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A Masonic Census.
A MASONIC CENSUS .
INFORMATION we publish in another part of this * issue carries us a considerable distance towards an official numbering of the Freemasons of England , and we shall be much surprised if the start we have thus secured may not be made the foundation on which to
take a Masonic census of the country , which has often been asked for , and would no doubt prove of interest and usefulness in many ways , and set at rest doubts which have arisen in various quarters .
The figures we give were quoted by the acting Provincial Grand Superintendent of West Yorkshire at the recent meeting . of that Chapter , and from them we are able to compile the following : No . of Lodges . Membership . Average .
West Lancashire 122 8 , 125 66 ' 6 East Lancashire 113 4 , 800 A . 2 ' 5 West Yorkshire 81 4 , 142 51-1 Devonshire 59 3 , 887 660
These four Provinces comprise among them 375 Lodges , with a total membership of 20 , 954 or an average of about sixty to each Lodge . We shall now make an effort to complete the figures for the whole of the country , and shall be obliged if any of our readers can assist us in doing so .
Board Of Benevolence.
BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE .
fTlHE Board of Benevolence held its last meeting for 18 99 _ L at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday , Bro . James Henry Matthews President in the chair . At the Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge , held on the 6 th inst ., 1 , 000 guineas was voted to the Mansion
House War Fund , but a discussion arose , during which it was stated that the Lord Mayor ' s Fund did not include in its objects of relief widows not married on the strength , and their children . It was generally desired that officers'families , disabled soldiers and sailors , and also those colonials who had
assisted this country in its defence should participate , and it was referred to the Board of Benevolence to decide how the 1 , 000 guineas should be allocated . Inquiries were then made , and the answer was given by Mr . Soulsby , the Lord Mayor ' s Secretary , that the Fund relieved all .
Bro . Matthews having stated this result on Wednesday , the Board was asked to decide on the distribution of the amount voted by Grand Lodge , and it was unanimously resolved , on the motion of Bro . D . D . Mercer Senior
Vice-President , seconded by Bro . Henry Garrod Junior Vice-President , that the 1 , 000 guineas be given to the Mansion House Transvaal War Fund , to be distributed at the discretion of the Lord Mayor .
The Board proceeded to deal with the thirty cases on the December list , and in the result deferred two and dismissed two . Grand Lodge was asked to approve of £ j $ being given in one instance , and £ 50 in two cases . It was
referred to the Grand Master to sanction £ 40 being given in three cases , and £ 30 in six cases . Nine grants of £ 20 each were made , £ 15 was voted in one case , £ 10 in two cases , and also £ 5 in two . The total voted was - £ 700 .
Among those present were Bros . Edward Letchworth Grand Secretary , William Dodd , G . S . Recknell , and the Grand Tyler , as representatives of the official department .
The Leeds Hall.
THE LEEDS HALL .
THE proposal of the City Council to interfere with the site purchased for the Leeds Masonic Hall is strongly opposed by the shareholders of the Company , and other Brethren . This view was formally embodied in a letter read at Wednesday's meeting of the Improvements Committee
from Bro . W . Postlethwaite , writing on behalf of the new Company . The writer asked whether or not some assurance could not be given that the site would not be taken , so that the Masonic buildings might be proceeded with at once . Without such an assurance , intimated Bro . Postlethwaite , there was no other alternative but for those interested to offer
a strenuous opposition to the Corporation scheme . It was decided to refer the letter to a Sub-Committee , but from what transpired there is little doubt that the Corporation will try to meet the wishes of the Leeds Freemasons in regard to a project which they have desired for years to carry out .
Should the clause for the compulsory acquirement of the land in question remain in the Order which the Corporation intend to promote in the next Parliamentary Session , an undertaking will , if possible , be given that it shall not be built upon by the Corporation .
R. M. I. Girls.
R . M . I . GIRLS .
IT has been found necessary to change the date of the 112 th Anniversary Festival of'the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , which will be held on Wednesday , 16 th May next ( instead of the 9 th ) , under the presidency of the Earl of Dartmouth Provincial Grand Master of Staffordshire .
An opportunity seems to present itself in connection with the new Schools of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys which some of our Brethren may be glad to have pointed out to them . We have it on the authority of Bro . C . L . Mason , of Leeds , one of the most energetic among the
more active members of the Craft , that it is the intention of the pupils of the Institution—or those of them associated " with its Carpenter ' s Shop—to make the forms for the new School ! They cannot do so without the wood . Is there any Brother interested in the timber trade who could supply
the lads with the material , or a part ot it , so that their contribution to the new establishment might be handed over free of cost to the Institution ? Our education has been neglected so far as carpentry is concerned , but perhaps some of our readers may know of something beyond wood—nails ,
ironwork , & c . —that may be required for the forms , and if so they may be able to influence a supply of what is necessary . If it is really true that the pupils intend to make the forms , it would not be too much to ask some of the ex-pupils to see what they could do to help supply the material . In the
same connection we learn that there are now upwards of sixty boys of the Institution learning carpentry , and they not only require their old tools replenishing , but also want
additions to their stock , so that it would seem there is ample scope for the exercise of Fraternal liberality in many directions . Of one thing we are sure—any articles that may be given will be thankfully received , and faithfully applied .
