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Our Charities.
state , without fear of contradiction , that none will more warmly congratulate him on his success than the colleagues he has defeated . Bro . Binckes , in respect of the Boys' School , has received considerably less than he was fully justified in expecting , but his Festival comes last
in order of time , and he has not had so long an interval to gather in the amounts that were promised . We do not say this for the purpose of detracting , in any Avay , from the merits of Bro . Terry ' s achievement , for under any circumstances we believe " A Zealous Officer " would have stood
first . We mention it chiefly , in order to explain any apparent discrepancy between our present and former figures we have furnished , and also because , had Bro . Binckes ' s just expectations been more nearly realised , the gap between him and Bro . Terry would have been lessened .
As regards Bro . Little s position , we do not think our readers need any explanation from us . They know that , in his case , and in spite of his weak state of health , the Festival of the Girls' School Avas more productive this year than formerly , and we feel that AA * e ought , perhaps , to
congratulate our brother on the excellent array of figures he is able to present . He has done his duty most loyally , and with a success which cannot be otherwise than most
gratifying . The results for the three Institutions are appended in the form of a tabulated statement , and it only remains for us to mention briefly the purposes to Avhich the incomes of our Charities are devoted . We are aivare we have
done so recently , but we do nofc think that any one will quarrel with us for iterating our statement . Well , the income of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution suffices to bestow pensions of £ 40 on 145 aged brethren , of £ 32 on 130 widows of brethren , and half their late
husbands' pensions on 13 widows . The Royal Masonic Institution for Boys maintains , clothes , and educates 186 boys , and the number will shortly be increased . The Royal Masonic Institution for Girls maintains , clothes , and
educates 189 girls , which number will be further increased by an addition of 10 next Quarterly General Court , 12 th January , and will ultimately reach 204 . Thus the Craft may be proud , and not without reason , of its labours ; at least , that fraction of the Craft which does its duty .
Tabular Statement showing the Incomes of our Institutions from all sources during the year ended 31 st December 1877 : —
R . M . B . I . R . M . I , for B . R . M . I , for G . . C s d £ sd JC s d Donations & Subscriptions 14 , 032 14 7 13 , 788 8 3 10 , 308 16 7 Grand Lodge Grant , from 800 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 „ Chapter „ 150 0 0 10 10 0 10 10 0
Dividends , & o . ... 1 , 449 4 10 148 7 0 1 , 165 6 5 Music Fees ... 93 19 6 115 10 0 Purchased Admission ,.. ... 178 10 0 Miscellaneous ... ... 104 7 5 £ 16 , 431 19 5 | 14 , 369 14 9 111 , 854 10 5
On Wednesday , the Gth February , two Balls will be held , one at the Cannon-street Hotel , by the Lodge of Prosperity , No , 65 , and the other , which is their Thirty-ninth Annual Masonic Ball , by the Old Concord Lodge , No . 172 .
In both cases a highly efficient body of Stewards is already announced , the President and Honorary Secretary for that of the Old Concord being Bros . A . J . Dottridge W . M . and Geo . King P . M ., while in the case of the Prosperity , Bro . Charles Daniel W . M . is President and Bro . C . E .
Ferry Hon . Secretary . These social gatherings are very pleasant , and as both are held the same evening , though in different localities , those who may be desirous of taking
tickets Avill have the choice between paying their respects to Terpsichore under the wing of " Prosperity "—which cannot be otherwise than most desirable , or , in company with ¦* Old Concord , " who Avill not fail to establish the most harmonious relations among those present .
From the Overland AtJienceum Ave learn that W . Bro . the Hon . J . Pitt-Kennedy has been installed as District Grand Master of Freemasonry in Bengal .
Reviews.
REVIEWS .
All Books intended for . Review should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , 67 Barbican , E . C . The Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honourable Fratemxitg of Free and Acctpted Masons of Pennsylvannia . Its Early History and Constitutions , from A . L . 5730 , A . D . 1730 , its Minutes and Proceedings . Compiled and Published by the Library Committee of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania . Part I . Philadelphia : Sherman and Co ., Printers . 1877 .
