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FEMALE FUND . Receipts . £ s . d . Balance 31 st March , 1870 1 , 061 2 11 Donation from Grand Lodge ... 300 0 0 Do . from Grand Chapter 50 0 0 Donations from Lodges , Chapters and Individuals 1 , 500 2 6 Annual Subscriptions 521 11 0 Moiety of Legacy . of late Miss Sarah Dorset , of Reading ... ¦ 50 0 0 Dividends on StockMn the Government Funds .., 396 15 0

£ 3 , 879 11 5 . Disbursements . £ s . d . Payment to Annuitants ... 1 , 745 0 0 ¦ Salary , Secretary 100 0 0 . . ( Secretary 4 T 10 8 Commission , | CoUecto ^ 1 2 6 5 0 0

Messenger Taxes , Asylum 24 11 8 . Mrs . Mary Walker ' s Funeral Expenses 5 9 G Stationery , Books , Printing , Ballotfcing Papers , & c 44 10 9 Office Expenses , Rent , Gas , Coals , & c , 24 5 0 Advertisements ... ... ... ... ... 7 11 8 Postage ' 38 2 11 Petty Disbursements , including Election Expenses 23 13 5

£ 2 , 166 18 Purchase of £ 450 Stock , 3 per cent . Consols ... £ 414 2 9 £ 2 , 581 0 10 Balance on this Account £ 1 , 298 10 7 FOB SUSTEKATIOS' OF BUILDING : — Receipts . £ s . d . Balance 31 st March , 1870 8 10 9 Subsequent Receipts ... ... 30 O O

38 10 9 Disbursements . £ s . d . Repairs , & c , done at the Asylum 24 7 S Balance on this Account 14 3 1 The Permanent Income of the Institution is as follows : —

MALE FUKD . . . Annual Grant from Grand Lodge 500 0 0 Do . from Grand Chapter 100 0 0 Dividends on £ 22 , 650 Stock in fche Government Funds 688 10 0

£ 1288 10 0 FEMALE FTJKD Annual Grant from ' Grand Lodge 300 0 0 Do . from Grand Chapter ... ... ... 50 0 0 Dividends on £ 13 , 450 Stock in the Government Funds ... ... 403 10 0

£ 753 10 0 FOB SUSTE ^ ATIOB ; ? THE B UILDING ;—Dividends on £ 1 , 000 Stock in the Government Funds 30 0 0 Kotal Permanent Income ... ... . ... £ 2072 0 0 The foregoing will be read with interest by the Subscribers to the Institution , aud by the Graft in general , who will all feel a great interest in the

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prosperity of the Institution affording relief to its aged members and their widows . Ifc is a source of congratulation thafc fche enormous drain upon the stream of British charity , consequent on Continental disturbances , has solittle affected the contributions , during the year , to this and the other Masonic charities .

The M.W. Grand Master.

THE M . W . GRAND MASTER .

The following , from the " Daily Telegraph / ' of June 13 th , will doubtless prove a source of gratification to all English Masons : — The distinguished services rendered by Lord de Grey in connection with the Treaty of

Washington will , we are glad to know , meet with suitable recognition . The country will learn with pleasure that his lordship is about to be raised to the rank of Marquis , under the title of Marquis of Ripon . This step will , we are sure , receive

the warm , approval of men of all parties , who will recognise the value of Lord de Grey's labours iu the negotiations so happily completed , and the beneficial influence he has been enabled to exert in- strengthening the bonds of amity between

England and the United States . Lord Tenterden , who acted as Secretary to the English members of the Joint High Commission , will be made a civil C . B .

Grand Orient Of France.

GRAND ORIENT OF FRANCE .

The following is the translation of a circular issued by the " Grand Orient of France , Supreme Council for Prance , and the French possessions . " Orient de Paris , 29 th May , 187 . 1 . To the brethren of the Lodges ofthe Jurisdiction .

Very dear Brethren , The criminal and lamentable events of which Paris has recently become the theatre , has induced , on the part of a certain number of Freemasons , acts which are prejudicial to the cause of

Masonry , not only in Prance , but throughout the world . These acts public opinion has already judged . The principles of our institution ancl its laws absolutely interdict such manifestations as have been made by this party of Freemasons , ( or