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United Grand Lodge.
UNITED GRAND LODGE .
THE Quarterly Communication will be held on Wednesday next , 4 th inst , ait Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen Street , London , W . C ., at 5 for 6 p . m . The following is the Agenda of Business : 1 . Minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 5 th June for confirmation .
2 . Minutes of the Especial Grand Lodge of the 17 th July for confirmation . 3 . The Most Worshipful Pro Grand Master will propose a vote of sympathy with the Most Worshipful Grand Master on the death of Her Imperial Majesty the Empress Frederick . 4 . Message from the Most Worshipful Grand Master :
His Royal Highness the Most Worshipful Grand Master having received a complaint from the Grand Lodge of Denmark , that the Grand Lodge of Hamburg ( not having any rights in Danish territory ) had warranted a Lodge in Copenhagen , contrary to the expressed will of the Masonic authorities of Denmark , has caused enquiries to be made , with the result that the complaint appears to
. be well founded . The Grand Lodge of Denmark having further declared the Lodge so warranted to be an illegal and irregular Body , and having requested that the Grand Lodge of England should take steps to acquaint English Freemasons with this fact , His Royal Highness desires that the sense of Grand Lodge should be taken on the following Resolutions :
1 . —That a Body calling itself "Lodge Christian Zum Palmbaum , ' or " Lodge Christian til Palmatroeat , " and meeting in Copenhagen , having been declared illegal and irregular by the Grand Lodge of Denmark , all Masons under the
United Grand Lodge of England are hereby warned that they cannot visit such irregular Body , nor can any Lodge under this jurisdiction admit as a visitor or joining member any member of such'irregular Body , without respectively incurring the penalty attaching to a grave Masonic offence .
2 . —That a copy of the foregoing Resolution be transmitted to each Grand Lodge with which this Grand Lodge is in communication , and to the Worshipful Masters of all Lodges holding under the United Grand Lodge of England ; each such Worshipful Master being hereby instructed to aause these Resolutions to be read at the first meeting of his Lodge after the receipt thereof , and to direct that they shall be . entered in the Minutes .
•; 5 . Report of the Board of Benevolence for the months ending June ;'; July ,- arid August ; ' iti which " are recommendations for the following grants , viz . ' : The Widow of a Brother of the Lodge of Prudence , No . 1550 , Plymouth ... ... ... , £ 100 o o The Widow of a Brother of the Humber Installed
Masters' Lodge , No . 2494 , Hull ... ... 100 o o ¦ A Brother of the Ixion Lodge , No . 2501 , Buckhurst Hill ... ... ... ... ... 50 o o The Widow of a Brother of the Amherst Lodge , No . 122 3 , Riverhead ... ... ... ... 50 o o A Brother of the Yokohama Lodge , No . 1092 ,
Yokohama ... ... ... ... ... 50 ' o o A Brother of the Mount Edgcumbe Lodge , No . 1446 , London ... ... ... ... 100 o o
6 . REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES . To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board begs to report that it has received notification that the whole of the Lodges forming the late District Grand Lodge of Western Australia had resolved to surrender their respective Warrants and to place themselves under the jurisdiction of the recently formed Grand Lodge of Western Australia , viz :
The St . John Lodge , No . 485 , Perth . The Fremantle Lodge , No . 1033 , Fremantle . . The Geraldton Lodge , No . 168 3 , Geraklton . The Wellington Lodge , No . 1840 , Bunbury . The York Lodge , No . 2118 , York . . - . , -. The St . George Lodge , No . 216 5 , Perth .
. The Emulation Lodge , No . 2281 , Perth . ; - The Harmony Lodge , No . 2282 , Fremantle . The Harding Lodge , No . 2297 , Roebourne . The Albany Lodge , No . 2443 , Albany . The Unity Lodge , No . 2452 , Perth .
The Avon Lodge , No . 2471 , Northam . The Coolgardie Lodge , No . 2543 , Coolgardie . The Southern Cross Lodge , No . 2574 , Southern Cross . The Murchison Lodge , No . 2617 , Cue , Murchison Gold Fields .
The Friendship Lodge , No . 2618 , Helena Vale . The Beaconsfield Lodge , No . 2635 , Fremantle . The Military Lodge , No . 2636 , Perth . The Norseman Lodge , No . 2637 , Norseman . The Esperance Lodge , No . 26 39 , Esperance .
The M . enzies Lodge , No . 26 39 , Menzies . The Loyal Westralian Lodge , No . 25 6 S , Fremantle . The Perth Lodge , No . 2775 , Perth . The Richmond Lodge , No ! 277 6 , East Fremantle . The Diamond Fields Lodge , No . 2777 , Perth . - . >• The Kalgoorlie Lodge , No . 2778 , Kalgoorlie ,
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The Boulder Lodge , No . 2779 , Boulder . The Finnerty Lodge , No . 27 S 0 , Kalgoorlie . The Kataiming Lodge , No . 2781 , Kiaftannvng . The Duke of Albany Lodge , No . 27 S 2 , Perth .