( Continued from page 6 . ) CONTINUING our notice of tho regular proceedings , wo find under date of 8 th July 1783 , that at a Grand Lodge of Emergency held on that day a memorial , " from tho brethren of St . Andrew's Lodge No . 1 , late of West Florida , and now of Charles Town , South Carolina , " and sundry papers were laid before the G . Lodge . A
Committee was appointed to deal with the subject of the memorial , and in the result , at another Emergent meeting held on tho 12 th of the same month , ifc was vosolvod that a Warrant should bo issued to the brethren in question , constituting them Lodgo No . 40 , provided of course thoy prove to bo of the Ancient and Honourable Fraternity , and agree to bo nnder the direction of tho Pennsylvania G . Lodge ,
and the Warrant is ordered to be transmitted to Bro . Weyman , W . M . of Lodgo No . 38 , to be by him formally delivered over to the brethren of St . Andrew ' s No . 1 . Two dozen books of the Constitutions are ordered to be transmitted , and to be charged to Bro . Woymau . It is also ordered that three dozen books of Constitutions bo presented to Bro . Itev . Dr . Smith , together with a letter of thanks from Grand
Lodge , as a slight recognition of his care and attention in revising the same . At the Quarterly Communication on the 29 th September 1783 , a letter from Bro . John Coats , late Deputy G . Master , on tho subject of erecting a Grand Lodgo for Maryland , is read . Bro . Coats states that sundry conventions of the Lodges on the Eastern shore of Maryland , for the purpose of considering this question , and submits
his views as to the steps necessary to be taken . A Committee is accordingly appointed to prepare an answer , and at an Extra Grand Lodge held on the 25 th December 1783 was read tho answer Avhich the Grand Master had ordered to be sent to Bro . Coat ' s letter , in whioh are described the steps which , in his opinion should be taken , and in which also he promises early any further information he may
be able to procure . On the 27 th of the same month , tho G . Master is re-elected and the Officers for the year appointed . Ifc was resolved at this meeting that all travelling Warrants held under this Grand Lodge should be called in . On the 29 th of March 1784 the propriety of raising a subscription for the purpose of building a Lodge is considered , and a motion is agreed to , to the
effect that the matter should bo submitted to the several Lodges , with a view to their reporting thereon at the next Quarterly Communication . Afc a Grand Lodge of Emergency on the 16 th April 1784 , Bro . John Coats attended , and submitted a certain resolution passed at the Grand Convention of Maryland , on tho subject of a Grand Lodge for thafc State , and a Committee is
appointed to inquire whether the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania has the power to constitute a new Grand Lodge . In a note appended by tho Library Committee to the minutes of this G . Lodge of Emergency , wo read that the contemplated arrangements fell through for a time , and that ifc was nofc till the 17 fch April 1787 that a Grand Convention of tho several Lodges on the Eastern Shore of Maryland , all
holding under the Pennsylvanian G . Lodge , was held afc Talbot Court House , and then and there agreed to establish a Grand Lodge , with Bro . John Coats as Grand Master , and that on the 19 th September of the same year , tho Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania formally recognised that of Maryland . On the 17 th Juno 1784 , a Committee was appointed to devise the best way and means for accommodating tho
Lodges in Philadelphia with a house . Ifc was also agreed to issue a warrant to certain brethren , constituting them a new Lodgo , to be held at Portsmouth in Virginia . On the 26 th of the month , tho Warrant was signed and Bro . Crafts installed as W . Master . On the 29 th October , a petition was submitted from sundry brethren in Georgia , who had formed themselves into a Society , with the concur .
currence of the Lodges in South Carolina , their object being to obtain a Warrant for a Lodge to beheld at Savannah ; but the Grand Locige declined to regard them as regularly constituted , and a Committee was appointed to answer their prayer . However , on the 20 th Decern , ber , a Warrant for a Lodge , No . 42 , at Savannah , was ordered to be prepared . On this occasion it was resolved to appoint a Committee ,
and it was so appointed then and there , for the purpose of forming bye . laws and regulations for the G . Lodge ; and this being the Annual Communication , Bro . Adcock was re-elected Grand Master , and the G . Officers for the year were chosen or appointed , among the latter being Bro . H . D . Pursell G . Sword Bearer . On tbe 28 th March 1785 , a Committee , consisting of the G . Master , Dep . G . Master , and
Sen . G . Warden , was appointed , " to provide jewels for the Officers of tho G . Lodge , of such metal as they may think proper . " It was further ordered that a circular letter be sent to the Lodges in the State , inviting a subscription from each towards the purchase , if necessary , of " the House called the Lodge , in Lodge Alley , " and a list 0 subscriptions promised by No . 2 , and amounting to £ 115 5 s lOd is
appended in a foot note . A letter was afterwards read from a Lodge afc Halifax , requesting " a friendly and brotherly intercourse . " On the 21 sfc April orders were given for tho issue of a new Warrant , No . 43 , to brethren in the borough of Lancaster ; and on the 20 th June , a Warrant No . 44 , Duck Creek , ia the State of Delaware , was issued , and certain brethren received a dispensation to instal the Master and
Wardens . A communication from Bro . Webb , G . Master of Massachusetts , was referred to a Committee , and the names of the Graud Officers of Virginia— " James Mercer Esq . G . M ., Edmund Kaudolph D . G . M ., Leighton Wood G . Sec , John M . Gait Treas . "—having been received on this occasion , " the Gr . Secy , is requested to make enquiry as to their antiquity . " On the 8 th October , the thanks of G . Lodge
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Our Charities.
state , without fear of contradiction , that none will more warmly congratulate him on his success than the colleagues he has defeated . Bro . Binckes , in respect of the Boys' School , has received considerably less than he was fully justified in expecting , but his Festival comes last
in order of time , and he has not had so long an interval to gather in the amounts that were promised . We do not say this for the purpose of detracting , in any Avay , from the merits of Bro . Terry ' s achievement , for under any circumstances we believe " A Zealous Officer " would have stood
first . We mention it chiefly , in order to explain any apparent discrepancy between our present and former figures we have furnished , and also because , had Bro . Binckes ' s just expectations been more nearly realised , the gap between him and Bro . Terry would have been lessened .
