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thoug ht it only due to those brethren who had so liberally given to the library and museum to publish their names each year . The library was now assuming large proportions , and the Board were considering how they could find room to accommodate it by a better room than it was in at present . They thought perhaps that the publication of these names , which was only due to these brethren , might stimulate others to send any contributions lo the library , in order to add to its extension . There was no resolution arising out of the report .

Bro . J AMES TERRY : M . W . G . M ., —Will you allow me to ask that a correction may be made in the report . It is stated in this report that I presented to thc library a History of the Royal Masonic Boys' Institution . It is the History of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution I had the honour

to present . Bro . THOMAS FENN : This alteration shall be made . The report of the Auditor of Grand Lodge accounts was taken as read , on the understanding that it would be printed in the report of Grand Lodge , and Grand Lodge was closed in due form .

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The Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales and the Colonies and Dependencies of the British Crown was held on Tuesday evening at Mark Masons' Hall . Bro . the Earl of Euston , D . G . M ., presided ; Bro . Baron de Ferrieres acting as D . G . M . ; Bro . Capt . N . G . Philips acted as S . G . W . ; and Bro . Sir John B . Monckton as J . G . W . Among the other brethren present were Bros . Col . A . B . Cook , A . Williams , Frederick West , J . S . Eastes , R . Loveland-I . oveland , President of the General Board ; Frank Richardson , G . Reg . ;

C . F . Matier , G . Sec . ; J . S . Cumberland , C . F . Hogard , C . H . Driver , R . Berridge , G . D . C ; Lord Ampthill , and Richard Clowes . Grand Lodge having been formall y opened , Bro . C . F . MATIER read the minutes of the Quarterly Communication of December 6 th , 1892 , which were put and conlirmed . On the motion of Bro . R . LOVELAND-LOVELAND , President , seconded hy Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON , G . Reg ., the following report of the General Board , was taken as read , and ordered to be received and entered on the minutes :

During the three months ending 31 st December , 1892 , there have been issued : Mark certificates , 301 ; total number registered , 30 , 469 ; warrants for new lodges , 5 . No . 450 , Crystal Palace , Upper Norwood . „ 451 , Bollingbroke , Battersea Rise .

„ 452 , Bective , Keswick . » 453 t West Sussex , Bognor . „ 454 , Tuscan , London . Royal Ark Mariner certificates , 75 ; total number registered , 3792 . Warrant for new Ark Mariner Lodge Excelsior , to be attached to the Excelsior Lodge , No . 359 .

His Royal Highness the Prince of VVales , M . W . Grand Master , has been pleased to appoint R . W . Bro . the Hon . Alan de Tatton Egerton , M . P ., lo be 1 ' rovincial Grand Master for Cheshire , in succession to the M . W . Bro . the Right Hon . Lord Egerton of Tatton , P . G . M ., who has for the last 20 years ruled the province with the greatest advantage to the Order ; and to re-appoint R . W . Bro . Rev . Canon Tristram , D . D ., Provincial Grand Mastcr of Northumberland and Durham , for a further period of three years .

On the consideration of an irregularity in St . Swithun s Lodge , No . 445 , where two brethren were elected joining members and appointed fo ollice , on the day of consecration , contrary to Article 136 , which provides that every candidate for joining membership of a lodge , shall be proposed at a regular meeting and balloted for at the next regular meeting , after his name has appeared in the

summons calling such meeting , the Board decided that the so-called election was null and void , and that these brethren must be proposed and balloted for in strict accordance with Article 136 , Book of Constitutions , and further that the lo ige be , and is hereby , censured for the irregularity . The Board have great pleasure in fully concurring with the recommendations of the Grand Registrar , whose report is as follows :

IN RE THE LATE PROVINCE 01 ? MIDDLESEX AND SURREY IN THE DEGREE ot ? M . M . M . The Grand Registrar begs to report that in pursuance of the resolution of Grand Lodge , on the 6 th December , 1892 , a meeting of the Executive Committee of the late Province of Middlesex and Surrey , and of the Executive Committees of the present provinces respectively of Middlesex and Surrey , was summoned to

meet at Mark Masons' Hall , Great Queen-street , W . C , on Saturday , 17 th December , 18 92 , and was attended by VV . Bro . Hammerton , P . Dep . Prov . G . M ., and three representatives of the late Province of Middlesex and Surrey ; R . W . Bro . Col . A . B . Cook , Prov . G . Master , and eight representatives of the new Province of Middlesex ; and R . W . Bro . Col . G . N . Money , C . B ., Prov . G . M .. and seven representatives of the new Province of Surrey ; by also the Grand Registrar and the Grand Secretary .

