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Quarterly Communication Of United Grand Lodge.

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION OF UNITED GRAND LODGE .

THE following is the bnsiness to be transacted in Grand Lodge on Wednesday , 1 st June 1887 , at 6 for 7 p . m . 1 . The minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 2 nd March for confirmation .

2 . The Minutes of the Grand Festival of the 27 th April for confirmation . 3 . Appointment and investiture of President of Board of General Purposes .

4 . Election of Members of the Board of General Purposes . 5 . Election of Members of the Colonial Board . 6 . Election of a Grand Lodge Auditor .

7 . Election of Members for the Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons .

( For list of names of the Brethren nominated for the several Boards and Committees see below . ) 8 . Report of the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which are recommendations for the following grants , viz .:

—A Brother of the "Worthing Lodge of Friendship , No . 851 , Worthing ... ... ... ... ... £ 50 0 0 The Widow of a Brother of the Harrogate and Claro

Lodge , No . 1001 , Harrogate ... ... ... 75 0 0 The Widow of a Brother of the Londesborough Lodge , No . 1681 , London ... ... ... ... 50 0 0

The Widow of a Brother ... ... ... ... 150 0 0 A Brother of the Camaledunum Lodge , No . 660 , Mai ton 75 0 0 A Brother of the Hertford Lodge , No . 403 , Hertford ... 150 0 0 The Widow of a Brother of the Neptune Lodge , No . 22 , London ... ... ... ... ... 75 0 0

A Brother of the Pimlico Lodge , No . 1772 , London ... 100 0 0 A Brother of the Lodge of Harmony , No . 272 , Boston ... 50 0 0 The Widow of a Brother of the Lodge Zetland-in-the-East , No . 508 , Singapore ... ... ... ... 50 0 0

The Widow of a Brother of the Mundy Grove Lodge , No . 506 , Shipley Gate ... ... ... ... 50 0 0 A Brother of the Lodge of Loyalty , No . 1607 , London ... 50 0 0 9 . Special Report from the R . W . Provincial Grand Master of

Devonshire—under Article 193 , Book of Constitutions—transmitting and recommending a Memorial from the Lodge Sincerity , No . 189 , East Stonehouse , for the expulsion from the Order of a Brother of the said Lodge , he having been recently convicted of felony and sentenced to five years' penal servitude .

10 . REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES . To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board have to report that there being at present no complete catalogue of the library of Grand Lodge , they have arranged for one to be prepared as soon as possible , and that in order to accommodate

brethren who may desire to make use of the library in the evening , the Board propose that it shall remain open on Mondays and Thursdays until ten o ' clock p . m ., and on other clays by arrangement .

The Board recommend that Bro . H . Sadler Grand Tyler be appointed Sub-Librarian , under the Grand Secretary , in addition to his other duties , with a salary of £ 20 a-year , in order to carry out the proposed arrangements .

The Board also recommend that in consideration of the very large increase in the Craft and Royal Arch of late years , and consequently in the duties of the Grand Secretary , and especially of the manner m which , io the unanimous opinion of the Board , those duties are

discharged , it be recommended to Grand Lodge that the salary of Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , the present Grand Secretary , be raised from £ 800 per annum , its present amount , to £ 1 , 000 per annum , and that the first quarterly paymont of such increased salary be due and payable on Midsummer Day now next ensuing .

To the report is subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodge Accounts , at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 13 th day of May instant , showing a balance in the Bank ° f England ( Western Branch ) of £ 6 , 40117 s lOd , and in tho hands of the Grand Secretary for Petty Cash £ 100 , and for Servants ' WageB £ 100 , and balance of annual allowance for Library , £ 25 6 s 3 d .

( Signed ) THOMAS FENN , President . FREEMASONS' HALL , LONDON , W . C . 17 th May 1887 .

Quarterly Communication Of United Grand Lodge.

