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Half Year ' s Disbursements : Expenditure ... ... ... ... ... £ 5 ' ° 9 Purchase of £ 200 Queensland 4 per Cent . Debentures ... 192 15 o " 703 7 9 Balance at Bankers ... ... ... ... ... £ 423 iS 10 Balance in hands of Assistant Grand Secretary ... 256 426 4 4

BENEVOLENT FUND . Balance from 30 th September , 1 SSo ... ... ... ... ... £ 289 7 3 Half-year ' s receipts ... ... ... ... •¦•£ i 3 S 5 ° Interest on Invetsments ... ... ... ... ... 32 12 1 170 17 1

£ 460 4 4 Half-Year ' s Disbursements : Grants in relief ... ... ... ... ... ... £ 25 o o Purchase of £ 200 Neiv South Wales 4 per Cent . Bonds ... 206 o o Transferred to Education Fund ... ... ... ... 86 S 6 317 S 6

Balance at Bankers ... ... ... ... ... £ ' 45 ' 5 ' ° EDUCATION FUND . Balance from 30 th September , 1 SSo ... ... ... £ 2 43 ll 7 Transferred from Benevolent Fund ... ... ... ... £ S 6 S 6 Interest on Investments ... ... ... ... ... 664 02 14 10

£ 33 6 6 5 Half-Year ' s Disbursements : Educational Grants ... ... ... ... ... £ 12 2 6 Purchase of £ 200 Cape of Good Hope 4 ^ - per Cent . Debentures 207 o o *"" 219 2 G

Balance at Bankers ... ... ... ... ... £ " 7 3 " - INVESTED FUNDS . GENERAL FUND . Canadian 5 per Cent . Debenture Bonds ... ... ... ... £ 200 o 0 New Zealand s per Cent . Consols ... ... ... ... ... Soo o 0 Cape of Good Hope 4 % per Cent . Debenture Bonds ... ... ... 200 o 0 Queensland 4 per Cent . Debenture Bonds ... ... ... ... 500 o o

£ 1700 o 0 BENEVOLENT FUND . Canadian 5 per Cent . Debenture Bonds ... ... ... ... £ Goo o o New Zealand 5 per Cent . Consols ... ... ... ... ... 400 o 0 Cape of Good Hope 4 ^ per Cent . Debenture Bonds ... ... ... 200 o o New South Wales 4 per Cent . Debenture Bonds ... ... ... 200 o o

£ 1400 o 0 EDUCATION FUND . Cape of Good Hope 4 ^ per Cent . Debenture Bonds ... ... ... £ 400 0 0 Queensland 4 per Cent . Debenture Bonds ... ... ... ... 100 o o £ 500 o o

Audited and found correct , 21 st April , 1 SS 1 , ( Signed ) THOMAS MEGGY , Auditor . G . R . PORTAL , Past G . M . M ., President . The GRAND MASTER said that in accordance with that report he now begged to move that this Grand Lodge confer on Bro . Thomas B . Whytehead , P . M ., the Past Rank of Grand Master Overseer . Bro . Whytehead

was a brother not only distinguished by great literary ability , by which great benefits had been conferred on Mark Masonry , but he was a very hardworking , good Mason . He was quite sure the brethren would all agree with him in making the appointment . Lord HENNIKER , G . M . elect , seconded Jthe motion , which was put , and carried unanimously . Bro . Thomas B . Whytehead , of York , was then invested with the insignia of his rank amidst loud cheers .

The rank of Past Master was also conferred on Bro . W . H . A . Mackninnon , No . 248 , Malta , and Bro . Wesley Francis , No . 252 , Natalia , as recommended in the report of the Board . The Rev . G . R . PORTAL , P . G . M ., moved the next recommendation that the Board be empowered to expend money on the new offices and hall in Red Lion-square , which he did not think would exceed the sum of . £ 150 or £ 200 . Bro . BERRIDGE seconded the motion , which was put and carried .

