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United Grand Lodge.
UNITED GRAND LODGE .
The following is the business to be transacted in United Grand Lodge , on Wednesday next , the third prox . * . i . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 4 th March for Confirmation . - > . The minutes ol " the Grand Festival of the 20 th of April for
confirmation . 3 . Election of Members of the Board of General Purposes . 4 . Election of Members of the Colonial Board . 5 . Election of a Grand Lodge Auditor .
6 . Election of Members for the Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons . 7 . Report of the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which are recommendations for the following grants : The widow of a brother of the St . Andrew ' s Lodge , No . 2 x 1 ,
London ^ . 75 o o The widow of a brother of the Wellington Lodge , No . 548 , Deptford 50 o o A brother of the Social Lodge , No . 93 , Norwich 60 0 o A brother of the Pattison Lodge , No . tj 13 , Plumstead 50 o o A brother of the St . John ' s Lodge , No . 673 , Liverpool 50 o o
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES ., To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The liSoard of General Purposes beg to submit a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts , at the meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday ,
the 15 th day of May inst ., shewing a balance in the Bank of England ol £ 481803 . lid ., and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for petty cash ^ 100 , and for servants' wages , £ ~ loo , and balance of annual allowance for library £ 11 17 s . 6 d . ( Signed ) THOMAS FENN , President . Freemasons' HaU , London , W . C , May 19 th , 18 S 5 .
At a meeting of the Board held on Tuesday , the 19 th May , after the ordinary business had been disposed of , the following resolution was passed ,
. : The Members of the Board unanimously desire to express their sense of the ability and courtesy uniformly displayed on all occasions by the V . W . Bro . Thomas Fenn , as President of the Board of General Purposes . ( Signed ) RALPH GLUTTON , Vice-President .
9 . Thc Annual Report of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , dated the 15 th May , 1885 , will be laid before Grand Lodge . 10 . App lication from a Body styling itself "The Grand Lodge of South
Australia , " stating that all the lodges and almost all the Masons in that Colony bad united in forming an Independent Grand Lodge , and praying that it may therefore be recognized as such by the Grand Lodge of England . 11 .
APPEALS—( 1 ) From the W . Master and brethren of the Victoria Lodge , No . 18 31 , Ashfield , New South Wales , against a ruling of their District Grand Master , forbidding the discussion in open lodge of a resolution proposed by Bro . Deakin , J . W . ( 2 ) From a brother , against a ruling of the Provincial Grand Master , sustaining a sentence of exclusion passed by that lodge on that brother .
N . B . —The papers relating to these appeals will be in the Grand Secretary ' s office till the meeting of Grand Lodge , and open for inspection of the brethren during oflice hours .
12 . NOTICES 01 MOTION . ( 1 ) By W . Bro . R AYNHAM W . STEWART , P . G . Deacon : That onc thousand ( £ 1000 ) be paid from the Fund of General Purposes of this Grand Lodge tu the Koyal Masonic Institution for Boys' Preparatory School Building Fund , towards defraying the cost ot littings and furniture for the new buildings now approaching completion . ( 2 ) By W . Bro . R AYNHAM W . STEWART , P . G . Deacon :
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 .
