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Addition To The Girls' School. Laying The Foundation Stone.
ADDITION TO THE GIRLS' SCHOOL . LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE .
IT will be in the recollection of onr readers that , at the Quarterly General Meeting , in the spring of this year , ifc was resolved , on the motion of Lieut .-Colonel Creaton , to extend the Girls' School , so as to admit of the number of pupils being increased to just over two hundred , the sum to bo expended in constructing the necessary additional premises being sot down at a little short of £ 10 , 000 .
Accordingly , on Thursday , tho ceremony of laying the foundation stone of tho new wing was held , the officiating brother being , very appropriately , Lieut .-Colonel Creaton himself , who , not only in this instance , but likewise throughout his Masonio career , has evinced so deep an interest in the welfare of this and our other Institutions . On the whole , the day was propitious , and accordingly the various
committees assembled in great strength to do honour to so interesting an event . Everything , indeed , passed off most satisfactorily , and we bog to offer our heartiest felicitations to Bro . Creaton and the other brethren who so ably supported him in the success of tho day ' s proceedings . The various committees , together with their visitors , and headed
by the servants and children of the Institution , having proceeded to the platform , there met the architect and others engaged in the erection of the building . Lieut .-Col . Creaton , at the request of the Senior Trustee , assumed tho post of Master Mason for performing the ceremony , and having approved of the position selected for lay . ing the stone , requested the Secretary to read the document to be
deposited in tho cavity , which he then handed to the Solicitor , who placed it , together with the coins , & c , in its proper place . The inscription on the plate having been read , it was placed in the cavity , and the Master Mason announced his readiness to assist the operative masons in their labour . The trowel was then presented , and the cement having been laid , the Chaplain read a short prayer , which
was followed by an anthem , during which the stone was lowered , and the Lewis freed . The architect presented the various tools to the M . M ., who tested the stone with each , and declared ifc properly set . Tho drawings were afterwards inspected and pronounced satisfactory . Corn , wine and oil were then sprinkled on the stone by members of the Committee , and the Treasurer deposited some money for the
workmen . The blessing of Heaven having been invoked on the future operations , the children sang a hymn , which closed the proceedings . The brethren present afterwards sat down to a slight repast , presided over b y Lieut .-Col . Creaton , who proposed tho "Queen . " This having been duly honoured , he gave the " Prince and Princess of Wales , " the latter of whom he hoped to see in due time open tho
now building , when completed , and then , "Success to the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Girls . " It was , he said , with , great pleasure he met so many who had interested themselves in tho charity . He was glad to see the Secretary back among them , and hoped the im . provement in his health would be lasting . Bro . Little said ifc was often he had to respond for the toast of the Girls' School , bufc ifc gave
him especial pleasure on this occasion ; not even ill health would lesson the interest he took in the Institution . Thanks to the liberality of the Craft , it only required energy to get together a very large amount . Bro . Tomkins , Treasurer , proposed the health of the chair , man , who ho said was always ready to devote his time and attention to the good of the School .