As regards Bro . Little s position , we do not think our readers need any explanation from us . They know that , in his case , and in spite of his weak state of health , the Festival of the Girls' School Avas more productive this year than formerly , and we feel that AA * e ought , perhaps , to
congratulate our brother on the excellent array of figures he is able to present . He has done his duty most loyally , and with a success which cannot be otherwise than most
gratifying . The results for the three Institutions are appended in the form of a tabulated statement , and it only remains for us to mention briefly the purposes to Avhich the incomes of our Charities are devoted . We are aivare we have
done so recently , but we do nofc think that any one will quarrel with us for iterating our statement . Well , the income of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution suffices to bestow pensions of £ 40 on 145 aged brethren , of £ 32 on 130 widows of brethren , and half their late
husbands' pensions on 13 widows . The Royal Masonic Institution for Boys maintains , clothes , and educates 186 boys , and the number will shortly be increased . The Royal Masonic Institution for Girls maintains , clothes , and
educates 189 girls , which number will be further increased by an addition of 10 next Quarterly General Court , 12 th January , and will ultimately reach 204 . Thus the Craft may be proud , and not without reason , of its labours ; at least , that fraction of the Craft which does its duty .
Tabular Statement showing the Incomes of our Institutions from all sources during the year ended 31 st December 1877 : —
R . M . B . I . R . M . I , for B . R . M . I , for G . . C s d £ sd JC s d Donations & Subscriptions 14 , 032 14 7 13 , 788 8 3 10 , 308 16 7 Grand Lodge Grant , from 800 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 „ Chapter „ 150 0 0 10 10 0 10 10 0
Dividends , & o . ... 1 , 449 4 10 148 7 0 1 , 165 6 5 Music Fees ... 93 19 6 115 10 0 Purchased Admission ,.. ... 178 10 0 Miscellaneous ... ... 104 7 5 £ 16 , 431 19 5 | 14 , 369 14 9 111 , 854 10 5
On Wednesday , the Gth February , two Balls will be held , one at the Cannon-street Hotel , by the Lodge of Prosperity , No , 65 , and the other , which is their Thirty-ninth Annual Masonic Ball , by the Old Concord Lodge , No . 172 .
In both cases a highly efficient body of Stewards is already announced , the President and Honorary Secretary for that of the Old Concord being Bros . A . J . Dottridge W . M . and Geo . King P . M ., while in the case of the Prosperity , Bro . Charles Daniel W . M . is President and Bro . C . E .
Ferry Hon . Secretary . These social gatherings are very pleasant , and as both are held the same evening , though in different localities , those who may be desirous of taking
tickets Avill have the choice between paying their respects to Terpsichore under the wing of " Prosperity "—which cannot be otherwise than most desirable , or , in company with ¦* Old Concord , " who Avill not fail to establish the most harmonious relations among those present .
From the Overland AtJienceum Ave learn that W . Bro . the Hon . J . Pitt-Kennedy has been installed as District Grand Master of Freemasonry in Bengal .
Reviews.
REVIEWS .
All Books intended for . Review should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , 67 Barbican , E . C . The Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honourable Fratemxitg of Free and Acctpted Masons of Pennsylvannia . Its Early History and Constitutions , from A . L . 5730 , A . D . 1730 , its Minutes and Proceedings . Compiled and Published by the Library Committee of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania . Part I . Philadelphia : Sherman and Co ., Printers . 1877 .
