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LONDONANDNORTHWESTERNRAILWAY. CHEAP EXCURSIONS . CHEAP EXCURSIONS will be run from London ( Euston ) , Kensington ( Addison Road ) , Willesden Junction , & c ., as follow : — On Thursday , 5 th September 1 , and Saturday , 14 th September , To Stratford on Avon , for tho half-day . On Monday , 9 th September , To Birmingham , Coventry , Leamington , Warwick , Konilworth , Dudley , Dudley , Port , Walsall , Wednesbury and Wolverhampton , for one and five days . For times , fares , and full particulars seo small bills , which can be obtained at any of the Company ' s Stations and Town Offices . FRED HARRISON , General Manager . London , August 1895 . BOOKBINDING in all its branches . Price list on application . Morgan , Fleet Works , Bulwor Road , New Barnet .

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United Grand Lodge.

UNITED GRAND LODGE

THE following is the Agenda of Business to be transacted in Grand Lodge , at the Quarterly Communication , on Wednesday next , 4 th September , at 6 for 7 p . m . 1 . The Minutes of tho Quarterly Communication of the 5 th June for confirmation . 2 . Report of the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which are recommendations for the following Grants , viz .:

—A Brother of the Waveney Lodge , No . 929 , Bungay ... ... £ 50 0 0 The Widow of a Brother of the Chrichton Lodge , No . 1641 , London ... ... ... ... ... ... 50 0 0 A Brother cf the Honor Oak Lodge , No . 1986 , Upper Norwood 50 0 0 The Widow of a Brother of the Mersey Lodge , No . 477 , Birkenhead 50 0 0 The Widow of a Brother of the Lodge of Unity , No . 183 , London 100 0 0 A Brother of tho Lodge Albert Edward , No . 1429 , Newport , Mon . 100 0 0 3 . REPORT OF THB BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES .

To the United Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board have to report that the following Presentations have been made to the Library and Museum since the last meeting of Grand Lodgo , all of which have been accepted with thanks . TITLE OR OBJECT . BY WHOM PRESENTED .

Three Old Medals . —L . F . Little Past G . Pur . Twelve volumes of Masonic Works . —James Brett Past G . Pur . Six Photographs of Masonic Certificates . —F . F . Schnitger P . M ., Sec Two Masonic Jewels . —Lennox Browne P . D . G . D . Cer . An American Tour . —John Chapman P . M . No . 1402 , & c , P . P . G . D . Devon . Minute Book of Lodges Nos . 12 and 54 , 1756-1772 . —St . Thomas ' s Lodge , No

142 . History of Harmony Chapter , No . 52 , Philadelphia . —John Curtis P . H . P . Sec , & c . An Essay on the R . A . Ceremonies . —Dr . L . M . Bonn P . M . No . 261 , & c . Historical Sketch of the Warrant of Lodge No . 7 Ireland . —Dr . Chetwodc Crawley S . G . D . Ireland .

Twenty-five volumes of Masonic Works . —Thomas Fenn P . P . B . G . Pur . Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Washington , 1858-1894 . —Hon . W . H . Upton Grand Orator . Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Maine , 1880-1894 . —Stephen Berry Grand Secretary . Some Account of a Short Tour in Canada , & c . —Henry Smith P . G . Deacon D . P . G . Master W . Yorks .

The Board also submit a Statement of the Grand Lodge Accounts at the last meeting of thc Finance Committee , held on Tuesday , the 20 th day of August instant , showing a balance in the Bank of England ( Law Courts Branch ) of £ 7 , 435 lis 2 d , and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for Petty Cash £ 100 , and for Servants' Wages , 6100 .

( Signed ) RICHARD LOVELAND LOVELAND , President Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C . 20 th August 1895 .

4 . REPORT OF THE COLONIAL BOARD . To the United Grand Lodge of England . The Board beg to report that they have received from the District Grand Master of Canterbury , New Zealand , a formal notification that the following Lodges , which had seceded from the United Grand Lodge of England and

joined the so-called . Grand Lodge of New Zealand , had , under the Authority delegated to the District Grand Lodgo of Canterbury by Art . 106 of the Book of Constitutions , been duly erased from the Roll of the United Grand Lodge of England , and that tho Warrants of the said Lodges had all been returned to the District Grand Master of Canterbury .