" The Ladies , " especially those connected with the Institution , having been honored , some other toasts -were given , after which the brethren adjourned to the School-room , where some pianoforte recitals were given , and songs sung by the pupils , who finished up a very pleasant evening with dancing . The appearance of the pupils , and everything connected with the Institution , was in its usual style , and
we consider the praiso bestowed on Miss Jarwood , Miss Davis , and those who work with these ladies , very well deserved . Tho plate bore the following inscription : — "Eoyal Masonic Institution for Girls , St . John ' s-Hill , Battersea-llise , S . W . This , the foundation stone of the buildings to bo erected in extension of the above Institution , was laid by the Chairman of the
Building Committee , W . Bro . Lieut .-Colonel John Creaton " P . G . D ., Vice-Patron and Trustee , on Thursday , the 7 th September 1876 , in tho presence of the Committees of tho said School . Bro . Thomas Massa , architect , Bro . C . Fish , builder . Building Committee—The Treasurer and Trustees , Bro . John Boyd P . G . P ., Henry Browse P . G . D ., Henry A . Dubois , Benjamin Head P . G . D ., Peter De Lando Long , Joshua
Nunn P . G . S . B ., Lieut .-Col . James Peters , John A . Eucker P . G . D ., Griffiths Smith P . G . Steward , Alfred H . Tattershall , Eev . Joseph M . Vanghan , Thomas W . White P . G . Steward . E . Wentworth Little Secretary . " Accompanying this was the same inscription rendered into Latin by Bro . H . C . Levander M . A ., a member of the Audit Committee , and which Bro . Littlealsoread . asfollows : — "Hunc Lapidem f uudamentum
novum sedificn adjunct ! scholto pro filiabus Latomorum institutes solemni more posnit coram a > dium curatoribus prases Fratruwi ad hoc opus conficiendum delectorum Johannes Creaton , praofectus Militaris , hujus Collegii propatronus et Fiduciarius . Die Jovis A . D . VII . Idus Septembris , Anno Salutis MDCCCLXXVI . Prasentibus etiatn Thoma Massa , Arehitecto , Carolo Fish , Eedemptore , Eoberto Wentworth Little Scribii , Aliisque Fratribus Delectis . "
FOREWARNED , FoBEAiiMED . —In a question of such vital importance as the preservation and restoration of health , every possible means cf effecting those objects should ( when disease threaten , or when , nnfortunitcly , it has established itself ) be known and at hand . Tlolloway ' s Pills may safely he relied on for rectifying all disorders of the digestive apparatus , for removing all obstructionsfor
, purifying circulation , and for regulating its distribution through the body . By these effects all febrile attacks are warded oil ' , and all inflammatory disposition quickly subdued . By mending imperfect digestion , and instituting order throughout every organ , Holloway ' s Me iicinn has proved itself the best preventative of headache , neuralgia , gout , rheumatism , indigestion , liver com-Slaints , renal disorders , diarrhoea , dysentery , and , consequently , choleraic tenancies .
Addition To The Girls' School. Laying The Foundation Stone.
The West Smithfield Lodge , No . 1623 , which will hold its meetings at the Market Hotel , King-street , Snow-hill , Smithfield , will be consecrated on Thursday next , the 14 th inst ., at half past 2 precisely . Bro . John Hervey , Grand
Secretary , will perform the ceremony ; he will be assisted by brethren eminent in the Order . The following are the officers designate : Bros . J . Smith P . G . P . W . M ., T . A . Adams S . W ., G . S . Elliott J . W ., and Bro . F . Walters is the Secretary pro tern .
We have received copy of tho Report of the Crystal Palace District Gas Company for the half-year ended 30 th June last . The financial statement it contains is eminently satisfactory , and the shareholders are to be congratulated on having so able and energetic a Board of
Directors . We cite , in evidence of this assertion , the proposal that will be submitted to the ordinary General Meeting , which will be held on the 21 st inst . The profit and loss account amounts to £ 10 , 643 18 s 3 d . £ 1000 of this having been carried to the Reserve Fund , the Directors
will recommend that £ 9 , 088 5 s be devoted to paying the following dividends , namely : " at the rate of 6 per cent , per annum on the Preference Capital ; at the rate of 7 per cent , per annum on the Ordinary 7 per cent . Capital ; at
the rate of 10 per cent , per annum on the Original Capital ; at the rate of 7 per cent , per annum on the Converted 7 per cent . Capital ; and at the rate of 10 per cent , per annum on the Converted 10 per cent . Capital ; all less income-tax . " This will leave a sum of £ 555 13 s 3 d
to be carried forward to the profit and loss account for the next half-year . The further particulars are equally interesting . . The contingent fund account shows a balance of £ 10 , 000 equivalent to £ 10 , 652 9 s 3 d New Three per Cents . ; the reserve fund , a balance of £ 4 , 272 12 s 4 d ;
the insurance fund , a balance of £ 1 , 074 18 s lid . The paid up capital is little short of a quarter of a million sterling—actually £ 249 , 632 . The total expenditure has reached £ 219 , 699 16 s lOd , leaving a balance on capital account of £ 29 , 932 3 s 2 d , or , in round figures , just £ 30 , 000 .