LIST OF BRETHREN NOMINATED FOR THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES , WITH THEIR NOMINATORS . Bro . Edward F . Storr , P . M . 22 , by Bro . F . T . C . Keeble , P . M . 1426 ; Bro . Fredk . T . C . Keeble , P . M . 142 G , by Bro . Wm . Baber , W . M . 1426 ; Bro . Giovanni P . Festa , P . M . igoo , by Bro . Edwin M . Lott , Grand Organist ; Bro . Thomas XV . C . Bush , P . M . 172 S , by Bro . Giovanni P . Festa , P . M . 1900 ; Bro . James Wentworth T . Chapman , P . M . 1022 , by Bro . Edwin Storr , W . M . 167 ;; Bros . Thomas Hastings Miller , P . M . 007 ,
and Charles Frederick Hogard , P . M . 205 , by Bro . Edgar Bowyer , P . G . Std . Br . ; Bro . Richard George Barton , P . M . 771 , by Bro . W . G . Kentish , P . M . 192 . -5 ; Bro . Hugh Heugh Riach , P . M . 111 S , by Bro . A . F . Godson , P . M . 1097 ; Bro . James Stevens , P . M . 121 C , by Bro . Wm . Poore , P . M . 130 G ; Bro . Tom Drew Bear , W . M . 15 S 4 , by Bro . Henry Martin , P . M . 15 S 4 ; Bro . Thomas Charles Walls , W . M . 1 793 , by Bro . H . J . Lardner , P . M . 1 745 ; Bros . John Laurence Mather , P . M . 1471 , and Charles b
Frederick Hogard , P . M . 205 , y Bro . Frank Richardson , P . G . Deacon ; Bro . Alfred Cooper , P . M . 1591 , by Bro . Sir John B . Monckton , P . G . W . ; Bro . Augustus William Stead , P . M . 1997 , by Bro . R . J . Taylor , P . M . 144 ; Bro . Edward J . Altman , W . M . 101 , by Bro . Charles Edward Soppet , P . M . 1 G 27 ; Bros . Sir Reginald Hanson , W . M . 77 S ; Edward Garnet Man , W . M . 1827 ; Reginald St . Aubyn Roumieu , W . M . 1537 ; Sir Bruce Seton , W . M . G ; Frederick William Smith ,
W . M . 58 ; Frederick West , W . M . 4 ; Henry Truman Wood , W . M . gg ; Ralph ClrMon , P . M . 143 ; William Bristow , P . M . Grand Stewards Lodge ; John L . Mather , P . M . 1471 ; Henry Bishop , P . M . 00 , * Samuel Hill , P . M . 21 ; Thomas Hastings Miller , P . M . 19 C 4 ; and Edmond K . Bayley , P . M . 1 , by Bro . Robert Grey , P . G . D . ; Bros . James Willing , jun ., W . M . 19 S 7 , and Charles Dairy , P . M . 141 , by Bro . James Brett , P . G . P . j Bro . Stephen Richardson , W . M . 1 S 3 , by Bro . G . Wm . Speth , P . M . 1 S 3 ; Bro . Frederic Davison , P . G . D ., P . M . 10 , by Bro . Robert W . Edis , P . M . 10 ; and William A . Dawson , P . M . 17 CS , by Edward M . Money , W . M . 28 .
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LIST OF BRETHREN NOMINATED FOR THE COLONIAL BOARD . Bros . James Brett , P . M . 177 ; Lieut .-Col . George Haldane , P . M . 1615 ; John A Maitland , P . M . 92 ; Charles Robert Rivington , P . M . 2 ; Leopold G . Gordon Robbins ' P . M . 10 ; Edward M . Roe , P . M . 1593 ; and Thomas W . Whitmarsh , P . M . 1150 ; all nominated by Bro . Robert Grey , P . G . D .
LIST OF BRETHREN NOMINATED FOR THE COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT FOR THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED F * REEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS . Bros . Thomas W . C . Bush , P . M . 172 S , Chas . A . Cottebrune , P . M . 733 , William J Murlis , P . M . 1642 , Robert Perry Tate , P . M . SGo , Alfred H . Tattershall . P . M . ,, „'
James Willing , jun , P . M . 177 , Thomas Mount Humphries , P . AI . 539 , James Boulton P . M . 1056 , John E . Dawson , P . M . 404 , and Capt . Alfred Durrant , P . M . 11 S 5 , by Brot Raynham W . Stewart , P . G . D . ; Bros . Charles George Dilley , P . M . 147 , George L * . Moore , P . M . 1 G 9 , and Henry Moore , P . M . 73 , by Bro . Geo . Bolton , P . M . 16 9 ; Bro Charles Dairy , P . M . 141 , by Bro . James Brett , P . G . Purst .
