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fair sex—ought to create a universal determination either to provide more ample accommodation Tor this display , or to do away with the matter altogether ; and we cannot let this opportunity pass without expressing our extreme regret , that when the question was mooted in Grand Lodge , it was not put to the vote , as the majority would certainly have been in favour of the use of the Temple for these great occasions .
To the Stewards , the Brethren generally and individually expressed their most grateful thanks for the untiring attention that they paid to the wants and wishes of all the company ; it being universally acknowledged that no festival had ever been known to have gone off so well , or in which the arrangements were better . Bro . Bans ford conducted the music , assisted by Bro . Young , Bro . W . E . Ransford , Mr . and Mrs . Lockey , Miss Clara Henderson , and Miss Bansford . The ladies were most warmly congratulated by the M . W . G . M . on the admirable manner in which they had interpreted the music intrusted to them .
BOYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . The annual meeting of the governors and subscribers of this Institution , for providing Annuities for Aged Freemasons and their Widows , was held in the Temple on the 16 th May , but , owing to there being no election , was very thinly attended . The chair was originally taken by Bro . Patten , V . P ., but resigned by him to the M . W . G . M . the Earl of Zetland , the President of the Institution , who arrived shortly after the commencement of the proceedings . The business having been opened , Bro . Farnfield , the Secretary , proceeded to read the report of the auditors and the committee , from which it appeared that the Male Fund stood thus : —
ct . S . Oj . Balance to March 31 , 1855 112 5 2 Subscriptions and donations since received .... 1 , 341 18 0 IK ¦ ¦ III ¦ 1 , 454 3 2 »——¦————¦¦ —i ¦¦¦ , ¦ « Disbursements .... 1 , 245 8 7 Purchase of £ 231 . 135 . 2 d . 3 per cent , reduced .. 213 5 0 1 , 458 13 7 Balance against the Fund overdrawn 410 5 Widows' Fund : — Balance , 31 st March , 1855 87 19 8 Subscriptions and donations since received .... 449 13 2 » ll III I - III ¦ ' ¦ ll ¦ HiMK 537 12 10 Disbursements 392 17 2 Purchase of £ 111 . 6 s . 5 d . 1 inn -ii n a (\ k q o 0 , , 7 y 102 11 0 495 8 2 6 per cent , reduced J Balance in favour of the Fund 42 4 8 Building Fund . — Balance on the 31 st March , 1855 106 6 6 Subsequent receipts 247 5 0 353 11 6 Disbursements , : 301 8 5 Balance in favour % , ,. 52 3 1
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fair sex—ought to create a universal determination either to provide more ample accommodation Tor this display , or to do away with the matter altogether ; and we cannot let this opportunity pass without expressing our extreme regret , that when the question was mooted in Grand Lodge , it was not put to the vote , as the majority would certainly have been in favour of the use of the Temple for these great occasions .
To the Stewards , the Brethren generally and individually expressed their most grateful thanks for the untiring attention that they paid to the wants and wishes of all the company ; it being universally acknowledged that no festival had ever been known to have gone off so well , or in which the arrangements were better . Bro . Bans ford conducted the music , assisted by Bro . Young , Bro . W . E . Ransford , Mr . and Mrs . Lockey , Miss Clara Henderson , and Miss Bansford . The ladies were most warmly congratulated by the M . W . G . M . on the admirable manner in which they had interpreted the music intrusted to them .
BOYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . The annual meeting of the governors and subscribers of this Institution , for providing Annuities for Aged Freemasons and their Widows , was held in the Temple on the 16 th May , but , owing to there being no election , was very thinly attended . The chair was originally taken by Bro . Patten , V . P ., but resigned by him to the M . W . G . M . the Earl of Zetland , the President of the Institution , who arrived shortly after the commencement of the proceedings . The business having been opened , Bro . Farnfield , the Secretary , proceeded to read the report of the auditors and the committee , from which it appeared that the Male Fund stood thus : —
ct . S . Oj . Balance to March 31 , 1855 112 5 2 Subscriptions and donations since received .... 1 , 341 18 0 IK ¦ ¦ III ¦ 1 , 454 3 2 »——¦————¦¦ —i ¦¦¦ , ¦ « Disbursements .... 1 , 245 8 7 Purchase of £ 231 . 135 . 2 d . 3 per cent , reduced .. 213 5 0 1 , 458 13 7 Balance against the Fund overdrawn 410 5 Widows' Fund : — Balance , 31 st March , 1855 87 19 8 Subscriptions and donations since received .... 449 13 2 » ll III I - III ¦ ' ¦ ll ¦ HiMK 537 12 10 Disbursements 392 17 2 Purchase of £ 111 . 6 s . 5 d . 1 inn -ii n a (\ k q o 0 , , 7 y 102 11 0 495 8 2 6 per cent , reduced J Balance in favour of the Fund 42 4 8 Building Fund . — Balance on the 31 st March , 1855 106 6 6 Subsequent receipts 247 5 0 353 11 6 Disbursements , : 301 8 5 Balance in favour % , ,. 52 3 1