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has M . D ., R . N . ; Frederick Mead , Thomas George Bullen , James Rt . Henry Garrod , William Henry Ferryman , and David Dixon Mercer . The following grants by the Board of Benevolence were then confirmed : The wirlcw of a brother of the Lodge of Unity , No . 13 : 12 , Crediton £ 50 o o The widow of a brother of the Tees Lodge , No . 509 .

Stockton-on-Tees ... ••••••¦¦¦ •¦••¦••¦•5 ° ° ° A brother of the Mount Lebanon Lodge , No . 73 , London ... 50 o o A brother of the Doric Lodge , No . 1193 , Wymondham ... ... 50 o o A brother of the Glamorgan Lodge , No . 3 6 , Cardiff ... ... 50 o o A brother of the Lodge of Perseverance , No . 213 , Norwich ... 100 o o A brother of the Doric Lodge , No . 933 , London ... ... .. 50 o o The widow of a brother of the St . Martin ' s Le Grand Lodge , No . London 50 0

153 S , ... ... ... ... ... ... o A brother of the Tuscan Lodge , No . 14 , London ... ... 50 o o The widow of a brother of the Merchants'Lodge , No . 341 , Liverpool 50 o o A brother of the Amity Lodge , No . 137 , Poole ... ... ... 50 o o A brother of the Lebanon Lodge , No . 1326 , Feltham ... ... 50 o o The widow of a brother of the Derwent Lodge , No . 40 , Hastings ... 50 o o A brother of the Witham Lodge , No . 297 , Lincoln ... ... 50 o o A brother of the Villiers Lodge , No . 1194 , Hampton Court ... f > o o o

The following report of the Board of General Purposes was taken as end and ordered to be received and entered on the minutes : To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient PVee and Accepted Masons of England . The Board of General Purposes beg to submit a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts , at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on of instant balance in the Bank of

Friday , the 17 th day May , showing a England ( Western Branch ) of £ 5863 7 s . 2 d ., and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for petty cash £ 100 , and tor servants' wages £ 100 , and balance of annual allowance for library . £ 10 4 s . id . ( Signed ) THOMAS FENN , President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C , 21 st May , 1889 .

At the meeting of the Board held on Tuesday , the 21 st May , after the ordinary business had been disposed of , the following resolution was passed , viz . : — That the cordial thanks of the members _ of the Board of General Purposes be given to V . W . Brother 1 homas Fenn , the President , for the very able and courteous manner in which he has presided over the meetings of the Board during the past year .

( Signed ) CHARLES BELTON , Vice-President . Bro . T HOMAS FENN said there was no proposition arising out of this report . Bro . BEACH : Brethren—Bro . Fenn has stated that there is no proposition arising out of the minutes of the Board of General Purposes , and I quite

agree with him ; but I think there is a circumstance stated in those minutes which , though no doubt it is before various members of Grand Lodge , ought not to pass without some statement , and that is the resolution which is at the end— " That the cordial thanks of the members of the Board of General Purposes be given to Very Worshipful Bro . Thomas Fenn , the

President , for the very able and courteous manner in which he has presided over the meetings of the Board during the past year . " ( Hear , hear . ) There can be only one opinion as to the justness and appropriateness of the resolution of the Board of General Purposes . ( Hear , hear , and applause . ) Bro . RAYNHAM W . STEWART , next moved , and Bro . H . GREENE

seconded , the following resolution : That the sum of £ 70 be given from the Fund of General Purposes ; that the money be placed in the hands of the Secretary of the " Royal Masonic benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , " to supply the inmates of the Institution at Croydon with coals during the winter season .

The motion was carried , and Bro . BEACH said he would take the report of the Scrutineers of votes in election of the Board of General Purposes in his own room , as it had not yet arrived . Grand Lodge was closed in form .

The following is the result of the ballot for members of the Board of General Purposes : Bros . T . Hastings Miller , W . M . 2192 ; Lennox Browne , W . M . 2256 ; W . A . Scurrah , W . M . 167 ; Capt . T . C Walls , W . M . 16 56 ; E . C . Mulvey , W . M . 179 ; Gordon Smith , W . M . 14 ; J . L . Alex . Monckton , M . A ., W . M . 197 ; George Gardner , W . M . 2309 ; F . E . Pocock , M . D ., P . M . 1891 ; Joseph D . Langton , P . M . 2096 ; George Read , P . M . 511 ; Tom Drew Bear , P . M . 1584 ; ' William G . Lemon , P-M . 165 ; and Henry Pritchard , P . M . 1415 .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of East Lancashire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF EAST LANCASHIRE .

