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Constitution , with a request that the strictest regard be paid to the contents of it . The Board further desires to direct the attention of Lodges throughout the Craft to the provisions of Bute 283 , Book of Constitutions , and to request that duo attention may be paid thereto . It is with a feeling of very deep and sincere regret that the Board has to report the remov . il by death , during the year 1899 , of the following Brethren who had filled high office in the Craft as Officers of Grand Lodge .

LIST OF OFFICERS WHO HAVE DIED DUBING THE YEAB 1899 . B . W . Bro . Col . Le G . N . Starkie , Provincial Grand Master , Lancashire E . B . W . Bro . His Excellency Sir Charles Mitchell , G . C . M . G ., District Grand Master , Eastern Archipelago . B . W . Bro . Lt .-Col . Macglashan , C . M . G ., P . G . W ., Past District Grand Master , Jamaica . R . W . Bro . The Lord Herschell , G . C . B ., P . G . W .

B . W . Bro . the Earl of Strafford , K . C . V . O ., C . B ., P . G . W . V . W . Bro . Asher Barfield , P . G . Treasurer . W . Bro . E . J . Turner , P . G . D . W . Bro . E . K . Bailey , P . G . D . W . Bro . Lt-Col . A . B . Cook , P . G . D . W . Bro . Lt .-Col . Newton , P . G . D . W . Bro . L . Gordon Bobbins , P . G . D .

W . Bro . Jabez Hogg , M . D ., P . G . D . W . Bro . Henry Maudesley , P . G . D . VV . Bro . George E . Lake , P . G . D . W . Bro . Major-Gen . Hay , C . B ., P . G . D . W . Bro . S . Leith Tomkins , P . G . D . W . Bro . John Clayton , P . Asst . G . D . C . W . Bro . Dr . Hayball Paul , P . Asst . G . D . C .

W . Bro . Raymond Thrupp , P . Asst . G . D . C . W . Bro . E . Monteuuis , P . G . Swd . B . W . Bro . Col . James Peters , P . G . Swd . B . W . Bro . Major-Gen . Gadsden , P . G . Swd . B . W . Bro . Arthur Stubbs , P . G . Std . B . W . Bro . E . L . P . Valeriani , P . G . Std . B . W . Bro . H . L . D . Montmorency , G . Steward .

The Board also submit a Statement of the Grand Lodge Accounts at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 16 th day of February instant , showing a balance in the Bank of England ( Law Courts Branch ) of £ 10 , 379 5 s 4 d , and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for Petty Cash £ 100 , and for Servants' Wages £ 100 .

In acknowledging the following presentations , the Board takes the opportunity to report that the capacious and handsome room in course of erection for the reception of the Library and Curiosities belonging to Grand Lodge will very shortly be completed , when the Board will be most happy to receive any additions thereto , which the generosity of members of the Craft may place at its disposal .

Title or Object . By Whom Presented . Full-length Oil Portrait of George , Piince of Wales , afterwards King George IV . —Edward Letch worth G . Sec . The Degrees of Freemasonry and the Royal Arch— O . Leteh Mason P . P . G . H . Two Masonic Aprons and Collars—The Hendon Lodge of Instruction , No 2206 . Centennial Celebration of the North Star Lodge , No . 8 , Lancashire , New

Hampshire , U . S . A . —M . D . Bichardson Secretary . A valuable old picture of Freemasons' Hall , London—Seymour Bell P . P . S . G . W . Printed Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Arizona , 1882-1898—George J . Boskruge Grand Secretary . Printed Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Michigan , 1826-1881 and printed Proceedings of the Grand Chapter of Michigan , 1860-1899 Jefferson S . Conover Grand Secretary .

Printed Proceedings of the Grand Chapter of New York , 1798-1883—Alex . A . Clark Grand Librarian of New York . Printed Proceedings of the Grand Chapter of Delaware—James H . Price Grand Secretary . Printed Proceedings of the Grand Chapter of Massachusetts , from 1798—Gen , S . C . Lawrence Past Grand Master . Printed Proceedings of the Grand Chapter of Quebec , 1876-1899—W . H .

