The Boys' School.

No . on WIMTTS ! Votes Votes Tot ., i List . NAMES . forward , to-day . 10 tl 58 * Shrapnel , Harold Vivian N . S . — 701 701 32 Johnston , William Studor 40 5 G 2 602 1 Cox , Georgo Samuel ... 3 SI 170 551 23 Sharp , Colin Bell 354 141 495

21 Mackay , Jas . Montague Hole 373 7 a 4 IS 30 Crew , Frederick Alt ... 1 G 7 239 406 44 * Fairman , William Harry — 399 399 4 Gurney , John Henry ... 321 39 3 G 0 33 Wilkinson , Percy Charlo 3 ... 154 204 358

36 Wait , Emanuel ... 121 217 338 8 Day , Arthur Harris 262 47 309 52 * Watkin , Hugh Robert ... — 249 249 42 * Deeley , Richard Percy Francis — 238 238 48 * Tavlor . Ernest George Wm . J . — 237 237

53 * Busher , Samuel Longfcon ... — 230 230 43 * Ceeley , John Robert Gordon — 215 215 26 Watkins , Alfred Charles ... 115 81 196 28 Green , Charles William ... 116 71 187 31 Rogers , Gordon 77 92 169 13 Furze , William Ernest ... 105 58 163

29 Tippler , Leonard Charles ... 103 52 155 3 Slate , James Thomas London 137 8 145 11 Williams , George Alfred ... 128 — 128 14 Johnson , Arthur Edwin ... 84 18 102 37 Ridpeth , Lovell Hope ... 31 62 93

57 * Barclay , Henry Gavin Hacket — 93 93 47 * Denton , Herbert ... — 46 46 35 Marshall , Robert James ... 38 — 38 7 Gover , Joseph 29 4 33 20 Newboult , Harry 3 24 27 10 Evans , John McMillan ... 21 5 26

27 Cole , Alfred Thomas ... 10 10 20 46 * Froat , Christian Frederic ... — 10 10 15 Morley , William Moore ... 8 —¦ 8 51 * Allin , Charles James Fox ... — 4 4 25 Edmonds , Riohard Herbert ... — 3 3

45 * Woodhonse , Sam ... — 2 2 41 * Matthews , Robert ... — 2 2 54 # Minshull , Sam Bradford ... — — — * Denotes first application .

The Cheshire Educational Masonic Institution.

THE CHESHIRE EDUCATIONAL MASONIC INSTITUTION .

THIS Institution was founded in the year 1863 , and the report for the year 1876 presents several features which are eminently satisfactory . The cash account epens with a balance brought forward of £ 388 lis 7 d . Including this , the total receipts from all sources—donations from

Masonic Ball at Stockport , Amateur Performance at Birkenhead , andLodges , Chapters , andBrethren ; subscriptions , fees , interest on invested moneys—amount to £ 923 12 s lOd . The expenditure reached only £ 447 6 s lOd . Of this £ 122 17 s Id was expended for the education of nineteen children , and £ 18 13 s lid for the advancement of four . £ 270 was

invested on mortgage of two houses , at 5 per cent ., and there were sundry items for stationery , printing , & c , amounting together to £ 35 15 s lOd . Thus there remains a balance of £ 476 6 s , of which £ 345 lis 9 d is in the North and South Wales Bank , and the remaining £ 130 14 s 3 d in Treasurer ' s hands . The funds of the Institution consist of invested

moneys to the extent of £ 2858 13 s lOd ; this being an increase over the amount at the corresponding period of the previous year of very nearl y £ 358 . On glancing over the list of donors and subscribers for the year , we find that , with hardly an exception , the Lodges and Chapters in

the rrovince hgure tor sums more or less considerable . This indicates an advance on the year 1875 ; and though the Committee still earnestl y impress on the Craft the necessity for contributing liberally , and likewise call attention to the Provincial Grand Master ' s

recommendation , — that a certain amount out of every initiation and exaltation fee should be appropriated to this _ charity , it is obvious that with so considerable an addition as £ 358 in one year , our Cheshire brethren must have been working very strenuously , and are becoming less

ana less open to the charge contained m the Report for 1875 , to the effect that" there is much laxity on the part of some Lod ges and Chapters in forwarding their annual returns , and in collecting subscriptions from the brethren . " Ibis , of course , may still applyin somecases , bnt theincrease m t ° v ? ations ' fees ' subscriptions , from Lodges , Chapters , 1 ft 7 <; mu ? ' snows a substantial gain last year as against 1875 . The income from this source was £ 384 5 s in 1876 as

against £ 268 3 s 6 d i n 1875 , though the casual donations in . the latter were £ 72 5 s 2 d as against £ 35 15 s in the former it we compare the expenditure for education and advancement during the two years , we find that in 1875 a sum of

The Cheshire Educational Masonic Institution.

