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Henveni Lodge ( No . 47 ) , Hastings , 8 initiations , increasing the members to 37 ; Howard Lodge of Brotherly Love ( No . 64 ) , Arundel , ho return ( this Lodge is supposed to be in abeyance ); Royal Clarence Lodge ( No . 338 ) , Brighton , 8 initiations and 3 joinings , making the total members 81 ; South Saxon Lodge ( No . 390 ) , Lewes , 7 initiations and 6 joinings , making the total members 23 :
Royal York Lodge ( No . 394 ) , Brighton , 11 initiations and 7 joinings , increasing the number of members to 64 ; Wellington Lodge ( No . 426 ) , Rye , 2 initiations and 3 joinings , total members Mariners' Lodge : ( No . 85 8 ) , Littlehampton , no return . The number of members returned this year amounted to 263 , as against 229 last year , showing an increase of 34 , with the returns from one Lodge ( the Mariners' ) . short .. ,. The initiations during the past year have been 51 , against 28 in the previous twelve months , exhibiting an increase of 23 .
The Treasurer ' s report , showing a handsome balance in hand , and all claims paid having been read , £ 5 . 5 s . were voted to the Girls' School , and £ 5 . 5 s . to the Widows' Fund of the Royal Freemasons' Benevolent Institution . The R . W . D . Prov , G . M- having addressed the Prov . Grand Officers and thanked them for their valuable assistance , proceeded to appoint and invest the officers for 1857-8 , beginning with Bro . Verrall , No . 338 , who was re-elected Grand . Treasurer . The Prev , Grand Officers appointed were as follows : —Bros . Cttpt . Dalbiac , No . 390 , S . W . ; Bacon , No . 394 , J . W . ; Rev . W . Watkins , No . 45 , Chap . : Foikard , No . 388 , Beg . ; Pocock , M . D ., No . 338 , Sec .: Powell , No . 45 ,
S . D . Lucas , No . 394 , J . D . ; Edward Scott , No . 338 , Sup . of Works ; Schilling , No . 338 , D . C . ; Willerd , No . 47 , Assist . D . C ; Bowmer , No . 47 , Sword-bearer ; Kirke , No . 338 , Org . Butcher , No . 390 , Pursvt . ; and the following stewards—Bros . Woolven , No . 394 , Ridley , No . 394 , Goodeve , No . 45 , and Burchell , No . 47 . , V On the motion of the Prov . Grand Sec , it was resolved to inflict a fine of £ 1 upon all Lodges not making their annual returns by a given time . Thanks having been voted to the magistrate for the use of the county hall , The . R . W , D . Prov . G . M . proceeded to address the Lodge , and congratulate the Brethren present on the continued and increasing prosperity of the Craft throughout the province . He exhorted them to make the returns from their various Lodges as" regularly as possible , as the duties of the G . Sec . were much
increased if he did not receive them prior to making up his accounts . He trusted that as few Lodges of ^ Emergency -would be held as possible—and only when the business could be clearly shown to be of an urgent nature . In conclusion , the R . W . D . Prov . G . M , informed the Brethren that ' it was his intention to hold the next Prov . Grand Lodge under the banner of the Royal York Lodge , No . 394 , Brighton ; and resumed his seat amidst loud applause . The Lodge was then closed in form . Shortly after five o ' clock the Brethren reassembled , and proceeded in procession to the Star Hotel , where a very elegant dinner had been provided . The chair was occupied by the R . W . D . Prov . G . M ., supported by his officers , and between eighty and ninety of the Brethren : the only Lodges in the province
not represented , being Nos . 64 , 426 , and 878 ; the members of No . 426 ( the Wellington ) having sent an apology for their absence . On the cloth being drawn , the R . W . D . Prov . G . M . proceeded to give the usual toasts , " The Queen , " " The Prince Consort , the Prince of Wales , and the rest of the Royal Family , " " The Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , M . W . G . M . of Masons ;" the latter being duly responded to with Masonic honours . TheR . W . Prov . G . M . had now to propose the "R . W . D . G . M ., the Right Hon . Lord Panmure , and the past and present Grand Officers ; " and with the toast he had great pleasure in being enabled to associate the name of a most worthy brother , Bro . John Hervey , P . G . D ., who had honoured them by his presence that day . Bro . Hervey , P . G . D ., who on rising was loudly applauded , said , he had been going to say he was sorry the R . W . Bi * o . Lord Panmure was not present to
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Henveni Lodge ( No . 47 ) , Hastings , 8 initiations , increasing the members to 37 ; Howard Lodge of Brotherly Love ( No . 64 ) , Arundel , ho return ( this Lodge is supposed to be in abeyance ); Royal Clarence Lodge ( No . 338 ) , Brighton , 8 initiations and 3 joinings , making the total members 81 ; South Saxon Lodge ( No . 390 ) , Lewes , 7 initiations and 6 joinings , making the total members 23 :
Royal York Lodge ( No . 394 ) , Brighton , 11 initiations and 7 joinings , increasing the number of members to 64 ; Wellington Lodge ( No . 426 ) , Rye , 2 initiations and 3 joinings , total members Mariners' Lodge : ( No . 85 8 ) , Littlehampton , no return . The number of members returned this year amounted to 263 , as against 229 last year , showing an increase of 34 , with the returns from one Lodge ( the Mariners' ) . short .. ,. The initiations during the past year have been 51 , against 28 in the previous twelve months , exhibiting an increase of 23 .