Whyte G . S . E . Quebec . Printed Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Delaware ( Various)—B . F . Bartram Grand Secretary Delaware . Printed Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts ( Various)—Sereno D . Nickerson Grand Secretary . Printed Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey , 1858-1877—Thos . H . B . Kedway Grand Secretary . Printed Address of the Grand Master of New York—The Grand Secretary of

New York . The Masonic Journal , Vol . 2—John Armstrong P . P . G . W . The Wrights of Glasgow (;• . Reprint ) and Engraved Portrait of John Lane P . A . G . D . C . —W . Jas . Hughan P . G . Deacon . Photo Souvenir of 26 th Triennial Conclave of Knights Templar of the United States—Gen . Samuel C . Lawrence Past Grand Master . Centennial Celebration of St . Andrew ' s Chapter . Boston , Massachusetts-Abbott L . Aldrich G . H . P . Morgan ' s Freemasonry Exposed and Explained—Alfred Bannister P . M . No

1632 . Masonic Clothing Box ( Inlaid)—Rev . C . J . Martyn P . G . Chap . Freemasonry and the Tabernatle and Tem ple—Robert W . Bowers P . M . No . 16 . Two Photographs of Old Masonic Hall at St . John's , Antigua , WI— B * H . Kortrwht Dye it P . M . 492 . Proceedings of the Grand Chapier of North Dakota—Frank J . Thompson Grand Secretary . Souvenir of Centennial of the death of Worshi pful George Washington , 1799-1899—The Grand Lodge of Virginia .

( Signed ) BICHABD LOVELAND-LOVELAND , President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C ., 20 th February 1900 .

Earl Egerton of Tatton Provincial Grand Master of Cheshire has been appointed Lord-Lieutenant of that county , in the room of the late Duke of Westminster .

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MARK GRAND LODGE .

r j ^ HE Quarterly Communication was held on Tuesday , at JL Mark Masons' Hall , under the presidency of the Pro Grand Master the Earl of Euston . The Prince of Wales was unanimously re-elected to the dignity of Grand Master , and Bro . John Dimsdale P . M . to that of Grand Treasurer , without opposition .

The following report of the General Board was dealt with :

• During the three months ending 31 st December 1899 , there have been issued : —Mark Certificates , 304 ; total registered , 40 , 756 . Since the last report five Warrants have been granted for new Lodges : No . 531 , Orient , Howrah , Bengal .

„ 532 , Wythenshawe , Northetiden , Cheshire . „ 533 , Empress , London . ,, 534 , Bose , Camberwell . „ 535 , Bronte , Haworth , West Yorkshire .

Boyal Ark Mariner Certificates , 70 ; number registered , 6 , 126 . Warrants for three Boyal Ark Mariner Lodges , viz .: Elmete , to be attached to the Copley Lodge , No . Ill , Leeds . Wilbraham , to be attached to the Wilbraham Lodge , No . 523 . Courtenay Luck , to be attached to the Courtenay Luck Lodge , No . 526 .

His Boyal Highness the Most Worshipful Grand Master has been graciously pleased to appoint ;—R . W . Bro . Colonel James Graves Kelly , O . B ., A . D . C . to the Queen , commanding at Sialkot , to be District Grand Master for the Punjab , in succession to B . W . Bro . Col . 0 . F . Massy , whose term of Office has expired , and

R . W . Bro . the Hon . Sir Lawrence Hugh Jenkins , Knt ., Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature , Bombay , to be District Grand Master for Bombay , in succession to R . W . Bro . Lord Sandhurst , who has returned to England . The Warrant of the Moira Lodge , No . 412 , has been returned to Grand Lodge through the District Grand Master for Victoria .

