United Grand Lodge Of England.

The Board of General Purposes regret to report that Bro . A . Pendlebury , Assistant Grand Secretary , and Chief Clerk in Grand Secretary's Office , has been compelled by the very serious state of his health , to tender his resignation of the latter office , after a service of upwards of 30 years . The Board , taking into account the long and faithful services of Bro . Pendlebury , unanimously recommend to Grand Lodge that he be granted on retirement a pension of ^ 400 per annum .

The Board have further to report that , on the recommendation of the Grand Secretary , they have approved the appointment to the office of Chief Clerk , about to be vacated by Bro . Pendlebury , Bro . William Lake , P . M ., Past Provincial Grand Registrar of Cornwall , and for the past eig ht years editor of the Freemason newspaper , who in the opinion of the Board possesses special qualifications for the office .

The Board recommend that the salary of Bro . W . Lake on appointment be £ 400 per annum , increising by yearly increments of . £ 20 to £ < flO per annum . The Board beg to submit to Grand Lodge the following modifications in the Book of Constitutions , which they recommend for adoption : That Rule 83 , Book of Constitutions , be altered to read as follows :

"A Provincial Grand Master must have served for the full period of five years , and a District Grand Master for the full period of three years , from the date of his installation , to entitle him to Past rank . " That the following words be inserted in Rule 87 , after the fifth line from the top of page 46 :

"A District Grand Master , if a Prince of the Blood Royal , may appoint a Pro District Grand Master , to rank immediately before the Deputy District Grand Master . " That in Rule 262 the words 5 o ' clock be substituted for 4 o ' clock . The Board have to report that the following presentations have been made to the Library and Museum since the last meeting of Grand Lodge , all of which have been accepted with thanks .

TITLE OR OBJECT . BY WHOM PRESENTED . Framed Portrait of Sir John A . Macdonald ... " ) „ „ „ J . Ross Robertson , P . G . M . S J . Ross Robertson , P . G . M ., Canada Canada J Several Photographs of Old Masonic Jewels ... Thos . Francis , P . M . No . S 04 .

Old Masonic Apron J . R . Willson , P . M . No . 1903 . Records of the Hole Crafte and Fellowship of | The A th Ed d Cond ¦ Masons . ( A History of the Masons Company > No ' ' of London ) J "Three Distinct Knocks , " with Frontispiece ... James Terry , P . G . Sword Hearer . The Life and Writings of Philip , Duke of ) Wharton . 2 vols . 1732 ... ... . ... I F j w c p . p . G . O . Devon . Catalogue of over 500 Masonic Certificates in t . ie l J collection of Bro . F . I . W . Crowe J

( Signed ) RICHARD LOVELAND LOVELAND , President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C , 21 st November , 1894 . To the Report is subjoined a Statement of the Grand Lodge Accounts at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 16 th ult , showing a balance in the Bank of England ( Law Courts Branch ) of ^ 6799 9 s . 3 d ., and balance of annual allowance for Library , 63 3 s . 4 d ., and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for petty cash . £ 100 , and for servants' wages ^ 100

9 . A report of a special meeting of the Governors and Subscribers of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemisons and Widows of Freemasons , dated 15 th November , 1894 , will be laid before Grand Lodge , in which the following proposed addition to Rule 23 , then agreed to , is submitted for approval .

A Lodge , Chapter , or Masonic Society , or any office therein , subscribing 100 guineas in one sum or in sums of not less than five guineas each , shall during its existence be entitled to 30 votes for Annuitants on the particular Fund to which the donation is paid , and the Master , or first Principal , or other officer of such lodge or chapter , for the time being , shall be a Vice- Patron of the I nsti t ution in right of such payment , and for every additional sum of five guineas thereafter

subscribed , to four votes at each election . A Lodge , Chapter , or Masonic Society , or any office therein , subscribing 200 guineas in one sum , or in sums of not less than five guineas each , shall during its existence be entitled to 90 votes for Annuitants on the particular Fund to which the donation is paid , and the Master , or First Principal , or other officer of such Lodge or Chapter , for the time being , shall be a Patron of the Institution in right of such payment , and for every

additional sum of five guineas thereafter subscribed , to six votes at each election . 10 . APPEAL BV BRO . B . O . REYNOLDS , of Lodge Pitt Macdonald , No . 1198 , Madras—Against the decision of the Board of General Purposes in Madras convicting him of un-Masonic conduct , and against the District Grand Master of Madras for having revoked a provisional warrant for a new lodge in which he was nominated first Worshipful Master .