The revenue account for the half-year exhibits a total receipt of £ 44 , 605 10 s lOd , composed of rental £ 34 , 586 4 s 5 d , proceeds of residual products £ 9 , 542 ls 6 d , and sundries ; against a total expenditure amounting to £ 34 , 452 12 s 3 d , of which the principal items are £ 29 , 112
16 s lid for the manufacture and distribution of gas , £ 1 , 316 18 s 2 d for rents , rates , and taxes , and £ 2 , 401 4 s 4 d for management , the balance of profit for the halfyear being £ 10 , 152 18 s 7 d . The only remark we need offer on such a statement is , that the directors must have fulfilled their duties admirably .
The friends of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys will be glad to hear that Dr . Morris , the Head Master , succeeded in getting three boys through at the last Oxford Local Examination as "Associate in Arts , " viz . — W . Beanmont ( aged 16 August 26 th 1876 . ) E . Bryant ( aged 16 January 27 th 1877 . )
W . E . Parker ( aged 16 February 4 th 1878 . ) Dr . Morris began the Oxford subjects after the Christmas holidays , and had less than four months in which to prepare his scholars for the special work required of the senior
candidates for this examination . The Cambridge Local , the Science and Art , and the Oxford Local Examinations , all came within the first nine months of Dr . Morris ' s appointment to the Head Mastership .
In order to convey to our readers some idea of the system of work that prevails in French Lodges , we extract from the " Chronicle" in the latest issue of le Monde
Maconnique , the following particulars : — Lodge I'Avenir . —Consideration of the relations between Capital and Labour . Essay on Morality . Debate by Bros . David , Collineau , Sineau , and Lopin .
Lodge La Glemenie Amitie Cosmopolite . —Newly initiated brother ' s impressions of Freemasonry . Lodge Isis Montyon . —Consideration as to what are tho conditions of individual and social progress from a material , intellectual , and moral point of view ?
Lodge V Union Ma <; onnique . —Essay on Franklin , by tho Orator of the Lodge . Lodge La Prevoyance . —Eulogium on Franklin , by Bro * Chenaale . A speech oa Commerce , by Bro , Auclair ,
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Addition To The Girls' School. Laying The Foundation Stone.
ADDITION TO THE GIRLS' SCHOOL . LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE .
IT will be in the recollection of onr readers that , at the Quarterly General Meeting , in the spring of this year , ifc was resolved , on the motion of Lieut .-Colonel Creaton , to extend the Girls' School , so as to admit of the number of pupils being increased to just over two hundred , the sum to bo expended in constructing the necessary additional premises being sot down at a little short of £ 10 , 000 .
Accordingly , on Thursday , tho ceremony of laying the foundation stone of tho new wing was held , the officiating brother being , very appropriately , Lieut .-Colonel Creaton himself , who , not only in this instance , but likewise throughout his Masonio career , has evinced so deep an interest in the welfare of this and our other Institutions . On the whole , the day was propitious , and accordingly the various
committees assembled in great strength to do honour to so interesting an event . Everything , indeed , passed off most satisfactorily , and we bog to offer our heartiest felicitations to Bro . Creaton and the other brethren who so ably supported him in the success of tho day ' s proceedings . The various committees , together with their visitors , and headed
by the servants and children of the Institution , having proceeded to the platform , there met the architect and others engaged in the erection of the building . Lieut .-Col . Creaton , at the request of the Senior Trustee , assumed tho post of Master Mason for performing the ceremony , and having approved of the position selected for lay . ing the stone , requested the Secretary to read the document to be
deposited in tho cavity , which he then handed to the Solicitor , who placed it , together with the coins , & c , in its proper place . The inscription on the plate having been read , it was placed in the cavity , and the Master Mason announced his readiness to assist the operative masons in their labour . The trowel was then presented , and the cement having been laid , the Chaplain read a short prayer , which
was followed by an anthem , during which the stone was lowered , and the Lewis freed . The architect presented the various tools to the M . M ., who tested the stone with each , and declared ifc properly set . Tho drawings were afterwards inspected and pronounced satisfactory . Corn , wine and oil were then sprinkled on the stone by members of the Committee , and the Treasurer deposited some money for the
workmen . The blessing of Heaven having been invoked on the future operations , the children sang a hymn , which closed the proceedings . The brethren present afterwards sat down to a slight repast , presided over b y Lieut .-Col . Creaton , who proposed tho "Queen . " This having been duly honoured , he gave the " Prince and Princess of Wales , " the latter of whom he hoped to see in due time open tho
now building , when completed , and then , "Success to the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Girls . " It was , he said , with , great pleasure he met so many who had interested themselves in tho charity . He was glad to see the Secretary back among them , and hoped the im . provement in his health would be lasting . Bro . Little said ifc was often he had to respond for the toast of the Girls' School , bufc ifc gave
him especial pleasure on this occasion ; not even ill health would lesson the interest he took in the Institution . Thanks to the liberality of the Craft , it only required energy to get together a very large amount . Bro . Tomkins , Treasurer , proposed the health of the chair , man , who ho said was always ready to devote his time and attention to the good of the School .