LIST OF LODGES VOR WHICH WARRANTS HAVE BEEN GRANTED BY TUB M . W . GRAND MASTER SINCE THE LAST Q UARTERLY No . COMMUNICATION OF GRAND J ^ ODGE . 2090 The Hanviersmith Lodge , Hammersmith , London . 2091 The Casiltaberg Lodge , Settle , West Yorkshire . 2092 The Froniier Lodge , Cathcart , South Africa ( E . D . ) 2093 Lodge Star of Rajpootana , Nusseerabad , Bombay .
2094 The Elthorne and Middlesex I ^ odge , Hounslow , Middlesex . 2095 The Caterham Lodge , Caterham , Surrey . 2096 The George Price Lodge , Croydon , Surrey . 2097 The Newcastle Lodge , Newcastle , Natal . 209 S The Harlesden Lodge , Harlesden , London . 2099 The Ethelbert Lodge , Heme Bay , Kent . 2100 The Cama I ^ odge , Hampton Court , Middlesex . 2101 The Bramston Beach Lodge , Godalming , Surrey .
Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution,
ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION ,
THE congratulatory tone which marks the annual report just issued of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution is fully justified by the circumstances it records , and requires at our hands that attention which the pressure upon our space last week prevented us giving . The delay , however , is of less consequence , as most of our readers must have had the opportunity , not
only of listening to it at the annual meeting on the 15 th inst ., but likewise of studying it at their leisure in our columns of last week . The account given by the Executive and the Sec , Bro . James Terry , of their Stewardship during the past year is one of which they have good reason to be proud . A good start was made with an aggregate balance in hand of the
three Funds ( Male , Widows , and Sustentation ) , amounting to over . £ 7500 . The Festival , under the presidency of Sir Michael E . Hicks Beach , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . M . Gloucester , on the 25 th February was thc most successful ever held in furtherance of the objects of the Institution , the total amount announced being £ 17 , 770 . The moneys received were carefully and
economically administered , and at the close of the year there remained to the credit of the Institution no less a sum than £ 9076 , with which to confront the liabilities of the current year . A more satisfactory statement could not have been published , and our only subject for regret is that notwithstanding the immense amount of support accorded to the Institution ,
the Executive should find itself still unequal lo the task of arresting the pressure made upon the Widows' Fund by the large number of applicants for admission . It is , however , impossible for them to effect a greater diminution in this particular respect than they have done without committing themselves to an expenditure which it might be beyond their means to cope
with during the present and future years . It is deeply to be regretted that the approved claims lo be elected annuitants of so many worthy old ladies must be left unsatisfied for another 12 months ; but the responsibilities which have already been undertaken are enormous , and wc are of those who think the Committee would not have deserved well of the subscribers whose
moneys they are charged to administer carefully , if the } ' had recommended a larger increase in the number on the Widows' Fund . We have said the income of the Institution has been wisely expended . The receipts from all sources , including thc balance brought forward on the three Funds , amount in round figures to ^ 27 , 322 , and the expenditure to £ 18 , 246 . Of the latter
sum , ^ 12 , 997 was disbursed in annuities , and £ 2077 ios . in the purchase of Stock , so that the cost of management amounted to no more than , £ 3172 , which , having regard to the very heavy duties devolving on the Secretary and his staff , and the large items spent for printing , stationery , postages , repairs , Ixc , must be set down as very far from excessive . No one in reason
can suggest that £ 866 ios . is over much to disburse in the way of salaries , when Bro . Terry and his staff fulfil their duties so satisfactorily . Then there are rent of office £ 90 , and of field nearly £ 34 ; rates and taxes at Croydon , £ 128 ; salaries of Warden and Matron , and wages and pension of gardener and late gardener respectively , £ 165 ; provincial
expenses , & c , of Secretary , the usual entertainments to the Old People at Croydon , repairs ( over £ 119 ) ; stationery , printing , & c , £ 356 ; postages , & c , with expenses of Election , . £ 472 , and other smaller amounts , which a study of the accounts will make clear to those who care for diving into figures .
However , what we have said is enough to show that the Committee and their officers are scrupulously careful in the matter of expenditure , and we can only express the hope that the Executives of other similar Institutions may always be in a position to show a statement of account as satisfactory as this .