The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of East Lancashire was held on the 20 th ult ., in the National Schools , at Newchurch , Rossendale . The tranquillity Lodge , 274 , under whose banner the assembly was held , celebrates its centenary in the present year , so that there was a special reason for the visit of the Provincial Grand Lodge to the locality .

There was alarge attendance of Provincial Officers , Present and Past , Masters and Wardens , and brethren of the Craft . Bro . Col . Le Gendre N . Starkie , Prov . G -M ., presided . In the absence of Bro . George Mellor , the chair of the Deputy rovmcial Grand Master was occupied by Bro . C . R . N . Besvvicke-Royds , and Bro . J- Heelis and Bro . J . J . Meakin were in their respective positions as Senior and Junior Prov . G . Wardens .

n tfte lod ge roll being called it was found that 96 out of the 9 8 lodges in the Province were represented . " the unavoidable absence of the Prov . Grand Treasurer , Bro . Major Allison , s report was read by Bro . J . CHADWICK , Prov . Grand Secretary . The balancetl i , we < * that the receipts for the year , including a balance of . £ 279 us . gd . in ank at its commencement , amounted to __ C 9 li 15 s ., and that , after meeting the V noiture , a balance remained in the bank and the Prov . G . Secretary's hands of * S 6 s . 8 d .

th » " motion of Bro . J . STUDD , 173 , seconded by Bro . W . R . SOWTER , 815 , The ° rtWaS ad 0 ptedj-j e . R 0 V - GRAND SEqRETARY read a report as to the state of the province . here had been an addition during the year cf one lodge ( the Thornham ,

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2279 ) , bringing up the total number of lodges to 98 . The total number of members on the books was 4316 , or an increase of 202 over the total of last year . But the figures as to resignations , exclusions , and members in arrear were such as to

indicate the lodges had not been exercising that vigilance which ought to be exer ? cised with the object of admitting only men of such character as the Masonic . Order was meant to include . It was highly important that this point should he . closely attended to .

On the motion of Bro . J . E . BARKER , seconded by Bro . SOWTER , Bro . J , W . Edwards , 317 , was unanimously elected Treasurer , the nomination of Bro . George Hunt , 1009 , made at the November meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge , being with *

drawn in his favour . Minutes of the proceedings of the Charity Committee were read , They recorded that Bro . J . Heelis had been elected , in place of the late Bro . J . A . Birch , to be Chairman of the Committee .

Bro . E . C . HARWOOD , P . P . G . W ., Treasurer of the Chanty Committee , said that during the past year there had been elected to the London Institutions two boys , two girls , and three old men , and in the present year a boy , two girls , and two old

men . Bro . J . H . SILLITOE seconded the adoption of the report , and also moved a vote of condolence with the family of the late Bro . J . A . Birch . The PROV . GRAND MASTER , in seconding the vote of condolence , said that from the time he entered Masonry in this province up to the time of the decease

of their late Bro . J . H . Birch , he had never found anyone so zealous , true , honest , and right-minded in striving for the benefit of Freemasonry and of the cause of Charity . Bro . Birch was a power of strength to the province , and he not only made his weight felt there , but in London he very greatly added to the prestige of their own large and influential branch of the Fraternity . To him , and to a few

others who , like him , had now passed away , was due the institution of their present local systematic Institution for charitable purposes . That had become a great Institution , and for its future sucess it was to be hoped that the mantle of Bro , Birch would fall upon others who would be actuated by the example of his character and his deeds .

The vote of condolence was carried , as also was the resolution accepting the Committee's report . On the motion of Bro . HEELIS , Prov . S . G . W ., seconded by Bro . HARWOOD , the sum of £ 50 was voted in aid of the East Lancashire Systematic Masonic Educational and Benevolent Institution .

Bro . W . NICHOLL , P . P . G . Treas ., brought forward several motions of which he had given notice , relating to rules and to the work of the Secretary , but they lapsed for want of seconders , or were withdrawn . The appointment and investiture of Provincial Grand Officers were then carried out in the following order :

