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Bona!IttasanicMmiiMmx&xtya&s, J V '__ . ' ¦ - ' ^ J ___ > f WOOD GREEN , LONDON , N . Grand Patron : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . President : H . R . HlGIINESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c ., M . W . G . M . 4 QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the Governors and Sub . JL V . cvi . > ors will be held at Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen Street , Lincoln's Inn Fields , London , on Friday , tho 27 th day of July 1888 , for the transaction of the oriinary business of tbe Institution . To consider tho following Notices of Motion : 1 . By W . Bro . A . F . GODSOI ., M . P ., P . G . D . Patron , on boha ' . of tho Houso Committee , namely : — "That , having regard to tho charges recently raalo against the management of this Institution , without recognising in the least that such charges arc in any ilcgi co well founded , this Court is of opinion that in ihe interests of the Institution it is desirable that an impartial * nvestigiition into its discipline and administration be forthwith undertaken , and that tho Grand Registrar of tho Order ( V . W . Bro . F . A . Philltrick . QC , Vice-Pat ., and i'ep . Prov . G . Master of Essex ) , bo invited to associate with himself such members of tho Craft , being , at least , Lifo Governors of the Institution , as he may think proper for the purposes of such inquiry . Tho result to be submitted as a report to a subsequent Quarterly General Court . " 2 . By W . Bro . 0 . H . Wumi , V . P . : — " That Law No . 71 ( empowering the Committee to mako grants not exceeding _ E 1 (> in each case , in aid of Boys after obtaining engagements ) , be rescinded—and subject to the above being carried—to move , 3 . " That tho number of Cnndidates to bo elected at tho Election in October next bo increased from 20 to 25 . " 4 . By Bro . JAMES ST __ . v _ . irs , Q . C . : — " That the Second Paragraph in Law No . 5 ., viz ., 'That this Rule is not lo apply when tho subscribing Member dies within three years from the date of his Initiation , ' be expunged . " To receive and improve a list of Seventy-Seven Candidates on tho recommendation of tbe General Committee , from which Twenty , or—in the event of the Notice of Motion by Bro . Webb , as above , being adopted—Twenty-Five Boys shall bo elected on Friday , 26 th October next . Tho chair will be taken at Four o ' clock in the afternoon precisely . By order , FREDERICK BINCKES ( P . G . Std . P . G . Sword Bearer ) , V .-Pat . Secretary . Oi . icj- —6 Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C . 18 th July 1888 .

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FUNERALS properly carried out and personally attended , in London and Country , by Bro . Q . A . HUTTON , 17 . Newcastle Str eet , Strand , W . C . Monuments erected . Valuations made .

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ijkrpl!IaS0MC|tTSiittiti0itf0rdiirls, ST . JOHN'S HILL , BATTERSEA BISE , S . W . INSTITUTED 1788 . Chief Patroness : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . Grand Patron and President : His ROYAL HIC . __ . NESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., M . W . G . M . Grand Patroness : HER EOYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES . ] A QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the Governors and Subscribers of this Institution will be hold at Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen Street , Lincoln's Inn Fields , London , on Saturday , 28 th July 1888 , at Twelve o'clock precisely , on the general business of the Institution , to place Candidates on the List for tho election in October next , to declare tho number of girls thon to bo elected , to consider substituted plans for the New Buildings ( which may be seen in the Secretary ' s office ) , and to consider Notices of Motion , as under : — NOTICES OF MOTION : - By Bro . FRAUK RICHABDSON , P . G . D ., Patron , on behalf of the House Committee . " That a gratuity of £ ' 25 bo made to Miss M . F . Goodridge , Assistant Governess , on her retirement from the School , for tho purpose of being married . " By Bro . J . S . EASTBS , P . G . D . D . P . G . M . Kent . " That the Comb accept the sum of One Thousand Gu ' neas from the Province of Kent in commemoration of tho Centenary of the Institution , for the purchase of a perpetual presentation of one Girl to the School , to be called the * Jubilee' Presentation , tho right of such presentation boing vested in the Provincial Grand Master of Kent for the time being , or other duly authorised person , in accordance with an agreement similar to those providing for presentations from West Yorkshire to this Institution . " By Bro . C . J . PERCBVAI , , V . Pres . " That tho following addition he made to Law LV . after the word livelihood in tho sixth line , viz .: — ' In any of which cases the Father must have been a subscribing Member of a Lodge for TAm . years . " F . R . W . HEDGES , Secretary . OFMCB—5 Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen Street , W . O . 21 st July 1888 .