_ H . MOTION , pursuant to notice by V . W . BRO . RICHARD EVE , Past Grand

Treasurer—What steps have been taken by the Grand Secretary or the Colonial Board to give effect to the resolutions of Grand Lodge on the 7 th June , 1893 , in respect to the Cambrian Lodge of Australia , No . 656 , and if found necessary , to move"That the Colonial Board and the Grand Secretary be instructed to take prompt

action to assist the loyal brethren of the Cambrian Lodge of Australia , No . 656 in upholding their rights , and that the Most Worshipful Grand Master be respectfully requested to use his gracious influence in inducing the United Grand Lod ge of New South Wales to give the Cambrian Lodge , No . 656 , friendly and fraternal recognition . "

Names of brethren nominated for election to the offices of Senior and Junior Vice-President of the Board of Benevolence ; Bros . James Brett , P . G . P ., as Senior Vice-President ; and Charles Alexander Cottebrune , P . G . P ., as Junior Vice-President . And none others were nominated .

Names of Past Masters nominated to serve on the Board of Benevolence : Bros . Geo . Graveley , P . M . 834 ; W . Martin , P . M . 8 79 ; Geo . R . Langley , P . M . 2381 ; Geo . B . Chapman , P . M . 27 ; Chas . Dairy , P . M . 141 ; William Fisher , P . M . 834 ; James Bunker , P . M . 115 H ; Wm . Vincent , P . M . 1194 ; Simon H . Goldschmidt , P . M . 1329 ; Robert A . Gowan , P . M . 2029 ; Robert H . Evans ,

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P . M . 1139 ; and William Kipps , P . M . 1275 . And no more than 12 were nominated . " List of lodges for which warrants have been granted by the M . W , Grand Master since the last Q uarterly Communication of Grand Lodge : No . 253 1 , The Khan Bihadur B . R ^ jkotwalla Lodge , Karachi , Stnd , East Indies . „ 2532 , The Lodge St . George , Madras , East Indies .

» 2533 , The Fitzwilliam Lodge , Peterborough , Northamptonshire . „ 2534 , The Austral Lodge , Mafeking , British B ; chuanaland , South Africa .

11 2535 , The Lodge Fellowship , London . ,, 253 6 , The Staines Lodge , Staines , Middlesex . 11 2537 , The St . George ' s Lodge , Cape Town , South Africa ( W . D . ) „ 253 8 , The Metropolitan Lodge , Cape Town , South Africa ( W . D . )

Provincial Grand Lodge Of East Lancashire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF EAST LANCASHIRE .

The half-yearly meeting of this Provincial Grand Lodge was held in the Salford Town Hall on the 23 rd ult . There w is a very large attendance of brethren of the province , more , in fact , than could be accommodated with seats . Bro . Colonel Le Gendre N . Starkie , Prov . G . Master , presided , supported by a considerable number of present provincial and past provincial

grand officers , among whom were Bros . J . Ashworth , Acting D . P . G . M . J . H . Sillitoe , P . G . W . ; J . J . Meikin , P . J . G . W . ; J . S . Doxey , P . G . C . Tom Taylor Evans , P . A . G . C . ; Thomas Stott , P . G . T . ; W . GMdthorp * P . G . Reg . ; B . T . Sutcliffe , D . P . G . Reg . ; John Chidwick , P . G . S . ; J Fisher , P . G . D . ; I . Cliffe , P . G . D . C ; F . W . Purcell , P . A . G . D . C ; R

Collinge , P . A . G . D . C ; W . Harris , P . A . G . D . C ; T . H . Williams , P . G . S . B . ; T . Pike , P . A . G . St . B . ; Robert Wrig ley , P . G . Org . ; James Newton , P . G . A . C ; R . Ashworth , P . G . P . ; W . B . Russell , P . P . A . G . D . C ; James Andrew , P . P . S . G . D . ; and T . A . Lowe , P . P . G . S . B . Among the visitors

was B . W . H . Smith , D . P . G . M . West Yorkshire . The Mayor of Silford ( Bro . R . Mottram ); E . Openshaw , W . M . 935 ; and J . W . Booth , P . M . 852 , were also present . The P . G . M ., the D . P . G . M . of West Yorkshire , and the grand officers having been saluted in due form , the roll of lodges was

called . There were only four not represented . The roll of P . G . officers was also called , and but few letters of apology for absence were read . One or two P . G . officers , not present at the last mepting at Rochdale , in May , were invested . The minutes of the same meeting were taken as read , and , after emendation , approved .

