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CONTENTS .

L EADERS— PAGE . United Grand Lodge ... ... ... ... _ ... fid The Approaching Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ... ( ~ > 62 An Old List of Lodges ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 ^ 3 United Grand Lodge of England ... ... ... ... ... 66 3 Provincial Grand Lodge of East Lancashire ... ... ... ... 6 ( 14 Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex ... ... ... ... ... G 64

Provincial Grand Chapter of Devonshire ... ... ... .. ("> f > 5 Grand Council of the Allied Degrees ... ... ... ... COG Centenary Meeting of Lodge Hope and Unity , No . 214 ... ... ... fififi Lodeesand Chapters of Instruction ... ... ... ... ... 6 G 7 Ancient and Accepted Rite ... ... ... ... ... 0 ( 17 Secret Monitor ... ... ... ... ... ... f >? 7

Masonic Notes ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 Cx Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ... 670 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... r > / 0 Royal Arch ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ( 173 Our Portrait Gallery ... ... ... ... ... ... 673 Mark Masonry ... ... ... ... ... fi / 4 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 676

United Grand Lodge.

UNITED GRAND LODGE .

Business of an important character will be brought before Grand Lodgeat its Quarterly Communication on Wednesday next . There is , in the first place , the scheme for the reconstruction as a single Board of the present Board of General Purposes and the Colonial Board . Then there will be the usual nominations

for the offices of Grand Master and Grand 1 reasurcr , the appointment and investiture of a President of the Board of Benevolence , and the election of a Senior and a Junior Vice-President of the same , as well as of 12 Past Masters to

serve thereon during the ensuing 12 months . There is an appeal against the act of a District Grand Master in appointing a President of the District Board of General Purposes on the occurrence of a vacancy during the year . Lastly , there is a notice

of motion by Bro . W . v . LAMONHV against canvassing for an elective office or for a Board or Committee of Grand Lodge , of a Provincial or District Grand Lodge , or of a private lodge . As reo-rirds the reconstitulion of the Boards of General

Purposes and for Colonial alfairs as one Board , it will be in the recollection of our readers that the question was first presented at the Communication in March last , and that Grand Lodge , in accordance with the recommendation of the Board of General

Purposes , then referred it to that Board for its consideration , and with a view tc its making such arrangements as would allow of the change : being effected . In June , in accordance with this reference , the Board brought forward its scheme for

the constitution of the new Board 111 placeof the existing Boards , hut , after a long discussion , it was agreed , on the motion of Bro . KlCHARD Kv'K , that the question should stand over ( or six months , and that in the meantime the Grand Secretary should

place himself in communication with the District Grand and private lodges in the Colonies and abroad , with a view to ascertaining their views and feelings in the matter . This has been 'lone , and the Board now submits its scheme for the approval

and acceptance of Grand Lodge , accompanying its proposals with the information that , in reply to the communications addressed to District Grand Lodges and about 450 private lodges Hie answers received are only five in number . As for the scheme

which is now presented for the acceptance or rejection of Grand 1 -o . dge , it is practically the same as was recommended in June , hut with one important addition . As regards the constitution of Hie new Board , it is proposed that Article 254 of the Book of

Constitutions shall be amended no as lo provide that the Board s 'iall consist of the Grand Master , the Pro Grand Master , the deputy Grand Master , the Grand Wardens , the Grand Treasurer ,

Hie Grand Registrar , the Deputy Grand Registrar , a President , 'list Presidents , the President of the Board of Benevolence , the ' rand Director of Ceremonies , and 24 other members , while

United Grand Lodge.

Article 255 , as amended , will provide that the President and six six of the other members shall he annually appointed by the Grand Master , and the 18 remaining other members shall be elected annually by Grand Lodge from among the actual Masters and Past

Masters of lodges . The Board , as now constituted , consists of the Grand , Pro Grand , and Deputy Grand Masters , the Grand Wardens of the year , a President , and 24 other members , while the

President and 10 of the other members are annually appointed by the Grand Master and the 14 other members elected b y G . Lodge from among the actual Masters and Past Masters of lodges , and of these not more than seven are to be Past Masters . As for

the Colonial Board , which will no longer exist , it consists , under Article 282 , of 10 members , of whom , " when practicable , " three shall be " Past Masters of Colonial Lodges " ( Article 283 ) , and the Board is constituted—see Article 284—by the election of

seven out of the 10 members by Grand Lodge and the nomination of the remaining three by the Grand Master , who also elects out of the Board , when thus constituted , the Chairman and Vice-Chairman . Jt follows that the one new Board will

consist of 13 Grand Officers , including the President and Past Presidents of the Board , and 24 other members , while of the existing Boards , that for General Purposes consists of six Grand Officers , including the President of the Board , and 24 members .

and that for Colonial business of 10 members . Moreover , while the official and appointed sections of the new Board will consist of 19 members , including the President , the elective section will consist of 18 members instead of 14 . But whereas in

the June scheme , as to Article 271 , which provides lor the appointment of " Sub-Committees from among its members for specific purposes , who must report to the Board , " it was only proposed to amend this by substituting the word " Committees " for "

Sub-Committees , " it is now recommended that the Article shall read as follows : "The Board shall appoint from amongst its members a Committee- of seven to consider all Colonial , Indian , and Foreign matters that may be rclcrrcd to it , whose duty it

shall be to report their proceedings to the Board at its next meeting . Such Committee to be composed , as far as can be , of Masters or Past Masters of Colonial , Indian , or Foreign Lodges under the Knglish Constitution . The Board may also

appoint Committees for specific purposes , who shall report to the Board in like manner . " We think there can be very little doubt that the scheme as now recommended is a great improvement on that which was submitted in June . It leaves it to the

Board to appoint the Colonial Committee , but it states precisely the number of members of which it shall be composed , and at the same time it lays it down that it is " to be composed as far as can be of Masters or Past Masters" of Colonial and other

Knglish lodges abroad . It appears to us that the scheme as now presented is an excellent one ; , and that Grand Lod ^ c will do well to accept it . A single Board of 37 members will be as competent to deal with the home and Colonial business of the

Craft as two separate Boards of 30 and lo members respectively , of which the larger one deals only with home and the smaller only with Colonial affairs ; while every care has been taken that the interests of our Colonial and other Lod ges abroad so far as

they may be held to be separate and distinct from those of the Knglish Craft , shall be properly safeguarded , especially when it is remembered that District Grand Lodges under Articles I 06-IK

have more extensive powers than those of our Provincial Grand Lodges at home . It only remains for us to say with reference to Bro .