" The Ladies , " especially those connected with the Institution , having been honored , some other toasts -were given , after which the brethren adjourned to the School-room , where some pianoforte recitals were given , and songs sung by the pupils , who finished up a very pleasant evening with dancing . The appearance of the pupils , and everything connected with the Institution , was in its usual style , and
we consider the praiso bestowed on Miss Jarwood , Miss Davis , and those who work with these ladies , very well deserved . Tho plate bore the following inscription : — "Eoyal Masonic Institution for Girls , St . John ' s-Hill , Battersea-llise , S . W . This , the foundation stone of the buildings to bo erected in extension of the above Institution , was laid by the Chairman of the
Building Committee , W . Bro . Lieut .-Colonel John Creaton " P . G . D ., Vice-Patron and Trustee , on Thursday , the 7 th September 1876 , in tho presence of the Committees of tho said School . Bro . Thomas Massa , architect , Bro . C . Fish , builder . Building Committee—The Treasurer and Trustees , Bro . John Boyd P . G . P ., Henry Browse P . G . D ., Henry A . Dubois , Benjamin Head P . G . D ., Peter De Lando Long , Joshua
Nunn P . G . S . B ., Lieut .-Col . James Peters , John A . Eucker P . G . D ., Griffiths Smith P . G . Steward , Alfred H . Tattershall , Eev . Joseph M . Vanghan , Thomas W . White P . G . Steward . E . Wentworth Little Secretary . " Accompanying this was the same inscription rendered into Latin by Bro . H . C . Levander M . A ., a member of the Audit Committee , and which Bro . Littlealsoread . asfollows : — "Hunc Lapidem f uudamentum
novum sedificn adjunct ! scholto pro filiabus Latomorum institutes solemni more posnit coram a > dium curatoribus prases Fratruwi ad hoc opus conficiendum delectorum Johannes Creaton , praofectus Militaris , hujus Collegii propatronus et Fiduciarius . Die Jovis A . D . VII . Idus Septembris , Anno Salutis MDCCCLXXVI . Prasentibus etiatn Thoma Massa , Arehitecto , Carolo Fish , Eedemptore , Eoberto Wentworth Little Scribii , Aliisque Fratribus Delectis . "
FOREWARNED , FoBEAiiMED . —In a question of such vital importance as the preservation and restoration of health , every possible means cf effecting those objects should ( when disease threaten , or when , nnfortunitcly , it has established itself ) be known and at hand . Tlolloway ' s Pills may safely he relied on for rectifying all disorders of the digestive apparatus , for removing all obstructionsfor
, purifying circulation , and for regulating its distribution through the body . By these effects all febrile attacks are warded oil ' , and all inflammatory disposition quickly subdued . By mending imperfect digestion , and instituting order throughout every organ , Holloway ' s Me iicinn has proved itself the best preventative of headache , neuralgia , gout , rheumatism , indigestion , liver com-Slaints , renal disorders , diarrhoea , dysentery , and , consequently , choleraic tenancies .
Addition To The Girls' School. Laying The Foundation Stone.