( Continued from page 6 . ) CONTINUING our notice of tho regular proceedings , wo find under date of 8 th July 1783 , that at a Grand Lodge of Emergency held on that day a memorial , " from tho brethren of St . Andrew's Lodge No . 1 , late of West Florida , and now of Charles Town , South Carolina , " and sundry papers were laid before the G . Lodge . A
Committee was appointed to deal with the subject of the memorial , and in the result , at another Emergent meeting held on tho 12 th of the same month , ifc was vosolvod that a Warrant should bo issued to the brethren in question , constituting them Lodgo No . 40 , provided of course thoy prove to bo of the Ancient and Honourable Fraternity , and agree to bo nnder the direction of tho Pennsylvania G . Lodge ,
and the Warrant is ordered to be transmitted to Bro . Weyman , W . M . of Lodgo No . 38 , to be by him formally delivered over to the brethren of St . Andrew ' s No . 1 . Two dozen books of the Constitutions are ordered to be transmitted , and to be charged to Bro . Woymau . It is also ordered that three dozen books of Constitutions bo presented to Bro . Itev . Dr . Smith , together with a letter of thanks from Grand
Lodge , as a slight recognition of his care and attention in revising the same . At the Quarterly Communication on the 29 th September 1783 , a letter from Bro . John Coats , late Deputy G . Master , on tho subject of erecting a Grand Lodgo for Maryland , is read . Bro . Coats states that sundry conventions of the Lodges on the Eastern shore of Maryland , for the purpose of considering this question , and submits
his views as to the steps necessary to be taken . A Committee is accordingly appointed to prepare an answer , and at an Extra Grand Lodge held on the 25 th December 1783 was read tho answer Avhich the Grand Master had ordered to be sent to Bro . Coat ' s letter , in whioh are described the steps which , in his opinion should be taken , and in which also he promises early any further information he may
be able to procure . On the 27 th of the same month , tho G . Master is re-elected and the Officers for the year appointed . Ifc was resolved at this meeting that all travelling Warrants held under this Grand Lodge should be called in . On the 29 th of March 1784 the propriety of raising a subscription for the purpose of building a Lodge is considered , and a motion is agreed to , to the
effect that the matter should bo submitted to the several Lodges , with a view to their reporting thereon at the next Quarterly Communication . Afc a Grand Lodge of Emergency on the 16 th April 1784 , Bro . John Coats attended , and submitted a certain resolution passed at the Grand Convention of Maryland , on tho subject of a Grand Lodge for thafc State , and a Committee is
appointed to inquire whether the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania has the power to constitute a new Grand Lodge . In a note appended by tho Library Committee to the minutes of this G . Lodge of Emergency , wo read that the contemplated arrangements fell through for a time , and that ifc was nofc till the 17 fch April 1787 that a Grand Convention of tho several Lodges on the Eastern Shore of Maryland , all
holding under the Pennsylvanian G . Lodge , was held afc Talbot Court House , and then and there agreed to establish a Grand Lodge , with Bro . John Coats as Grand Master , and that on the 19 th September of the same year , tho Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania formally recognised that of Maryland . On the 17 th Juno 1784 , a Committee was appointed to devise the best way and means for accommodating tho
Lodges in Philadelphia with a house . Ifc was also agreed to issue a warrant to certain brethren , constituting them a new Lodgo , to be held at Portsmouth in Virginia . On the 26 th of the month , tho Warrant was signed and Bro . Crafts installed as W . Master . On the 29 th October , a petition was submitted from sundry brethren in Georgia , who had formed themselves into a Society , with the concur .
currence of the Lodges in South Carolina , their object being to obtain a Warrant for a Lodge to beheld at Savannah ; but the Grand Locige declined to regard them as regularly constituted , and a Committee was appointed to answer their prayer . However , on the 20 th Decern , ber , a Warrant for a Lodge , No . 42 , at Savannah , was ordered to be prepared . On this occasion it was resolved to appoint a Committee ,
and it was so appointed then and there , for the purpose of forming bye . laws and regulations for the G . Lodge ; and this being the Annual Communication , Bro . Adcock was re-elected Grand Master , and the G . Officers for the year were chosen or appointed , among the latter being Bro . H . D . Pursell G . Sword Bearer . On tbe 28 th March 1785 , a Committee , consisting of the G . Master , Dep . G . Master , and
Sen . G . Warden , was appointed , " to provide jewels for the Officers of tho G . Lodge , of such metal as they may think proper . " It was further ordered that a circular letter be sent to the Lodges in the State , inviting a subscription from each towards the purchase , if necessary , of " the House called the Lodge , in Lodge Alley , " and a list 0 subscriptions promised by No . 2 , and amounting to £ 115 5 s lOd is
appended in a foot note . A letter was afterwards read from a Lodge afc Halifax , requesting " a friendly and brotherly intercourse . " On the 21 sfc April orders were given for tho issue of a new Warrant , No . 43 , to brethren in the borough of Lancaster ; and on the 20 th June , a Warrant No . 44 , Duck Creek , ia the State of Delaware , was issued , and certain brethren received a dispensation to instal the Master and
Wardens . A communication from Bro . Webb , G . Master of Massachusetts , was referred to a Committee , and the names of the Graud Officers of Virginia— " James Mercer Esq . G . M ., Edmund Kaudolph D . G . M ., Leighton Wood G . Sec , John M . Gait Treas . "—having been received on this occasion , " the Gr . Secy , is requested to make enquiry as to their antiquity . " On the 8 th October , the thanks of G . Lodge