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Annual Communication Of The Grand Lodge Of Canada.
Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Canada .
0 X Wednesday afternoon , July 17 th , the forty-sixth Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Canada was convened in the Court Room , Hamilton , in the Province of Ontario . There Avere present 8 43 delegates , representing a total vote of 1 , 444 , and the Committee on Credentials reported 3 62 Avarrantecl ledges on the roll .
Ihe annual address of the Grand Master , M . W . Bro . Htmgerford , proved of keen interest . It opened with a touching reference to the death of Queen Victoria and to the installation of the successor to His Majesty King Echvard as Grand Master of the Freemasons of England . He then read the following message , which had been cabled at
midnight : — " The Grand Lodge of Canada , in session assembled , on behalf of thirty thousand Freemasons and British subjects , congratulates the mother Grand Lodge of the Avorld on the installation of a Avorthy successor to the great Craft ruler who
has passed from your Grand East to the Throne of a united Empire . " Later the Grand Master also read a reply , which had been received from the Grand Secretary of England , as folloAvs : —
" His Royal Highness and Grand Lodge received congratulations of Grand Lodge of Canada with greatest satisfaction , and most heartily reciprocate good wishes . " The incident evoked the greatest enthusiasm . The Masonic situation in the Province of Quebec was referred to and the hope expressed that the three lodges in
the City of Montreal , which until recently had all held . allegiance to the Grand Lodge of England , Avould see their Avay to affiliate with the Grand Lodge of that province . One—the St . LaAvrence—had already done so . The Grand Master recommended the withdraAval of the
wan-ant of the Royal Solomon Lodge , No . 293 , Jerusalem , Palestine , which had been warranted in 1873 by M . W . Bro . Mercer Wilson , the then Grand Master . There Avas a strong feeling amongst the membership that it was impossible to
properly supervise the work of a lodge at such a distance . Accordingly the Board of General Purposes rescinded the charter . The Grand Master thought it Avas necessary to have a neAV division of the districts of the jurisdictions , and concluded by recommending the recognition of the Grand
Lodges of Western Australia and Porto Rico , and the postponement of the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Costa Rico until the receipt of further information . The reports of the various committees of the Board sliOAved a prosperous condition of Masonry throughout the
jurisdiction ; 137 applicants for relief had received grants amounting in the aggregate to ^ 2 , 500 , and warrants were granted to several new lodges . The receipts of the year amounted to $ 23 , 499 , and with balance in the bank and investments , the total assets amount
to $ 9 8 , 34 8 . The honorary rank of Past Grand Registrar was conferred upon R . W . Bro . Alexander Patterson , who , for thirty years , had acted as Secretary of the Toronto Board of Relief , and M . W . Bro . J . Ross Robertson expressed his appreciation of
the honour done him in electing him , during his absence from the last annual communication , the Historian of the Grand Lodge . The Grand Master congratulated M . W . Bro . J . J . Mason , the Grand Secretary , 011 his recovery from the seAere illnesswith which he Avas afflicted when last Grand Lodge met .
The election of officers then took place , resulting asfollows : —M . W . Bro . R . B . Hungerford , Grand Master ( reelected ) ; R . W . Bro . J . E . Harding , Deputy Grand Master ( re-elected ) ; R . W . Bro . McAllister , of Hamilton , Senior Grand Warden ; R . W . Bro . A . Dyment , M . D ., of Thessalon ,. Junior Grand Warden ; M . W . Bro . J . J . Mason , Grand
Secretary ( re-elected ) ; M . W . Bro . Hugh Murray , Grand Treasurer ( re-elected ) ; and the Rev . Bro . Von Pirch , of Berlin , Grand Chaplain . Grand Lodge meets next year at Windsor , which is opposite Detroit , Mich .
Installation Meeting Of The Amity Lodge, No. 171.
Installation Meeting of the Amity Lodge , No . 171 .
Themistallation meeting of this ancient lodge took place at the Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall Street , on the 28 th June , Avhen Bro . Daniel D . Dennis , Avho had been elected W . M . at the previous meeting , Avas duly inducted into the chair of King Solomon . This ceremony completed , Bro . Dennis , after appointing and investing the officers for the year , proceeded to initiate a candidate in such a manner as to give promise of unusual excellence in the Avorking rf the lodge
during his Mastership . After the lodge Avas closed the usual ' banquet took place . The speeches Avere short but appropriate , Bro . William Kipps , A . G . Purst ., replying to the toast of " The Grand Officers , Present and Past . " " A full and varied programme of music Avas gone through , and the Avhole proceedings passed off in a manner satisfactory and agreeable to the brethren of the lodge and the numerous visitors present .