£ 128 13 s 4 d was spent in educating twenty-one children , in 1876 a sum of £ 122 17 s Id on nineteen children . On the other hand tho sums expended in advancement were in the one case only fonr guineas , and last year £ 18 13 s lid . The sums invested in the two years were as nearly as

possible equal , and so were the amounts expended in printing and the like . Tho closing balance in Treasurer ' s hands is larger in this than in the former account . Not only does the establishment of such an institution , as this reflect tho greatest credit on the Province of

Cheshire , it is likewise of great service in relieving our central establishments of at least a portion of the pressure to which they are becoming moro liable with each succeeding year . For instance , if we turn to the lists of

candidates at the recent elections , we find that only ono boy hailed from Cheshire , and not a single girl ; while the report we have been analysing contains evidence that there are several children of brethren in the Province who are in

need of educational assistance , and that some of these require further help in order to start them fairly on the journey of life . It is obvious that a Province which does this ont of its own funds lightens pro tanto the difficulties

which our Boys' and Girls' Schools experience in meeting the heavy demands upon their resources . At the same time , Cheshire is not unmindful of the claims of the latter institutions on their support , as will be seen on reference to their respective lists of subscribers and governors .

It remains for us to add that an annual contribution of five shillings constitutes the subscriber an annual Governor with ono vote , and an additional vote for every additional five shillings . A donation of five guineas or upwards in one or more payments within the twelve months constitutes

the donor a Governor for life , with one vote for each guinea contributed ; and a donation of twenty guineas in . two or more payments within two years , entitles tho donor to bo a Vice-President , if a Lodge or Chapter contribute the latter sum at one time , or in several payments within

three years , it becomes entitled to twenty votes during its existence . ' Tho limits of age for the admission of candidates to the benefits of the Institution are seven and fifteen , or in the case of a child who has lost both parents six years . After sixteen , the child ceases to be a recipient of

such benefits . The father must have been a subscribing member for at least three years to a Lodge or Lodges in the Province . The children are sent to some educational establishment in their immediate neighbourhood , and the Institution defrays the annual charges . Candidates for the

benefits of advancement must not be under twelve or over eighteen years . At the last meeting of the Governors , held at Crewe , on the 29 th March , two

candidates were admitted to the benefits of education , and two were " advanced . " It has given us great pleasure to detail these particulars , for the information of our readers , and we trust the institution at no distant date may be able to realise its hopes , and that the interest on its investments will suffice to meet its expenditure .

The Duke of Connaught Lodge of M . M . Masons will be consecrated on Friday the 27 th inst ., at the Havelock Hotel , Albion-road , Dalston , by the V . W . Bro . Frederick

Bmckes Grand Sec . M . M . M . Bro . J . B . Shackleton Prov . G . D . of C , Middlesex and Surrey is the W . M . Designate . Special permission has been given to advance candidates on that occasion .

On Thnrsday last , the 12 th inst ., at the Metropolitan Club , No . 1 Minories , Bro . G . R . Innes jun . in the chair , Bro . L . H . Phillips , CO ., No . 205 , was presented with a very elegant and valuable testimonial , in the shape of a silver claret jug , on a stand of silver three feet in hei ghth . The following was the inscription : —

" Presented to L . H . Phillips , Esq ., by a number of his frienda ia Portsoken and Aklgato Wards . " La Tolerance Lodge of Instruction , No . 538 , meets at the Horse and Groom , Winsley-street , Oxford-street , W ., every Wednesday evening , at 7 . 45 . Bros . T . A . Adams P . M .

P . G . P . Preceptor , J . Hurdell Hon . Secretary . At a meeting of this Lod ge of Instruction , it was unanimously agreed that members of the late Royal Union Lodge of Instruction be admitted as members without any joining fee .