Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

Total :- 68 certificates , 17 honours , and 3 " distinctions . " During the six years of the present management 174 candidates have passed the Junior and 15 the Senior Cambridge Local Examinations , 53 of whom gained honours and distinctions . In addition to these public examinations the whole School is annually examined by the Cambridge University Syndicate , and a copy of the Examiner ' s Eeport is issued to each subscriber with the April voting paper .

Department of Science and Art , South Kensington , May 1894-5 . Successes obtained : —1894 , 31 certificates ; 1895 , 48 certificates . During the six years of the present management 301 candidates have passed the examinations in Mathematics , Drawing , Sound , Light and Heat , Physiology , Physiography , Magnetism and Electricity , and Geology .

Trinity College ( London ) Musical Knowledge Examination , 1891-4 . 19 certificates in Intermediate and Junior Division . Shorthand ( Pitman's System ) . 60 certificates and 10 memberships of the Phonetic Society have been gained during the last three years .

St . John's Ambulance Society , 1895 . The Medical Officer ( Dr . Porter ) delivered a series of lectures , and 20 boys entered for the examination , 14 passed . This is a totally new departure in the work of the School . The boys were prepared by Dr . Porter , and the proof of the pains he took is in the result .

Scholarship Fund , Sixth List of Subscriptions—to 10 th March 1896 . £ s d The United Grand Lodge ... ... ... ... ... 210 0 0 Province of Durham Lodges and Subscribers ( per Brother B . Hudson , each Lodge having contributed ) making a total of £ 66 6 s Od ... ... ... ... ... ... 44 4 0 "Friends in Council Lodge , No . 1383 ( per Bro . Major General

J . C . Hay ) ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 10 0 Grand Masters Lodge , No . 1 ... ... ... ... 5 5 0 Fidelity Lodge , No . 3 ... ... ... ... ... 5 5 0 Scientific Lodge , No . 88 ( per Brother Major O , Papworth ) ... 5 5 0 The Provincial Grand Chapter of Hampshire and Isle of Wight 5 5 0 Boyal York Lodge , No . 315 ( per Bro . C . "W . Hudson ) ... 5 5 0

Perfect "Friendship Lodge , No . 376 ( per Brother N . Tracy ) ... 5 5 0 Hartington Lodge , No . 916 ( per Bro . Whatford ) ... ... 5 5 0 St . Cecilia Lodge , No . 1636 . . . ... ... ... 5 5 0 Pomfret Lodge , No . 360 ( per Brother George Ellard ) ... ... 5 5 0 Excelsior Lodge , No . 617 ( per Brother J . M . Drysdale ) ... 5 0 0 Felicity Lodge , No . 58 ( per Brother W . J . Crump ) ... ... 3 3 0

Boyal Pavilion B . A . C . No . 315 ( per Comp . C . W . Hudson ) ... 3 3 0 Gallery Lodge , No . 1928 ( per Brother Bobbins ) ... ... 2 2 0 The Allied Degrees , No . 18 Chapter ( per Brother Margrett ) ... 2 2 0 TheBt . Hon . theEatl Amherst P . G . M . Kent Vice-Pat . of Inst . 5 5 0 Bro . J . S . Eastes P . G . D . D . P . G . M . Kent Vice-Pat . of Inst . ... 5 5 0

Bro . J . H . Whadcoat P . M . 19 Vice-Pat . of Inst . ... ... 2 2 0 Bro . Alfred "Wood S . W . 2426 ... ... ... ... 2 2 0 Bro . J . W . Gieve Prov . G . Treas . Hants , and Isle of Wight ... 2 2 0 Bro . VV . H . Toye P . M . 1278 ... ... ... ... 110 Bro . Thomas Taylor P . P . S . G . W . Prov . G . J . Bucks . Vice-Pres . of

Institution ... ... ... ... ... ... 110 Mathias Mather Lodge , No . 1661 ... ... ... ... 110 Bro . T . Hastings Miller P . G . S . B . ... ... ... ... 110 Bro . Aubone S . Beed , No . 5 Lodge ... ... ... ... 110 Wycombe Lodge , No . 1501 ( per Brother J . Bliss ) ... ... 110

St . Peter ancl « t . Paul Lodge , No . 1410 ( per Brother T . Taylor ) 110 Carrington Lodge , No . 2421 ( per Brother J . J . Thomas ) ... 110 Felix Lodge , No . 2371 ( per Brother Charles H . Downes ) ... 110 Bro . W . i \ Lamonby P . G . W . Victoria P . P . S . G . W Cumberland and Westmoreland ... ... ... ... ... 110 Guildhall School of Music Lodge , No . 2454 ( per Brother W . H . Cummings ) ... ... ... ... ... ... 110

Fellowship And Charity.

