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the majority . I am sure this Grand Lodge , under tho happy circumstances whioh have been detailed , wishes God speed to the newly , established Grand Lodge—that its foundation may be the foundation of healing all Masonic strifes and differences , and that great colony ,

separated from us by the breadth of the whole globe , may show by its future history how great , how universal the acceptance of tho doctrine of Masonry , and thafc this one of the offshoots of the Grand Lodge of England may be a worthy scion ot * its parent . I have the greatest pleasure in seconding this motion .

The resolution having been unanimously approved of , the Earl of Carnarvon said : Brethren , —Before this subject passes away I havo n further communication to make from His Eoyal Highness , our illustrious Grand Master , which I could not have properly made to you until

that vote was taken . The new Grand Lodge of New South Wales has requested His Eoyal Highness to consent to become fche Patron of the Grand Lodge . It is an honorary title , but it marks the feelings of loyalty and affection on the one side , and fche position whioh His

Royal Highness ought fco occupy on the other . I rejoice to think that His Royal Highness has assented to the request of the New South Wales Grand Lodge , and that as he has become Grand Patron in South Australia so he will be Grand Patron in New South Wales .

Bro . Sir J . E . Gorsfc , Q . C ., Under-Secretary of State for India , W . M . Drury Lane Lodge , then addressed Grand Lodge : —

Most Worshipful Pro Grand Master and Brethren , —I rise for the purpose of nominating our present Illustrious and Most Worshipful Grand Master , His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , as Grand Master for the ensuing year . The task which has on this occasion devolved upon me becomes every year in one sense au easier , but in

another sense a more difficult one for the brother who has to propose ifc . Ifc is easier , because as years go by the services which his Royal Highness , has rendered to onr Craft become more conspicuous and more widely known ; and , therefore , tbe brethren of the Grand Lodge require no argument to induce them to confer npon His

Royal Highness the position of Grand Master for another year . But it is more difficult , because the brother who is entrusted with the duty of making this nomination has more difficulty in discovering anything new which he c in urge upon the brethren , and he is in this somewhat embarrassing position of having to

recommend his Royal Highness in the presence of men far more cognisant of the services which his Royal Highness has rendered and of the qualifications which he has for the high office than the brother who has fche nomination to make . I will , therefore , on this occasion confine myself simply to reminding fche brethren of the past ,

and looking forward for one moment to the future . I remind the brethren of the past example whioh H . R . H . has set to others , whioh has tended BO greatly to the spread of our Craft during the last few years , not only in England and Scotland , but in the Colonies of the English-speaking races throughout the world ; and I remind

the brethren of the devotion to the Craft , and to the principles of Masonry , which his Royal Highness has in so many conspicuous instances exhibited ; and then I look forward for a moment to the futnre , and I am sure I am expressing the feelings and wishes of

© very Mason throughout tbe English-speaking world , when I say that we hope that His Royal Highness will long be spared to take this office upon him year by year , and that ifc may be a long time before Freemasons have to go further afield and have to look for any other than his Royal Highness for their Grand Master .

The Earl of Carnarvon being obliged to retire early , as he was leaving England the next morning , now left the Lodge , being saluted with loud cheers as he passed down the Temple . Bro . W . W . B . Beach having assumed the chair , Bro . Sir J . R . Somers Vine W . M . Savage Club Lodge , No . 2190 , rose and said :

Ifc is my great privilege , as fche selected representative of a large and influential Committee , numbering over 700 members of the Craft , and comprising brethren resident iu all parts of the country , to nominate , for fche high office of Grand Treasurer for fche ensuing year , a brother whom I believe to be nnivsrsally known , highly esteemed ,

and eminently qualified to discharge the important duties of that position ; I allude to Bro . Edward O'Connor Terry . That brother , Most Worshipful Grand Master in tbe chair , entered the ranks of Masonry more than 20 years ago ; he was initiated in the Royal Union Lodge , Uxbridge , No . 382 ; joined the Asaph Lodge , No . 1319 ,

which most of our brethren may know is a Lodge composed mainly of professional gentlemen connected with the liberal arts and sciences , in which he served all the offices , and was installed W . M . in 1877 . He also joined the St . Alban ' s Lodge , No . 29 , of whioh he a Past Master . He is a member of the Savage Club Lodge , of which

I am afc this moment in the proud position of being Worship . ful Master ; he has been Treasurer for the last two years . Brother Terry is also a Past First Principal of fche Asaph Chapter , and was appointed a Grand Steward in 1885-86 , and has been two years a member of the Board of General Purposes ; he is a

Vice-President of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , and Life Governor of the two other Masonic Institutions ; he has also served the office of Steward eight times . That , M . W . Sir , I think is a Masonic record which would commend itsolf to any brother . Bufc , apart from all Masonic associations , I venture to assert that the

public and private life of Bro . E . O'Connor Terry is such as should commend him to the unanimous suffrages of the brethren in Grand Lodge . For several years past he has occupied positions of public trust , and he has discharged the duties appertaining to those positions in a

manner which has reflected credit on him as a patriotic citizen . He has also the pleasure of being , among those who have his private acquaintance , a most consistent friend , and , therefore , as I said before , in public and in private life he has shown those attributes

