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The Masonic Mirror.
the committee was appointed , and as they had gone carefully into the matter , it was right that their opinions should be heard . ( Applause . ) He concluded by an amendment to that effect . Bro . Bagshaw , Prov . Grand Master for Essex , seconded the motion . He was quite satisfied that the success of the Craft in the colonies depended upon the confirmation of the recommendation of that communication , and he therefore seconded the amendment most cordially .
Bro . Jennings said , that what the M . W . the Grand Master communicated to them became matter of record . With his prerogative they could not interfere . That which was submitted as an alteration in the law was alone a fit subject for their discussion . All that the Grand Master promulgated as law they had a right to discuss , but that which he communicated as a simple statement of his views they had no right to discuss .
Bro . the Hon . George C . Anderson , Prov . Grand Master for the Bahamas , said he felt , for his part , that a debt of gratitude was due to the Grand Master for the attention he had paid to colonial matters , and he regretted therefore that such an amendment should have been made . He had no doubt that the report wouM show that their interests had been attended to . ( u Oh , oh ! " and laughter . ) At
any rate he thought that such a report should not take the precedence of the Grand Master . The proposition to give the Prov . Grand Master power of signing the certificates would be a great boon , as it sometimes took twelve months to get them from Grand Lodge , and in the mean while the Brethren initiated had left the colony , and often had gone no one knew whither .
Bro . Bagshaw , Prov . Grand Master for Essex , said the committee referred to was composed largely of Brethren who had had considerable colonial experience in Canada and the West Indies ; and while he had the highest respect for the M . W . the Grand Master , he felt that the committee so constituted and so appointed ought to be heard before even a resolution from the M . W . the Grand Master . That committee had the confidence of Grand Lodge , and it had made suggestions of an important character , and no alteration in the laws of Freemasonry on the colonial question ought to be made without their opinion being first heard . ( Hear , hear . )
Bro . Colonel Burlton said , it was not the 7 s . 6 c ? ., or the certificates , but the silent contempt with which colonial Brethren were treated which had led to the dissatisfaction . Ten years ago , in Bengal , when he was Prov . Grand Master there , he suspended a Brother from his Masonic rights and privileges . The Brother appealed against his decision , and he sent that appeal home ten years ago , and it had never been answered yet . ( Loud cries of "Shame ! shame !" and other marks of disapprobation . )
The feelings of the Brethren were very much excited at these statements with respect to the inattention in the Grand Secretary ' s office , and when the amendment was put , after some further discussion , it was carried , amidst loud cheers , by an overwhelming majority . The Itev . Bro . Portal asked , if it were lawful for him to move that the report of the colonial committee be now read ? The Grand Master : Certainly not , Brother . BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE .
The report of the Board of Benevolence for the last two quarters was then read : —March 26 , eleven petitioners received £ 93 ; 1 st of May , £ 88 was distributed ; 28 th of May , seven petitioners received £ 53 ; 25 th of June , ten petitioners received £ 82 ; July 30 , five petitioners received £ 70 ; 27 th August , seven petitioners received £ 80 .
BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES . The Report of this hoard was next read . It contained a recommendation that six Lodges ( Nos . 179 , 603 , 651 , G 62 , 675 , and 681 ) , which had ceased to make returns and payments to Grand Lodge for some yearn past , should be summoned to show cause , at the iiCKt quarterly communication why their warrants should
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The Masonic Mirror.
the committee was appointed , and as they had gone carefully into the matter , it was right that their opinions should be heard . ( Applause . ) He concluded by an amendment to that effect . Bro . Bagshaw , Prov . Grand Master for Essex , seconded the motion . He was quite satisfied that the success of the Craft in the colonies depended upon the confirmation of the recommendation of that communication , and he therefore seconded the amendment most cordially .
Bro . Jennings said , that what the M . W . the Grand Master communicated to them became matter of record . With his prerogative they could not interfere . That which was submitted as an alteration in the law was alone a fit subject for their discussion . All that the Grand Master promulgated as law they had a right to discuss , but that which he communicated as a simple statement of his views they had no right to discuss .
Bro . the Hon . George C . Anderson , Prov . Grand Master for the Bahamas , said he felt , for his part , that a debt of gratitude was due to the Grand Master for the attention he had paid to colonial matters , and he regretted therefore that such an amendment should have been made . He had no doubt that the report wouM show that their interests had been attended to . ( u Oh , oh ! " and laughter . ) At
any rate he thought that such a report should not take the precedence of the Grand Master . The proposition to give the Prov . Grand Master power of signing the certificates would be a great boon , as it sometimes took twelve months to get them from Grand Lodge , and in the mean while the Brethren initiated had left the colony , and often had gone no one knew whither .
Bro . Bagshaw , Prov . Grand Master for Essex , said the committee referred to was composed largely of Brethren who had had considerable colonial experience in Canada and the West Indies ; and while he had the highest respect for the M . W . the Grand Master , he felt that the committee so constituted and so appointed ought to be heard before even a resolution from the M . W . the Grand Master . That committee had the confidence of Grand Lodge , and it had made suggestions of an important character , and no alteration in the laws of Freemasonry on the colonial question ought to be made without their opinion being first heard . ( Hear , hear . )
Bro . Colonel Burlton said , it was not the 7 s . 6 c ? ., or the certificates , but the silent contempt with which colonial Brethren were treated which had led to the dissatisfaction . Ten years ago , in Bengal , when he was Prov . Grand Master there , he suspended a Brother from his Masonic rights and privileges . The Brother appealed against his decision , and he sent that appeal home ten years ago , and it had never been answered yet . ( Loud cries of "Shame ! shame !" and other marks of disapprobation . )
The feelings of the Brethren were very much excited at these statements with respect to the inattention in the Grand Secretary ' s office , and when the amendment was put , after some further discussion , it was carried , amidst loud cheers , by an overwhelming majority . The Itev . Bro . Portal asked , if it were lawful for him to move that the report of the colonial committee be now read ? The Grand Master : Certainly not , Brother . BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE .
The report of the Board of Benevolence for the last two quarters was then read : —March 26 , eleven petitioners received £ 93 ; 1 st of May , £ 88 was distributed ; 28 th of May , seven petitioners received £ 53 ; 25 th of June , ten petitioners received £ 82 ; July 30 , five petitioners received £ 70 ; 27 th August , seven petitioners received £ 80 .
BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES . The Report of this hoard was next read . It contained a recommendation that six Lodges ( Nos . 179 , 603 , 651 , G 62 , 675 , and 681 ) , which had ceased to make returns and payments to Grand Lodge for some yearn past , should be summoned to show cause , at the iiCKt quarterly communication why their warrants should