The Golden Square Lodge , No . 278 3 , Kalgoorlie . The Lathom Lodge , No . 2707 , Perth . Lodge Australia , No . 2801 , Perth . The John Hutt Lodge , No . 2802 , Guildford . The Toodyay Lodge , No . 2 S 03 , Newcastle .
The Board begs to recommend that the above Lodges , having returned their respective Warrants to the Grand Secretary , be formally erased by vote of Grand Lodge . The Board also begs to report that the following Lodges have ceased to work , and having failed to show cause why they should
not be removed from the Roll of Lodges , be erased by Grand Lodge : The Morning Star Lodge , No . 1439 , Palampur . ' " ' ' The Victory Lodge , No . 2062 , Fategarh , Bengal . The Light in Assam Lodge , No . 1985 , Silsagur , Bengal .
The BrittanKii Lodge , No . 1277 , Bahamas . The Memorial Lodge , No . 1800 , King William ' s Town . The Westmorland Lodge , No . 1377 , Jamaica . The Urania Lodge , No . 1972 , Willowmore , South Africa . The Arakan Lodge , No . 646 , Akyab , Burmah .
The Fort Lodge , No . 1528 , Newquay . The Elian Vannin Lodge , No . 2049 , Douglas , Isle of Mian . The Board further 'recommends that the St . John Lodge , No . 2468 , Douglas , Isle of Man , not having been Consecrated , be removed from the Register .
The Board have to report the following presentations to the Library and Museum since the last meeting of Grand Lodge , all of which have been accepted with thanks : " Title or Object . By Whom Presented .
Chivalric Freemasonry in the British Isles " . —Sir Charles A . Cameron , C . B . Centennial Medal of the A . and A . Scottish Rite . —General John Corson Smith P . G . M .
An Old Grand Lodge Certificate . —Morris Davis P . M . No . 2754 . Catalogue of the Coombe Masonic Library . —W . James Hughan , P . G . D . By-Laws and History of Lodge No . 44 . —Nathan Heywood P . M .
No . 44 . Three American Masonic Medals . —Leo A . Heilbron P . M . ( U . S . A . ) . Four American Masonic Medals . —J ; as . W . Squires P . M . ( U . S . A . ) . Discours sur le Secnet . . . Franc-Maconnerie . —W . A . Dawson A . G . D . C .
Constitutions of the Grand Lodge of Canada . —J . Ross Robertson Past G . M . A Masonic Token , 1794 . —A . G . Duck P . M . No . S 98 . Twelve Masonic Medals and Ten Masonic Jewels . —Anonymous . Signature of the Duke of Norfolk G . M . 1730 , and An Old Masonic Jug . —Fred . Trehawke Davies P . M . An Old Masonic Locket . —George Kenning and Son .
Iwo Old Masonic Jewels . —H . T . Lamb . A Photo of Old Grand Steward ' s Jewel . —F . W . Broadbent P . M . No . 37 . A Masonic Emblematic Ornament . —Percy M . Whellock P . M . 1185 . The Board also submit a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts
at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on fcnday , the 16 th of August 1901 , showing a balance in the Bank of England ( Law Courts Branch ) of ^ 6 , 264 iSs 5 c ! , and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for Petty Cash ^ 100 , and for Servants' Wages £ 100 .
( Signed ) RICHARD LOVELAND-LOVELAND , President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C . 20 th August 1901 . List of Lodges for which Warrants have been Granted by the M " . W . Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand
Lodge . No . 2860 . —The New Century Lodge , London . 2861 . —The Borough of Islington Lodge , London . 2862 . —The Grant Lodge , Galle , Ceylon . 2863 . —The Kilkivan Lodge , Kilkivan , Queensland . 2864 . —The Duke of Cornwall Lodge , Stamford Hill , Natal .
2865 . —The East Gosgote Lodge , Syston , Leicestershire . 2 S 66 . — -The Shillong Lodge , Shillong , Bengal . 2867 . —The London Welsh Lodge , London . 2868 . —The Ashington Lodge , Hirst , Northumberland , 2869 . —The Blyth Lodge , Butterworth , S . Africa . 2 S 70 . —The Cheselden Lodge , London .
MARK GRAND LODGE . THE Quarterly meeting of this Grand Lodge will be held on Tuesday next , 3 rd inst ., at Mark Masons' Hall , Great Queen Street , London , W . C , at 5 for 6 p . m . The following is the Agenda of Business : 1 . Read and , if approved , confirm minutes of Quarterly Communication of 4 th June 1901 .
