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The Masonic Mirror.
THE MASONIC MIRROR .
-4 MASONIC MEMS . THE Provincial Grand Lodge of Bucks and Perks will meet on Wednesday , the 23 rd inst ., at . Reading , to lay the first stone of a new Masonic Hall .
TUE annual festival of the Stability Lodge of Instruction Avill take place on the 29 th April , when Bro . Beadon , P . G . AV ., will preside . "WE hear that a new Lodge is about to be opened at the East and West India Dock Tavern , under the title of the Naval and Mercantile .
KOYAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED MASONS AND THEIR WIDOAVS . At the monthly meeting of the Committee of this A"aluable institution , on AVednesday , the Sth inst ., Bro . Patten , V . P ., presiding , the Secretary , Bro . Farnfield , reported the death of Bro . Scott , a pensioner of £ 20 a year , Avhich he hud enjoyed from May , 1848 .
It Avas ordered that £ 800 stock should be purchased for the Male Fund , and £ 500 for the AVidoAvs' Fund , leaving a balance of about £ 300 at the bankers . There are UOAV thirty-five candidates seeking the benefits of the Male Fund , ( fourteen of Avhom have presented their petitions since the last annual meeting ) , from AA'hich number it has been resolved to place tAventy-two on the list of annuitants in May next—certainly a very goodly proportion .
There aro also sixteen ividows seeking admission on the funds of the institution , ( three of them being neiv candidates ) , of whom six are to be elected ; and it is Avorthy of remark that not a single vacancy has been caused in either list of candidates by death since the last election . Tho Board of SteAvards for the late festival have handed over a balance of £ V 1 from the guarantee " expenses fund , to provide fuel for the inmates of the asylum
at Croydon . AVe may shite , for the information of brethren intending to serve as Stewards afc future festivals of the institution , that the total cost to each Steward iras only £ -2 2 s . ( including two ladies' tickets , for ivhich the proprietors of the tavern receive S .-i . 6 ei . each . ) A donation of £ 10 to the funds of the institution has just beeu received from the Oriental Lodge ( No . OSS ) Constantinople , the members of AA'hich regret that , owing to the Lodge having been so recently established ( only eighteen months ) it is not yet in a position to forward a larger amount .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Masonic Mirror.
THE MASONIC MIRROR .
-4 MASONIC MEMS . THE Provincial Grand Lodge of Bucks and Perks will meet on Wednesday , the 23 rd inst ., at . Reading , to lay the first stone of a new Masonic Hall .
TUE annual festival of the Stability Lodge of Instruction Avill take place on the 29 th April , when Bro . Beadon , P . G . AV ., will preside . "WE hear that a new Lodge is about to be opened at the East and West India Dock Tavern , under the title of the Naval and Mercantile .
KOYAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED MASONS AND THEIR WIDOAVS . At the monthly meeting of the Committee of this A"aluable institution , on AVednesday , the Sth inst ., Bro . Patten , V . P ., presiding , the Secretary , Bro . Farnfield , reported the death of Bro . Scott , a pensioner of £ 20 a year , Avhich he hud enjoyed from May , 1848 .
It Avas ordered that £ 800 stock should be purchased for the Male Fund , and £ 500 for the AVidoAvs' Fund , leaving a balance of about £ 300 at the bankers . There are UOAV thirty-five candidates seeking the benefits of the Male Fund , ( fourteen of Avhom have presented their petitions since the last annual meeting ) , from AA'hich number it has been resolved to place tAventy-two on the list of annuitants in May next—certainly a very goodly proportion .
There aro also sixteen ividows seeking admission on the funds of the institution , ( three of them being neiv candidates ) , of whom six are to be elected ; and it is Avorthy of remark that not a single vacancy has been caused in either list of candidates by death since the last election . Tho Board of SteAvards for the late festival have handed over a balance of £ V 1 from the guarantee " expenses fund , to provide fuel for the inmates of the asylum
at Croydon . AVe may shite , for the information of brethren intending to serve as Stewards afc future festivals of the institution , that the total cost to each Steward iras only £ -2 2 s . ( including two ladies' tickets , for ivhich the proprietors of the tavern receive S .-i . 6 ei . each . ) A donation of £ 10 to the funds of the institution has just beeu received from the Oriental Lodge ( No . OSS ) Constantinople , the members of AA'hich regret that , owing to the Lodge having been so recently established ( only eighteen months ) it is not yet in a position to forward a larger amount .