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DANCING . —To Those Who Have Never Learnt to Dance . —Bro . and Mrs . JACQUES WYNMAN receive daily , and undertake to teach ladies and gentlemen , who have never had the slightest previous knowledge or instruction , to go through every fashionable ball-dance in a few easy lessons . Private lessons any hour . Morning and evening classes . ACADEMY—74 NEWMAN STREET , OXFORD STREET .

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Analysis of Expenditure in the year 1887 at the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , as compared with that during same period at the Commercial Travellers' Schools , London Orphan Asylum , British Orphan Asylum , and the Yorkshire Society ' s Institution . Compiled , from the published accounts , by Bro . E . V . Greatbatch , I . P . M . Menturia Lodge , No . 418 , Hanley , P . G . Supt . of Works Staffordshire . Verified by Bro . Alderman E . J . Hammersley , Public Accountant and Auditor , Hanley .

! Mnsonic B iys' School Co mmercial Travellers' Lond ( m Orphan Asylum British Orphan Asylum Yorkshire Society ' s [ 258 Boys . 217 Boys and 121 Girls . 496 Children . 118 Boys and 93 Girls . School—84 Boys . | Gross Ex- % ™& Gross Ex- * £ ™ & Gross Ex- £ _ f ™* £ Gross Ex- *™* g o Gross Ex- A » j penditure . ^ . f" penditure . ^ f" pendHure . <« penditure . %%$ * penditure . c « . Csd . Csd . Csd £ sd £ s a £ sd £ s d £ sd _ 3 sd _ 3 sd Office 1829 7 3 7 1 9 J 1 G 22 11 3 115 2 1076 9 0 2 3 5 1357 13 11 6 5 8 . 256 5 4 * 3 10 Salaries 1331 18 3 5 3 3 1878 5 4 5 10 2 3013 11 G 6 2 11 1003 0 7 4 18 5 397 8 8 4 14 1 \ Wages 1028 15 0 3 19 9 In sb ^ . f * . 823 8 0 1 13 2 \ 571 11 0 2 13 0 In s ° Xte _! Provisions 3019 9 3 11 14 0 \ 2555 15 4 i 7 9 loj- 5326 G 3 10 14 9 } 1888 11 2 8 14 10 896 0 9 J 10 13 4 Clothing 1701 10 11 0 12 lj 1522 3 8 4 9 3 J 2161 8 10 17 2 913 5 5 4 4 0 J 308 4 0 3 13 4 } Education and Maintenance of ") children outride , or Outfits [ 124 7 0 0 9 8 i 223 19 0 0 13 li 485 3 8 0 19 7 86 0 0 0 8 0 on leaving Institution ... ) Includcd under Household Requisites 736 4 3 2 17 0 £ 189 10 2 0 11 1 J 476 13 6 0 19 % \ j /^ f ^ JjL 33 5 1 0 7 11 Infirmary 132 9 7 0 10 3 158 8 5 0 9 Z \ 347 19 2 0 11 0 61 13 4 0 5 0 J 18 14 3 . 04 5 Jj Rates ancl Taxes ... 530 18 5 2 1 1 \ 315 16 3 0 IS 6 * 293 9 9 0 11 10 87 2 10 0 3 Of 106 6 9 15 4 Miscellaneous 2167 14 8 8 8 0 1-120 11 5 4 3 4 2891 15 10 5 16 7 1415 0 4 6 11 0 62 5 6 0 11 10 Repairs and Renewals ... 501 19 » 1 18 11 249 12 0 0 14 75 976 14 9 1 19 4 J 612 16 7 2 16 8 \ 51 5 0 0 12 2 } TOTAL ... 13107 11 4 50 1 G 0 10136 15 \ 0 \ 29 14 6 17908 0 3 36 2 1 8019 15 2 37 5 4 2129 15 11 25 7 1

ABSTRACT , SHOWING AVERAGE COST PER CHILD FOR THE YEAE . £ s d Masonic Boys' , ... 50 16 0 British Orphan Asylum 37 5 4 London Orphan Asylum ... 36 2 1 Commercial Travollurd' 29 14 6 Yorkshire Society 25 7 1

NOTE . —The Expenditure at the London Orphan Asylum was unusually heavy , iu consequence of an outbreak of sickness . The average cost per head at that Institution in previous seven years was £ 31 8 s 7 d . In the printed Accounts for the Masonio Boys' School for above-named year it ia shown that the average coat per boy had only been £ 41 13 a lOd , but tho actual cost was £ 50 16 s , exclusive of any charge for rent , although £ 94 , 65 0 has been expended on the establishment afc Wood Green . E . V . GREATBATCH , 8 Brook Street , Stoke-on-Trent . 16 th June 1888 .