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United Grand Lodge.
UNITED GRAND LODGE .
The following is the business to be transacted in United Grand Lodge , on Wednesday next , the third prox . * . i . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 4 th March for Confirmation . - > . The minutes ol " the Grand Festival of the 20 th of April for
confirmation . 3 . Election of Members of the Board of General Purposes . 4 . Election of Members of the Colonial Board . 5 . Election of a Grand Lodge Auditor .
6 . Election of Members for the Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons . 7 . Report of the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which are recommendations for the following grants : The widow of a brother of the St . Andrew ' s Lodge , No . 2 x 1 ,
London ^ . 75 o o The widow of a brother of the Wellington Lodge , No . 548 , Deptford 50 o o A brother of the Social Lodge , No . 93 , Norwich 60 0 o A brother of the Pattison Lodge , No . tj 13 , Plumstead 50 o o A brother of the St . John ' s Lodge , No . 673 , Liverpool 50 o o
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES ., To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The liSoard of General Purposes beg to submit a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts , at the meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday ,
the 15 th day of May inst ., shewing a balance in the Bank of England ol £ 481803 . lid ., and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for petty cash ^ 100 , and for servants' wages , £ ~ loo , and balance of annual allowance for library £ 11 17 s . 6 d . ( Signed ) THOMAS FENN , President . Freemasons' HaU , London , W . C , May 19 th , 18 S 5 .
At a meeting of the Board held on Tuesday , the 19 th May , after the ordinary business had been disposed of , the following resolution was passed ,
. : The Members of the Board unanimously desire to express their sense of the ability and courtesy uniformly displayed on all occasions by the V . W . Bro . Thomas Fenn , as President of the Board of General Purposes . ( Signed ) RALPH GLUTTON , Vice-President .
9 . Thc Annual Report of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , dated the 15 th May , 1885 , will be laid before Grand Lodge . 10 . App lication from a Body styling itself "The Grand Lodge of South
Australia , " stating that all the lodges and almost all the Masons in that Colony bad united in forming an Independent Grand Lodge , and praying that it may therefore be recognized as such by the Grand Lodge of England . 11 .
APPEALS—( 1 ) From the W . Master and brethren of the Victoria Lodge , No . 18 31 , Ashfield , New South Wales , against a ruling of their District Grand Master , forbidding the discussion in open lodge of a resolution proposed by Bro . Deakin , J . W . ( 2 ) From a brother , against a ruling of the Provincial Grand Master , sustaining a sentence of exclusion passed by that lodge on that brother .
N . B . —The papers relating to these appeals will be in the Grand Secretary ' s office till the meeting of Grand Lodge , and open for inspection of the brethren during oflice hours .
12 . NOTICES 01 MOTION . ( 1 ) By W . Bro . R AYNHAM W . STEWART , P . G . Deacon : That onc thousand ( £ 1000 ) be paid from the Fund of General Purposes of this Grand Lodge tu the Koyal Masonic Institution for Boys' Preparatory School Building Fund , towards defraying the cost ot littings and furniture for the new buildings now approaching completion . ( 2 ) By W . Bro . R AYNHAM W . STEWART , P . G . Deacon :
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 .