I'HE HANOI - 'I
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Annual Communication Of The Grand Lodge Of Canada.
Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Canada .
0 X Wednesday afternoon , July 17 th , the forty-sixth Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Canada was convened in the Court Room , Hamilton , in the Province of Ontario . There Avere present 8 43 delegates , representing a total vote of 1 , 444 , and the Committee on Credentials reported 3 62 Avarrantecl ledges on the roll .
Ihe annual address of the Grand Master , M . W . Bro . Htmgerford , proved of keen interest . It opened with a touching reference to the death of Queen Victoria and to the installation of the successor to His Majesty King Echvard as Grand Master of the Freemasons of England . He then read the following message , which had been cabled at
midnight : — " The Grand Lodge of Canada , in session assembled , on behalf of thirty thousand Freemasons and British subjects , congratulates the mother Grand Lodge of the Avorld on the installation of a Avorthy successor to the great Craft ruler who
has passed from your Grand East to the Throne of a united Empire . " Later the Grand Master also read a reply , which had been received from the Grand Secretary of England , as folloAvs : —
" His Royal Highness and Grand Lodge received congratulations of Grand Lodge of Canada with greatest satisfaction , and most heartily reciprocate good wishes . " The incident evoked the greatest enthusiasm . The Masonic situation in the Province of Quebec was referred to and the hope expressed that the three lodges in
the City of Montreal , which until recently had all held . allegiance to the Grand Lodge of England , Avould see their Avay to affiliate with the Grand Lodge of that province . One—the St . LaAvrence—had already done so . The Grand Master recommended the withdraAval of the
wan-ant of the Royal Solomon Lodge , No . 293 , Jerusalem , Palestine , which had been warranted in 1873 by M . W . Bro . Mercer Wilson , the then Grand Master . There Avas a strong feeling amongst the membership that it was impossible to
properly supervise the work of a lodge at such a distance . Accordingly the Board of General Purposes rescinded the charter . The Grand Master thought it Avas necessary to have a neAV division of the districts of the jurisdictions , and concluded by recommending the recognition of the Grand
Lodges of Western Australia and Porto Rico , and the postponement of the recognition of the Grand Lodge of Costa Rico until the receipt of further information . The reports of the various committees of the Board sliOAved a prosperous condition of Masonry throughout the
jurisdiction ; 137 applicants for relief had received grants amounting in the aggregate to ^ 2 , 500 , and warrants were granted to several new lodges . The receipts of the year amounted to $ 23 , 499 , and with balance in the bank and investments , the total assets amount
to $ 9 8 , 34 8 . The honorary rank of Past Grand Registrar was conferred upon R . W . Bro . Alexander Patterson , who , for thirty years , had acted as Secretary of the Toronto Board of Relief , and M . W . Bro . J . Ross Robertson expressed his appreciation of
the honour done him in electing him , during his absence from the last annual communication , the Historian of the Grand Lodge . The Grand Master congratulated M . W . Bro . J . J . Mason , the Grand Secretary , 011 his recovery from the seAere illnesswith which he Avas afflicted when last Grand Lodge met .
The election of officers then took place , resulting asfollows : —M . W . Bro . R . B . Hungerford , Grand Master ( reelected ) ; R . W . Bro . J . E . Harding , Deputy Grand Master ( re-elected ) ; R . W . Bro . McAllister , of Hamilton , Senior Grand Warden ; R . W . Bro . A . Dyment , M . D ., of Thessalon ,. Junior Grand Warden ; M . W . Bro . J . J . Mason , Grand
Secretary ( re-elected ) ; M . W . Bro . Hugh Murray , Grand Treasurer ( re-elected ) ; and the Rev . Bro . Von Pirch , of Berlin , Grand Chaplain . Grand Lodge meets next year at Windsor , which is opposite Detroit , Mich .
Installation Meeting Of The Amity Lodge, No. 171.
Installation Meeting of the Amity Lodge , No . 171 .
Themistallation meeting of this ancient lodge took place at the Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall Street , on the 28 th June , Avhen Bro . Daniel D . Dennis , Avho had been elected W . M . at the previous meeting , Avas duly inducted into the chair of King Solomon . This ceremony completed , Bro . Dennis , after appointing and investing the officers for the year , proceeded to initiate a candidate in such a manner as to give promise of unusual excellence in the Avorking rf the lodge
during his Mastership . After the lodge Avas closed the usual ' banquet took place . The speeches Avere short but appropriate , Bro . William Kipps , A . G . Purst ., replying to the toast of " The Grand Officers , Present and Past . " " A full and varied programme of music Avas gone through , and the Avhole proceedings passed off in a manner satisfactory and agreeable to the brethren of the lodge and the numerous visitors present .
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