , verified under the hand | of the presiding Master , and countersigned by the Secretary of the

Iodge . S . No second meeting shall be called to discuss the above questions without the special leave of the Grand Master . Article 219 , Book of Constitutions to be repealed , and to enact , in lieu thereof , the following : Whenever the number of subscribing members of any lodge , as shewn on

the last return to Grand Lodge , shall be fewer than five , the lodge shall cease to meet and the warrant shall be delivered up to the Grand Master , who may , nevertheless , if he thinks proper , grant a dispensation to enable the members to meet , subject to such conditions as he may deem expedient , until he finally decides whether or not the Iodge shall be continued . F . A . PHILBRICK , Chairman . 10 . NOTICKS ol'

MOTION—1 . By His Honour Judge PHILBRICK , Q . C ., Grand Registrar ; To move the foregoing resolutions . 2 . By W . Bro . J ALBERT FARNFIELD , P . A . G . D . C . That the sum of ^ 70 be given from the Fund of Ganeral 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 Institution at Croydon with coals during the winter season .

3 . By W . Bro . Sir J B . MONCKTON , P . G . W . That in commemoration of the auspicious event ofthe Diamond Jubilee , on completion of 60 years of Her Most Gracious Majesty ' s glorious reign the following . donations be given from the Fund for General Purposes ;

United Grand Lodge Of England.

To the Prince of Wales ' s Hospital Fund ... ... £ 2000 o o To the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . ... 2000 o o To the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ... ... 2000 o o To the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ... 2000 o o 11 . The annual report of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , dated 21 st May , 1 S 97 , will be laid before Grand Lodge . Ari'EAi . s .

By W . Bro . W . CANE , P . M . 12 S 7—Against a decision of the Board of General Purposes , that except in cases specially provided for , Rule 1 S 1 , Book of Constitutions applies to all questions to be decided by a lodge , and that a majority of members present at a lodge must concur in supporting a motion in order to carry it , and that a member entitled to vote , can only remain neutral by absenting himself from the lodge room during the division .

By Bro . N . N . CHUCKKRIIUTTY , of Lodge 392 , Calcutta—Against a sentence of suspension passed on him by the R . W . District Grand Master of Bengal . List of brethren nominated for the Board of General Purposes | : NAME . NOMINATED BV . Bro . John Leach Barrett , " P . M . 1201 ... Bro . John Joseph Thomas , V . P .

„ Arthur Blenkarn , P . M „ G . P . Langley , P . M . 2381 . „ Alexander Stuart Brown , P . G . Stwd . „ H . Lovegrove , G . S . B . „ J . Whittaker Burgess , P . M . 1325 ... „ Robert Wylie , P . G . D . „ William Cleghorn , P . M . 1287 ... „ Chas . Kempton , P . M . 128 7 . „ John Russell Clipperton , W . M . 66 ... „ Geo . Read , P . G . Std . Br . „ George Graveley , P . M . 898 , B . Stewart , P . M . 1278 . „ J . Brindley James , P . M . 1441 ... „ Jacob Pickett , P . M . 966 .

„ Capt . C J . Knightley , P . M . 1744 ... „ W . M . Stiles , G . Treas . „ W . Farquharson Lamonby , P . M . 962 ,, George Dalrymple , P . G . | Sec . Cumb . and West . „ R . P . J . Laundy , P . M . 1681 „ Geo . Read , P . G . S . B . „ Harold Thomson Lyon , W . M . 25 G 3 ... „ J . S . Tamburini , P . M . 1719 . „ Wm . James Mason , P . M . 1328 ... „ Geo . Read , P . G . S . B . „ Ernest M . Money , P . M . 23 „ Sam . H . Parkhouse , P . M . 511 . „ C . J . Wilkinson Pimbury , P . M . 2241 ,, H . Lovegrove , G . S . B .