The West Smithfield Lodge , No . 1623 , which will hold its meetings at the Market Hotel , King-street , Snow-hill , Smithfield , will be consecrated on Thursday next , the 14 th inst ., at half past 2 precisely . Bro . John Hervey , Grand
Secretary , will perform the ceremony ; he will be assisted by brethren eminent in the Order . The following are the officers designate : Bros . J . Smith P . G . P . W . M ., T . A . Adams S . W ., G . S . Elliott J . W ., and Bro . F . Walters is the Secretary pro tern .
We have received copy of tho Report of the Crystal Palace District Gas Company for the half-year ended 30 th June last . The financial statement it contains is eminently satisfactory , and the shareholders are to be congratulated on having so able and energetic a Board of
Directors . We cite , in evidence of this assertion , the proposal that will be submitted to the ordinary General Meeting , which will be held on the 21 st inst . The profit and loss account amounts to £ 10 , 643 18 s 3 d . £ 1000 of this having been carried to the Reserve Fund , the Directors
will recommend that £ 9 , 088 5 s be devoted to paying the following dividends , namely : " at the rate of 6 per cent , per annum on the Preference Capital ; at the rate of 7 per cent , per annum on the Ordinary 7 per cent . Capital ; at
the rate of 10 per cent , per annum on the Original Capital ; at the rate of 7 per cent , per annum on the Converted 7 per cent . Capital ; and at the rate of 10 per cent , per annum on the Converted 10 per cent . Capital ; all less income-tax . " This will leave a sum of £ 555 13 s 3 d
to be carried forward to the profit and loss account for the next half-year . The further particulars are equally interesting . . The contingent fund account shows a balance of £ 10 , 000 equivalent to £ 10 , 652 9 s 3 d New Three per Cents . ; the reserve fund , a balance of £ 4 , 272 12 s 4 d ;
the insurance fund , a balance of £ 1 , 074 18 s lid . The paid up capital is little short of a quarter of a million sterling—actually £ 249 , 632 . The total expenditure has reached £ 219 , 699 16 s lOd , leaving a balance on capital account of £ 29 , 932 3 s 2 d , or , in round figures , just £ 30 , 000 .
The revenue account for the half-year exhibits a total receipt of £ 44 , 605 10 s lOd , composed of rental £ 34 , 586 4 s 5 d , proceeds of residual products £ 9 , 542 ls 6 d , and sundries ; against a total expenditure amounting to £ 34 , 452 12 s 3 d , of which the principal items are £ 29 , 112
16 s lid for the manufacture and distribution of gas , £ 1 , 316 18 s 2 d for rents , rates , and taxes , and £ 2 , 401 4 s 4 d for management , the balance of profit for the halfyear being £ 10 , 152 18 s 7 d . The only remark we need offer on such a statement is , that the directors must have fulfilled their duties admirably .
The friends of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys will be glad to hear that Dr . Morris , the Head Master , succeeded in getting three boys through at the last Oxford Local Examination as "Associate in Arts , " viz . — W . Beanmont ( aged 16 August 26 th 1876 . ) E . Bryant ( aged 16 January 27 th 1877 . )
W . E . Parker ( aged 16 February 4 th 1878 . ) Dr . Morris began the Oxford subjects after the Christmas holidays , and had less than four months in which to prepare his scholars for the special work required of the senior
candidates for this examination . The Cambridge Local , the Science and Art , and the Oxford Local Examinations , all came within the first nine months of Dr . Morris ' s appointment to the Head Mastership .
In order to convey to our readers some idea of the system of work that prevails in French Lodges , we extract from the " Chronicle" in the latest issue of le Monde
Maconnique , the following particulars : — Lodge I'Avenir . —Consideration of the relations between Capital and Labour . Essay on Morality . Debate by Bros . David , Collineau , Sineau , and Lopin .
Lodge La Glemenie Amitie Cosmopolite . —Newly initiated brother ' s impressions of Freemasonry . Lodge Isis Montyon . —Consideration as to what are tho conditions of individual and social progress from a material , intellectual , and moral point of view ?
Lodge V Union Ma <; onnique . —Essay on Franklin , by tho Orator of the Lodge . Lodge La Prevoyance . —Eulogium on Franklin , by Bro * Chenaale . A speech oa Commerce , by Bro , Auclair ,