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United Grand Lodge.
UNITED GRAND LODGE .
THE Quarterly Communication will be held on Wednesday next , 4 th inst , ait Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen Street , London , W . C ., at 5 for 6 p . m . The following is the Agenda of Business : 1 . Minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 5 th June for confirmation .
2 . Minutes of the Especial Grand Lodge of the 17 th July for confirmation . 3 . The Most Worshipful Pro Grand Master will propose a vote of sympathy with the Most Worshipful Grand Master on the death of Her Imperial Majesty the Empress Frederick . 4 . Message from the Most Worshipful Grand Master :
His Royal Highness the Most Worshipful Grand Master having received a complaint from the Grand Lodge of Denmark , that the Grand Lodge of Hamburg ( not having any rights in Danish territory ) had warranted a Lodge in Copenhagen , contrary to the expressed will of the Masonic authorities of Denmark , has caused enquiries to be made , with the result that the complaint appears to
. be well founded . The Grand Lodge of Denmark having further declared the Lodge so warranted to be an illegal and irregular Body , and having requested that the Grand Lodge of England should take steps to acquaint English Freemasons with this fact , His Royal Highness desires that the sense of Grand Lodge should be taken on the following Resolutions :
1 . —That a Body calling itself "Lodge Christian Zum Palmbaum , ' or " Lodge Christian til Palmatroeat , " and meeting in Copenhagen , having been declared illegal and irregular by the Grand Lodge of Denmark , all Masons under the
United Grand Lodge of England are hereby warned that they cannot visit such irregular Body , nor can any Lodge under this jurisdiction admit as a visitor or joining member any member of such'irregular Body , without respectively incurring the penalty attaching to a grave Masonic offence .
2 . —That a copy of the foregoing Resolution be transmitted to each Grand Lodge with which this Grand Lodge is in communication , and to the Worshipful Masters of all Lodges holding under the United Grand Lodge of England ; each such Worshipful Master being hereby instructed to aause these Resolutions to be read at the first meeting of his Lodge after the receipt thereof , and to direct that they shall be . entered in the Minutes .
•; 5 . Report of the Board of Benevolence for the months ending June ;'; July ,- arid August ; ' iti which " are recommendations for the following grants , viz . ' : The Widow of a Brother of the Lodge of Prudence , No . 1550 , Plymouth ... ... ... , £ 100 o o The Widow of a Brother of the Humber Installed
Masters' Lodge , No . 2494 , Hull ... ... 100 o o ¦ A Brother of the Ixion Lodge , No . 2501 , Buckhurst Hill ... ... ... ... ... 50 o o The Widow of a Brother of the Amherst Lodge , No . 122 3 , Riverhead ... ... ... ... 50 o o A Brother of the Yokohama Lodge , No . 1092 ,
Yokohama ... ... ... ... ... 50 ' o o A Brother of the Mount Edgcumbe Lodge , No . 1446 , London ... ... ... ... 100 o o
6 . REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES . To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board begs to report that it has received notification that the whole of the Lodges forming the late District Grand Lodge of Western Australia had resolved to surrender their respective Warrants and to place themselves under the jurisdiction of the recently formed Grand Lodge of Western Australia , viz :
The St . John Lodge , No . 485 , Perth . The Fremantle Lodge , No . 1033 , Fremantle . . The Geraldton Lodge , No . 168 3 , Geraklton . The Wellington Lodge , No . 1840 , Bunbury . The York Lodge , No . 2118 , York . . - . , -. The St . George Lodge , No . 216 5 , Perth .
. The Emulation Lodge , No . 2281 , Perth . ; - The Harmony Lodge , No . 2282 , Fremantle . The Harding Lodge , No . 2297 , Roebourne . The Albany Lodge , No . 2443 , Albany . The Unity Lodge , No . 2452 , Perth .
The Avon Lodge , No . 2471 , Northam . The Coolgardie Lodge , No . 2543 , Coolgardie . The Southern Cross Lodge , No . 2574 , Southern Cross . The Murchison Lodge , No . 2617 , Cue , Murchison Gold Fields .
The Friendship Lodge , No . 2618 , Helena Vale . The Beaconsfield Lodge , No . 2635 , Fremantle . The Military Lodge , No . 2636 , Perth . The Norseman Lodge , No . 2637 , Norseman . The Esperance Lodge , No . 26 39 , Esperance .
The M . enzies Lodge , No . 26 39 , Menzies . The Loyal Westralian Lodge , No . 25 6 S , Fremantle . The Perth Lodge , No . 2775 , Perth . The Richmond Lodge , No ! 277 6 , East Fremantle . The Diamond Fields Lodge , No . 2777 , Perth . - . >• The Kalgoorlie Lodge , No . 2778 , Kalgoorlie ,
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The Boulder Lodge , No . 2779 , Boulder . The Finnerty Lodge , No . 27 S 0 , Kalgoorlie . The Kataiming Lodge , No . 2781 , Kiaftannvng . The Duke of Albany Lodge , No . 27 S 2 , Perth .
