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Our Architectural Chapter.
OUR ARCHITECTURAL CHAPTER .
No . XVI .-APRIL . 20 , 1850 ,
A MOST important measure has been brought before us in tlie proposed plan for a new Freemasons' Hall at Newcastle-upon-Tyne , in the form of a Freemasons' Hall Company , with a capital of two thousand five hundred pounds , in five hundred shares of five pounds each , on which the deposit payable on application is 1 Os . per share . In the
provisional committee we find that the Provincial Grand Master is chairman , the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , deputy chairman , and nearly every member of the committee a Provincial Grand 'Officer . This shoAvs a commendable spirit , and we hold up the example to other provincial authorities for imitation . The various officials m-p
all Brethren of the Order , and their functions will not be undertaken for profit , but from a pure love of the Craft . The reasons for taking this step are thus stated : —• _ "In submitting to the fraternity the following prospectus for the formation of a company to establish a Preemasons' Hall in Newcastle for the greater accommodation of the brethrenit will be
, unnecessary to do more in recommendation of such project than to point out , that whilst the Craft m almost every large town in the kingdom have a hall ivherein to hold Masonic meetings , the brethren in this extensive , Avealthy , and influential toivn are not in possession of such convenience , and also to advert to the unvarying popularity and success which has attended similar imclertakino-s Avhen properlconductedin other of the
y , parts kingdom . ° ' "The inadequacy of the present Lodge rooms for holding the Provincial Grand Lodge meetings , and for the transaction of the ordinary business of the Lodges m general , is universally acknowledged ; and taking into consideration the great accession recently made , and the probable continuance of such accession , to the number of members of the fraternity , it becomes imperative that suitable premises be obtained . "
The capital required Ave have observed is two thousand five hundred pounds , and this is to be raised h y instalments . " AVith the capital thus raised , it is proposed to purchase , on terms highly advantageous , a freehold property known by the name of " The Barber Surgeons' Hall , " consisting of a spacious stone building , and the mound VOL . VI . 3 A b
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Our Architectural Chapter.
OUR ARCHITECTURAL CHAPTER .
No . XVI .-APRIL . 20 , 1850 ,
A MOST important measure has been brought before us in tlie proposed plan for a new Freemasons' Hall at Newcastle-upon-Tyne , in the form of a Freemasons' Hall Company , with a capital of two thousand five hundred pounds , in five hundred shares of five pounds each , on which the deposit payable on application is 1 Os . per share . In the
provisional committee we find that the Provincial Grand Master is chairman , the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , deputy chairman , and nearly every member of the committee a Provincial Grand 'Officer . This shoAvs a commendable spirit , and we hold up the example to other provincial authorities for imitation . The various officials m-p
all Brethren of the Order , and their functions will not be undertaken for profit , but from a pure love of the Craft . The reasons for taking this step are thus stated : —• _ "In submitting to the fraternity the following prospectus for the formation of a company to establish a Preemasons' Hall in Newcastle for the greater accommodation of the brethrenit will be
, unnecessary to do more in recommendation of such project than to point out , that whilst the Craft m almost every large town in the kingdom have a hall ivherein to hold Masonic meetings , the brethren in this extensive , Avealthy , and influential toivn are not in possession of such convenience , and also to advert to the unvarying popularity and success which has attended similar imclertakino-s Avhen properlconductedin other of the
y , parts kingdom . ° ' "The inadequacy of the present Lodge rooms for holding the Provincial Grand Lodge meetings , and for the transaction of the ordinary business of the Lodges m general , is universally acknowledged ; and taking into consideration the great accession recently made , and the probable continuance of such accession , to the number of members of the fraternity , it becomes imperative that suitable premises be obtained . "
The capital required Ave have observed is two thousand five hundred pounds , and this is to be raised h y instalments . " AVith the capital thus raised , it is proposed to purchase , on terms highly advantageous , a freehold property known by the name of " The Barber Surgeons' Hall , " consisting of a spacious stone building , and the mound VOL . VI . 3 A b