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SATURDAY , 13 th DECEMBER 1890 .

Prov. Grand Lodge Of Wiltshire.

PROV . GRAND LODGE OF WILTSHIRE .

IN the absence , through illness , of Bro . the Right Hon . Lord Methuen , Provincial Grand Master , the meeting of the Prov . Grand Lodge , which was held at the Town Hall , Marlborough , on the 3 rd inst ., was presided over b y Bro . Sir Gabriel Goldney , Bart ., P . G . W ., the Deputy Prov .

Grand Master , who was supported by upwards of fifty members of the Provincial Grand Lodge . After the roll of Lodges had been called , and the minutes of the last Provincial Grand Lodge , held at Trowbridge , had been confirmed , the report upon the Treasurer ' s

accounts was taken . This showed a balance in hand on general account , after paying the expenses of the year of £ 12 Os 2 d . It appeared from this account that not only every Lodge , but also every Chapter in the Province had sent a subscription , through the Provincial Grand

Treasurer to the Pension Indemnity Fund , which appeared to indicate that the Wiltshire brethren viewed with satisfaction what had been done by their Provincial Grand Secretary since he had served upon the Provisional Management Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys .

It appeared from the Charity accounts that a balance of £ 88 2 s 3 d remained in hand , after the payment of grants of £ 21 to the Girls' School , and £ 10 10 s to the Boys' School during the year . It was resolved , out of this balance to

make a grant of £ 31 10 s to the Boys' School , and to make such an addition to the investment in Consols as would bring up the invested fund to an even sum of £ 300 Consols .

The Provincial Benevolent Fund account appeared to be steadily increasing , and as there was no drain upon it , the Provincial Grand Treasurer was instructed to add the £ 59 3 s 3 d shown to be in hand to the existing fund , thus bringing up the Stock held on this account to upwards of £ 550 .

The P . G . Registrar ' s report , which had been printed , was taken as read , and adopted , witb a vote of thanks to Bro . Foley for the trouble ho had taken in its preparation . The D . P . G . M . then moved , the adoption of the report of the Provincial Benevolent Fund and Charitv Orearrisatirm

Committee , and in so doing tendered to Bro . Henry Kemble the Provincial Steward at the last Festival of the Royal Masouic Institution for Girls , and to Bro . Bevir , the acting Charity Secretary of the Province , the thanks of the

members of P . G . Lodge . The report was adopted nem con . The D . P . G . M . then addressed the brethren , and alluded to tbe regi-efc with which every Wiltshire Freemason would

receive the news of Lord Methnen ' s illness , and promised to convey to his lordship the kind expressions of the brethren . He went ou to say that he regarded with much

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satisfaction the substantial funds being built up in the Province as shown by the P . G . Treasurer ' s accounts just presented , and said that such funds would become general in all well-managed and carefully administered Provinces . He further referred to the re-organisation of the R . M . I . B .,

and thought that the Province was indebted to Bro . Bevir for having served upon the Provisional Management Committee . He expressed a hope that it would at no distant date be found practicable to do something further

for promising boys at the Institution by supplementing tho education given at the School by Exhibitions at South Kensington or something of that kind , by which lads of ability might get a good start , and have a chance of rising to prominonco .

All offices having beeD declared vacant , Brother F . H . Goldney was re-eleeted P . G . Treasurer , and Brother W . Dean P . G . Tyler . Bro . John Savory , the late P . G . Tyler , who has held the office since 1869 , was present at the Prov . Grand Lodge ,

and as a mark of the respect and esteem entertained for him by his brethren , a grant of £ 5 5 s was directed to be paid to him from tbe General Fund , for which mark of good feeling to him Bro . Savory expressed his thanks . The new Jaws of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys

were then referred to by Bro . F . H . Goldney , and upon his pi'oposition , seconded by Bro . B . H . Watts , tho Provincial Grand Lodge nominated Bro . Bevir , on behalf of the Province , as a candidate eligible for election in April next upon the Board of Management to be then constituted .

A slight alteration was made in the by-laws of the province by providing that the P . G . S . E . of the P . G . R . A . Chapter of Wilts should be a member of the Charity Committee , and thus ensure the Charity work of the province in both Craft and Arch Masonry being carried on upon the same lines .

The following Officers were then appointed and invested : —

B . H . Watts ... Senior Warden W . T . Briscoe Junior Warden Rev . W . Gardiner Chaplain F . H . Goldney Treasurer R . "W . Merriman Registrar

Harry Bevir Seoretary W . S . Bambridge Senior Deacon John Rurabold .., ... ... ... Junior Deacon F . A . Brooks-Hill Snpt . of Works John Chandler , Dir . of CerB .

J . K . Read Assist . Dir . of Cera . G . North Sword Bearer Richard Dean Pursuivant W . H . Godding ... : Staudard Bearer G . J . Hibbard ... *\

G . M . Wilson ... ... ni , E . Cruse > Stewards H . Reeves ... ) Wm . Dean Tyler

After the close or the Lodge between thirty and forty brethren sat down to the banquet , at which Brother Sir Gabriel Goldney presided . The usual Masonio toasts were duly honoured , and the

pleasures of the evening were much added to by the excellent musical programme arranged by Bro . Bambridge . The whole of the arrangements for the reception of tho Provincial Grand Lodge were carried out in a capital manner by the members of 1533 .

Bro . James Stevens P . M . and P . Z . will lecture on tho Ritual and Ceremonial of the Symbolic Degrees in Freemasonry in The Great City Lodge , No . 1426 , Bro . C . T . Smith W . M ., at the Cannon Street Hotel , E . C , this ( Saturday ) afternoon , at 4 p . m . ; at the Masonic Hall , Derby ,

under tho united banners of the Tyrian Lodge , No . 253 , and the Arboretum Lodge , No . 731 , on Friday next , the 19 th inst . ; and in the New Cross Lodge , No . 1559 , Brother C . N . Mclntyre North W . M ., at the Portland Hotel , Greenwich , on Tuesday , the 13 th January .

HOLIOWAV ' S Pitts . —Tho Great Need . —The blood is tho life , and on its purity our health , ns well as our existence , depends . These Pills thoroughly cleanse tho vital fluid from all contaminations , aDd by that means strengthen and invigorate tho whole system , healthily stimulate sluggish organs , repress overexcited action , and establish order of circulation and secretion throughout

ovary part -of . the body . The balsamic nature of Hoiloway ' s Pills exercises marvellous power in giving tone to debilitated and nervous constitutions . Tlie 30 Pills dislodgo all obstructions , both in the bowels and elsewhere , and ava , r n th-it -. iccouct , much sought alter lor promoting regularity of action in young fomales and dolicate persons who aro naturally weak , or have from suuio cause bteoino so .