The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution For Aged Freemasons And Widows Of Free Masons.

Disbursements . Payment to annuitants 2318 0 0 Salary , Secretary 100 0 0 . . 1 Secretary 48 13 9 Commission ^ , loetor U 3 x 0 Messenger 5 0 0 Medicine for the inmates at the Asymm 25 0 0

Warden , gate-keeper , aud gardener , do 33 0 0 Taxes 20 12 3 Westminster Fire Office , moiety of premium , seven years , Asylum 8 11 0 Stationery , books , printing , balloting , papers , & c . 39 12 9 Rent of office 18 0 0 Advertisements 4 3 9 Postage 39 2 6 Petty disbursements , including election expenses 19 6 11

2797 3 11 Purchase of £ 350 stock , 3 per cent ., reduced annuities 325 18 9 { 3123 2 8 Balance on this account £ 1873 11 4 FEMALE FUND .

Receipts . Balance 31 st March , 1869 £ 945 10 11 Donation from Grand Lodge 300 0 0 „ frem Grand Chapter 50 0 0 Donations from lodges , chapters , and individuals 1203 14 6 Annual subscriptions 445 18 6 Moiety of legacy of late Bro . George Leach

, Past Grand Deacon , less duty ... 45 0 0 Interest 1 14 5 46 14 5 Westminster Fire Office , moiety of profit on the last seven years 2 13 0 Dividends on Stock in the Government Funds 386 5 0

3380 16 4 Disbursements . Payment to annuitants 1750 5 0 Salary , Secretary 112 10 0 Commission 5 Secretary U 6 0 ( . Collector 66 5 6 Messenger 5 0 0 TaxesAsylum 20 12 3

, Westminster Fire Office , moiety of premium , seven years , Asylum 8 11 0 Stationery , books , printing , balloting papers , & c . 36 15 8 Rent of oflice 18 0 0 Advertisements ,,...., ,,.. 4 3 9 Postage 35 11 0 Petty disbursements , including election expenses 19 7 0

2086 17 2 Purchase of £ 250 Stock , 3 per cent . Reduced Annuities 232 16 3 2319 13 5 Balance on this account 1061 2 11 £ 2934 14 3

FOE SUSTENTATION OE BUILDING . Receipts . Balance 31 st March , 18 R 9 £ 3 8 6 Dividends on £ 1 , 000 Stock in tho Government Funds 30 0 0

33 8 6 Disbursements . Repair ? , & c , done at the Asylum 24 17 U Balance on this account 8 10 9 Total YraV . mce as pov Auditors' report to 31 st Match , 1870 £ 2943 5 0

The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution For Aged Freemasons And Widows Of Free Masons.

Tho permanent income of the Institution is as follows ,: — MALE FUND . Annual grant from Grand Lodge 500 0 0 „ from Grand Chapter 100 0 0 Dividends on £ 22 , 350 Stock in the Government Funds 670 10 0 1270 10 0

FEMALE FUND . Annual Grant from Grand Lodge 300 0 0 „ from Grand Chapter 50 0 0 Dividends on £ 13 , 000 Stock in the Government Funds 390 0 0 FOB SUSTENTATION OI- THE BUILDING-.

-Dividends on £ 1 , 000 Stock in tho Government Funds 30 0 0 £ 20 i 0 10 0 The foUowiug-are the Committee of Management for the ensuing year : —Bros . Frederick Adlard , P . M : 7 ; John Bellerby , P . M . 65 ; George Bolton , P , M . 169 ; John Dixon , M . D ., P . M . 73 ;

William Henry Farnfield , P . M . 907 ; James R . Sheen , P . M . 201 ; Raynham W . Stewart , P . M . 12 ; Louis Stean , P . M . 212 ; Nicholas Wingfield , P . M . 1155 ; AVilliam Young , P . M . 60 . Bros . John Sy ' monds ( Past Assist . G . Dir . of Cers . ) , Henry G . Warren , and James R . Sheen , were severally proposed , seconded , and declared re-elected Auditors for the ensuing year .

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CAVEAC LODCIE ( No . 176 ) . —The regular meeting of this lodge took place at Radley ' s Hotol on Saturday , the 18 th inst ., Bro . VV . Nelson Smith , W . M ., opened the lodge . The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed . Bro . P . A . Nairne , P . M ., then took the chair and installed Bro . Thomas Quihampton as W . M . for the ensuing year . The newly-installed W . M . then invested his officers as follows : —Bros . K . S . ForemanSW . H . BosleyJ . VV . Pemble BrowneP . M . Treas . ;

, . ; , ; , , E . Lechforel , P . M ., See . ; D . II . Godsell , S . D . ; Jerinyn , J . D . ; W . D . Bai-Yiett , I . G . ; Charles Browne , P . M ., Div . of Cers . ; J . S . Smith , W . S . ; A . Towers , W . S . ; Riley , P . M ., Tyler : and Bro . W . Nelson Smith , I . P . M . The manner iu which Bro . Nairne conducted the ceremony of installation elicited the applause of the brethren . A splendid banquet succeeded . STANHOPE LODGE ( NO . 1269 ) . —The regular meeting of this

, lodge -was held on- Tuesday evening at the Thicket Hotel , Anerley , the chair being occupied by Bro . H . W . Lmdus , W . M . Bros . Marriott , Strange , and Linfeeld were passed . The business concluded the loelge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to refreshment . The work in the lodge was ably performed by Bro . Liudus , the first W . M . of this new lodge . Bros . Dodson , W . M . 72 , and Munday , 569 , were present as visitors .

PROVINCIAL . KENT . BIIOMLEX . —Consecration of the Acacia Lodge ( No . 1 , 314 ) . — The consecration of a now lodge iu the province of Kent took place at Bromley on Wednesday , tho 15 th inst ., at tlie Bell

Hotel . The ceremony of consecration and dedication was ably performed by Bro . R . Wentworth Little , and the installation by Bro . Alfred Avery , P . M . and AV . M . of No . 619 , was admirably rendered by his brother James W . Avery , also a P . Si . of No . 619 . Bros . Joseph Harling was invested S . AV " . ; Thomas Knott , J . AV . ; AVilliams , Treas . ; E . Coste , P . M . 9 , Sec ; Saul Wells , S . D . ; W . Manger , J . D . ; AV . Seaman , J . D . ; and F . Deering , Dir . of Cers . The ceremony was conducted in a manner which reflected