FUND OF BENEVOLENCE . The M . W . Brother Bt . Hon . the Earl of Euston Pro Grand Master has most kindly consented to preside at the thirty-second Annual Festival in aid of the Benevolent Fund , which will be held at the Freemasons' Tavern , on Wednesday , 11 th July 1900 , and the Grand Secretary will be happy to receive the names of Ladies and Brethren willing to act as Stewards .

Bro . Henry Bobert Langmead , now in his 75 th year , advanced in the Friendship Lodge , No . 16 , Devonport , April 1877 , of which he is a Past Master , also one of the Founders of the St . Anne Lodge , No . 351 , East Looe , Cornwall , has been elected on the Annuity Fund without proceeding to a Poll .

The Board has elected on the Educational Fund , without a Poll : George Vernon Odell , son of the late Bro . Bushton Odell , of the Brixton Lodge , No . 234 , London . The Sub-Committee on Education , having carefully considered the Annual Eeports of the Head Masters and Mistresses of the Schools at which

the various pupils on the Fund are being educated , has awarded the Silver Medal for ptcficiency in studies and general excellence to George Darby , being educated at the Grammar School , Portsmouth ; and Bebecca Cohen , being educated at the North Manchester High School for Girls . The Board recommends to Grand Lodge : —

£ 25 to Mrs . H . S . C . G ., Widow of a Brother of Lodges Nos . 43 and 107 . ( Signed ) B . LOVELAND LOVELAND , President . FRANK BICHABDSON , Vice-President . 0 . F 1 TZGEBALD MATIEB , Grand Secretary .

London Pavilion . —Bro . Frank Glemster has always a pleasing programme to submit for the delectation of the patrons of this handsome Hall , and the present is no exception to the general rule . There are no less than twentyseven items on the list , and old favourites and fresh novelties succeed one another to the entire satisfaction of the audience . Among the fresh comers are Mr . Frank Lawton , the famous whistler , who repeats the clever scenes which made so great a success in the " Belle of New York " ; Mdlle . Bobe , a talented violinist and xylophone player ; Mr . George D'Albert , a capital

singer , with sensible songs ; Colby and Way , in a very diverting ventriloquial sketch , in which one of the performers cleverly impersonates aDancingDoll ; and Miss Helen Dupont , the piquante French burlesque actress . There are also a fine series of Tableaux Vivants , representing some of the works of the most eminent artistes , which are admirably arranged . Amongst the old favourites are Mr . B . G . Knowlcs , as clever and as quaint as ever ; Miss Queenie Lawrence , Miss Nellie Navette , Dutch Daly , and the Harvey Boys , in their boxing exhibition . An excellent evening's entertainment .

Wyndham ' s . —The fate of farces , especially those of recent years , is generally to run their course , successful or otherwise , than to be laid in the theatrical limbo , whence they seldom emerge , or are swallowed up in forgetfulness . But there are farces and farces ; and it is not surprising that Mr . Pinero ' s famous " Dandy Dick " should have been revived at Mr . Charles Wyndham ' s elegant theatre pending the brief holiday of its fortunate possessor . The revival is principally noticeable on account of Miss Violet

Vanbrugh ' s impersonation of Georgiana Tidman , formerly associated with Mrs . John Wood , and it is no small praise that must be accorded to the younger artiste for her admirable conception of the character . She rattles through the part with excellent taste that is never vulgar , while the humour loses nothing at her bands . Her description of the Dean ' s rescue is in the highest form of art . Mr . Alfred Bishop makes a dignified Dean , and his two

forward daughters are well represented by Misses Maud Hoffman and Grace Lane . The artful Blore finds a capital exponent in Mr . George Giddens , while Mr . W . H . Denny impersonates the stolid rustic constable to the very life . Mrs . Annie Hughes gives a bright little picture of Hannah , and Messrs . Vain Tempest , Stanley Cooke , Edmund Maurice , and A . E . George satisfactorily sustain the remaining characters .