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of the individual brethren . These points were so small that he did not think a year ' s delay should take place . The Colonies were interested . Let Grand Lodge swallow the thing one way or the other ; it did not matter which , only have a very decided hand over it . Bro . Dr . F . ERNEST POCOCK , Past Vice-Pres'dent Board of General Purposes , would like to say a few words on this point as one who had had

the honour of a seat on the Board for 10 years , and one who with many others felt a serious difficulty in judging by the number of attendances . He had noticed frequenlly that with the exception of one month in the year they all attended . They attended the same number of times as nearly as possible . There was hardly a brother who had not attended u times out of 12 . Bro . T . E . LE FEUVRE was in favour of the matter being referred back .

Bro . LOVELAND LOVELAND said he had proposed to Bro . Baskett that the retiring member should not be elig ible for 12 months on the understanding that he withdrew his amendment . Bro . THOMAS FEXN said if this was sent back it could not come on again until next Tune , and consequently there would be no Colonial Board in the

meantime . Bro . LOVELAND LOVELAND accepted the words . " one-third of the elected members shall go out of office annually and shall not be eligible for reelection for 12 months . " Bro . J . S . CUMBERLAND deprecated delay . The motion with the alteration was carried .

Bro . LOVELAND LOVELAND moved No . 4—That rule 271 be altered to read as follows : — The Board shall appoint , from amongst its members , a Committee of seven to consider all Colonial , Indian , and Foreign matters that may be referred to it , whose duty it shall be to report their proceedings to the Board at its next meeting . Such Committee to be composed as far as can be of Masters or Past Masters of Colonial , Indian , or Foreign lodges under lhe English Constitution .

Bro . W . A . SCURRAH seconded . Bro . EVE , P . G . T ., was in favour of a sub-Committee , but he thought a majority of Indian , foreign , or Coloni il brethren should be on it . He was going to propose that in case they could not find a majority of tuch brethren being members of the Board of General Purposes , they should have the power to go outside the Board lo get them—but not more than three—in

order to give the Colonies , kc , full representation . He would propose to insert before the word "such , "" a majority of , " and after the words " English Constitution "— " but in case there are not four such brethren members of the Board , the Board shall have power to appoint not exceeding hree such brethren from the Craft to act upon that Committee . " Bro . GEORGE EVERETT , P . G . T ., srronded .

Bro . PHILBRICK ventured to think Bro . live had not fully realised the power he proposed to give , which was the power to overrule Grand Lodge . There was no such power given by the Book of Constitutions to any Masonic body , not even to the Grand Master himself . He would be sorry to see the responsibility of decisions cast upon any body outside Grand Lodge . Grand Lodge did the best it could for the interests of Freemasonry

whether home or colonial , and drew no distinction . He trusted that Grand Lodge would not delegate its own powers to any other body . After some further discussion , the amendment of Bro . Eve was rejected . Bro . LOVELAND LOVELAND moved— "The Board may also appoint Committees for specific purposes , who shall report to the Board in like manner . "

Seconded by Bro . W . A . SCURRAH , this motion was , after a short discussion , carried . Lodge No . 1886 , Kokstad , Natal , was erased . Bro . PiiiLimifK , G . Reg ., brought up the appeal by Bro . George Thompson , sen ., Vice-Pres . Dist . Bd . of Gen . Purps ., Eastern Archipelago , from a decision of ihe District Gr ^ nd Master in appointing Bro . G . A .