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The New Zealand Lodge of Unanimity ... ... No . 604 Thu St . Augustine Lodge ... ... ... 609 The Southern Cross Lodge ... ... ... 760 Tho Progress Lodge ... ... ... ... 1651 The St . George ' s Lodge ... ... ... 1856 The South Rakaia Lodge ... ... ... 1857

The Ashley Lodge ... ... ... ... 1877 The Lincoln Lodge ... ... ... ... 1918 The Malvern Lodge ... ... ... ... 1919 The Concord Lodgo .. ... ... ... 1925 The Phoenix Lodge ... ... ... ... 1959 Tho Kaikoura Lodge ... ... ... ... 2336

Tho Board havo further to report that : " The Bulwer Lodge , No . 891 " Constantinople , having returned the Warrant , and having been duly " summoned under Rule 73 , Book of Constitutions , to show cause why it " should not be erased , a letter has been received from its late Worshi pful " Master stating that the Lodge was finally closed in February 1894 , and " that the Warrant had been returned with the consent of tho Members , who " were unablo to carry on thc Lodge any longer . "

( Signed ) GEO . D . HARRIS , Chairman . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C . 6 th August 1895 .

5 . RENEWED NOTICE OF MOTION . By W . Bro . William Woodward P . M . 1920 . That a Circular be issued from Grand Lodge setting forth the scheme suggested by him , under which the Freemasons of England

would contribute to the Decoration Fund of St . Paul ' s Cathedral a sum sufficient for tho completion of the Cupola and Transepts , that the opinion of the Craft bo ascertained through such Circular , and that such steps bo taken thereafter to secure the end in view as may commend themselves to Grand Lodge .

List of Lodges for which Warrants have 'been granted b y the M . W . Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge . 2566 . —Tho Buluwayo Lodge , Buluwayo , Africa . 2567 . —The Acacia Lodgo , Meiktela , Burma . 2568 . —Thc Delavel Lodge , Newcastle-on-Tyne .

2569 . —The St . Trillo Lodge , Colwyn Bay . 2570—The Llewellyn Lodgo , Cardiff . 2571 . —The Holmes Lodge , Newcastle-on-Tyne . 2572 . —The Tyldesley Lodge , Tyldesley . 2573 . —The Corinthian Lodge , Childers , Queensland . 2574 . —The Southern Cross Lodge , Southern Cross , Western Australia .

2575 . —The Fairclough Lodgo , Mandalay , Burma . 2576 . —The Coorg Lodge , Coorg , Madras . 2677 . —The Wynberg Lodge , Wynberg , South Africa . 2578 . —The National Artillery Lodge , Piccadilly , London . 2579 . —The Lewisham Lodge , Lewisham , London . 2580 . —The Crouch End Lodge , Highgate , London . 2581 . —The Empress Lodge , South Kensington , London .

Mark Grand Lodge.

MARK GRAND LODGE

THE Quarterly meeting will be held on Tuesday next , 3 rd September , at Mark Masons' Hall , Great Queen Street , at 5 for 6 p . m ., the following being the Agenda of Business : 1 . Read and , if approved , confirm Minutes of Quarterly Communication of 4 th June 1895 . 2 . REPORT OF THE GENERAL BOARD .

•During the three months , ending 30 th Juno 1895 , there have been issued : Mark Certificates , 283 ; total number registered , 34 , 472 . Warrant for one new Lodge , 486 Star of Bethlehem , Bethlehem , Orange Free State , to be attached to the District of Natal .

Royal Ark Mariner Certificates , 78 ; total number registered , 4 , 591 . Warrant for one Ark Lodge—Abbey Lodge , to be attached to the Abbey Lodge , No . 225 . H . R . H . the Grand Master has been pleased to re-appoint for a further term of three years : —

Bro . Col . A . B . Cook as Provincial Grand Master for Middlesex . H . R . H . the Grand Master has been pleased to appoint : — Bro . the Rt . Hon . the Earl of Onslow P . G . W . Provincial Grand Master for Surrev .

Thc Board have to report that the following Warrants have been returned : ( Economy , No . 52 . Finnemorc , No . 258 . Royal Ark Mariner : Finnemore attached to No . 258 . FUND OF BENEVOLENCE .

The Twenty-Seventh Annual Festival was held at the Freemasons Tavern , on the 10 th of July , under the presidency of the R . W . Bro . the Lord Skelmersdale Past Grand Warden and Provincial Grand Senior Warden of Lancashire . The sum of £ 2 , 110 was announced as having been paid and promised—a result on which the Board have great pleasure in congratulating the Board of Stewards .

The R . W . Bro . Charles Letch Mason Provincial Grand Master for West Yorkshire has most kindly consented to take the chair at tho twenty-eighth Annual Festival , which will be held in July 1896 , and the Grand Secretary will bo happy to receive the names of Brethren willing to act as Stewards . The Board recommend to Grand Lodge a grant of

£ 25 to the Widow of a Brother of tho Henniker Lodge , No . 315 . ( Signed ) B . LOVELAND LOVELAND , President . FRANK RICHARDSON , Vice-President . C . F . MATIER , Grand Secretary .