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The Masonic Mirror.
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Warrants have recently been granted by the M . W . G . M . for the following new Lodges : —Crystal Palace , No . 1044 , to be held at the Long ton Hotel , Sydenham ; Meridian , No . 1045 ^ 31 st Regiment of Foot , now stationed at Gibraltar ; United Tradesrnen ' s , No . 104 6 , Ballarat East , Victoria Mackenzie , No . 1047 , Maldon , Victoria ; Industry , No . 1048 , Williainstown , Victoria ; Mariners ' , N " o . 1049 ,
FREEMASONS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . The annual meeting of the governors and subscribers to this institution was held at the Freemasons'Tavern , on Friday , the 21 st instant , Bro . John Udall , P . J . G . D ., vice-president , in the chair . The business having been formally opened , Bro . Farniield , the Secretary , read a report from the committee of management , which stated that , owing to the liberality of Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter , and the exertions of the Stewards at the last festival , the committee were enabled to
recommend the addition of two men and seven women to the number of pensioners on the funds . TheM . W . G . M . had consented to the holding of biennial festivals in aid of the institution , and the next festival would take place on Wednesday , the 26 th of January , 1859 . Nearly all the expenses of these festivals fell on the London Brethren , and nine tenths of the subscriptions announced at the last festival came from them . It therefore behoved the country Brethren to exert themselves to further support the institution , as by the laws the benefits to be enjoyed from it were restricted so as to prevent more than one-half the
pensioners at any time coming from London . After the election last year , the committee placed James Dixon , of Donnington , near Spalding , he being upwards of eighty years of age , on the list of annuitants , with a pension of £ 30 a year . There had been on the funds forty-four male annuitants , of whom thirty-six belonged to the country , receiving £ 775 per annum , and eight to London , receiving } £ 165 . The number of annuitants on the Widows' Fund consisted of eighteen , of whom nine belong to the country , and receive £ 150 a year , and nine
to London , who receive £ 190 a year ; and Elizabeth LongstafF , in compliance with the rules , is in receipt of a moiety of her late husband ' s pension . Since the last election , eight men and one woman had died , so that with the proposed additions there would be ten men and eight women to be elected , making the total number of annuitants forty-six male and twenty-five female . During tbe year , £ 859 . 7 s . 2 d . had been funded for the male fund ; £ 647 . Is , 5 d . for the Widows ' Fund . The asylum was in perfect repair . There being a balance on the stewards ' guarantee fund for the festival of £ 33 . 4 , 9 . : it had been placed in the hands of Bro .
MASONIC MEMS
. Melbourne , Victoria ; Mount Maee & on , No . 1050 , Gisborn , Victoria ; Belgrave , No . 105 i > Gun Tavern , Lupus-street , Pimlico . We understand it is in contemplation at the next festival of the Royal Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and their Widows , to present a testimonial to Bro . T ; L ; Henley , in acknowledgment of his many years' gratuitous and constant services as medical attendant to the inmates of the asylum at Croydon .
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The Masonic Mirror.
THE ; lltASd ^; MlftftOE .
Warrants have recently been granted by the M . W . G . M . for the following new Lodges : —Crystal Palace , No . 1044 , to be held at the Long ton Hotel , Sydenham ; Meridian , No . 1045 ^ 31 st Regiment of Foot , now stationed at Gibraltar ; United Tradesrnen ' s , No . 104 6 , Ballarat East , Victoria Mackenzie , No . 1047 , Maldon , Victoria ; Industry , No . 1048 , Williainstown , Victoria ; Mariners ' , N " o . 1049 ,
FREEMASONS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . The annual meeting of the governors and subscribers to this institution was held at the Freemasons'Tavern , on Friday , the 21 st instant , Bro . John Udall , P . J . G . D ., vice-president , in the chair . The business having been formally opened , Bro . Farniield , the Secretary , read a report from the committee of management , which stated that , owing to the liberality of Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter , and the exertions of the Stewards at the last festival , the committee were enabled to
recommend the addition of two men and seven women to the number of pensioners on the funds . TheM . W . G . M . had consented to the holding of biennial festivals in aid of the institution , and the next festival would take place on Wednesday , the 26 th of January , 1859 . Nearly all the expenses of these festivals fell on the London Brethren , and nine tenths of the subscriptions announced at the last festival came from them . It therefore behoved the country Brethren to exert themselves to further support the institution , as by the laws the benefits to be enjoyed from it were restricted so as to prevent more than one-half the
pensioners at any time coming from London . After the election last year , the committee placed James Dixon , of Donnington , near Spalding , he being upwards of eighty years of age , on the list of annuitants , with a pension of £ 30 a year . There had been on the funds forty-four male annuitants , of whom thirty-six belonged to the country , receiving £ 775 per annum , and eight to London , receiving } £ 165 . The number of annuitants on the Widows' Fund consisted of eighteen , of whom nine belong to the country , and receive £ 150 a year , and nine
to London , who receive £ 190 a year ; and Elizabeth LongstafF , in compliance with the rules , is in receipt of a moiety of her late husband ' s pension . Since the last election , eight men and one woman had died , so that with the proposed additions there would be ten men and eight women to be elected , making the total number of annuitants forty-six male and twenty-five female . During tbe year , £ 859 . 7 s . 2 d . had been funded for the male fund ; £ 647 . Is , 5 d . for the Widows ' Fund . The asylum was in perfect repair . There being a balance on the stewards ' guarantee fund for the festival of £ 33 . 4 , 9 . : it had been placed in the hands of Bro .
MASONIC MEMS
. Melbourne , Victoria ; Mount Maee & on , No . 1050 , Gisborn , Victoria ; Belgrave , No . 105 i > Gun Tavern , Lupus-street , Pimlico . We understand it is in contemplation at the next festival of the Royal Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and their Widows , to present a testimonial to Bro . T ; L ; Henley , in acknowledgment of his many years' gratuitous and constant services as medical attendant to the inmates of the asylum at Croydon .