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date of service on the opposite party after ti : o expiry of which any document shall be considered out of time and be rejected ex-qfficio . That appeal , answer , and reply be written uniformly , and in a clear hand on one side only of brief paper with the usual margin , the pages to be numbered consecutively at the foot of each page . That the whole be forwarded under cover to the Grand Alee Chancellor in accordance with the statutes .

That all decrees be signed by the Grand Master , and countersigned by lus Grand Chancellor in duplicate , and recorded in the Chancellerie of the Grand Conclave . The Court will award costs in accordance with the terms of the decree . That a duplicate original of the decree be forwarded to the

Provincial Grand Commander of the province to which it applies , who shall forthwith summon a Provincial Grand Conclave ad hoc , ancl cause tbe decree to be read and published by the Provincial Grand Registrar and see that it be duly executed . Considerable inconvenience , irregularities , and questions

having arisen in the colonies and British possessions abroad on the statute , which makes it imperative that a camp held for the election of an Eminent Commander should , in all cases , be presided over by an Eminent Commander , ancl that the installation of such Eminent Commander take place at a regular meeting of such encampment , as provided by its by-laws . I

have to recommend that , since it has by experience been found practically impossible to carry out this provision , the following addendum to the paragraph 3 , intituled " Private Encampments : "" In order to obviate inconvenience and delay in the election

and installation of Eminent Commanders in the colonies , or British possessions abroad , it shall be lawful for a Provincial Grand Commander to authorise a past or actual 1 st or 2 nd Captain of any encampment to preside at such encampment for the purpose of electing an Eminent Commander , provided he certify that the case is one of unavoidable necessity , and that

no Past Eminent Commander can be found to preside ; and it shall furthermore he lawful for such Provincial Grand Commander to instal the Eminent Commander so elected at a meeting specially summoned ad hoc , notwithstanding such meeting be not a regular meeting prescribed by the by-iaws of the camp for such purpose ; but in all cases the Provincial

Grand Commander shall make a special return thereof . " And with reference to paragraph 11 , intituled " Of the Committee , " there should be added infmem " Except in the colonies or British possessions abroad , in which case the Committee shall proceed on the , written evidence , without requiring tho presence of the parties . "

That at page 17 , paragraph 3 , intituled " Of Provincial Grand Commanders , " after the words ( except the Treasurer ) by minute registered in the hooks of tbe Provincial Grand Conclave , or by warrant under his hand and seal of office , and in the first case the Provincial Grand Registrar shall , on request , deliver to such officer a certificate of such minute .

AVith these recommendations , I have tho honour to close my first report for the summer session . The Ex . G . CHANCELLOR , Sir Knt . Law moved , and the G . D . C , Sir Knt . Meymott , seconded a motion " That the report just read bo received and entered in the minutes , and that it be printed aud circulated ; that in future a printed copy of the report of the Committee of General Purposes be printed , and sent to each Encampment and to each present and Past Grand

Ofiicer prior to the meeting of Grand Conclave . " Carried unanimously . The Provincial Grand Commanders recently appointed then attended and did homage . Two petitions were next read from two applicants for donations from Grand Conclave , and in each case money was granted ' .

The D . G . M ., Sir Knt . Vernon , having proposed , and Sir Knt . Nelson seconded the grant of £ 15 to the widow of a deceased Knight , and Sir Knt . Goolden having proposed , and Sir Knt . George Lambert seconded a grant of £ 10 to a distressed Kni ght of Corfu , the M . E . and S . G . Master then put these propositions separately , which were carried unanimously .

The G . CHANCELLOR then proceeded to read the several eases of appeal which had been before the Committee of Grand Conclave , ancl he submitted for the approval of Grand Conclave the drafts of judgments relating to three of the cases , and an opinion upon a fourth case of appeal which had been submitted . The D . G . M . proposed , and Sir Knt . J . Huyshe seconded , and it was

carried unanimously , that the judgments read hy the G . Chancellor be approved and recorded . The D . G . M . then moved , and Sir Knt . Huyshe seconded a motion , that the opinion relating to the fourth case be approved , confirmed , and seconded . The following notices of motion were then given : — By Sir Knt . KUTSIIE : — " That in future an agenda paper

containing the business to be brought before Grand Conclave , be prepared by the Grand A : ce Chancellor , ancl when approved by the General Committee bo printed ancl issued to every encampment ancl to every Provincial and Past Grand officer . "

By Sir Knt . Binckes : — " That m all cases where appeals or other questions to be submitted to Grand Conclave for confirmation or otherwise , the papers iu connection therewith , after theyMiave been before the general committee be open for inspection at the office ofthe Grand Alee Chancellor by all duly qualified members of Grand Conclave . " By Sir Knt . AV . J . Meymott : — " That a fund of benevolence

be established ; that a fine be imposed on every Grand Officer who neither attends Grand Conclave nor finds a substitute , and those fines together with the Grand Almoners fund , and the fees or costs of appeals be added to the benevolent fund . " The M . E . and S . G MASTER having inquired whether any member of the Grand Conclave had anything to propose for

the good of Masonry in general , or for Knight Templary in particular , the Grand Conclave was closed with / prayer in the usual impressive manner . Grand Conclave having been closed , the M . E . and S . G . Master , the D . G . M ., the G . Chancellor , the G . Prior , the G . Sub-Prior , the several present and past Grand Officers , and present and

past Provincial Grand Officers , and the various Sir Knights present , were marshalled together and grouped for the purpose of taking a series of photographic views of the new hall , and the various personages therein assembled , in their full Masonic clothing , & c , with the intention on the part of Bro . Rosenthal to commemorate the event upon canvas . The picture , which

we understand is to bo painted in oil , will contain correct portraits of all the celebrities of the Order present upon the occasion , and it will aftenvards be reproduced in chromo-lithography .

THE BANQUET . If further evidence were necessary of the greatly improved condition of things now existing at the Masonic Union Club , it was to be found on the occasion of the banquet g iven after tho last Grand Conclave . Dinner ancl wines equally good in quality were served admirably , and gave entire satisfaction to

every one present . The M . E . and S . G . Master presided , supported , by Sir Knts . Huyshe , Lord Glentworth , Sir Patrick Colquboun , Dr . Harcourt ,