The following brethren were elected auditors of Prov . G L . accounts out of six names proposed : —Bros . J . Clarke , P . M . 37 ; T . Murphy , P . M . 271 ; and Eli Winterbottom , P . M . 17 . The report of the proceedings cf the Charity Committee was read b ) Bro . J . H . SILLITOE , and agreed to without comment .

Several notices of motion were given for consideration at the next mee'ing . An invitation to hold the next annual meeting at Denton was presented ,

at which place Provincial Grand Lodge has n-1 been held for 30 years . The PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER said he had other invitations , but all would receive due consideration . Provincial Grand Lodge was then closed .

Provincial Grand Chapter Of Surrey.

PROVINCIAL GRAND CHAPTER OF SURREY .

The annual meeting of this Provinci . l Grand Chapter was held at the Constitutional Hall , Chertsey . on Friday , the 23 rd ult ., when there was a good attendance . For several xearspast ilii meetings lave been held on the same day as the Provincial Grand Lodge , but the Grand Superintendent has determined that in future th : R jyal Arch meetings sha l be held at

various places in the province where it would be impossible to hold the Crau meetings , and thus induce a keener interest to be taken in Arch Masonry . It was originally intended to hold the present meeting at the Masonic Hall , but owing to the recent floods this was found to be impossible , and almost at the nth hour the venue was changed to t > e Constitutional Hall . Th ;

members of the St . George ' s and Abbey Chapters were equal to the occasion , and arrangements were made that conduced to a successful meeting . An interesting item of the proceedings was the presentation of a piece of p late to the Grand Superintendent by the members of the St . George ' s Chapter , over which he presided during its jubilee year .

The Prov . Grand Chapter was opened by Co Tip . Col . G . Noel Money , C . B ., G . Superintendent , supported by Comps . F . West , Prov . G . H . ; H . M Hobbs , P . P . G . J ., as Prov . G . J . ; C . C . Gibbes , P . G . Treas . ; C . Pulmin , P . P . G . Soj . ; A . Bannister , P . Z . 15-56 ; T . Clark , P . G . S . B . ; G . W . Dixon

P . P . G . S . N . ; H . Burgess , M . E . Z . 1556 ; G . C . Barry , M . E . Z . 1347 ; C . A . Itter , M . E . Z . 2246 ; G . F . Marsh ill . 440 ; S . N . Philipps , 440 ; T . W . Richardson , P . Z . 1929 ; C . Greenwood , P . G . S E . ; W . King , P . Z . 452 ; W . Scone , P . Z . 88 9 ; T . Mo ' ntague , P . Z . 889 ; | . D . Langton , P . P . G . Ktg- i

A . Lionel Scott , M . EZ . 370 ; M . Spiegel , P . Z . 199 6 ; C . T . Tyler , P . P . G J . H . C . Leigh Bennett , P . P . G . J . ; F . Harper . 2120 ; | . B . S . Lancaster P . G . S B . ; W . Cook , H . 860 ; J . M . Askham . P . G . D . C . ; W . Dixey , 2120 R . W . Wilson , M . E . Z . 2096 ; I . Webb , J . elect 2357 ; R . J . Hunt , 2120

T . Aitken , P . A . G . S . ; E . A . Brown , 2120 ; E . B . Smallpiecc , P . Z . 21 ; W . W . Lee , H . 1524 ; and many others . The minutes were confirmed , and the Audit R-port containing the following recommendations was adopted : Five guineas lo the Male and Widows Funds respectivel y of the R . M . Benevolent , livtitution ; five guineas to the R . M . Institution for Boys ; and five guineas to the R . M . Institution for Girls .