The Grand Master's Hospital Fund.

THE GRAND MASTER'S HOSPITAL FUND .

FEELING that many of our readers are interested in the success of the project of H . E . H . the Prince of Wales , to endow the hospitals of the metropolis as a means of commemorating the sixtieth year of the Queen ' s reign , we asked the Secretary to supply us a list of contributions to

the Fund from Masonic Lodges , and now have the pleasure of giving the particulars . As stated in a foot note we are unable to identify one or two of the amounts , but no doubt Sir Savile Crossley , Bart ., one of the Honorary Secretaries of the Fund , who has kindly sent the details , will enable us to put this right next week .

ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS . £ e . d . Mizpah Lodge , No . 1671 , London ... ... ... 5 5 0 A St . Andrew Lodge , per Treasurer ... ... ... 5 5 0 Eriars Lodge , No . 1349 , London ... ... ... ... 5 5 0

Evening Star Lodge , No . 1719 , London ... ... ... 5 5 0 St . James Union Lodge , No . 180 , London , per S . Dibley ... 2 2 0 St . John Lodge , No . 1343 , Grays ... ... ... 2 2 0 Priory Lodge , No . 1000 , Southend ... ... ... 2 2 0 Patriotic Chapter , No . 51 , Colchester ... ... ... 14 0 Granite Lodge , No . 1328 , London ... ... ... 110

DONATIONS . St . Mary Lodge , No . 63 , London , par G . Kelly Treasnrer ... 20 0 0 Tuscan Lodge , No . 14 , London ... ... ... ... 20 0 0 Savage Club Lodge , No . 2190 , London ... ... ... 10 10 0 St . Thomas Lodge , No . 142 , London ... ... ... 10 10 0

A Britannic Lodge , Surbiton ... ... ... ... 10 10 0 Royal Sussex Lodge of Emulation , No . 355 , Swindon ... 10 0 0 Golden Rule Lodge , No . 1261 , London ... ... ... 6 10 0 Aldersgate Lodge , No . 1657 , London ... ... ... 5 14 6 Clapham Lodge , No . 1818 , London ... ... ... 5 5 0

Pickwick Lodge , No . 2467 , London ... ... ... 5 5 0 Clerkenwell Lodge , No . 1964 , London ... ... ... 5 5 0 Hendon Lodge , No . 2206 , London ' ... ... ... 5 5 0 Invicta Chapter of Rose Croix , East Greenwich ... ... 4 4 0 North Kent Lodge , No . 2499 , Bexley Heath ... ... - 2 15 6

Confidence Lodge of Instruction , No . 193 , per J . K . Pitt Sec . 2 2 0 Metropolitan Lodge , No . 1507 , London ... ... ... 2 2 0 Gladsmuir Chapter , No . 1385 , Barnet ... ... ... 16 0 A . Derby Lodge ... ... ... ... ... 110 A We give these items as supplied , but cannot yet identify them .

The School Quarterly Courts.

THE SCHOOL QUARTERLY COURTS .

rTlHE regular Quarterly Courts and half-yearly elections of - * - the two Educational Institutions are to be held next week—on Thursday and Friday respectively . The Court of the Girls School will assemble at Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queen Street , on Thursday , at

12 o ' clock , and , providing no special business unexpectedly presents itself , will proceed to the election of twenty pupils from a list of twenty-eight approved candidates ( No . 20 on

the list , I . A . Fincken having been nominated for admission under the Sir Henry Edwards presentation ) . It is a matter of gratification that so large a proportion of the applicants can be admitted . The supporters of the Boys School will assemble the following day , at the same time and place , and here the

The School Quarterly Courts.

chief item of interest will undoubtedly be the receipt of a report from the Board of Management , as to the progress in the development of the Bushey site for the new School . The first item on the agenda , however , is an expression of loyalty

towards Her Majesty the Queen , Bro . C . E . Keyser P . G . D . Patron and Treasurer of the Institution having given notice of his intention to move a respectful vote of congratulation to the Queen on the completion of the sixtieth year of Her reign .

It will next be proposed to declare a further vacancy to be filled up at the ensuing election , to fill the place of a lad who has left the School before the expiration of his term . The Treasurer will have to be elected ( Bro . C . E . Keyser

being the only nomination ) , as also twelve Brethren not Life Governors as Members of the Council , and ten Life Governors to . fill vacancies on the Board of Management ( in connection

with this there are but five Brethren nominated for the five London vacancies , and eight nominations for the five Provincial vacancies ) .

The list of sixty candidates for admission to the Institution has been reduced to fifty-five , by reason of withdrawals , & c , and for them there are at present twenty-one declared vacancies , to be increased in all probability by the further

vacancy sought to be declared , as mentioned above , so that here also there is considerable cause for satisfaction , although the proportion of vacancies to candidates is not so marked as in the case of the sister Institution . Further details in regard to the two meetings are given in our advertisement columns .

Cheshire Charities.

CHESHIRE CHARITIES .

A MEETING of the Committee of Benevolence of the Province of Cheshire was held at Crewe on Wednesday , Bro . John Clayton presiding . The Chairman gave a report as to the position of the Province in reference to the voting power'in support of candidates for the Boyal Masonic Charities at ensuing elections . Several petitions were laid before the Committee , and

it was decided to support the case of Eobert Goodwin Travis for the Boyal Masonic Institution for Boys . Several petitions for relief were favourably considered . A series of new bye-laws prepared by the Charity Council for the government of the Cheshire Masonic Benevolent Institution was laid before the

meeting , and after discussion adopted . At a meeting of the Committee of Management of the Cheshire Educational Masonic Institution , which followed , it was decided to hold the meetings of the executive Sub-committee at Birkenhead and Manchester alternately , instead of Crewe and Stockport .

The W . M . of the Gallery Lodge , No . 1928 , wishes to make a most earnest appeal to West of England and other Freemasons to support the case of Alfred Sanderson , son of the late Bro . H . J . Sanderson , in the forthcoming election for the Boyal Masonic Institution for Boys . The late Bro . Sanderson was for many years on the staff of the " Western Morning News , " and for the

latter period of his life was on the London staff of that journal . He died in December 1894 , after a painful illness extending over many months , leaving a widow and three children . Had he lived Bro . Sanderson would this year have been W . M . of the Gallery Lodge . Those who know the circumstances feel that an appeal has never been made for a more deserving case .