The grants of £ 10 , £ 20 , and £ 5 from the Benevolent Fund , and ^ 21 to the Girls' School were confirmed . On the motion of Lord HENNIKER , seconded by Baron ns FERRIERES , the report was received and adopted . GRAS-D SECRETARY said he had received a letter from Bro . G . Rennie

Powell , stating that under the peculiar circumstances under which Grand Lodge met that day it was not his intention to prosecute his appeal from the decision of the Provincial Grand Master of Bristol at this meeting , but he would reserve it for a future occasion . Bro . the Rev . G . R . PORTAL , P . G . M ., then conducted Lord Henniker to the Grand Master , and said : I have very great pleasure in | presenting to you

the Deputy G . Master , Bro . Lord Henniker , who has been unanimously elected by this Grand Lodge as Grand Master for the ensuing year . He is , as your lordship is well aware , a brother who has distinguished himself in every walk of Freemasonry , and has given us every reason to feel certain that in entrusting that collar which you now so well wear to his keeping , we shall be entrusting the interests and the honour of Grand Lodge to one who

will preserve the one and carry out the other to the satisfaction of the whole of our Order . I have , therefore , to present to you Lord Henniker , and to request that you will install him . The M . W . G . M . : Bro . Lord Henniker , I am exceedingly glad that the choice of the brethren has fallen upon you to be my successor in this chair .

I can assure you you will find the duties of that office by no means very difficult . You will , on the contrary , find them very pleasant , for I am glad lo say Mark Masonry is very prosperous , and Mark Masons give their Grand Master every support . I have no doubt they will do the same under your rule . From what I know of your Masonic history I am sure you will do honour to the office of Grand Master .

Lord Henniker was then formally installed , and afterwards saluted according to ancient custom . The M . W . G . M . M . M .: Most Worship ful Past Grand Master , Past Grand Masters , and brethren , I sincerely thank you for the compliment you have paid me , and for the honour you have done me , in placing me in this

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responsible position . I can assure you I do not look upon the task that I have undertaken as a very light one , although I am quite sure and quite aware , from my experience of Mark Masonry , that what your Past Grand Master said is quite true—that to work with Mark Masons is always a pleasant task . But this Grand Lodge is in a most flourishing condition , and I feel it is not very easy to follow some of the distinguished Masons who have

held the place that I now occupy . However , I know , brethren , that Mark Masters always give their hearty support to those who are placed in the position in which you have placed me to-day ; and I think I may count upon that support from the Mark Masters of England . I think I may also count on the counsel and advice of the Most Worshi pful Past Grand Masters who have preceded me . While I know , brethren , the responsibility of the

position I have taken , I cannot but look with some degree of confidence , under the circumstances which I have mentioned , to the future—that is , to the term of my office ; at all events , I can say this , that I will give place to no one among Mark Master Masons [ in my J desire for the prosperity of the Grand Lodge and for the prosperity of Mark Masonry throughout the country ; and I will undertake this , to promise you I will spare no pains during

my term of office to show 3 'ou how much I appreciate the honour you have done me by handing over Grand Lodge in , at least , as prosperous and flourishing a condition as it is at present . Brethren , I thank you . ( Cheers . ) The M . W . G . M . M . M . •- Brethren , my first pleasing duty is to invest your Immediate Past Grand Master with a jewel which is presented to him by

Grand Lodge , and I am sure you will agree with me that not only by his eminent services to Masonry in general , but to Mark Masonry and to this Grand Lodge in particular , we give him this jewel with the greatest possible pleasure and satisfaction . The Earl of Lathom , Past Grand Master , was then invested by the Grand Master with a valuable Past Grand Master ' s jewel , amidst cheers .

The Earl of LATHOM , P . G . M ., said : I thank you , Worshipful Sir and brethren , for the handsome gift you have presented to me , and I assure you I shall always wear it with pleasant recollections of the time I had the honour of ruling over this Degree . Your Grand Master , brethren , has been kind enough to say something of me , which I hope I deserve ; but I may

say I always try to do my duty in every station of life in which I may be placed , and when I am doing it in every Degree of Masonry to which I belong I am only carrying out the principle I have laid down for every-day life . I thank you most heartily . ( Cheers . ) On the motion of Bro . S . RAWSON , seconded by Bro . BROADLEY , Bro . Frederick Davison was again unanimously elected Grand Treasurer .

Bro . F . DAVISON said he was much obliged to the brethren for the honour done him by his re-election . He was happy to say lhat during the time he had held the office of Grand Treasurer the funds of the Grand Lodge had very much increased , and at the present time the Degree in its financial position was never better . The following brethren were then appointed and invested as Grand Officers for the ensuing year : » Bro . the Earl of Kintore D . G . M .

