Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

rpHE April Quarterly General Court of Governors and ¦ * - Subscribers of this Institution was held on Saturday , in the large Hall of the Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queen Street , under the presidency of Bro . Horace Brooks Marshall , Past Grand Treasurer , Treasurer of the Institution ,

& c . At the commencement of the proceedings the Chairman moved , and Bro . B . Letch worth P . G . D . Vice-Patron seconded , a vote of sympathy with the widow and family of the late Bro . Edgar Bowyer , who was a Vice-Patron of

the Institution , in the great loss they had sustained by his death . The vote was unanimously agreed to . Those present then agreed to the assent by the Trustees to the

conversion of the Institution ' s Stock , according to the scheme of the Chancellor of the Exchequer . Bro . H . B . Marshall was re-elected Treasnrer , and the following brethren were chosen as the 12 annual or life subscribers on

the General Committee : —Bros . Edward . Ayling , W . Beavis , J . W . Berrie , J . J . Cauey , James P . Corben , Lieut .-Col . Wolseley Cox , T . A . Dickson , William Dodd , J . French , T . G . C . Gambrill , William Vincent , and F . Thomas . The

report of the Centenary Committee , which had been approved and referred by the General Committee , with the recommendation " that the revised plans under scheme B , submitted therewith , be adopted , " was brought forward , and

approved of . Upon the recommendation of the House Committee it was then proposed that one further vacancy , caused by a girl leaving before her time , be declared , making the number of children to be elected that day twelve , instead of

eleven as originally decided upon . Bro . Henry Smith , Deputy Provincial Grand Master West Yorkshire , took the opportunity of expressing his opinion as to tbe overcrowding which had been allowed for some time past at the

Institution . He did not exactly wish to oppose the proposition before the Court , but felt the overcrowding was most objectionable . However , the additions that day approved of would give considerably more accommodation ,

and , he hoped , would remove the evil to which he had referred , in regard to those at present in the School , while it wonld provide accommodation for others . The declaration

of the additional vacancy was then approved of , as also was the proposition in regard to tho honorary rank of Patron being conferred on Bro . Charles Hammerton and

his daughters , in recognition of the valuable services he had rendered to the Institntion . The proposition of Bro . Charles Hogard , amending Law LXVL , was agreed to , so that the General Committee will now havo the power of

paying for the education and maintenance of each girl educated outside the Institution any sum not exceeding £ 20 per annum , until the child shall reach the age of sixteen years . Bro . George Bernard Brodie , M . D ., P . G . D .,

P . Prov . G . W . Surrey , was appointed Honorary Physician to the Institution , in the place of Bro . W . Hope , M . D ., P . G ., Steward , who had resigned the office . A hearty vote of thanks was awarded to Bro . Hope for his services in the past .

There being no further business of a general character before the Court , the poll for the election was declared open , and in due course the twelve highest on the list were

returned as elected . Votes of thanks were passed to the Scrutineers and to the Chairman , and the proceedings terminated . In another column will be found a list of the successful

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candidates , together with the number of votes polled for each ; we here give similar particulars in regard to the unsuccessful . The votes recorded will be carried forward for the next election in all cases where the candidates will be eligible .

UNSUCCESSFUL . Name . Forward . Polled . Total . 27 Pooler , Ellen Anne Blanche 1883 1883 2 Webster , Ruby Eosetta 844 818 1662 38 Sims , Dora 1640 1640 37 Wells , Frances Norah 1474 1474 34 Codling , Henrietta Jessie 1439 1439

31 Liverd , Hilda Maude 1188 1188 42 Short , Prances Jessie 1074 1074 39 Cookes , Mabel Alice 968 968 1 Batch , Georgina 384 572 956 23 Harling , Adelaide Howefct Jane 944 944 8 Bruce . Mabel Elizabeth 372 520 892

7 Tettenborn , Olga Katinka 145 726 871 33 Snmner , Annie Elizabeth Alice 657 657 6 Staff , Henrietta Ada 444 168 612 4 Geach , Nora 181 289 470 21 Thaw , Laura Amelia 427 427

25 Swaebe , Pnscilla Minnie 426 426 19 Astington , Lilian May 401 401 5 Bissett , Sarah 234 160 394 22 Gould , Mary Ponsford 304 304 9 Campbell , Fanny Clark 106 125 231 29 Hemmings , Florence Charlotte 174 174

10 Wilkinson , Jane Routledge 125 1 126 28 Lee , Leonie Rosamond 113 113 16 Wells , Ethel Lilian Julia 77 77 35 Thorn , Anita Mary 43 43 24 Marie , Melinda Alexandrine * 31 31

20 Bingham , Alice Winifred 11 11 15 Prout , Alice Katie Beatrice 7 7 14 Crompton , Florence Helen — — , * Will be removed from List nnder Law 53 , being eleven years of age , and unsuccessful .

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

THE April Quarterly General Court of Governors and Subscribers of this Institution was held on Monday , in the large Hall of the Freemasons' Tavern , London , under the presidency of Bros . Capt . S . G . Homfray P . A . G . D . C , Deputy Provincial Grand Master Monmouthshire . After the confirmation of the minntes Bro .

George Plucknett P . G . D . was unanimously re-elected Treasurer of the Institution , while the following brethren were chosen for the General Committee : C . W . Bennett , W . B . Blackmur , John French , Charles T . Dorey , Noah

Martin , E . C . Massey , Henry Massey , C . H . McKay , A . H . Scurrah , John Stock , H . Webb , and Henry Wells . Bro . N . B . Headon , P . M . 1426 , brought forward the proposition standing in his name , and to which we referred last week

It was seconded by Bro . J . S . Cumberland P . P . G . W . N . and E . Yorks , and carried . Bro . George J . Bow next brought forward his proposal , that a sum not exceeding £ 100 be contributed by the Institution towards the

guarantee fund for the purpose of promoting a Bill to separate Wood Green from the existing Tottenham Local Board . As we anticipnted last week , this proposal was

rejected in most forcible manner , many of those present urging that the Court had no power to spend money for such a purpose . In the course of his remarks Bro . Boi-r stated he had been advised by the House Committee to put