FELLOWSHIP AND CHARITY .

rr"lHEBJE has been for years a growing sentiment in favour of JL a relaxation of our " no refreshment rule "—not a desire to cast aside all restraints and turn our Lodges into clubs of intemperate revelers , bufc to cultivate more generally the social intercourse of members , and , by that means , make Lodge meetings more like what they were intended fco be—social

gatherings for the exchange of thought and pleasant converse upon matters concerning the welfare of the Lodge and its members . Many eminent Brethren argue thafc by a small outlay , judiciously applied , the increase of interest manifested in Lodge work and welfare will be demonstrated , and it will be

clearly shown that practical refreshment is as essential to Lodge prosperity as good work during the hours of labour . There is a happy medium in all these matters which should bring about the desired remedy . The " no refreshment rule , " in its radical form ,

is the result of the abuse of one of the most attractive features of Masonic communion , founded upon ancient custom and the practice of the time honoured text , "Behold how good and how pleasant it is for Brethren to dwell together in unity . "

As a reminder of this ancient custom , we shall carry with us to the grave a recollection of a visit made to Tuolumne Lodge in the year 1852 . The Lodge room had been destroyed by fire in the month of June of that year , and the Lodge was holding

forth temporarily in rooms fitted up for tha purpose in the Eagle Hotel , in the city of Souora . At the stated meeting in August of that year we applied for the privilege of visitation , and found a Lodge of forty Masons assembled , presided over by Bro . Charles

Fellowship And Charity.

M . Badcliff Master , and , afc the time , Grand Master . Bro . Wm . W . Traylor was Senior Warden . It being a regular meeting , no work was in order . Upon the completion of the business , principally referring fco the building of a new Lodge hall , fche Lodge was called to refreshment , and , at the request of the

Master , gathered around a table in fche ante-room . There was a spread of cold meats , bread and cheese , sandwiches and coffee . No set speeches were allowed , bub an informal conversation was indulged in for nearly an hour , principally in reference to the new hall . The Tyler was an English sailor , known as " Uncle

John . " At the proper time Bro . Eadcliff rapped , and called the Tyler , making , on behalf of the Brethren , a request for a song . Unlike professionals , Uncle John did not excuse himself , bnt cleared his throat and responded with a rollicking song and chorus .

The song over , Brother Eadcliff remarked : " Brethren , our charity fund is not as strong as it might be , and perhaps this is a good time to nourish ifc a bit . Brother Treasurer , place a hat upon fche table and take charge of the offering . " The Treasurer , Bro . Charles F . Dodge , reported the collection of $ 9250 . The Brethren returned to the Lodge Room and closed .

Thab meeting has always lingered in my memory as an illustration of the good fellowship characteristic of the true and loyal Free and Accepbed Mason . I need hardly add that the friendships born of that meeting forty-three years ago were severed only by the deaths of Past Grand Masters Eadcliff and Traylor a few years since . —William A . Davies ( California ) , in " Voice of Masonry . "

"A Sprig Of Acacia."

"A SPRIG OF ACACIA . "

rflHE intelligence of fche deafch of Bro . Bradshaw Brown , ofthe I Millwall Estate Offices , and Billiter Square Buildings , produced on Monday a very painful sensation in civic circles , where he is well known and widely respected , says the " City Press . " The news was additionally distressing because of the fact that death was the result of a fall from a horse , a promising

career being thus cut short at the early age of forty-six . On Sunday morning the deceased was riding in company wibh a friend upon Blackheath , when his horse swerved , and he fell violently to the ground upon his head . He was picked up and conveyed home , where he remained unconscious until Monday

morning at nine o ' clock , when he died . He leaves a wife and three children—two boys and one girl—to mourn bheir sad loss . Bro . Bradshaw Brown was engaged in the bnsiness of an auctioneer at the early age of nineteen , and at fche time of his death he was a partner in the firm of Harry Hooper and Co .,

Billiter Square Buildings , having previously been in business for over twenty-five years in Fenchurch Street as an auctioneer and valuer . He held , among other important positions , the position of rating surveyor to the parish of Poplar , and had acted on behalf of rating appeals made by tbe South-Eastern Eailway

Company , the Surrey Commercial Docks Company , manufacturing companies , and other large undertakings . For many years he had devoted special attention to the waterside manufacturing premises , on the value of which he was regarded as an authority . Besides being an expert in machinery , he had been connected

with the sales of most of the dry docks on the Thames . He was a member of the Shipwrights' Company , a prominent Freemason , and a member and ex-vice-commodore of the Alexandra Yacht Club . The deceased was of a very charitable disposition , and took a keen interest in many philanthropic institutions ,

conspicious amongst which was the Poplar Benevolent Soeiety , of which for several years he had been the Treasurer . Perhaps his latest philanthropic effort was the raising of a subscription on behalf of the crews of the river steamers , the service in connection with which has been recently stopped .

SOUTHMOLTON Loyal Lodge of Industry , No . 421 , has , during the past week , lost two prominent members in the death of Brothers E . H . Swingburn and W . B . William Oram . Brother Swingburn , who died after a few days' illness , had been a member of bhe Lodge for a great number of years ;

he was a Justice of the Peace for the borough , and died at the comparatively early age of fifby-four . Bro . Oram was the father of the Lodge , and besides being D C . also held that office in the Provincial Lodge . He had installed the Officers for many years ,

and recently was presented with an enlarged photograph of himself in a richly carved frame , which now adorns the walls of the Lodge . A large number of Masons attended his funeral on the 6 th , the service being impressively read by Rev . Brother F . King , Vicar of Southmolton .

THE remains of Bro . John Holt P . M . Prince Edwin Lodge , No . 128 , were interred at the Bury Cemetery , on Thursday of last week . Bro . Holt had been a member of the Prince Edwin Lodge for nearly forty years , and was highly respected . Several Brethren attended the funeral .