Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

overrun by the children of tbe neighbourhood . They had been obliged to invoke the assistance of the police to keep the place quiet on Sundays . The first grant of £ 50 was for a short fence . Grand Lodge voted £ 1000 distinctly for the fitting up of this wall , and therefore if they got

this grant of £ 500 from the Institution they would be well within what Grand Lodge had given . Bro . Walter Hopekirk agreed that the outlay was desirable . The motion was carried . Bro . John E . Le Feuvre Deputy Provincial Grand Master Hants and Isle of Wight , V . P ., moved , to come after Article 6 of Law 54 , as an additional clause : —

Every petition on behalf of a candidate whose father was initiated in a Province shonld , whero possible , be accompanied by a recommendation from tho Provincial Grand Secretary of snch Province , who shall be invited to givo his opinion on the circumstances of the

case for the guidance of the General Committee . In the event of the petitioner being nnable to procure such recommendation and expression of opinion , the fact shall bo stated in the petition , with the grounds for such inability , ancl , if deemed sufficient by the Committee , it may , at their discretion , be dispensed with . He thought that such a rule would bring information

regarding candidates which would be most valuable . It did

not affect London brethren , but was only limited to tbe Provinces . It would afford the General Committee of the School an opportunity of receiving from the Provincial Grand Secretaries an impartial opinion or report on the

merits of each case . It could do no harm , and might do much good . There were cases within his personal knowledge which he was sure if reported upon by Provincial Grand Secretaries , would not now have been in our Schools

and encumbering the lists . On the Boys' School list was a boy who was born 13 years after his father bad ceased to subscribe to a Lodge . In the Girls' School some years ago for want of candidates all that were on tbe list were

admitted . One of those would not go out till 1887 , and he was sure she would not have been favourably reported on by the Provincial Grand Secretary . Another was in the School whose mother was a widow at the time of the

election , and was carrying on her late husband ' s business just as well , and was as prosperous as when her husband died . She ultimately married a second husband , who has since been a Master of a Lodsu That child would not

leave till 1888 . He did not think either of these cases would have been accepted if fuller enquiries had been made . Brother Charles Lacey seconded the motion . In reply to Brother Hogard , Brother Le Feuvre said his

motion did not deal with Districts but only ' with Provinces . Bros . Hopekirk , S . G . Bake , and Hogard objected . Bro . Frank Richardson trusted the motion would not be carried . The whole body of subscribers had decided that they would

adjudicate on the cases . If this was carried the Provincial Grand Secretaries would really be the electors . In a Province where there was a Charity organisation that organisation took up the cases . If at any time they had

two cases which they knew they could carry , and a third came forward , which would destroy the chances of the other two , the Provincial Grand Secretary would naturally say the third was not a case to be recommended . After

other remarks Bro . Le Feuvre replied ; his proposal was only ' carrying out the new rule in the Constitutions that such a report was necessary for country cases coming before the Board of Benevolence , and it worked very

happily indeed . Last month there was an occasion when a Prov . Grand Secretary said he had made inquiries into the case , and he did not recommend it for relief . That

list of the successful candidates , while below are the unsuccessful , together with the number of votes secured by each .

No . on List Forward Polled Total 5 Clark , Julia Elizabeth 203 1141 1344 7 Steng , Martha Paulina C . 250 1038 1288 16 Goodchild , Edith Grace 1123 1123 14 Melhnish , Edith 883 883 6 Eawlings , Lilian Gertrude S . 129 535 664 4 Sntton . Eleanor Julia 202 171 373

3 Proudfoot , Edith Lilian 19 260 279 10 Harris , Grace Lenore 254 254 30 Gurney , Amy Elizabeth C . 247 247 25 Harnden , Fanny Maria 196 196 2 Woods , Lilian 51 20 71 19 Longshaw , Hannah Maude 62 62 13 Marshall , Mary Maude 44 44 8 Norman , Aline Mary 26 13 39 33 Richardson , Isabella 22 22

was valuable information for the Board . The motion proposed to get information which the Committee might act on if they pleased . On division the motion was lost , and the election was proceeded with . In another page we give a

Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

No . on List Forward Polled T 0 tal 11 Craft , Ethel Ada 10 IQ 22 Phenix , Gertrude 5 g

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

ON Monday the Quarterly Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , held at Freemasons' Hall , under the presidency of Bro . Captain S . G . Homfray , Deputy

Prov . G . M . Monmouthshire , simply resolved itself into a meeting for the confirmation of the minutes , as the only notice of motion on the agenda—that of Bro . Le Feuvre , of a similar character to the one decided at the Girls' School

Court on Saturday—was withdrawn , in consequence of the opinion of the brethren being against it on that occasion . As soon as the minutes were confirmed the ballot for the

usual half-yearly election was declared open . In another column will be found a list of the successful candidates ; we here give a list of the unsuccessful , with the number of

votes they will carry forward , if eligible , to the election in April next .

15 Angier , Harry Norman 45 1149 1194 6 Matthews , Percy Haslem 117 857 974 5 Wood , Joseph 173 553 726 25 Collinson , William 364 364 13 Gray , Harold 86 149 235 2 Taylor , Albert 50 154 204

3 Gibbs , Percy 13 86 99 26 Green , Charles William 59 59 44 Scott , Frederick William John 41 41 1 Cannon , George 20 20 40 33 Burgess , Edgar Holmes 39 39 24 Grossman , John — — —

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Suffolk.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF SUFFOLK .

''pHE Right Hon . Lord Henniker was , on Friday , the ¦* - 8 th inst ., installed as Grand Master of the Province of Suffolk , in place of Bro . Lord Waveney , who bad filled the office for many years previous to his death a few months since . The ceremony of the day was performed by

the Right Hon . Earl Amherst , Provincial Grand Master of Kent , who was supported by a large number of brethren . The Lodge was opened by Bro . Rev . C . J . Martyn P . G . C , the Deputy of the Province , and the minutes having been

confirmed , and the brethren addressed as to the nature of the proceedings , the Provincial Grand Master elect was formally introduced , installed , and saluted . He then announced that he had appointed Bro . the Rev . C . J . Martyn

as his Deputy Provincial Grand Master—an appointment which evoked the heartiest marks of approval from those assembled . Bro . E . P . Youell P . M . 1631 was unanimously re-elected Prov . G . Treasurer , and Bro . Syer Prov . Q . Tyler . Tbe Officers for tbe year were invested as

follow : — Bro . J . G . Oliver 1008 - - - Senior Warden S . G . Carley 555 - - - Junior Warden £:1S:MSI::}«¦*-E . P . Youell 1631 - - Treasnrer C . H . Vincent 1823 - - Eegistrar N . Tracy 376 - - - Secretary V . D . Colchester 114 - - Senior Deacon J . M . Franks 376 - - - Junior Deacon J . White 959 - - - Superintendent of Works W . Clarke 114 ... Director of Ceremonies H . W . Cullum 1663 - - Asst . Dir . of Ceremonies E . Barker 388 - - - Sword Bearer C . Byford 225 - " } Standard Bearers J . T . Eccleston 305 . -j T . Palmer 114 - - - Organist H . J . Wright 936 - . - Assistant Secretary A . Langhton 1592 - - Pursuivant B . Smith 81 Assistant Pursuivant Cook , W . M . 225 - - - ) E . J . Sherman W . M . 959 . - [ Stewards G . H . Beart W . M . 936 - ¦) S . B . Syer 376 - - - Tyler

The Report of the Provincial Board of General Purposes showed a total membership of 874 , as compared with 900 at the beginning of tbe year . During the past nine months there had been twenty-five initiations and thirteen joinings in tbe Province , while they had lost seven members by