Provinces.

Lodge £ s d 1947 Br A F Lametto 31 10 0 2187 Charles Nye 36 15 0 Unattached Richd Clowes 26 5 0

WARWICKSHIRE . Lodge 468 John W Rodgers 21 0 0 468 A L Bayloy 587 F Dudley Docker < 587 R J R Mackenzie

587 W A Bindley Y 65 0 0 587 J H Dent 587 Joseph W Martin / 887 Howard J Collins 64 1 0 1474 S Lyon 31 10 0 Unattached Thos Rowbotham 10 . 10 0

WORCESTERSHIRE . BrThosRArter 10 10 0 NORTH AND EAST YORKSHIRE .

Province BrWHCowper 58 16 0 Lodge 511 Br Wm Thirsk 36 18 0 Unattached Thos S Brogden 10 10 0

Provinces.

WEST YORKSHIRE , Br Rt . Hon . W . L . Jackson , M . P ., P . O ., J . P . Henry Smith ( see also House Com . )

Lodge 154 Br Major George Bolton 154 Geo H Parke 495 Thos Hargreaves 810 Joseph Harrison 904 Geo A Illston 974 Claude Taylor 974 E H Barraclough 1019 Herbert G E Green

1019 Frank Massie 1102 John France 1239 Charles Stokes 2069 B Sykes Bailey Total from Province 300 0 0

GUERNSEY AND ALDERNEY . Province Br J Balfour Cockburn 10 10 0 i ** ISLE OF MAN . Province

BrTHNesbitt 26 5 0 Lodge 2050 Br Chas Morton Challender 19 19 0 A Included in Lodge or Provincial List .

Provinces.

FOREIGN . SOUTH AFRICA . Unattached Br J E Green 10 10 0

MALTA . S ? A ^ . } Capt . RJWkhart 68 0 0 CYPRUS . Chapf ? 277 } BrFOHarvey •39 ° °

BENGAL . Lodge 1160 Br W Girling . 10 10 0 1160 W Franks 10 10 0

PUNJAB . Lodge 1960 Br Capt . A E Sandbach , R . E . 104 17 0 SCOTLAND .

Lodge 3 Br William Pine 15 7 6

Reports Of Meetings.

EEPOETS OF MEETINGS .

METROPOLITAN. — : o : — MACDONALD LODGE , No . 1216 . nnHE Installation meeting of this Lodge was held on the 3 rd I inst ., at the Surrey Masonic Hall , Gamberwell New Road , when the following Brethren were present : —R . A . Marshall W . M ., Colonel Ernest Villiers S . W ., Major T . E . Easterbrook J . W ., Lt .-Col . C . H . Nevill P . M . Treas ., W . J . Messenger P . M . Sec , C . J .

Pitcher S . D ., S . F . Cornish J . D ., Major G . H . N . Bridges P . M . D . C ., H . J . Pearn I . G ., Sidney Hill Organist , F . B . Baxter I . P . M ., G . Waterall P . M ., T . A . Harper P . M ., A . C . Bradley P . M ., Major A . J . Style P . M ., C . H . Davies P . M ., A . R . Cranch P . M ., T . V . Turner P . M ., W . S . Harvey P . M ., A . G . White P . M ., C . J . Henton ,

J . B . Hemmings , F . Chapman , C . Player , A . England , F . J . Pullan , F . B . Williams , J . Howard , C . W . Smith , H . Fawcett , A . W . Jones , A . Roe , H . Harden , F . H . Gates , C . P . Lovelock , C . W . Groom , R . C . Back . Visitors : —The Earl of Lathom , G . C . B ., Pro Grand Master , tho

Hon . Capt . Lord Skelmersdale J . G . W ., Sir John B . Monckton P . G . W ., E . Letchworth G . Sec , P . A . Nairne P . G . D ., Col . W . F . Nettleship P . G . S . B ., Major General Sir Francis Grenfell , D . A . G ., 349 , Major J . P . Probert P . G . Stewd . P . M . No . 1 Treasurer Grand Stewards Lodge , G . R . Steel P . G . Stewd . P . M . No . 1 , Major R . J . Vincent W . M . 1641 , Surgeon-Capt . G . Swaby-Smith P . M . 1380 ,

Capt . G . A . Lister P . M . 1320 , C . P . Bellerby P . M . 2021 , W . T . Snell S . D . 1818 , J . Bradley J . W . 1329 , W . Scott J . W . 857 , T . Roe P . M . 1641 , W . Glazier P . M . 34 , A . S . Berenberg S . W . 1728 , C . 0 . Crouch P . M . 857 , H . J . Davis J . D . 1719 , W . H . Andrews S . D . 227 , H . Massey 160 P . M . 619 and 1928 , J . J . Shelvey 101 , G . F . Rossiter , 0 . Neil S . D . 1728 , W . J . Hellyer J . W . 2099 , A . Dunn S . W . 342 , T . A .

