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Article ANCIENT RECORDS. ← Page 2 of 2 Article THE INDIAN RELIEF FUND. Page 1 of 2 →
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Ancient Records.
" Cash br . fonvard £ 1 3 3 " House Bill and Tyler OM 9 " Cash in Hand £ 1 13 0 ' " Business being over , the Lodge ivas closed in due form . J . H . MOZE , Sec . " " Lodge of Fortitudehelcl at the Koe Buckin Oxford StreetAVednesdaythe
, , , , lOth August , 1780 , being the -1 th nig ht in the Quarter . The Lodge AA-as opened in due form , and the Minutes of the last Lodge Night were read and confirmed . Present—Bro . Arte , It . AV . M . ; Bro . Connor , S . AV . ; Bro . Moze , J . AV . ; Bro . Taylor , P . M ., P . T . ; Bro . Poole , Treas ., P . T . ; Bro . Harrison , Sec . ; Bros . Tathain , Sniceton , Hewson , Devcnet , Bradley , Martin , Tozer , AVilliams . Visitor—Bro . Moody , Mr . of the Lodge of Brotherly Love . " Cash br . forward ; £ 1 13 C
"Visitor 0 0 9 £ . 1 11 8 " House Bill ancl Tyler 0 12 SA £ 1 1 b'i " Business being over , the Lodge AVUS closed in duo form . HARUISQN , Sec . ''
The Indian Relief Fund.
THE INDIAN RELIEF FUND .
The Camp , Colchester , Sth March . BRO . Captain A . Clarke , Prov . G . M . for Victoria , Australia ( English Constitution ) , presents his compliments to Bro . Editor , and Avould lcel much obliged by the publication of the enclosed correspondence in the Masonic intelligence of the Freemasons' Magazine . ( Corv . )
" Camp , Colchester , Fssex , llth Feb ., 1851 ) . " Sir , —I have the honour herewith to transmit the first of a bill of exchange for the sum of two hundred ancl eighty-five pounds ton shillings ancl sixpence ( £ ' 285 10 s . ( ice . ) , drawn on the London and Westminster Bank , as a contribution from the members of the various Masonic Lodges under the English Constitution , iu Victoria , Australia , to the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the late mutiny iu India .
" I take this occasion of mentioning , that the contribution from the Order in A iotoria Avould have been much more considerable , had the brethren been satisfied to confine the whole ol" their donations to the subscription list of tho vniious Lodges . But this has not been so , as the members have almost invariably , in addition to their subscriptions to this contribution , also subscribed as colonists to the general fund ivhich lias been raised in Victoria . ¦ ' You Avill consequently be kind enough not to measure the amount of interest
and sympathy felt by the Freemasons of Victoria for their felloAV countrymen in India by this contribution , but to accept it as a simple recognition on their part of one of tbe fundamental principles of their Order . " 1 have the honour to be , sir . your most humble servant , ( Signed ) "ANDREAV CLAHKE . ' The Chairman of the Genera ) Committee for "Prov . G . M ., ( E . G . ) , Victoria . the . Fund for the Belief of the Sufferers by the Mutiny in India . ' '
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Ancient Records.
" Cash br . fonvard £ 1 3 3 " House Bill and Tyler OM 9 " Cash in Hand £ 1 13 0 ' " Business being over , the Lodge ivas closed in due form . J . H . MOZE , Sec . " " Lodge of Fortitudehelcl at the Koe Buckin Oxford StreetAVednesdaythe
, , , , lOth August , 1780 , being the -1 th nig ht in the Quarter . The Lodge AA-as opened in due form , and the Minutes of the last Lodge Night were read and confirmed . Present—Bro . Arte , It . AV . M . ; Bro . Connor , S . AV . ; Bro . Moze , J . AV . ; Bro . Taylor , P . M ., P . T . ; Bro . Poole , Treas ., P . T . ; Bro . Harrison , Sec . ; Bros . Tathain , Sniceton , Hewson , Devcnet , Bradley , Martin , Tozer , AVilliams . Visitor—Bro . Moody , Mr . of the Lodge of Brotherly Love . " Cash br . forward ; £ 1 13 C
"Visitor 0 0 9 £ . 1 11 8 " House Bill ancl Tyler 0 12 SA £ 1 1 b'i " Business being over , the Lodge AVUS closed in duo form . HARUISQN , Sec . ''
The Indian Relief Fund.
THE INDIAN RELIEF FUND .
The Camp , Colchester , Sth March . BRO . Captain A . Clarke , Prov . G . M . for Victoria , Australia ( English Constitution ) , presents his compliments to Bro . Editor , and Avould lcel much obliged by the publication of the enclosed correspondence in the Masonic intelligence of the Freemasons' Magazine . ( Corv . )
" Camp , Colchester , Fssex , llth Feb ., 1851 ) . " Sir , —I have the honour herewith to transmit the first of a bill of exchange for the sum of two hundred ancl eighty-five pounds ton shillings ancl sixpence ( £ ' 285 10 s . ( ice . ) , drawn on the London and Westminster Bank , as a contribution from the members of the various Masonic Lodges under the English Constitution , iu Victoria , Australia , to the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the late mutiny iu India .
" I take this occasion of mentioning , that the contribution from the Order in A iotoria Avould have been much more considerable , had the brethren been satisfied to confine the whole ol" their donations to the subscription list of tho vniious Lodges . But this has not been so , as the members have almost invariably , in addition to their subscriptions to this contribution , also subscribed as colonists to the general fund ivhich lias been raised in Victoria . ¦ ' You Avill consequently be kind enough not to measure the amount of interest
and sympathy felt by the Freemasons of Victoria for their felloAV countrymen in India by this contribution , but to accept it as a simple recognition on their part of one of tbe fundamental principles of their Order . " 1 have the honour to be , sir . your most humble servant , ( Signed ) "ANDREAV CLAHKE . ' The Chairman of the Genera ) Committee for "Prov . G . M ., ( E . G . ) , Victoria . the . Fund for the Belief of the Sufferers by the Mutiny in India . ' '