The meeting was presided over by the Grand Registrar , who having stated the object of the meeting and the reasons for which it was called , the following resolutions were unanimously passed : — 1 . Proposed by W . Bro . C . Hammerton , P . Dep . Prov . G . M . Middlesex and Surrey , seconded by VV . Bro . Newington Bridges , P . G . Stwd ., P . Prov . G . W . Middlesex and Surrey— " That the cash balance be equally divided between the present Provinces of Middlesex and Surrey . "

2 . Proposed by R . W . Bro . Sir John Monckton , J . G . W ., Prov . S . G . W . Middlesex , seconded by W . Bro . F . Mead , P . G . Stwd ., Prov . G . Sec . Middlesex— " That the votes of the Mark Benevolent Fund at present to the credit of the late province , he equall y divided between the present Provinces of Middlesex and Surrey . " 3- Proposed by W . Bro . A . Stewart Brown , Middlesex , seconded by W . Bro . C V . Hogard , P . G . Std . Br ., Surrey— "That the property of the late Provincial Crand Lodge of Middlesex and Surreyas per schedule of V . W . Bro . Gordon

, Robbins , P . P . G . Treas ., with the exception of the sword and the letter-press , be Presented to Grand Lodge . " 4- Proposed by W . Bro . C . F . Hogard , seconded by W . Bro . A . Stewart Brown ~~ " That the sword and press and the two chains ( should the latter prove to be the Propert y of the late province ) be divided between the present Provinces of

'uiddlesex and Surrey respectively , as shall be decided by the respective Provincial Grand Masters of those provinces . The Grand Registrar , therefore , respectfully submits these resolutions to Grand Lod ge , and begs to recommend them for approval . FRANK RICHARDSON , P . G . W ., G . Registrar . 4 th January , 1893 .

FUND OF BENEVOLENCE . The Board have elected on the Educational Fund , without a poll : Wilhelmenia Maud Dalton and Alice Beatrice Dalton , Doncaster . 1 he following cases have been relieved :

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Bro . J . R . F . ( Lodge No . 39 ) ^ S o 0 Miss E . P . ( daughter of a brother of No . 39 ) ... 10 o o The children of a brother of No . 39 8 10 o o Mrs . E . B . ( widow of a brother of Lodge No 377 ) 500 The Board recommend the following grants to Grand Lodge :

£ 20 to Mrs . P . N . ( widow of a brother of No . 21 S ) . . £ 20 to Bro . J . B ., of No . 6 . R . LOVELAND LOVELAND , President . FRANK RICHARDSON , Vice-President . C . FITZGERALD MATIER , G . Secretary .

Bro . R . LOVELAND LOVELAND then said he had now to move that the several recommendations arising out of the report be adopted . In that report , as every member of Grand Lodge would see , there were certain recommendations made at a meeting presided over by the Grand Registrar , and they were four in number :

, That the cash balance be equally divided between the present Provinces of Middlesex and Surrey . That the votes of the Mark Benevolent Fund , at present to the credit of the late province , be equally divided between the present Provinces of Middlesex and Surrey .

That the property of the late Provincial Grand Lodge of Middlesex and Surrey , as per schedule of V . W . Bro . Gordon Robbins , P . P . G . Treas ., with the exception of the sword and the letter-press , be presented to Grand Lodge . That the sword and press and the two chains ( should the latter prove to be the property of the late Province ) be divided between the present Provinces of Middlesex and Surrey respectively , as shall be decided by the respective Prov . Grand Masters of those provinces .