Bro . J . O . S . Thursby , 1064 ... ... ... Prov . S . G . W . „ N . A . Earle , 62 ... ... ... ... Prov . J . G . W . , Rev . E ; Bigoe Bagot , 62 ... ... ¦ .. ) n n ni . , . Rev . E . T Wigg , 2279 j Prov . G . Chaps . „ J , W . Edwards , 317 ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Treas . „ W . S . Boddington , 12 53 ¦••' ••••¦•Prov . G . Reg . „ J . Chadwiek ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Sec . „ H . Lees , i 8 SS ... ... ... ... Prov . S . G . D . „ E . Hardman , 274 ... ,,, ,., ,,. Prov . S . G . D . „ W . T . Schofield , 1219 ,.. ... ... Prov . [ . G . D . „ J . Buttervvorth , 3 6 7 ... ... ... ... Prov . J . G . D . „ F . A . Huet , 100 9 ... ... ... ... Prov . G . S . of W . „ Thomas Woodcock , 191 ... .,, ,,, Prov . G . D . C . „ C . E . Collingwood , 298 ... ... ,,, Prov . D . G . D . C . „ S . D . Priestley , 219 ... ... ,,. ... Prov . A . G . D . C . „ Charles Brierley , 42 ... ... ,., .,, Prov . G . Swd . Br . „ W . O . Pettitt , 1055 ... ... ... .., Prov . G . Org . „ J . Newton , 37 ... ... ... ... Prov . A . G . Sec . „ J . Bridgeford , 10 77 ... ... . ... Prov . G . Purst . „ W . Cartwright , 633 ... ... ... ... Prov . A . G . Purst . „ H . Taylor , 286 ... ... ... .., •) „ „ J . W . Thompson , 1534 ... ... ... j Prov- G" Std Brs " „ K . M'Lean , 1030 ... ... ... . ,., ~ \ ,, Capt . E . G . Lingard , 10 3 ... ,,, ,., I „ J . Cookson , 1030 ... ,,, ,., •••io r c 4 „ J . H . Edmondson , 274 ... ... j- Prov . G . Stwds . „ A . Law , 2 74 ... ... ... ... I ,. J . Taylor , 2 74 ... ... ... ... I

After the closing of the Prov . Grand Lodge , a special service was held at the Parish Church , Bro . the Rev . E . Bigoe Bagot , Prov . G . Chap ., being the preacher , In the evening there was a banquet at the Boar ' s Head Hotel .

Consecration Of The Viator Lodge, No. 2308.

CONSECRATION OF THE VIATOR LODGE , No . 2308 .

An addition was made to the roll of London lodges by the consecration of the Viator Lodge , No . 2308 , at Anderton's Hotel , Fleet-street , on Saturday , the ist inst ., in the presence of a large and distinguished bod y of Masons . The Consecrating Officer was Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , P . G . D ., G . Sec , assisted by Bros . Chas . Belton , G . D . D . C , as S . W . ; C . F . Matier , P . G . S . B ., as J . W . j Rev . G . W . Weldon , P . G . Chap ., as Chap . ; Frank Richardson , P . G . D ., as D . C ; and G . P . Britten , as I . G .

The founders of the new lodge are Bros . Harry Nelson Price , P . M . 177 , W . M . designate ; Ernest A . G . Smith , S . W . designate ; Wm . Thos . Buxton , J . W . designate ; Albert E . Kay , Frank Smith , James Stephens , P . M . ; Thos . Morris , W . J . Ferguson , P . M . ; J . L . Lowe , J . Higgs , H . Hobbs , Albert C . Stephens , A . Banks , Chas . Naylor , Wm . Drew , W . M . 733 ; and W . Chappie . The visitors present included

Bros . J . C . Macglashan , D . G . M . Jamaica ; A . P . Bennett , P . M . 160 S ; C . Bonelt , 1656 ; R . Harvey , W . M . 177 ; H . Sadler , G . Tyler ; T . W . Morris , 97 ; Charles Plant ; W . Brindley , P . M . 1604 ; J . Simpson , 177 ; A . Cranch , P . M . 1216 ; E Bowles ; E . Home , P . S . G . W . Oxon ; J . J . Thomas , W . M . 753 ; P . J . Ward , P M 1541 ; H . Ponking , S . D . 1 S 87 ; G . K . Pugh , I . G . 1625 ; W . J . Mason , S . W . 2246 ; J . Hughes , S . D . 1897 ; J . Haxell , 177 ; G . P . Britton , P . M . 1 S 3 : V . Turner . PJvI .

72 ; J . Welford , P . M . ; V . Straw ; S . R . Walker , 733 ; J . Cumming , 7-11 ; C . f . Biorn , I . P . M . 733 ; G . W . Ruffle , S . W . 1581 ; C . F . Lewis , 2184 ; W . Shurmur , P . M .: W . D . Church , J . W . 1813 ; W . Holloway ; T . B . Dodson , P . M . 860 ; R . H . Dillon , P . M . 1567 ; G . Gregory , P . J . G . D . Middx . ; C . H . Hunt , P . M . 1425 ; J . E . Spurrell ' l . W . 177 ; H . J . Dutton , 1706 ; Wakefield Reed , 2187 ; A . C . Weston , 1929 ; W . Jeffrey , 1307 ; G . Everett , P . M ., Treas . 177 ; C . Naylor , P . P . G . R .: F . J . Laughlin , Org . 1365 ; and W . W . Lee , 1897 . J 5 '