The Treasurer ' s report , showing a handsome balance in hand , and all claims paid having been read , £ 5 . 5 s . were voted to the Girls' School , and £ 5 . 5 s . to the Widows' Fund of the Royal Freemasons' Benevolent Institution . The R . W . D . Prov , G . M- having addressed the Prov . Grand Officers and thanked them for their valuable assistance , proceeded to appoint and invest the officers for 1857-8 , beginning with Bro . Verrall , No . 338 , who was re-elected Grand . Treasurer . The Prev , Grand Officers appointed were as follows : —Bros . Cttpt . Dalbiac , No . 390 , S . W . ; Bacon , No . 394 , J . W . ; Rev . W . Watkins , No . 45 , Chap . : Foikard , No . 388 , Beg . ; Pocock , M . D ., No . 338 , Sec .: Powell , No . 45 ,
S . D . Lucas , No . 394 , J . D . ; Edward Scott , No . 338 , Sup . of Works ; Schilling , No . 338 , D . C . ; Willerd , No . 47 , Assist . D . C ; Bowmer , No . 47 , Sword-bearer ; Kirke , No . 338 , Org . Butcher , No . 390 , Pursvt . ; and the following stewards—Bros . Woolven , No . 394 , Ridley , No . 394 , Goodeve , No . 45 , and Burchell , No . 47 . , V On the motion of the Prov . Grand Sec , it was resolved to inflict a fine of £ 1 upon all Lodges not making their annual returns by a given time . Thanks having been voted to the magistrate for the use of the county hall , The . R . W , D . Prov . G . M . proceeded to address the Lodge , and congratulate the Brethren present on the continued and increasing prosperity of the Craft throughout the province . He exhorted them to make the returns from their various Lodges as" regularly as possible , as the duties of the G . Sec . were much
increased if he did not receive them prior to making up his accounts . He trusted that as few Lodges of ^ Emergency -would be held as possible—and only when the business could be clearly shown to be of an urgent nature . In conclusion , the R . W . D . Prov . G . M , informed the Brethren that ' it was his intention to hold the next Prov . Grand Lodge under the banner of the Royal York Lodge , No . 394 , Brighton ; and resumed his seat amidst loud applause . The Lodge was then closed in form . Shortly after five o ' clock the Brethren reassembled , and proceeded in procession to the Star Hotel , where a very elegant dinner had been provided . The chair was occupied by the R . W . D . Prov . G . M ., supported by his officers , and between eighty and ninety of the Brethren : the only Lodges in the province
not represented , being Nos . 64 , 426 , and 878 ; the members of No . 426 ( the Wellington ) having sent an apology for their absence . On the cloth being drawn , the R . W . D . Prov . G . M . proceeded to give the usual toasts , " The Queen , " " The Prince Consort , the Prince of Wales , and the rest of the Royal Family , " " The Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , M . W . G . M . of Masons ;" the latter being duly responded to with Masonic honours . TheR . W . Prov . G . M . had now to propose the "R . W . D . G . M ., the Right Hon . Lord Panmure , and the past and present Grand Officers ; " and with the toast he had great pleasure in being enabled to associate the name of a most worthy brother , Bro . John Hervey , P . G . D ., who had honoured them by his presence that day . Bro . Hervey , P . G . D ., who on rising was loudly applauded , said , he had been going to say he was sorry the R . W . Bi * o . Lord Panmure was not present to