„ Lord Arthur Hill G . S . W . „ Hon . W . T . Orde Powictt G . J . W . ,, J . E . Le Feuvre -- . _ -- _ G . M . O . „ E . C . Mather G . S . O . * „ H . R . Cooper Smith G . J . O . ,, Rev . R . N . Sanderson , M . A . - - - - G . Chap .

„ Rev . H . G . Morse , M . A . G . Chap . ,, Frederic Davison -- -- -- - G . Treas . „ H . C . Levander , M . A . G . Reg . „ Fredk . Binckes , P . G . J . W . G . Sec . „ Donald M . Dewar , P . G . M . O . - - - -G . A . Sec . „ Capt . A . T . Perkins - - , - - - - G . S . D .

„ Thos . J . Pulley G . S . D . ,, C . S . Lane - -- -- - -- G . J . D . „ S . S . Partridge G . J . D . „ Henry Lovegrove - - - - - - - G . S . of W . „ Robt . Berridge G . D . of C . „ Henry Hacker G . A . D . C .

,, Thomas C . Walls -- - - -- - G . Swd . Br . „ Thomas Clark ------- G . Std . Br . „ Wilhelm Ganz G . Org . „ E . C . Milhgan G . I . G . „ W . Barkley , George Clark , E . T . Fulford , E . 1

„ Gilbert , W . Gimmingham , T . H . Glendinning , VV . I c , , „ Jeudwine , H . J . Lardner , T . Lawrence Lewis , C . Y blcwarcls - „ L . Mason , W . J . Meek , G . A . Rooks - - J These officers were then saluted in the usual form .

The brethren nominated b y the Grand Master to serve on the General Board were Bros , the Rev . G . R . Portal , M . A ., P . G . M ., President ; S . Rosenthal , C . F . Matier , Dibdin , Berridge , Thomas Cubilt , and Alfred Williams . The brethren elected were Bros . E . C . Mather , W . Roebuck , R . P . Spice , Herbert Dicketts , and R . J . Mure . Bro . BINCKES , Grand Secretary , announced that he had received letters

of apology for non-attendance from Bros , the Right Hon . Lord Holmesdale , P . G . M . ; W . Kelly , P . G . M . Leicester ; W . Bulkeley Hughes , M . P ., P . G . M . North Wales ; Capt . Charles Hunter , D . P . G . M . North Wales ; W . J . Hughan , P . G . W . ; Richard Eve , P . G . M . O . ; I . J . Hooper Wilkins , P . G . J . O . ; Rev . Daniel Ace , D . D ., P . G . C ; Rev . P . H . Ernest Brette , D . D ., P . G . Chap . ; W . Westgate , P . G . A . D . of C . ; Thomas Clark , G . Standard

Bearer ; Arthur Middleton , P . G . Swd . Br . ; W . Belcher , D . M ., P . G . Org . ; George Morgan , P . G . I . G . ; J . H . Glendinning , G . S . ; O . H . Pearson , P . G . S . ; Foster Gough , LL . D ., P . G . S . ; Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , P . G . J . W . ; G . P . Brockbank , P . G . J . W . ; Thomas Entwisle , P . P . G . M . ; C . L . Mason , G . S . ; Rev . C . W . Spencer Stanhope , P . G . C . ; Lord Leigh , P . G . M . ; G . J . McKay , P . G . S . D . ; Hon . Wilbraham Egcrton , P . G . M .

Cheshire ; Rev . T . F . Ravcnshaw , P . G . C . ; W . T . Clarke , P . G . S . ; E . T . Inskip , P . G . O . ; and Sir Francis Burdett , Prov . G . M . Middlesex and Surrey . Bro . REANY , Britannia Lodge , Sheffield , before the lodge was closed , trusted that the Grand . Master would excuse him while he invited the next moveable Grand Lodge to be held at Sheffield , at such lime as the M . W .

G . M . M . M . might think fit . The brethren of Sheffield , on whose behalf he spoke , thought that the holding of the Grand Lodge in the provinces once a year would tend to increase the popularity of the Mark Degree . The GRAND MASTER said he could assure the brother that the Grand Lodge would endeavour to meet the views of the brethren of Sheffield . The matter would be brought before the General Board , and duly considered .