Derrick as President of the District Board of General Purposes on the occasion of a vacancy during the year arising from the resignation of the former President . The facts of the case seemed to be that in May last , in Singapore , the District Grand Master appointed a President , who , in June , resigned , as he had occasion to leave the Colony . The District G . M . was away on leave in J ava , and did not return until August . He then appointed

anew President for the remainder of the year , the Junior Vice-1 resident . Bro . Thompson contended that the vacancy not being caused by death , the District G . M . had no power to appoint a President for the remainder of the year . Turning to Rule 82 , he found with regard to a Provincial or Dist . G . M . that by his "patent the Brother is invested with a rank and power in his particular province or district similar lo those possessed by the Grand

Matter . " When he turned to what the powers of the G . M . were in such a case , he found it mentioned thus in Rule 261 : " If the President , Vice-President , or any other member of the Board die or be removed , the vacancy shall be filled up . " If one appointed by the Grand Master , then by the Grand Master ; and if one elected by the Grand Lodge , then by the Grand Lodge at the next Quarterly

Communication . Bro ; Ihompson said that this brother has not died , and has not been removed . He had not committed any Masonic offence ; he had left the Colony , he ( Bro . Philbrick ) believed , with the best Masonic reputation . Well , was the Board 10 be without a President for the remainder of the year ? That was , in fact , the whole question . He should have thought it a fair construction of the rule , certainly , that when the

District Grand Master , who was said to have all the powers of the Grand Master , that it certainly applied to filling up a vacancy or a casual vacancy . He moved "That the appeal be dismissed , and that the decision of the District Grand Master be upheld . " Bro . Sir GEORGE D . HARRIS seconded . The motion was carried .

Bro . LETCHWORTH informed the Acting Grand Master with reference to a motion of Bro . W . 1 ' . Lamonby , which was the next business on the paper , that he had received a letter from that brother expressing his regret that he had been called away to Scotland , and would not be present to move his resolution . Bro . Sir JOHN B . MONCKTON , P . G . W .,

moved—That the sum of 200 guineas be given from the Funds of Grand Lodge towards the proposed establishment and permanent endowment of a Scholarship in connection with the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , the funds for which are now in course of being raised . He « a d £ , \ 2 < io or £ 1400 would be required for the purpose , and brethren both in 1 / ndon and the provinces were exerting themselves to get it . . £ 300 or ^ 400 h 11 I already been raised . Bro . RICHARD EVE , P . G . T ., seconded . He hoped before the end of the year the amount would be ^ 1000 ,

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The motion was carried , and the ACTING GRAND MASTER said he would take the report of the Scrutineers of the ballot for the election of Senior and Junior Vice-Presidents of the Board of Benevolence in the Grand Master ' s private room . Grand Lodge was closed in form . The following is the result of the election : Senior Vice-President Bros . Mercer , 353 , and H . Garrod , 271 . Junior Vice-President , Bros ' Cotlebrune , 370 , and Tijou , 250 .

Grand Lodge Of Mark Master Masons.

GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS

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 last , at Mark Masons' Hall Great Queen-street , W . C . The Earl of Euston , Pro G . M ., presided Bros . Viscount Dungarvan , Dep . G . M ., occupied the position of Deputy G . M ., and W . W . B . Beach , P . G . M ., was on the left of the Pro G . M . the Honorable Alan de Tatton Egerton , was S . G . W . ; and Thos . Fenn

J . G . W . Among the other brethren present , who were numerous , were Bros . R . Loveland Loveland , Richard Clowes , Baron de Ferrieres , Fredk . Mead C . H . Driver , Capt . Philips , W . M . Stiles , Richard Eve , G . Lambert , Dr . Balfour Cockburn , C . F . Matier , G . Sec . ; Gordon Miller , and others . After the Grand Lodge had been opened in ample form , the minutes of the Quarterly Communication of September 3 rd were read by the GRAND SECRETARY , and confirmed .

The report of the General Board was , on motion duly made by Bro . LOVELAND LOVELAND , seconded by Bro . GORDON MILLER , taken as read and ordered to be received and entered on the minutes .

Following upon this , by motions regularly made and seconded , the Ramsay Lodge , No . 1 S 0 , and Joppa Lodge , No . 312 , were summoned to show cause why they should not be erased , they not having met for several years , and being practically extinct . Bro . J . G . Steele , a member of the Tasmania Lodge * No . 274 , Hobart , who had been convicted of embezzlement and other offences , and expelled from Freemasonry by the Grand Lodge of Tasmania , was also expelled from the Mark Degree .

