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THE CHAEITX JEWEL A report was presented from the Board of General Purposes in reference to the charity jewel , and as to who were entitled to wear the same . THE INATFQTJBAI , FESTIVAL . The M . W . Grand Master moved a vote of thanks to Bros
. Albert W . Woods and Tliomas Fenn , the G . Dir . of Cers . and the Assist . G . Dir . of Cers ., for the very admirable manner iu which they conducted the ceremony at the Inauguration Festival on the 14 th of April last . The motion was seconded by Bro . Fawcett , P . G . M . for Durham , and unanimously agreed to . Bro . A . Woods thanked the brethren for their kind appreciation of their
services , and his gratitude to the Grand Master for having moved a vote of thanks to them , "being unable adequately to express his feelings for his kindness . He could not sit down without expressing the pleasure and gratification he had experienced in being associated for five years with so worthy a brother as Bro . Femi , for during the whole of that time there had been the most perfect accord between them , and he had received from
him the most able assistance . From the bottom of his heart he thanked the brethren for the honour they had conferred upon him . Bro . Fenu said he could not too hi ghly appreciate the compliment that had been passed upon them , but it was not exclusively due to them for the management of the Inauguration Eestival . It was most gratifing however to them to know
y that their exertions had been successful , and that they had been deemed worthy of his lordship ' s approbation . Bro . Udall then moved that the vote of thanks be recorded on vellum , signed by the G . M ., and presented to them , which was then put and agz-eed to .
PAST GBAND PT / BSOTVANT . TheM . W . Grand Master proposed , "that Bro . Thomas R . Lewis , late G . Purst ., do take rank as , and wear the clothing of P . G . Purst . " 8 This motion was put and agreed to . BOAED OF GENERAL PURFOSES . A ballot took place for members of the Board of General when tho
Purposes , following weie the successful candidates : — Bros . Hemsworth , AV . M ., No . 190 ; Horace Lloyd , W . M ., 143 - S . May , AV . M ., 780 ; Thomas Price , W . M ., 227 ; T . Richardson ' , W . M ., 14 ; T . AV . Shields , W . M ., 33 ; R . AV . Stewart , W . M , 12 ; W . M . By water , P . M ., 19 ; E . Cox , 657 ; J . W . Halsey , 134 ; John B . . Monckton , 1 , 150 ; F . Robinson , 259 ; and James E . Saunders , 1 . COIONIAI BOARD .
The following members of the Colonial Board were elected : — Bros . T . Adlard , 7 ; B . Baker , 21 ; F . Bennoch , 1 ; C . A . Cottebrunc , 733 ; E . Cox , G 57 ; M . S . Maclien , 930 ; and John G . Marsh , 28 . THE BOAED OF BENEVOXENCE . The report of the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter was presented in which were recommendations for the
followinggrants , viz .: — "The widow of the late Bro . Francis B ., of tho Royal Sussex Lodge of Hospitality , No . 187 , Bristol , £ 30 ; Robert Johnstone C , of the Humber Lodge , No . 57 , Hull , £ 75 ; John A ., of the Skiddaw Lodge , No . 1 , 002 , Cockermouth , £ 30 ; William H ., of the Howe Lodge , No . 587 , Birmingham , £ 30 ; the widow of the late Bro . Charles Henry J ., of the Palladia !! Lodge , No . 120 , Hereford , £ 30 . " The whole of these recommendations were agreed to .
BOARD OF GESERAD PURPOSES . The following report of the Board of General Purposes was presented : — "To tho United Grand Lodge of Ancient , Free , and Accepted Masons of England . " The Board of General Purposes heg to report that they have investigated a charge against tho St . James ' s Lodge , No . 7 G 5 ,
Bermondsey , for having neglected to make the proper return to Grand Lodge , as required by the Book of Constitutions , and to pay the full amount of Grand Lodge dues up to the time of death in respect of a member of tho lodge who had died . It appeared that the present and a former instance of similar neglect on the part of the above lodge , in respect of another deceased member , had in each instance been brought to light only l ) j the circumstance of the child of tho deceased seeking
admission into one of the Masonic Charities , when it appeared to he disqualified by reason of Grand Lodge dues not having been paid by the father for the period required by the law . On the former occasion the lodge had been permitted to pay up the arrears without being summoned before the Board . Tbe Master and AVardens were summoned , attended the Board , and produced the warrant and books . It was admitted by the Master
that , in the present instance , the full amount of Grand Lodge dues had not been paid , and it was urged that this had been , byoversight . This ; being a second offence , the Board fined the lodge the sum of three guineas , and ordered the payment forthwith of the arrear of Grand Lodge dues , and retained the warrant and books until payment . " ( Signed ) J-JLIEWELLYN EVANS , " President . "Freemason ' s Hall , 19 th May , 1869 . "
This report , on the motion of Bro . L . Evans , was received ana adopted . At the meeting of tho hoard , held on Tuesday , the 18 th ulb ., after the close of the ordinary business it was resolved unanimously , " That the cordial thanks of the Board are due , and arehereby tendered , to Bro . John Llewellyn Evans , for tbe attentive manner iu which he has performed the duties of president during the past year , and for his kind , courteous , and gentlemanly conduct to all the members . " ( Signed ) S . LEITH TOMKINS , "Vice-President .