LIST OF BRETHREN NOMINATED FOR THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES , WITH THEIR NOMINATORS . Bro . Edward F . Storr , P . M . 22 , by Bro . F . T . C . Keeble , P . M . 1426 ; Bro . Fredk . T . C . Keeble , P . M . 142 G , by Bro . Wm . Baber , W . M . 1426 ; Bro . Giovanni P . Festa , P . M . igoo , by Bro . Edwin M . Lott , Grand Organist ; Bro . Thomas XV . C . Bush , P . M . 172 S , by Bro . Giovanni P . Festa , P . M . 1900 ; Bro . James Wentworth T . Chapman , P . M . 1022 , by Bro . Edwin Storr , W . M . 167 ;; Bros . Thomas Hastings Miller , P . M . 007 ,
and Charles Frederick Hogard , P . M . 205 , by Bro . Edgar Bowyer , P . G . Std . Br . ; Bro . Richard George Barton , P . M . 771 , by Bro . W . G . Kentish , P . M . 192 . -5 ; Bro . Hugh Heugh Riach , P . M . 111 S , by Bro . A . F . Godson , P . M . 1097 ; Bro . James Stevens , P . M . 121 C , by Bro . Wm . Poore , P . M . 130 G ; Bro . Tom Drew Bear , W . M . 15 S 4 , by Bro . Henry Martin , P . M . 15 S 4 ; Bro . Thomas Charles Walls , W . M . 1 793 , by Bro . H . J . Lardner , P . M . 1 745 ; Bros . John Laurence Mather , P . M . 1471 , and Charles b
Frederick Hogard , P . M . 205 , y Bro . Frank Richardson , P . G . Deacon ; Bro . Alfred Cooper , P . M . 1591 , by Bro . Sir John B . Monckton , P . G . W . ; Bro . Augustus William Stead , P . M . 1997 , by Bro . R . J . Taylor , P . M . 144 ; Bro . Edward J . Altman , W . M . 101 , by Bro . Charles Edward Soppet , P . M . 1 G 27 ; Bros . Sir Reginald Hanson , W . M . 77 S ; Edward Garnet Man , W . M . 1827 ; Reginald St . Aubyn Roumieu , W . M . 1537 ; Sir Bruce Seton , W . M . G ; Frederick William Smith ,
W . M . 58 ; Frederick West , W . M . 4 ; Henry Truman Wood , W . M . gg ; Ralph ClrMon , P . M . 143 ; William Bristow , P . M . Grand Stewards Lodge ; John L . Mather , P . M . 1471 ; Henry Bishop , P . M . 00 , * Samuel Hill , P . M . 21 ; Thomas Hastings Miller , P . M . 19 C 4 ; and Edmond K . Bayley , P . M . 1 , by Bro . Robert Grey , P . G . D . ; Bros . James Willing , jun ., W . M . 19 S 7 , and Charles Dairy , P . M . 141 , by Bro . James Brett , P . G . P . j Bro . Stephen Richardson , W . M . 1 S 3 , by Bro . G . Wm . Speth , P . M . 1 S 3 ; Bro . Frederic Davison , P . G . D ., P . M . 10 , by Bro . Robert W . Edis , P . M . 10 ; and William A . Dawson , P . M . 17 CS , by Edward M . Money , W . M . 28 .
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LIST OF BRETHREN NOMINATED FOR THE COLONIAL BOARD . Bros . James Brett , P . M . 177 ; Lieut .-Col . George Haldane , P . M . 1615 ; John A Maitland , P . M . 92 ; Charles Robert Rivington , P . M . 2 ; Leopold G . Gordon Robbins ' P . M . 10 ; Edward M . Roe , P . M . 1593 ; and Thomas W . Whitmarsh , P . M . 1150 ; all nominated by Bro . Robert Grey , P . G . D .
LIST OF BRETHREN NOMINATED FOR THE COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT FOR THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED F * REEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS . Bros . Thomas W . C . Bush , P . M . 172 S , Chas . A . Cottebrune , P . M . 733 , William J Murlis , P . M . 1642 , Robert Perry Tate , P . M . SGo , Alfred H . Tattershall . P . M . ,, „'
James Willing , jun , P . M . 177 , Thomas Mount Humphries , P . AI . 539 , James Boulton P . M . 1056 , John E . Dawson , P . M . 404 , and Capt . Alfred Durrant , P . M . 11 S 5 , by Brot Raynham W . Stewart , P . G . D . ; Bros . Charles George Dilley , P . M . 147 , George L * . Moore , P . M . 1 G 9 , and Henry Moore , P . M . 73 , by Bro . Geo . Bolton , P . M . 16 9 ; Bro Charles Dairy , P . M . 141 , by Bro . James Brett , P . G . Purst .