„ Fredk . Atkinson Powell , P . M . 456 ... „ H . Lovegrove , G . S . B . „ Charles Pulman , P . M . 1712 „ H . Lovegrove , G . S . B . „ John Robertson Reep , P . M . 1260 ... „ H . Lovegrove , G . S . B . „ Eliab Rogers , P . M . 60 „ S . H . Parkhouse , P . M . 511 .

„ A . G . Sandberg , M . D ., P . M . 3 ... „ R . C Sudlow , P . G . S . B . „ James Speller , P . M . 1627 „ James Stephens , D . G . D . C . „ Edwin Styles , P . M . 704 „ E . C Mulvey , G . P . „ John Joseph Thomas , P . M . 753 ... „ George Everett , P . G . Treas . „ Japheth Tickle , P . M . 1196 „ J . S . MountfordLP .

, „ Robert Phillip Upton , P . M . 1328 S . W . Lambert , P . M . 1556 . „ Frank A . White , P . M . 907 „ T . Hastings Miller , P . G . S . B . „ Arthur Williams , P . M . 834 „ S . Cochrane , P . G . T . „ James Willing , jun ., P . M . 198 7 ... „ W . A . Scurrah , P . G . S . B ..

List of brethren nominated for the Committee of Management for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons : Bros . C . A . Cottebrune , P . M . , 13 , Lieut .-Col . A . Durrant , P . M . 569 , A . H . Hickman , P . M . 22 S , W . H . Hubbert , P . M . 1625 . W . J . Stratton , W . M . 2150 , J . J . Pakes , P . M . 871 , and Constantine Doresa , W . M . 749 , nominated by Bro . J . A . Farnfield ; John Kemp Coleman , P . M . 1716 , Leonard Potts , P . M . ( -07 and 1716 , and W . D . Child , P . M . 14-17 , nominated by Bro . F . A . White , P . M ., P . Z ., P . P . G . Reg . Essex .

List of lodges for which warrants have been granted by the M . W . iGrand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge ; 2656 , The Adams Peak , Hatton , Ceylon . 2657 , The Liscard , Liscard . 2658 , The Loyal Westralian , Freemantle , W . A . 2659 , The Northcote , Exeter . 2660 , The Crane , Cranbrook .

2661 , The Mendelssohn , London . 2662 , The Ealing , London . 2663 , The Commemoration , London . 2664 , The Hygeia , London . 2665 , The Past and Present , London . 2666 , The Victoria Commemoration , Newcastle-on-Tyne . 2667 , The Buckingham and Chandos , Birkenhead .

Mark Grand Lodge.

MARK GRAND LODGE .

The following is the business to be transacted on Tuesday next , the ist prox . 1 . Read , and if approved , confirm minutes of Quarterly Communication of and March , iSy ? . 2 . Report of the General Board .

3 . A motion will be made lhat the report be taken as read . 4 . A molion will be made that the report be received and entered on the minutes . 5 . Recommendation arising out of the report . * That the following be an addition to Article 136 , Book of Constitutions :

" Every brother who has been advanced to the Mark Degree in a Regular Lodge , not under the Constitution of this Grand Lodge , shall , previously to his becoming a member of any lodge , declare in open lodge , his adhesion to the Book of Constitution , and promise due obedience to the Grand Master , and the Rules and Regulations of Grand Lodge , and the fact shall be recorded on the lodge minutes . "

6 . A Motion will be proposed that the Report be adopted . 7 . Installation of the M . W . G . M . 8 . Appointment and Investiture of Grand Officers . 9 . Nomination by the M . W . G . M . of six members to serve on the General Board .

10 . Mection , by Grand Lodge , of five members to serve on the General Board . ( Five only are nominated ) . List of brethren nominated for the General Board : Bros . R . Clowes , P . G . O . ; A . Stewart-Brown , P . G . D . ; F . West , D . P . G . M . Surrey T . P . Dorman , P . G . l . G . ; and A . F . Church , P . G . Stwd . —nominated by Bros Gordon Miller , P . G . Treas . ; V . P . Freeman , P . G . D . ; and F . Bevan P . G . Org . '