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ful Grand Master for the coming year by Bro . Fred . Slight , whom , we presume , we shall be enabled in April next to congratulate on his exaltation to the purple ; it being , we believe , a general though not a universal rule , to intrust the proposition for the re-election of the Grand Master to some Brother whom it is designed to honour with
Grrand office—in the same manner as the moving of the address in the house of Commons in answer to the Eoyal speech is used as an opportunity to introduce the younger supporters of the Ministry to the House . Bro . Slight is an excellent working Mason , and a munificent supporter of our charities ; and , as such , has a fair claim to any honours which may be conferred upon him .
The Most Worshipful Grand Master , in a most able and feeling speech , proposed the grant of £ 1 , 000 to the Indian Belief Fund , explaining that the money would not be taken from the Eund of Benevolence , — -which is religiously preserved for the relief only of
distressed Brethren or their widows , —but from the General Fund , which it is the province of Grand Lodge to dispose of as it may deem best . Some opposition to the vote was talked of prior to its being brought forward , but we were glad to see that none was offered in Lodge , and the vote was carried amidst loud applause .
A complimentary letter from the Grand Master of Massachusetts to the Grand Master of England , with his reply , having been read , a memorial was brought forward from the Ancient Grand Lodge of Canada ( late the Provincial Grand Lodge ) , and ordered to be entered on the minutes .
On the motion of Bro . Henderson , a variety of resolutions were passed for making certain alterations in the Book of Constitutions , by which legal effect will be given to the recommendations of the Grand Master relative to Colonial Lodges made in his
communication to Grand Lodge in March last . "We trust these alterations will be received in good spirit in the Colonies , and that the Grand Master will , where practicable , appoint Provincial Grand Masters in Colonies where they do not at present exist ,- — -such , for example , as the West Indies—and make it one of the conditions of their
appointment that they must be resident withm the district over which they are called upon to preside . The report of the Board of Benevolence was next received ; a . recommendation for the grant of £ 30 to the widow of a deceased brother being amended by the substitution of £ 100 . This and some minor matters having been disposed of , the question relative to the confirmation of the minutes was brought on , when Bro . Binckcs rose
to move an amendment having for its object the adoption of the whole of the report of the Colonial Board , only a portion having been adopted afc the Quarterly Communication in June . The amendment was lost ; and here , under ordinary circumstances , wc should leave the matter ; but as , in the course of the discussion , the correctness of the reporting in the Freemasons' Magazine was incidentally brought into question , we feel bound to say a few words in our own defence . Bro . Binckes , who had attempted to read from
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To Ofe Stjbsceibees.
ful Grand Master for the coming year by Bro . Fred . Slight , whom , we presume , we shall be enabled in April next to congratulate on his exaltation to the purple ; it being , we believe , a general though not a universal rule , to intrust the proposition for the re-election of the Grand Master to some Brother whom it is designed to honour with
Grrand office—in the same manner as the moving of the address in the house of Commons in answer to the Eoyal speech is used as an opportunity to introduce the younger supporters of the Ministry to the House . Bro . Slight is an excellent working Mason , and a munificent supporter of our charities ; and , as such , has a fair claim to any honours which may be conferred upon him .
The Most Worshipful Grand Master , in a most able and feeling speech , proposed the grant of £ 1 , 000 to the Indian Belief Fund , explaining that the money would not be taken from the Eund of Benevolence , — -which is religiously preserved for the relief only of
distressed Brethren or their widows , —but from the General Fund , which it is the province of Grand Lodge to dispose of as it may deem best . Some opposition to the vote was talked of prior to its being brought forward , but we were glad to see that none was offered in Lodge , and the vote was carried amidst loud applause .
A complimentary letter from the Grand Master of Massachusetts to the Grand Master of England , with his reply , having been read , a memorial was brought forward from the Ancient Grand Lodge of Canada ( late the Provincial Grand Lodge ) , and ordered to be entered on the minutes .
On the motion of Bro . Henderson , a variety of resolutions were passed for making certain alterations in the Book of Constitutions , by which legal effect will be given to the recommendations of the Grand Master relative to Colonial Lodges made in his
communication to Grand Lodge in March last . "We trust these alterations will be received in good spirit in the Colonies , and that the Grand Master will , where practicable , appoint Provincial Grand Masters in Colonies where they do not at present exist ,- — -such , for example , as the West Indies—and make it one of the conditions of their
appointment that they must be resident withm the district over which they are called upon to preside . The report of the Board of Benevolence was next received ; a . recommendation for the grant of £ 30 to the widow of a deceased brother being amended by the substitution of £ 100 . This and some minor matters having been disposed of , the question relative to the confirmation of the minutes was brought on , when Bro . Binckcs rose
to move an amendment having for its object the adoption of the whole of the report of the Colonial Board , only a portion having been adopted afc the Quarterly Communication in June . The amendment was lost ; and here , under ordinary circumstances , wc should leave the matter ; but as , in the course of the discussion , the correctness of the reporting in the Freemasons' Magazine was incidentally brought into question , we feel bound to say a few words in our own defence . Bro . Binckes , who had attempted to read from