March 29. A Special Communication of the Grand Lodge was held in the City of Medford for the purpose of constituting Sagamore Lodge.

April 10. A Special Communication of the Grand Lodge was held in the town of South Hadley Falls for the purpose of dedicating the new Masonic Temple of Mount Holyoke Lodge.

June 12. A Special Communication of the Grand Lodge was held at Roxbury, in the city of Boston, for the purpose of assisting in the celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Lafayette Lodge.

June 24. A Special Communication of the Grand Lodge was held in the city of Salem for the purpose of laying the Corner-stone of the Masonic Temple.

July 17. A Special Communication of the Grand Lodge was held in the town of Southampton for the purpose of laying the Corner-stone of the Methodist Church.

October 19. A Special Communication of the Grand Lodge was held in that part of the city of Quincy known as Wollaston, for the purpose of dedicating the Masonic Temple of Wollaston Lodge.

SPECIAL WARRANTS AND RETURNS ON THE SAME.

January 7, 1915. To R.W. William O. Hunt, District Deputy Grand Master of the Fifth Masonic District, to hold an Exemplification. Executed at Masonic Hall, Newtonville, March 13, 1915.

January 13. To R.W. Harry E. Perkins, District Deputy Grand Master of the Tenth Masonic District, to hold an Exemplification. Executed at Masonic Hall, Haverhill, March 6, 1915.

January 20. To R.W. George B. Farrington, District Deputy Grand Master of the Eighth Masonic District, to hold an Exemplification. Executed at Masonic Hall, Salem, March 19, 1915.

January 21. To R.W. Charles G. Bird, District Deputy Grand Master of the Third Masonic District, to hold an Exemplification. Executed at Masonic Hall, Chelsea, February 22, 1915.

January 23. To R.W. Paul S. Burns, District Deputy Grand Master of the Sixth Masonic District, to hold an Exemplification. Executed at Masonic Hall, Somerville, March 23, 1915.

January 28. To R.W. Charles B. Burleigh, District Deputy Grand Master of the Seventh Masonic District, to hold an Exemplification. Executed at Masonic Hall, Melrose, March 20, 1915.

February 1. To R.W. Dan J. Kimpton, District Deputy Grand Master of the Thirty-third Masonic District, to hold an Exemplification. Executed at Masonic Hall, Springfield, April 24, 1915.

March 16. To R.W. G. Harry Kaulbach, District Deputy Grand Master of the Fourteenth Masonic District, to hold an Exemplification. Executed at Masonic Hall, Greenfield, April 19, 1915.

March 18. To R.W. James B. Paige, District Deputy Grand Master of the Seventeenth Masonic District, to hold an Exemplification. Executed at Masonic Hall, Easthamp

ton, April 19, 1915.

March 23. To R.W. Gurdon W. Gordon, District Deputy Grand Master of the Eighteenth Masonic District, to hold an Exemplification. Executed at Masonic Hall, Springfield, May 8, 1915.

March 24. To R.W. William W. Ollendorff, District Deputy Grand Master of the Twenty-second Masonic District, to hold an Exemplification. Executed at Masonic Hall, Blackstone, April 24, 1915.

March 24. To R.W. Benjamin W. Clements, District Deputy Grand Master of the Twelfth Masonic District, to hold an Exemplification. Executed at Masonic Hall,

Lowell, May 15, 1915.

April 5. To R.W. John H. Schoonmaker, District Deputy Grand Master of the Nineteenth Masonic District, to

hold an Exemplification.

May 6, 1915.

Executed at Masonic Hall, Ware,

April 5. To R.W. Gardner R. P. Barker, District Deputy Grand Master of the Twenty-sixth Masonic District, to hold an Exemplification. Executed at Masonic Hall,

Quincy, May 21, 1915.

April 9. To R.W. Darius W. Gilbert, District Deputy Grand Master of the Twenty-seventh Masonic District, to hold an Exemplification. Executed at Masonic Hall, Cohasset, May 29, 1915.

April 16. To R.W. John C. Makepeace, District Deputy Grand Master of the Thirty-first Masonic District, to hold an Exemplification. Executed at Masonic Hall, Wareham,

May 22, 1915.

April 13. To R.W. Granville C. Fiske, District Deputy Grand Master of the Twenty-third Masonic District, to hold an Exemplification. Executed at Masonic Hall, Framingham, May 8, 1915.

June 10. To R.W. G. Otis Adams, District Deputy Grand Master of the Twenty-fourth Masonic District, to hold an Exemplification. Executed at Masonic Hall, Marlboro, October 12, 1915.

June 16. To R.W. William O. Hunt, District Deputy Grand Master of the Fifth Masonic District, to heal Mr. Anthony E. Thacher. Executed within the Body of Saint Martin's Lodge, Chatham, July 5, 1915.

MEMBERSHIP.

The number of affiliated Masons August 31, 1915, was 70,254 The number of affiliated Masons August 31, 1914, was 67,901

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

As has previously been reported to you, a new and thorough system of bookkeeping and accounting has been installed. The financial report will, therefore, be in a different form from those of preceding years. The only matter in it which seems particularly to call for explanation is the division of expenditures between the different departments..

Apportionment.

It immediately became necessary to apportion the various expenses of this building. There is a clear line of demarcation between the parts of the building used for business and those used for Masonic purposes.

Superintendent's Department.

The Superintendent's Department has nothing to do with. the business apartments of the building. The employees of this department give their entire attention to caring for those parts of the building occupied by Masonic and not by business tenants. Therefore all (or 100%) of the expenditures for the Superintendent's Department have been charged to the Masonic apartments of the building.

Insurance on Personal Property in the Building. One hundred per cent (100%) also of the insurance paid on the personal property belonging to the Grand Lodge and used in the operation of the building has been charged to Masonic apartments.