LIST OF LODGES VOR WHICH WARRANTS HAVE BEEN GRANTED BY TUB M . W . GRAND MASTER SINCE THE LAST Q UARTERLY No . COMMUNICATION OF GRAND J ^ ODGE . 2090 The Hanviersmith Lodge , Hammersmith , London . 2091 The Casiltaberg Lodge , Settle , West Yorkshire . 2092 The Froniier Lodge , Cathcart , South Africa ( E . D . ) 2093 Lodge Star of Rajpootana , Nusseerabad , Bombay .
2094 The Elthorne and Middlesex I ^ odge , Hounslow , Middlesex . 2095 The Caterham Lodge , Caterham , Surrey . 2096 The George Price Lodge , Croydon , Surrey . 2097 The Newcastle Lodge , Newcastle , Natal . 209 S The Harlesden Lodge , Harlesden , London . 2099 The Ethelbert Lodge , Heme Bay , Kent . 2100 The Cama I ^ odge , Hampton Court , Middlesex . 2101 The Bramston Beach Lodge , Godalming , Surrey .
Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution,
ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION ,
THE congratulatory tone which marks the annual report just issued of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution is fully justified by the circumstances it records , and requires at our hands that attention which the pressure upon our space last week prevented us giving . The delay , however , is of less consequence , as most of our readers must have had the opportunity , not
only of listening to it at the annual meeting on the 15 th inst ., but likewise of studying it at their leisure in our columns of last week . The account given by the Executive and the Sec , Bro . James Terry , of their Stewardship during the past year is one of which they have good reason to be proud . A good start was made with an aggregate balance in hand of the
three Funds ( Male , Widows , and Sustentation ) , amounting to over . £ 7500 . The Festival , under the presidency of Sir Michael E . Hicks Beach , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . M . Gloucester , on the 25 th February was thc most successful ever held in furtherance of the objects of the Institution , the total amount announced being £ 17 , 770 . The moneys received were carefully and
economically administered , and at the close of the year there remained to the credit of the Institution no less a sum than £ 9076 , with which to confront the liabilities of the current year . A more satisfactory statement could not have been published , and our only subject for regret is that notwithstanding the immense amount of support accorded to the Institution ,
the Executive should find itself still unequal lo the task of arresting the pressure made upon the Widows' Fund by the large number of applicants for admission . It is , however , impossible for them to effect a greater diminution in this particular respect than they have done without committing themselves to an expenditure which it might be beyond their means to cope
with during the present and future years . It is deeply to be regretted that the approved claims lo be elected annuitants of so many worthy old ladies must be left unsatisfied for another 12 months ; but the responsibilities which have already been undertaken are enormous , and wc are of those who think the Committee would not have deserved well of the subscribers whose
moneys they are charged to administer carefully , if the } ' had recommended a larger increase in the number on the Widows' Fund . We have said the income of the Institution has been wisely expended . The receipts from all sources , including thc balance brought forward on the three Funds , amount in round figures to ^ 27 , 322 , and the expenditure to £ 18 , 246 . Of the latter
sum , ^ 12 , 997 was disbursed in annuities , and £ 2077 ios . in the purchase of Stock , so that the cost of management amounted to no more than , £ 3172 , which , having regard to the very heavy duties devolving on the Secretary and his staff , and the large items spent for printing , stationery , postages , repairs , Ixc , must be set down as very far from excessive . No one in reason
can suggest that £ 866 ios . is over much to disburse in the way of salaries , when Bro . Terry and his staff fulfil their duties so satisfactorily . Then there are rent of office £ 90 , and of field nearly £ 34 ; rates and taxes at Croydon , £ 128 ; salaries of Warden and Matron , and wages and pension of gardener and late gardener respectively , £ 165 ; provincial
expenses , & c , of Secretary , the usual entertainments to the Old People at Croydon , repairs ( over £ 119 ) ; stationery , printing , & c , £ 356 ; postages , & c , with expenses of Election , . £ 472 , and other smaller amounts , which a study of the accounts will make clear to those who care for diving into figures .
However , what we have said is enough to show that the Committee and their officers are scrupulously careful in the matter of expenditure , and we can only express the hope that the Executives of other similar Institutions may always be in a position to show a statement of account as satisfactory as this .