1 he chains had been found , since the report of the General Board was made , to be the property of the Provincial Grand Master and the Deputy , and therefore they were not to be disposed of b y being divided between the two new provinces . The motion he had to make upon the recommendations was : "That the Report of the Grand Registrar be adopted , and that the Grand Treasurer be , and is , hereby authorised to sign cheques for £$ i 15 s . td . in favour of the Provincial Grand Treasurer of Middlesex , and for . £ 5 2 15 s . in favour of the Provincial Grand Treasurer of Surrey .

Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON , G . Reg-., seconded the motion , and , for the information of the brethren , said that at the meeting over which he presided , by direction of the Karl of Euston , the resolutions were carried unanimously . Thc old Province of Middlesex and Surrey , as well as the two new provinces the one of Aliddlesex and the other of Surrey—were fully represented by the most prominent members of each province . The resolutions were put , and in each case carried unanimously . Therefore , he would submit lhat it was but right that this Grand Lodge should confirm what the General Board had recommended .

Bro . the Ear ! of EUSTON said that thebrethren had heard what the President and the Grand Registrar had said , and what had been proposed and recommended as to the adjustment of the funds and property between Middlesex and Surrey . He thought that the two provinces having met

together , and amicably come to such an arrangement in this equitable shape and form at the meeting presided over by the Grand Registrar , the Grand Lodge should carry the recommendation . He did not know whether any brother wished to make any remark with a view to an alteration . If no one did he would put thc motion .

I he motion was carried nem . con . The report was then adopted . Bro . EUGENE MONTEUULS : Ri ght Worshipful Deputy Grand Master and Brethren , —At the last Quarterly Communication it was my great privilege to nominate his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales as our Grand Mastcr . On this occasion it is with very great pleasure 11 ise to submit his name to your suffrages . I am quite sure it requires no recommendation on my

part , for you all know the great interest the Prince of VVales takes in Freemasonry . You all know also the great progress Freemasonry has made and thc high estimation in which it has been held since he joined it , and the great strides it has made under his sway . Therefore to say more woultl be to paint the lily and to g ild the pure gold . I therefore now propose that his

Koyal Highness the Prince of Wales be our Most Worshi pful Grand Master for the ensuing year . Bro . Lord AMI'T IIILL : I beg to second it . Bro . the Earl of EUSTON : Brethren , it is hardly necessary to put the proposal before you , but for the sake of form 1 will do it .

The motion was formally put and carried , and Bro . ROHKRT BERRIDGE , G . D . of C , proclaimed his Royal Highness duly elected Grand Master , amidst cheers . Bro . A . R . CARTER , in the absence of Bro . Gordon Miller , proposed Bro .

F . Mead as Grand Treasurer , and said it required no words of his to praise what Bro . Mead had done to forward the interests of Mark Masonry . There was certainly no one more , fit to discharge the duties of Grand Treasurer during the year than Bro . Mead . Bro . W . VINCENT seconded .

There was no other candidate , and Bro . Mead was declared duly elected .

Bro . R . LOVELAND LOVELAND said there was yet another matter to be brought before Grand Lodge . He had to ask the acceptance by Gland Lodge of a full-length painting of his Royal Highness the Grand Master , as a present from thc General Board . It was a very faithful likeness , and he w . is sure Grand Lodge would accept it . The Mark Masons would always be pleased to see their Grand Master , whom they so highly prized , if not

present in person present on canvas . Bro . the Earl of EUSTON said he thought that this Grand Lodge could not do otherwise than most heartily and thankfully accept the handsome present now offered to them from the General Board . The walls of Grand Lodge wanted covering by degrees , and there was no doubt about it that the chief person in Mark Masonry at the present moment was his Royal

Highness the Grand Master , and therefore his was the most fitting picture to begin with . It was not onl y a thoughtful and kind gift , but one which the Grand Lodge wanted more than any other on its walls . He would propose that the thanks of Grand Lodge bc presented to the General Board for the gift , and that it be accepted and placed on the walls . Bro . Capt . PHILIPS , Acting S . G . W ., said he had great pleasure in seconding the motion .

Bro . Sir J B . MONCKTON , J . G . W ., put the motion , which was carried .

Bra . the Earl of EUSTON said , I beg , Bro . Loveland , lo announce to you that the hearty thanks of Grand Lodge are given to you , which I will announce at the next general meeting . The Grand Lodge was then closed in due form .