To the report was subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodgeaccounts at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on . the 14 th May , 18 R 9 , showing a balance in the hands of the : Grand Treasurer of £ 2 , 229 8 s . 8 d .. and in the hands of the Grand Secretary , for petty cash , £ 50 . The following report of the Building Committee was presented : "To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient , Free , and Accepted .
Masons of England . " The Building Committee heg to report the entire completion , of the Buildings , and of the repair , redecoration , and furnishing ; of the great hall . " They have also to report that they have to the best of their knowledge , discharged all accounts against the society for building , repairs , and furniture . A very large proportion of the buildings having been completed for some years , a good ,
many repairs had become necessary , especially as regards paining , outside work , & c , & c . These repairs the committee felt it their duty to have done at the present time , in order that they might hand over the premises in a proper state to the Board of General Purposes . " The committee have had plans and sections of the buildings ,, and especially of its drainage , ventilation , gas and water supply ,, very carefully prepared ; these are . nearly completed , and the committee strongly recommend that such plans should be bound and placed with the archives of tbe society for reference at any
future time . " Provision has been made for placing an organ in what was formerly the gallery of the great hill , where , if it be thought proper , an instrument can be placed at any future time . The committee have not proposed to Grand Lodge to incur the cost , of building an organ , because they are informed upon good authority that it is quite impossible to keep an instrument in order which is onlused for a few minutes five or six times a
y year ; the committee believe that it will be much cheaper and more effectual to hire an instrument for the occasions when it is required . As regards the lease to tho tenants , the committee report with some degree of resrret ( because they desired to have everything complete ) that it is not yet signed . The committee feel that it has not been necessary for them to insist on , or to enforce by
application to a Court at Law , the execution of a lease , because the society has au agreement for a lease , duly executed , the premium bus been received , and the rent duly paid , and because the time will come when the tenants , for their own sakes , will be only too read y to obtain a lease ; the committee have spared no pains to get the nutter settled through their solicitor and otherwise . It will be in the recollection of Grand Lodge , that , the reason at one time given for not completing the lease was , that
the tenants claimed the coffee room as part of the premises let to them . That cl-. ii . ni being ( by the production of the plans , which had been temporarily mislaid ) j } roved to be groundless , a fresh claim 1 ms been made to certain bedrooms in the front , over the
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THE CHAEITX JEWEL A report was presented from the Board of General Purposes in reference to the charity jewel , and as to who were entitled to wear the same . THE INATFQTJBAI , FESTIVAL . The M . W . Grand Master moved a vote of thanks to Bros
. Albert W . Woods and Tliomas Fenn , the G . Dir . of Cers . and the Assist . G . Dir . of Cers ., for the very admirable manner iu which they conducted the ceremony at the Inauguration Festival on the 14 th of April last . The motion was seconded by Bro . Fawcett , P . G . M . for Durham , and unanimously agreed to . Bro . A . Woods thanked the brethren for their kind appreciation of their
services , and his gratitude to the Grand Master for having moved a vote of thanks to them , "being unable adequately to express his feelings for his kindness . He could not sit down without expressing the pleasure and gratification he had experienced in being associated for five years with so worthy a brother as Bro . Femi , for during the whole of that time there had been the most perfect accord between them , and he had received from
him the most able assistance . From the bottom of his heart he thanked the brethren for the honour they had conferred upon him . Bro . Fenu said he could not too hi ghly appreciate the compliment that had been passed upon them , but it was not exclusively due to them for the management of the Inauguration Eestival . It was most gratifing however to them to know
y that their exertions had been successful , and that they had been deemed worthy of his lordship ' s approbation . Bro . Udall then moved that the vote of thanks be recorded on vellum , signed by the G . M ., and presented to them , which was then put and agz-eed to .
PAST GBAND PT / BSOTVANT . TheM . W . Grand Master proposed , "that Bro . Thomas R . Lewis , late G . Purst ., do take rank as , and wear the clothing of P . G . Purst . " 8 This motion was put and agreed to . BOAED OF GENERAL PURFOSES . A ballot took place for members of the Board of General when tho
Purposes , following weie the successful candidates : — Bros . Hemsworth , AV . M ., No . 190 ; Horace Lloyd , W . M ., 143 - S . May , AV . M ., 780 ; Thomas Price , W . M ., 227 ; T . Richardson ' , W . M ., 14 ; T . AV . Shields , W . M ., 33 ; R . AV . Stewart , W . M , 12 ; W . M . By water , P . M ., 19 ; E . Cox , 657 ; J . W . Halsey , 134 ; John B . . Monckton , 1 , 150 ; F . Robinson , 259 ; and James E . Saunders , 1 . COIONIAI BOARD .
