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PROVINCEOFKENT. THE ANNUAL PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF KENT will be held at the Chapter House , Canterbury Cathedral , on Wednesday , 4 th July , at 12-30 o'Clock precisely , when and where the Provincial Grand Officers and Past Officers , with the Worshipful Masters , Past Masters , and Wardens of the Lodges in the Province are convoked to attend . By order of the R . W . P . G . M ., Earl Amherst . ALFRED SPENCER . Prov . Grand Sec . Maidstone , 14 th June 1894 . BUSINESS . Minutes of tho last Provincial Grand Lodge to be considered . Accounts of the Provincial Grand Treasurer to be considered . Election of Provincial Grand Treasurer . Appointment of tho P . G . Officers for the ensuing year . Notices of Motion received by the P . G . Secretary at the Preparatory Meeting to be considered . - The arrangements of the Committee , at Canterbury , for the Festival , are : — Lodgo at the Chapter House .. 12 . 30 p . m . Service at Cathedral , by kind permission of the Very Reverend the Dean 2 . 0 „ Banquet at Kent County Pavilion 4 . 0 „ The S . E . and L . C . and D . Railways will grant Single Tickets for the Return Journey on production of the Circular , from Stations ten miles distant from Canterbury . TICKETS for BANQUET , 12 / 6 inclusive , to be obtained at the Ledge Boom , or of Bro . A . H . Pilcher , 1 Parade , Canterbury , any day before the 27 th inst . The following Notices of Motion have been received by the Provincial Grand Secretary . — Grants recommended by tho Charities' Committee . The D . P . G . M . will propose that " £ 126 be given to Benevolent Institution , being £ 63 to Aged Fund and £ 63 to Widows' Fund to constitute D . P . G . M . a Patron . " Bro . W . Russell P . G . Treasurer will propose that " £ 460 be carried foiward to be added to a sum amounting to a total of £ 1 , 260 to purchase a perpetual presentation to the Boys' School . " Bro . W . Russell P . G . Treasurer will propose that " The London and South Western Bank , Limited , be requested to advance to Provincial Grand Lodge , through Mr . William Russell , the Treasurer , ancl on his promissory note a sum not exceeding Eight Hundred Pounds , afc 3 per cent , interest , in order to complete the jmrchase of a perpetual presentation to the Boys ' School , such advance to be repaid by instalments as may be arranged , within a period of two years . "

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a^^^^^^^^a SATUEDAY , 23 RD JUNE 1894 .

The Institutions, &C.

THE INSTITUTIONS , & c .

— : o : — Board of Benevolence . THE June meeting of the Board was held on Wednesday evening , in the Board Boom , Freemasons' Hall . The three chairs were occupied by Bros . Eobert Grey President , James Brett Senior

Vice-President , and ( J . A . ( Jottebrune Junior Vice-rresident . Bros . Edward Letchworth , A . A . Pendlebury , W . Dodd , and W . H . Lee represented the Grand Secretary ' s office . Among the other Brethren present were Bros . W . P .

Brown , D . D . Mercer , H . Massey , C . F . Hogard , Charles Dairy , John Chadwick , Henry Garrod , C . H . Webb , G . B . Chapman , C . J . E . Tijou , Frederick Hilton , J . M . Klenck , Max Mendelssohn , Walter Martin , W . Fisher . William Vincent . Georse E . Lanelev . Eobert # _

' - - - - * - - ~ o - O v * A . Gowan , James Bunker , Henry G . Thompson , C . J . D'Oyley Mears , J . T . Briggs , James Collins , John Brock , John Oldis , John Tattersall , Emil Apelt , E . Greenwood , J . Pickett , M . D ., J . H . Collingridge , Arthur Williams , Joseph Bruton , J . Hepburn Hastie , John Mersey ,

William George Poole , Charles Henry Stone , J . E . Omer , H . Birkbeck , W . M . Stiles , W . H . Toye , and H . Sadler G . T . The Brethren first confirmed the last meeting ' s recommendations to the Grand Master to the amount of

£ 250 , and then dealt with thirty-seven new cases , which included several which bad been deferred from previous meetings . One was dismissed and three were deferred . The remaining thirty-three were voted a total sum of

£ 835 . One case was recommended to Grand Lodge for £ 100 . Five petitioners were recommended to the Grand Master for £ 40 each , and seven for £ 30 each . Thirteen petitioners were granted £ 20 each , six £ 10 each , and one received £ 5 .

Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

Royal Masonic Institution for Girls .

THE House Committee has arranged for a special inspection of the School premises at Battersea Eise on Thursday next , in order , it may be imagined , to

afford the Stewards and other friends of the Boys School who will be in London for the Festival , an opportunity of visiting the sister Institution . The programme is as follows :

2 ' 30 to 3 " 15 Inspection of the Premises . 3-15 to 4 * 15 Calisthenics , Marching , Music and Singing by the Girls . 4-15 Tea , Coffee and Light Refreshments .

Saturday next is set down as the annual" Ex-pupils " day at the School , when it may be expected a large number of the former Girls will visit the scene of their early life , and , let us hope , learn to take further interest in the Institution to which they owe so much .

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

Royal Masonic Institution for Boys .

WE refer elsewhere to the crowning event of the year in connection with this Institution—the celebration of its Anniversary Festival at Brighton , on Wednesday . The previous day will witness the visit of

the Stewards to the School at Wood Green , when Mrs . Lawies Jackson will distribute the prizes to the pupils , and the usual entertainments will take place . The prize distribution will commence at 3 o ' clock , and

Visitors are requested to be seated in the Assembly Hall at 2 . 45 p . m . The annual Athletic Sports took' place on Saturday

last , in the School playing field , and attracted a large number of Ladies and Brethren interested in the Insti-