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Masonic Intelligence
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE
MASONIC CHARITIES . ROYAL FREEMASONS' SCHOOL FOR FEMALE CHILDREN . The usual Quarterly Court of the Governors of this Institution was held at Freemasons' Hall Tavern , on Thursday , October 11 th ; the W . Bro . E . H . Patten , P . G . S . B . in , the chair . The minutes of the the last Quarterly Court , and of the proceedings of the general and house committees , having been read and confirmed , the Sec . Bro . Crew reported , there was in the hands of the Treasurer £ 588 . 3 s . 4 d .,
subject to the payment of £ 363 . 12 s . 8 d ., for the ordinary expenditure of the establishment for the last three months , and that the building account was indebted to the general account to the extent of £ 293 . 5 s . 6 d . Bro . Symonds next brought up the report of the special committee appointed to inquire into the accounts of the charity , with a view of reducing the expenditure . The report recommended certain means of economy , which were being already carried out by the house
committee ; it also recommended the appointment of an annual chairman of that committee . The report was adopted and ordered to be printed . It was then ordered that the badge should be removed from the sleeves of the girls' dress , that a decoration should be worn , suspended by a ribbon round the neck , and the dress should be so modernized as to free it from the appearance of a livery . Several routine motions were agreed to .
Five children , viz . —Clara Briggs , Maidstone ; Elizabeth Hill Billington , Cambridge ; Mary Wheeler , Gravesend ; Caroline Ramsay , London ; and Kate Pollard , London , were admitted by election to the benefits of the institution ; and one of the present pupils , Mary Ann Kernot , was appointed assistant schoolmistress . A vote of thanks was passed to Bro . the Rev . W . Earle Lyall , rector of St . Dionis Backchurch , for the offer of his pulpit for the use of the school , after which the proceedings terminated in the usual manner .
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
At the Monthly Committee on the 1 st of September—Bro . John Hervey , V . P . in the chair—the minutes of the previous meeting of the committee were read and confirmed . The petition of Mr . Henry Hill , in behalf of his nephew , Arthur Richard Billington , a son of the late Bro . Richard Billington , of the
Scientific Lodge , Cambridge , No . 105 , was read and received , and it was resolved the boys' name be placed on the list of candidates . Resolved that the sum of £ 72 . 15 s . 6 d ., being the surplus of the year 1854-5 , be transferred from the general fund to that of the building . Several accounts , amounting in the aggregate to £ 56 . 15 s . 6 d ., were ordered to be paid .
At the Quarterly Court of this Institution , held on the 1 st of October—Bro . John Hervey , V . P ., in the chair—the minutes of the former Court were read and confirmed . It was resolved , that the future meetings of the Quarterly General Court be held on the third instead of on the first Monday in the months of January , April , July , and October . It was also resolved unanimously , that
the following gentlemen constitute a Building Committee , viz . : —the Treasurer for the time being ; the Chairman of the Committee for the time being ; Bros . George Barret , V . P . ; Benjamin Bond Cabbell , M . P . and V . P . ; John Hervey , V . P . ; J , S . S . Hopwood , G . W . K . Potter , Edward Roberts , Cliarles Robinson , John Symonds ; and that they be authorised to take such steps as they may deem necessary for carrying out the objects which the governors of the institution have
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Masonic Intelligence
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE
MASONIC CHARITIES . ROYAL FREEMASONS' SCHOOL FOR FEMALE CHILDREN . The usual Quarterly Court of the Governors of this Institution was held at Freemasons' Hall Tavern , on Thursday , October 11 th ; the W . Bro . E . H . Patten , P . G . S . B . in , the chair . The minutes of the the last Quarterly Court , and of the proceedings of the general and house committees , having been read and confirmed , the Sec . Bro . Crew reported , there was in the hands of the Treasurer £ 588 . 3 s . 4 d .,
subject to the payment of £ 363 . 12 s . 8 d ., for the ordinary expenditure of the establishment for the last three months , and that the building account was indebted to the general account to the extent of £ 293 . 5 s . 6 d . Bro . Symonds next brought up the report of the special committee appointed to inquire into the accounts of the charity , with a view of reducing the expenditure . The report recommended certain means of economy , which were being already carried out by the house
committee ; it also recommended the appointment of an annual chairman of that committee . The report was adopted and ordered to be printed . It was then ordered that the badge should be removed from the sleeves of the girls' dress , that a decoration should be worn , suspended by a ribbon round the neck , and the dress should be so modernized as to free it from the appearance of a livery . Several routine motions were agreed to .
Five children , viz . —Clara Briggs , Maidstone ; Elizabeth Hill Billington , Cambridge ; Mary Wheeler , Gravesend ; Caroline Ramsay , London ; and Kate Pollard , London , were admitted by election to the benefits of the institution ; and one of the present pupils , Mary Ann Kernot , was appointed assistant schoolmistress . A vote of thanks was passed to Bro . the Rev . W . Earle Lyall , rector of St . Dionis Backchurch , for the offer of his pulpit for the use of the school , after which the proceedings terminated in the usual manner .
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
At the Monthly Committee on the 1 st of September—Bro . John Hervey , V . P . in the chair—the minutes of the previous meeting of the committee were read and confirmed . The petition of Mr . Henry Hill , in behalf of his nephew , Arthur Richard Billington , a son of the late Bro . Richard Billington , of the
Scientific Lodge , Cambridge , No . 105 , was read and received , and it was resolved the boys' name be placed on the list of candidates . Resolved that the sum of £ 72 . 15 s . 6 d ., being the surplus of the year 1854-5 , be transferred from the general fund to that of the building . Several accounts , amounting in the aggregate to £ 56 . 15 s . 6 d ., were ordered to be paid .
At the Quarterly Court of this Institution , held on the 1 st of October—Bro . John Hervey , V . P ., in the chair—the minutes of the former Court were read and confirmed . It was resolved , that the future meetings of the Quarterly General Court be held on the third instead of on the first Monday in the months of January , April , July , and October . It was also resolved unanimously , that
the following gentlemen constitute a Building Committee , viz . : —the Treasurer for the time being ; the Chairman of the Committee for the time being ; Bros . George Barret , V . P . ; Benjamin Bond Cabbell , M . P . and V . P . ; John Hervey , V . P . ; J , S . S . Hopwood , G . W . K . Potter , Edward Roberts , Cliarles Robinson , John Symonds ; and that they be authorised to take such steps as they may deem necessary for carrying out the objects which the governors of the institution have