The following members of the Colonial Board were elected : — Bros . T . Adlard , 7 ; B . Baker , 21 ; F . Bennoch , 1 ; C . A . Cottebrunc , 733 ; E . Cox , G 57 ; M . S . Maclien , 930 ; and John G . Marsh , 28 . THE BOAED OF BENEVOXENCE . The report of the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter was presented in which were recommendations for the
followinggrants , viz .: — "The widow of the late Bro . Francis B ., of tho Royal Sussex Lodge of Hospitality , No . 187 , Bristol , £ 30 ; Robert Johnstone C , of the Humber Lodge , No . 57 , Hull , £ 75 ; John A ., of the Skiddaw Lodge , No . 1 , 002 , Cockermouth , £ 30 ; William H ., of the Howe Lodge , No . 587 , Birmingham , £ 30 ; the widow of the late Bro . Charles Henry J ., of the Palladia !! Lodge , No . 120 , Hereford , £ 30 . " The whole of these recommendations were agreed to .
BOARD OF GESERAD PURPOSES . The following report of the Board of General Purposes was presented : — "To tho United Grand Lodge of Ancient , Free , and Accepted Masons of England . " The Board of General Purposes heg to report that they have investigated a charge against tho St . James ' s Lodge , No . 7 G 5 ,
Bermondsey , for having neglected to make the proper return to Grand Lodge , as required by the Book of Constitutions , and to pay the full amount of Grand Lodge dues up to the time of death in respect of a member of tho lodge who had died . It appeared that the present and a former instance of similar neglect on the part of the above lodge , in respect of another deceased member , had in each instance been brought to light only l ) j the circumstance of the child of tho deceased seeking
admission into one of the Masonic Charities , when it appeared to he disqualified by reason of Grand Lodge dues not having been paid by the father for the period required by the law . On the former occasion the lodge had been permitted to pay up the arrears without being summoned before the Board . Tbe Master and AVardens were summoned , attended the Board , and produced the warrant and books . It was admitted by the Master
that , in the present instance , the full amount of Grand Lodge dues had not been paid , and it was urged that this had been , byoversight . This ; being a second offence , the Board fined the lodge the sum of three guineas , and ordered the payment forthwith of the arrear of Grand Lodge dues , and retained the warrant and books until payment . " ( Signed ) J-JLIEWELLYN EVANS , " President . "Freemason ' s Hall , 19 th May , 1869 . "
This report , on the motion of Bro . L . Evans , was received ana adopted . At the meeting of tho hoard , held on Tuesday , the 18 th ulb ., after the close of the ordinary business it was resolved unanimously , " That the cordial thanks of the Board are due , and arehereby tendered , to Bro . John Llewellyn Evans , for tbe attentive manner iu which he has performed the duties of president during the past year , and for his kind , courteous , and gentlemanly conduct to all the members . " ( Signed ) S . LEITH TOMKINS , "Vice-President .
To the report was subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodgeaccounts at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on . the 14 th May , 18 R 9 , showing a balance in the hands of the : Grand Treasurer of £ 2 , 229 8 s . 8 d .. and in the hands of the Grand Secretary , for petty cash , £ 50 . The following report of the Building Committee was presented : "To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient , Free , and Accepted .
Masons of England . " The Building Committee heg to report the entire completion , of the Buildings , and of the repair , redecoration , and furnishing ; of the great hall . " They have also to report that they have to the best of their knowledge , discharged all accounts against the society for building , repairs , and furniture . A very large proportion of the buildings having been completed for some years , a good ,
many repairs had become necessary , especially as regards paining , outside work , & c , & c . These repairs the committee felt it their duty to have done at the present time , in order that they might hand over the premises in a proper state to the Board of General Purposes . " The committee have had plans and sections of the buildings ,, and especially of its drainage , ventilation , gas and water supply ,, very carefully prepared ; these are . nearly completed , and the committee strongly recommend that such plans should be bound and placed with the archives of tbe society for reference at any
future time . " Provision has been made for placing an organ in what was formerly the gallery of the great hill , where , if it be thought proper , an instrument can be placed at any future time . The committee have not proposed to Grand Lodge to incur the cost , of building an organ , because they are informed upon good authority that it is quite impossible to keep an instrument in order which is onlused for a few minutes five or six times a
y year ; the committee believe that it will be much cheaper and more effectual to hire an instrument for the occasions when it is required . As regards the lease to tho tenants , the committee report with some degree of resrret ( because they desired to have everything complete ) that it is not yet signed . The committee feel that it has not been necessary for them to insist on , or to enforce by
application to a Court at Law , the execution of a lease , because the society has au agreement for a lease , duly executed , the premium bus been received , and the rent duly paid , and because the time will come when the tenants , for their own sakes , will be only too read y to obtain a lease ; the committee have spared no pains to get the nutter settled through their solicitor and otherwise . It will be in the recollection of Grand Lodge , that , the reason at one time given for not completing the lease was , that
the tenants claimed the coffee room as part of the premises let to them . That cl-. ii . ni being ( by the production of the plans , which had been temporarily mislaid ) j } roved to be groundless , a fresh claim 1 ms been made to certain bedrooms in the front , over the