At the meeting of the Board held on Tuesday , the 17 th of May , after the ordinary bnsiness had been disposed of , Bro . John Lawrence Mather , Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies , said that this being the last meeting of the Board prior to the election , he was desired

by the members to express their most sincere thanks to the V . W . Brother Thomas Fenu for his kindness and courtesy uniformly displayed by him on all ocoasions as President of the Board of General Purposes .

11 . APPEAL . —By Brother the Rev . Henry Watson P . M . 757 , Past District Grand Chaplain Bombay , against a ruling of his District Grand Master , refusing him permission to refer to official letters of the District Grand Seoretary when asking a question in District Grand Lodge of which he had given due notice .

12 . NOTICES OP MOTION—1 . By Brother Joseph Clever P . M . Lodge of Amity , No . 171 » Greenwioh . That the sum of £ 1000 be paid from the Fund of General Purposes of this Grand Lodge to each of the Masonic

Institutions , viz . : —The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons , the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , and the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , as a special Jubilee Offering of this Grand Lodge to further the objects of those Charities .

2 . By Brother Raynham W . Stewart P . G . Deacon . That in commemoration of the Jubilee of the reign of Her Majesty the Queen , the following donations be given

from the Fund for General Purposes : — To the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , £ 2000 , To the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , £ 2000 . To the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , £ 2000 .

3 . By Brother Raynham W . Stewart P . G . Deacon : — That the sum of £ 70 be given from the Fund of General Purposes ; that the money be placed in the hands of the Seoretary of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , to supply the inmates of the Institution at Croydon with coals during the winter season .

List of Brethren nominated for the Board of General Purposes . MASTERS .

AUGUSTUS TAYLOR DAY ... 58 HENRY SUTHERLAND , M . D . .... - 99 HUBERT L . M . HANCOCK ... 143 FREDERICK TROTMAN BENNETT ... 211 NUSSERWANJEE DOSSABHOY FRACIS - - - - 255

ROBERT GEORGE CLUTTON -- - - - 631 HENRY PRITCHARD .... . 1415 JOHN HORACE THOMPSON ... .. 1471 HENRY DICKEY .. ... 1744 WILLIAM EDWARD STEWART .... - 2000

PAST MASTERS , EDWARD TERRY - 29 RICHARD COLEMAN HALLOWES .... 33 HENRY BISHOP .. .... 66 CHARLES DAIRY ..... 141 CHARLES BELTON .-...- 165 CHARLES FREDERICK HOGARD .... 205 JAMES TERRY ... ... 228 ROBERT CLAY SUDLOW ... 263 THOMAS HASTINGS M ILLER - 907 HENRY VON JOEL ------ 957 GEORGE HUNT ..... 1009 JAMES STEVENS ...-.- 1216 THOMAS CHARLES WALLS ..... 1381 TOM DREW BEAR .... 1584 ALFRED COOPER ...... 1591 W . ALPRED DAWSON .. ... 1768 FREDERICK ERNEST POCOCK , M . D . . ... 1891 GEORGE GARDNER . . . -.- 2012 WILLIAM ALFRED S CURRAH - 2048 HOWARD HENRY ROOM - 2090 JOHN SPEIGHT CUMBERLAND ... 2128

List of Brethren nominated for the Colonial Board . JAMES BRETT . .... 177 THOMAS HENRY G ARDINER . ... . 657 THOMAS JAMES REKVES .... . 1118

THOMAS CHARLES WALLS . .. - - 1381 REGINALD ST . A . R OUMIEU .... 1537 ALBERT ESCOTT ... ... 1593 LIEUT -C OL . GEORGE H ALDANE .... 1615

List of Brethren nominated for the Committee of Management for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons . ALT RED HENRY TATTERSHALL ... . 140

CHARLES G EORGE DILLEY .... 147 JOHN EDWARD DAWSON .... 404 HUGH COTTER ... ... 554 Major ALPRED DURRANI ..... 569 CHARLES ALEXANDER COTTEBRUNE ... 733