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which are essential to a good Mason . On those grounds , M . W . Grand Master , I beg to nominate him for the office of Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year . Bro . Ferguson P . M . Domatic Lodge , No . 177 , next ; addressed Grand Lodge as follows :

Most Worshipful Grand Master in tho chair , Grand Wardens , Grand Officers , and Brethren , —I have also to nominate adistinguished Mason for the office of Grand Treasnrer of Grand Lodge , a brother who has worked justly and honestly in Masonry for 30 years j one who has worked in founding Lodges , and in keeping those Lodges

going in a manner that they have been enabled to supply large sums of money fco the Charities . He is not only a brother who exercises charity in general , bufc he is forward in promoting the s ^ ime virtue in others . I have very great pleasure in proposing Bro . Georg * Everett , Past Master and Treasurer of the Domatio Lodgo ; Founder

and Past Master of the Kennington Lodge , No . 1381 ; Founder and Past Master of the Kilburn Lodge , No . 1608 , and about seven years its Treasurer ; Founder , Past Master , and Treasnrer . f tho Chiswick Lodge , No . 2012 . He has not only laboured in Craft Masonry hut also in the Royal Arch , whore he is Past Z . of the Roso of Denmark

Chapter , No . 975 ; Past Z ., Founder , aud Treasurer of the Kennington Chapter , No . 1381 . Bro . Everett has served the offic _ of Steward five times ; he has been the means , as a member of the Lodges with which he has been connected , in subscribing money which they might not have done , and had not done until he was their

Treasurer , one of them being the Domatio Lodge , and by the example that he has shown , the brethren themselves have supplied far more to the funds of Grand Lodge of England . He has also made himself a Vice-President of each of the three Masonic Charities . I think a record of services like that shows that this brother is

worthy of being elected Grand Treasurer . I havo been deputed by tbe brethren of the various Masonio bodies with which he has been connected to represent to you thafc we have a perfectly worthy brother among us , one whose merits have been pretty well explained

by what he has done . I might say that he is an independent man ; free from the anxieties and cares of business ; and with these qualifications , as I have laid them before you , I am sure you will think him a proper person for the office of Grand Treasurer .

Bro . Beach having inquired whether there was any other nomination for the office ? and receiving no reply , said the next business was the appointment and investiture of the President of the Board of Benevolence , to which office

the Most Worshipful Grand Master had appointed Bro . Robert Grey . Brother Grey P . G . Deacon was then re-invested as President of tho Board of Benevolence amidst loud applause , after which the acting Grand Master

announced that Bro . James Brett P . G . P . had been reelected Senior Vice-President , and Bro . Charles Alexander Cottebrnne P . G . P . Junior Vice-President of the Board

and thafc the brethren whose names we gave last week were elected the twelve Past Masters to serve thereon . The recommendations of the Board of Benevolence for grants from Grand Lodge having been

approved of , the report of the Board of General Purposes was adopted . Bro . John F . H . Woodward , P . Grand Sword Bearer , in

moving the proposition standing in his name , said : — As far as he was aware , this was the only rule in the Book of Constitutions that worked badly . Iu his Province of Middlesex several Secretaries of Lodges had written to him to know what course they should take . The rule , as at present framed , threw on the Master

and Secretary of a Lodge the onus of proving thafc a brother summoned had received the notice , and if he appealed to the Board of General Purposes , the Board would rightly require the Secretary to prove fche brother had received the notice in accordance with the requirements . If fche notice when posted was registered , that would be proof .

Bro . Beavis seconded the motion , upon which Bro Brackstone Baker said he objected to tinkering fche Book of Constitutions . If there was any difficulty about Rule 210 , Rule 211 would set ifc right . If a brother could show he never had notice , he could not be excluded . If

he was excluded he could appeal , and the Board of General Purposes would reinstate him . Bro . Philbrick advised the brethren not to make the alteration , and Bro . T . Fenn supported , after which the motion was put , and lost . Bro . Philbrick brought up an appeal by the Star in fche East

Lodge , No . 918 , Queenstown , South Africa , against a

ruling of the District Grand Master of South Africa ( E . D . ) cancelling a sentence of exclusion passed by the Lodge on a brother for alleged Masonic offences . The brother in question had been excluded by his Lodge because he

belonged to , and was the Master of , a Scottish Lodge in the same district , and had said he should induce candidates a d joining members to join thafc Lodge . The District Grand Master cancelled the sentence of exclusion , aud the

Lodge appealed . Bro . Philbrick advised thafc fche appeal should be dismissed . There was nothing un-Masonic in a brother in an English Lodge being a member of a Scotch or Irish Lodge Bro . Fenn seconded the motion , and the appeal was dismissed , fche District Grand Master's decision

being upheld . Grand Lodge was then closed .