Bennett 1997 , T . Preston 1669 , Edwin Preston 1669 , F . Carter P . M . 1892 P . P . G . D . C . Surrey , R . P . Upton S . W . 1328 , J . Tomkins P . M . 1669 , E . A . Whitby P . M . and Sec . 1475 , S . F . Mackway W . M .-olect 2310 , S . Richards-Campbell 1415 , C . Clarkson 1604 , S . W . Kent

Organist 1997 , W . B . Heagerty P . M . 907 , J . R . Reep W . M . 2241 , S . Scott-Young P . M . 326 P . P . G . Stand . B . East Lancashire , Trevor A . Dagg 1329 , P . Leftwich No . 1 , J . Husbands 23 , J . H . Hastie P . M . 1216 2310 , W . Hiles Smith 1706 , W . H . Simons 1986 , W . S . Payne P . M . 1669 , D . James 1706 , J . L . Haddon 1706 , H . Ashley 2206 .

After the opening formalities Col . Ernest Villiers , brother-in-law of the Earl of Lathom , was installed as W . M . of the Lodge , by Bro . R . A . Marshall , the outgoing Master , the whole of the ceremony being beautifully performed . The new Officers wore appointed as follow : Marshall I . P . M ., Easterbrook S . W ., PitcherJ . W ., Nevill P . M . Treas ., Messenger P . M . Sec , Cornish S . D ., Pearn J . D ., Alfred England I . G ., Bridges P . M . D . C ., Hill Organist , F . J . Pullan

Steward , F . B . Williams Charby Steward , Whitcman Tyler . Tho Earl of Lathom and Major General Sir Francis Grenfell were elected honorary members of the Lodge , which compliment both those distinguished Brethren acknowledged . Lodge was afterwards closed and the Brethren sat down to a choice banquet in the large Hall , and subsequently honoured the usual toasts . The Charity box produced the sum of £ 1 lis 6 d .

In giving the toast of the Most Worshipful Grand Master Col . Villiers said the interest the Prince of Wales took in Freemasonry was so well known that no words of his were necessary . Notwithstanding His Royal Highness ' s various and varied duties he always gave constant watchfulness to the welfare of Freemasonry . Only recently abroad , while attending the marriage of his niece at Coburg , he took the opportunity of appointing H . R . H . Prince Frederick Leopold of Prussia a Past Grand Master of England .

Reports Of Meetings.

What did this show , but that at all times and under all circumstances his heart was with Freemasons ? Colonel Villiers said he rose with great diffidence to propose the next toast , but he was quite certain that there was no Brother present , or in the United Kingdom—he would go further , and say there was not a living person in the civilised world , who had not a

just appreciation of the Masonic Order . But to what did they attribute the name which the Order had borne for so many years , and the credit which it had brought on its name ? As much as anything did the Brethren owe it to those high in office , who had assisted by their energies , by their lives , and by their working , to keep up the name of Freemasonry . The toast which it was his

privilege for the first time within that Hall to propose in the presence of that high Officer was that of the Most Worshipful the Pro Grand Master of England . Whatever his predecessors in times gone by might have done for tho good of Freemasonry , they all knew that he was second to none in the energy , the ability and tho keenness which he had shown in supporting the Craft , whether it was

in the various official ceremonies he had to perform , whether it was in the charities which he personally superintended and assisted , whether it was by the advice and assistance which he gave to all those who had to come in contact with him , or whether it was by the example of his own life—in all theso matters the Most Worshipful Pro Grand Master most notably and amply filled the post to

which he had been exalted . It was not his place in Lord Lathom's presence to occupy the time of the Brethren by dilating too much on his merits , they were too wide-known , and he would content himself by asking them , knowing it was in all their hearts , to re-echo his feelings , and drink this toast , thanking Lord Lathom most cordially and gratefully for attending that evening . Long might they live to be under his rule .

Tho Earl of Lathom , who , on rising to respond was received with a general outburst of applause , assured the Brethren that it gave him very great pleasure to come among them that evening . It was his second visit to Surrey , in which county a few years ago he had the honour of installing the Grand Master of the Province , Colonel Money . He had had a most cordial welcome this evening

and he thanked the Brethren for it . He was very sorry it was not in his power to visit private Lodges so often as he could wish ; but if he did his duty in that respect his own Lodges in West Lancashire would take up a third of the year , and that would not give him much time to go . But when he was able to go ho was always glad to do so , and to see how the working was carried on . He congratulated

the Brethren very much on the way the ceremony had been carried out that evening . As they might suppose , in his long Masonic career he had had many opportunities of seeing it performed ; but rarely had he seen it done with greater ability . He had said his long Masonic career , for it was a long one , considering that if commenced in 1856 , probably before many now

present were made . Though he hardly thought it possible it could be so , he would be glad to find there was an older one . He could only congratulate the Brethren on the choice they had made of a W . M . He was proud to think that a relative of his had become a ruler of the Craft . He wished him long life and prosperity in

his office . After taking his seat his lordship again rose , and said he had to offer sincere apology for a mistake he had made . He had spoken of this as being his second visit to Surrey . He ought to have mentioned another visit ; he had had the honour of consecrating a Lodge in the room where they met that night , and he was very glad to appear on the scene of a former exploit .

Col . Villiers , in proposing the Deputy Grand Master and the rest of the Grand Officers , observed that what he had already said as regarded the interest taken in Freemasonry by one so high in command as the Earl of Lathom was equally true of those who were their other rulers in the Craft . The duties of the D . G . M . and the G . Officers were all important , and all necessary for the proper ruling and ordering of the Craft . It was from them that Masons received instruction ; they carefully watched over the granting ot