The grants recommended out of the Fund of Benevolence were confirmed , but , with respect to one of them , Bro . MONDAY drew the attention of the Grand Lodge to the fact that the brother recommended had not been a member of the Langley Lodge , No . 28 , further than that he was an honorary member . He had never been a subscribing member , and Bro . Munday wished it to be understood that this appeal for assistance for the brother had not come from that particular lodge .

Bro . LOVELAND LOVELAND said the explanation of the name of the lodge appearing in this case was that it had hitherto been the rule to place on record the name of every lodge to which the brother in question belonged . If it was thought advisable by Grand Lodge that this should not be done , the rule must be altered . Bro . MUNDAY said the brother had never subscribed to this particular lodge . He was only an honorary member .

The PRO GRAND MASTER said the name appeared on the roll as a member of the lodge ; the rule had been to put down the name of every lodge of which a brother was a member . The Report of the General Board was then adopted . Bro . R . PERCY CLOWES , B . A ., then rose and said : M . W . Pro Grand Master , —I have the honour to nominate his Royal Highness the Prince of

Wales as our Most Worshipful Grand Master for the ensuing year . His Royal Highness has done so much for Freemasonry in general and ruled in this Degree so long that I feel assured that , knowing so well , as all the brethren , do what he has done , it would be unbecoming in me to tell you what you already know . I therefore nominate his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales as Grand Master for the ensuing year .

The Earl of EUSTON said he was sure that in March next his Royal Hig hness would be elected . The Prince of Wales had always taken a keen interest not only in the Craft , but also in the Mark . ! Bro . RICHARD EVE nominated Bro . George Everett as Grand Treasurer . Bro . Everett at present held the position oi Past Grand Treasurer in the Craft , and he had performed great work in Masonry generall y , and in the

the Mark Degree particularly . Bro . H . J . LARDNEU , P . G . D ., nominated Bro . Capt . Thos . C . Walls , a brother well known in Freemasonry as a hard-working brother , not only in trie Craft and the Arch as a member of different Boards , but in other Degrees . Bro . Walls was a Past Master and the Secretary of No . 181 ; a founder , Past Master , and the Secretary of No . 211 : a founder . Past

Master , and the Secretary of No . 238 ; Past Provincial Grand Warden Middlesex and Surrey ; founder , Past Commander , and Scribe Prince Leopold , Ark Mariner ; Life Governor Benevolent Fund ; Past Master and Secretary Allied Degrees , and Past Grand Councillor ; served on General Board of the Mark Degree ; Deputy Master and for five years

T . I . M . of Grand Master ' s Council , Cryptic Rite , and Past Deputy Grand Master ; and Past Sovereign of Premier Conclave of Red Cross Order , and Past Grand General of the Order , who had served several years on the Executive Council . He thought that a brother who had found time to devote to all these offices was a brother worthy to be elected as Grand Treasurer .

Bro . A . Stewart Brown , G . J . D ., nominated Bro . Major Clifford Probyn , who was known throughout the whole of the City of London as a man ot probity and Masonic knowledge . He was a Past Master and Treasurer ol several Mark lodges , and had taken the greatest interest in the various Masonic Degrees and Orders which were not always accepted in Craft Masonry . Grand Lodge was then closed in ample form .

THE KX-1 ' KEMIKR ' S FAT STOCK AT THE BIRMINGHAM SHOW . —Lord Rosebery ' s fat stock fiom Dalmeny was the first to arrive on the show ground at Bingley Hall on the 27 th ult . It was conveyed by the Midland route , leaving Carlisle at S . 55 p . m . on the 26 th , and ariived at the Midland depot in Suffolk-street , Birmingham ( which is adjacent to the Bingley Hall ) at 6 . 37 a . m . on the 27 th . The journey occupied nine hoilrs and 40 minutes , the animals reaching their destination in first-rate condition .