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The Masonic Mirror.
THE IISOIIG IIRROl .
MASONIC ME The Ta / iMiton Coiwier , stokes that arrangement are in progress for laying the foundation stone of St . Mary ' s Tower on 3 rd of Atigust . " The most Important ceremonial will be the ^^ g ^ <^ m will be invited to attend . A Provincial Crand Lp ^ last week , at which the necessary preliminary arrang
will take place under a spaxnous tent ; and the bands of the West Somerset Y manry Cavalry and 1 ^ five colonels , wUl attends Local committees have been formed to assist the churchwardens in ^ making the requisite pre ^ aratiohs , arid they are already actively engaged in the affair . There will be something done too , in the Avay bf decorations , in Avhich we hope the ii ^ abitants ^ w
We have received a copy of the Illustrated ' News of the W < M # > of the 17 th , containing two excellent and spirited engravings , relative to the recent Masonic doings in Scotland—tjhe procession—and the dinner in the evening .
ROYAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED MASONS AND THEIR WIDOWS . At the monthly meeting of the committee of this institution , on Wednesday , July 14 , Bro . Jno . Hervey in the chair , the accounts were examined ; and it was ordered that £ 450 be invested in consols , on account of the Male Annuitv Fund , and £ 350 on account of the Widows' Fund . This makes the sums invested £ 10 , 750 for the Male Fund , and £ 2 , 950 for the Widows' Fund .
The pensions paid during the last quarter amounted to — Male Annuitants , £ 234 15 ^ ., being at the rate of £ 939 per annum ; and to Female Annuitants , £ 123 2 s . 6 cT ., or at the rate of £ 492 10 s . per annum . A Since the previous meeting one of the male pensioners , Bro . Thos . Miller , of Stockport , an annuitant of £ 25 per annum , had died . Bro . Farnfield , Sec , reported that he had received a communication from the Secretary of the Board of Grand Stewards who conducted the last Grand Festival ,
desiring that the collector of the institution might call upon their treasurer , it having been resolved that the balance of deposits , which remained in hand after paying all the expenses of the festival , should be handed over for the benefit of the Benevolent Institution , as follows : £ 10 10 s . to the Widows' Fund ; £ 10 10 s . to the Male Fund ; and £ 7 16 s . for the purchase of coals and candles for the inmates of the Asylum , during the ensuing winter . It was resolyed , that the thanks of the committee should be forwarded to the Secretary of the Board of Grand Stewards , for their liberal donation , and that Bro . K 2 ' I .
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The Masonic Mirror.
THE IISOIIG IIRROl .
MASONIC ME The Ta / iMiton Coiwier , stokes that arrangement are in progress for laying the foundation stone of St . Mary ' s Tower on 3 rd of Atigust . " The most Important ceremonial will be the ^^ g ^ <^ m will be invited to attend . A Provincial Crand Lp ^ last week , at which the necessary preliminary arrang
will take place under a spaxnous tent ; and the bands of the West Somerset Y manry Cavalry and 1 ^ five colonels , wUl attends Local committees have been formed to assist the churchwardens in ^ making the requisite pre ^ aratiohs , arid they are already actively engaged in the affair . There will be something done too , in the Avay bf decorations , in Avhich we hope the ii ^ abitants ^ w
We have received a copy of the Illustrated ' News of the W < M # > of the 17 th , containing two excellent and spirited engravings , relative to the recent Masonic doings in Scotland—tjhe procession—and the dinner in the evening .
ROYAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED MASONS AND THEIR WIDOWS . At the monthly meeting of the committee of this institution , on Wednesday , July 14 , Bro . Jno . Hervey in the chair , the accounts were examined ; and it was ordered that £ 450 be invested in consols , on account of the Male Annuitv Fund , and £ 350 on account of the Widows' Fund . This makes the sums invested £ 10 , 750 for the Male Fund , and £ 2 , 950 for the Widows' Fund .
The pensions paid during the last quarter amounted to — Male Annuitants , £ 234 15 ^ ., being at the rate of £ 939 per annum ; and to Female Annuitants , £ 123 2 s . 6 cT ., or at the rate of £ 492 10 s . per annum . A Since the previous meeting one of the male pensioners , Bro . Thos . Miller , of Stockport , an annuitant of £ 25 per annum , had died . Bro . Farnfield , Sec , reported that he had received a communication from the Secretary of the Board of Grand Stewards who conducted the last Grand Festival ,
desiring that the collector of the institution might call upon their treasurer , it having been resolved that the balance of deposits , which remained in hand after paying all the expenses of the festival , should be handed over for the benefit of the Benevolent Institution , as follows : £ 10 10 s . to the Widows' Fund ; £ 10 10 s . to the Male Fund ; and £ 7 16 s . for the purchase of coals and candles for the inmates of the Asylum , during the ensuing winter . It was resolyed , that the thanks of the committee should be forwarded to the Secretary of the Board of Grand Stewards , for their liberal donation , and that Bro . K 2 ' I .