United Grand Lodge.

B OABD OE G ENERAL P URPOSES . The following report of the Board of General Purposes was presented . "To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . "The Board beg to report that a memorial having been

received from the Master and other brethren members of the Jordan Lorlge , No . 201 , submitting unconditionally to the judgement of tlie Board , and praying for the removal of the suspension of the 1 idge , and promising due obedience to the law for the future , and the lodge having paid tho fine of five guineas imposed by order of tho B v . t . rd , tho Btjard have , iu exercise of

the authority for this purpose given to them by Grand Lodge at the Quarterly Communica ! ion in June last , removed the suspension of the Jordan Lodge , No . 201 , and ordered the said lodge to he restored to the full exercise and enjoyment of its Masonic functions , and have returned the warrant and books to the W . Master , ordering that the resolution of the Board be read in open lodge at the then next meeting , aud recorded in tho minutes .

" Tho Board of General Purposes also beg to submit a statement of the Grand Lodge Accounts at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 13 th day of November instant , shewing a balance in tlie hands of the Grand Treasurer of £ 4 , 025 15 s . Sd . ; and in the hands of the Grand Secretary , for petty cash , £ 50 . Of these sums , there belongs to the Fund

of Benevolence £ 1 , 267 17 s . Gd ., to the Fund of General Purposes £ 2342 9 s . 9 d ., and iu tiie unappropriated accounts £ 465 Ss . 5 d . " ( Signed ) J . LLEWELLYN EVANS , " President . "Freemasons' Hall , 17 th November , 1 SGS . "

The report was taken as read . Bro . Llewellyn Evans , President , in moving that the report be received and entered on the minutes , congratulated the Grand Lodge on having so little to report , which showed the harmony which prevailed amongst the Craft . The report was then received and ordered to bo entered on the minutes .

THE BUILDING- COJOTITTEE . Tlie following report of the Building Committee was presented . "To the United Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of England . "The Building Committee beg to report that the repairs and

re-decoration of the Great Hall are now completed . " The greatest possible care has been taken in reference to the warming , ventilation , ami the improvement of the acoustic properties of tliis magnificent room . The Committee trust that they havo been successful , at the same time it must be borne in mind that somo modifications in the admission or exclusion of air , & c .

( all of which have been provided for ) , may be required , in order to make the Hall perfect in these respects , and that this can be tested by experience and actual practice only . " By an oversight , when an application was made to Grand Lodge on the 4 th March last , for authority to expend the sum of £ 3 , 012 in the repairs and re-decoration of the Great Hall , no

power was asked lor , or obtained , to raise the necessary money . It will be remembered that at the commencement of tho new works , powers were given to the Committee to borrow from the Fund of Benevolence , on mortgage , a sum not exceeding £ 19 , 000 ; of this amount £ 17 , 500 had been drawn up to the last meeting of Grand Lodge , leaving only £ 1 , 500 over and above the cash in hand , to the credit of the Fund of General Purposes ,

to meet the charge still outstanding for the building , and the new charge of £ 3 , 012 for tho repairs of the Great Hall . The Committee understand thai Grand Chapter has very liberally voted £ 2 , 000 towards the expenses of the new- building , and they find that £ 3 , 000 in addition will probably cover all expenses . " They do not propose , therefore , to ask for powers to raise

more money , but they respectfully commend that they be authorised to draw upon the bankers of the Grand Treasurer for that amount , and they believe that they will be able to repay such , sum in the early part of next year ; they therefore submit to Grand Lodge the following resolution : — "' That the Building-Committee be authorized to draw upon

the bankers of the Grand Treasurer for a sum not exceeding £ 3 , 000 . ' "The decorations of tho Great Hall being completed , it becomes now- necessary to furnish it . The Committee have succeeded in finding the great chairs , which were used by a former Prince of Wales , the engravings of which are probably known to

many of the brethren . These chairs have been repaired and regilded . The cost of carpet , chairs , forms , & c , the Committee estimate at about £ 400 , they therefore submit the following resolution , viz .:

—"' That the Building Committee be directed to furnish the Great Hall for the use of Grand Lodge , and that they be authorised to expend a sum not exceeding £ 400 . "The committee again call the attention of the brethren to tho library aud coffee-room . There was no point upon which the brethren or the Craft generally laid more stress , when the

new buildings were proposed , than upon the necessity of a library and eoil ' oe-room , and yet it would seem now from the small number of subscribers to both , that their advantages are hut little known . The committee beg to remind the brethren that the subscription to both these rooms is only one guinea per annum , and that to make the coffee-room available , aud to make

it worth while to the tenants of the tavern to provide for it handsomely , it must be patronised . The committee are confident , that if the brethren will take the trouble to ascertain the advantages offered to them in their own building , that the complaint which is now made of the paucity of subscribers wil l soon be at an end .

"The committee understand that some dissatisfaction has been expressed as to the amount of charge for the rent of lodge rooms . These rents were fixed after careful consideration , but the committee are quite ready to consider any further suggestions which may he made by Grand Lodge . "The committee now approach a most satisfactory part of

their work . With tbo exception of tbe furnishing of the Great Hall , tiie whole of the buildings are now completed and furnished , and the committee trust that every claim will be discharged by the end of February noxt . It will depend upon tho Most Worshipful Grand Master to fix the time when the interesting eeremonv of inauguration shall take place .

" Tour committee will then have discharged all their duties , and it will only remain for them to hand over to the proper custody of the Board of General Purposes , the building which they were instructed to erect , and to resign into tho hands of Grand Lodge the trust which it has been pleased to repose in them . " ( Signed ) JOHN HAVERS ,

" Freemasons' Hall , " Chairman . " " 17 th November , 1 S 6 S . " The report mis taken as read . Bro . Havers , in moving that it be received and entered on tlio minutes , said there were two resolutions upon which he should ask the opinion of the Grand Lodge , and in doing so on behalf