The Golden Square Lodge , No . 278 3 , Kalgoorlie . The Lathom Lodge , No . 2707 , Perth . Lodge Australia , No . 2801 , Perth . The John Hutt Lodge , No . 2802 , Guildford . The Toodyay Lodge , No . 2 S 03 , Newcastle .
The Board begs to recommend that the above Lodges , having returned their respective Warrants to the Grand Secretary , be formally erased by vote of Grand Lodge . The Board also begs to report that the following Lodges have ceased to work , and having failed to show cause why they should
not be removed from the Roll of Lodges , be erased by Grand Lodge : The Morning Star Lodge , No . 1439 , Palampur . ' " ' ' The Victory Lodge , No . 2062 , Fategarh , Bengal . The Light in Assam Lodge , No . 1985 , Silsagur , Bengal .
The BrittanKii Lodge , No . 1277 , Bahamas . The Memorial Lodge , No . 1800 , King William ' s Town . The Westmorland Lodge , No . 1377 , Jamaica . The Urania Lodge , No . 1972 , Willowmore , South Africa . The Arakan Lodge , No . 646 , Akyab , Burmah .
The Fort Lodge , No . 1528 , Newquay . The Elian Vannin Lodge , No . 2049 , Douglas , Isle of Mian . The Board further 'recommends that the St . John Lodge , No . 2468 , Douglas , Isle of Man , not having been Consecrated , be removed from the Register .
The Board have to report the following presentations to the Library and Museum since the last meeting of Grand Lodge , all of which have been accepted with thanks : " Title or Object . By Whom Presented .
Chivalric Freemasonry in the British Isles " . —Sir Charles A . Cameron , C . B . Centennial Medal of the A . and A . Scottish Rite . —General John Corson Smith P . G . M .
An Old Grand Lodge Certificate . —Morris Davis P . M . No . 2754 . Catalogue of the Coombe Masonic Library . —W . James Hughan , P . G . D . By-Laws and History of Lodge No . 44 . —Nathan Heywood P . M .
No . 44 . Three American Masonic Medals . —Leo A . Heilbron P . M . ( U . S . A . ) . Four American Masonic Medals . —J ; as . W . Squires P . M . ( U . S . A . ) . Discours sur le Secnet . . . Franc-Maconnerie . —W . A . Dawson A . G . D . C .
Constitutions of the Grand Lodge of Canada . —J . Ross Robertson Past G . M . A Masonic Token , 1794 . —A . G . Duck P . M . No . S 98 . Twelve Masonic Medals and Ten Masonic Jewels . —Anonymous . Signature of the Duke of Norfolk G . M . 1730 , and An Old Masonic Jug . —Fred . Trehawke Davies P . M . An Old Masonic Locket . —George Kenning and Son .
Iwo Old Masonic Jewels . —H . T . Lamb . A Photo of Old Grand Steward ' s Jewel . —F . W . Broadbent P . M . No . 37 . A Masonic Emblematic Ornament . —Percy M . Whellock P . M . 1185 . The Board also submit a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts
at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on fcnday , the 16 th of August 1901 , showing a balance in the Bank of England ( Law Courts Branch ) of ^ 6 , 264 iSs 5 c ! , and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for Petty Cash ^ 100 , and for Servants' Wages £ 100 .
( Signed ) RICHARD LOVELAND-LOVELAND , President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C . 20 th August 1901 . List of Lodges for which Warrants have been Granted by the M " . W . Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand
Lodge . No . 2860 . —The New Century Lodge , London . 2861 . —The Borough of Islington Lodge , London . 2862 . —The Grant Lodge , Galle , Ceylon . 2863 . —The Kilkivan Lodge , Kilkivan , Queensland . 2864 . —The Duke of Cornwall Lodge , Stamford Hill , Natal .
2865 . —The East Gosgote Lodge , Syston , Leicestershire . 2 S 66 . — -The Shillong Lodge , Shillong , Bengal . 2867 . —The London Welsh Lodge , London . 2868 . —The Ashington Lodge , Hirst , Northumberland , 2869 . —The Blyth Lodge , Butterworth , S . Africa . 2 S 70 . —The Cheselden Lodge , London .
MARK GRAND LODGE . THE Quarterly meeting of this Grand Lodge will be held on Tuesday next , 3 rd inst ., at Mark Masons' Hall , Great Queen Street , London , W . C , at 5 for 6 p . m . The following is the Agenda of Business : 1 . Read and , if approved , confirm minutes of Quarterly Communication of 4 th June 1901 .