Speaking at a Sheffield installation meeting , the Deputy Prov . G . M . of West Yorkshire gave some excellent practical advice on the conduct of Masonic matters , and also related his
experience of the Masonic functions he had attended in various parts of the West Riding . He was able to say that in no other district were the traditions of the Craft more faithfully observed , or the ceremonies conducted with ability .
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A Masonic Census.
A MASONIC CENSUS .
INFORMATION we publish in another part of this * issue carries us a considerable distance towards an official numbering of the Freemasons of England , and we shall be much surprised if the start we have thus secured may not be made the foundation on which to
take a Masonic census of the country , which has often been asked for , and would no doubt prove of interest and usefulness in many ways , and set at rest doubts which have arisen in various quarters .
The figures we give were quoted by the acting Provincial Grand Superintendent of West Yorkshire at the recent meeting . of that Chapter , and from them we are able to compile the following : No . of Lodges . Membership . Average .
West Lancashire 122 8 , 125 66 ' 6 East Lancashire 113 4 , 800 A . 2 ' 5 West Yorkshire 81 4 , 142 51-1 Devonshire 59 3 , 887 660
These four Provinces comprise among them 375 Lodges , with a total membership of 20 , 954 or an average of about sixty to each Lodge . We shall now make an effort to complete the figures for the whole of the country , and shall be obliged if any of our readers can assist us in doing so .
Board Of Benevolence.
BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE .
fTlHE Board of Benevolence held its last meeting for 18 99 _ L at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday , Bro . James Henry Matthews President in the chair . At the Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge , held on the 6 th inst ., 1 , 000 guineas was voted to the Mansion
House War Fund , but a discussion arose , during which it was stated that the Lord Mayor ' s Fund did not include in its objects of relief widows not married on the strength , and their children . It was generally desired that officers'families , disabled soldiers and sailors , and also those colonials who had
assisted this country in its defence should participate , and it was referred to the Board of Benevolence to decide how the 1 , 000 guineas should be allocated . Inquiries were then made , and the answer was given by Mr . Soulsby , the Lord Mayor ' s Secretary , that the Fund relieved all .
Bro . Matthews having stated this result on Wednesday , the Board was asked to decide on the distribution of the amount voted by Grand Lodge , and it was unanimously resolved , on the motion of Bro . D . D . Mercer Senior
Vice-President , seconded by Bro . Henry Garrod Junior Vice-President , that the 1 , 000 guineas be given to the Mansion House Transvaal War Fund , to be distributed at the discretion of the Lord Mayor .
The Board proceeded to deal with the thirty cases on the December list , and in the result deferred two and dismissed two . Grand Lodge was asked to approve of £ j $ being given in one instance , and £ 50 in two cases . It was
referred to the Grand Master to sanction £ 40 being given in three cases , and £ 30 in six cases . Nine grants of £ 20 each were made , £ 15 was voted in one case , £ 10 in two cases , and also £ 5 in two . The total voted was - £ 700 .
Among those present were Bros . Edward Letchworth Grand Secretary , William Dodd , G . S . Recknell , and the Grand Tyler , as representatives of the official department .
The Leeds Hall.
THE LEEDS HALL .
THE proposal of the City Council to interfere with the site purchased for the Leeds Masonic Hall is strongly opposed by the shareholders of the Company , and other Brethren . This view was formally embodied in a letter read at Wednesday's meeting of the Improvements Committee
from Bro . W . Postlethwaite , writing on behalf of the new Company . The writer asked whether or not some assurance could not be given that the site would not be taken , so that the Masonic buildings might be proceeded with at once . Without such an assurance , intimated Bro . Postlethwaite , there was no other alternative but for those interested to offer
a strenuous opposition to the Corporation scheme . It was decided to refer the letter to a Sub-Committee , but from what transpired there is little doubt that the Corporation will try to meet the wishes of the Leeds Freemasons in regard to a project which they have desired for years to carry out .
Should the clause for the compulsory acquirement of the land in question remain in the Order which the Corporation intend to promote in the next Parliamentary Session , an undertaking will , if possible , be given that it shall not be built upon by the Corporation .
R. M. I. Girls.
R . M . I . GIRLS .
IT has been found necessary to change the date of the 112 th Anniversary Festival of'the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , which will be held on Wednesday , 16 th May next ( instead of the 9 th ) , under the presidency of the Earl of Dartmouth Provincial Grand Master of Staffordshire .
An opportunity seems to present itself in connection with the new Schools of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys which some of our Brethren may be glad to have pointed out to them . We have it on the authority of Bro . C . L . Mason , of Leeds , one of the most energetic among the
more active members of the Craft , that it is the intention of the pupils of the Institution—or those of them associated " with its Carpenter ' s Shop—to make the forms for the new School ! They cannot do so without the wood . Is there any Brother interested in the timber trade who could supply
the lads with the material , or a part ot it , so that their contribution to the new establishment might be handed over free of cost to the Institution ? Our education has been neglected so far as carpentry is concerned , but perhaps some of our readers may know of something beyond wood—nails ,
ironwork , & c . —that may be required for the forms , and if so they may be able to influence a supply of what is necessary . If it is really true that the pupils intend to make the forms , it would not be too much to ask some of the ex-pupils to see what they could do to help supply the material . In the
same connection we learn that there are now upwards of sixty boys of the Institution learning carpentry , and they not only require their old tools replenishing , but also want
additions to their stock , so that it would seem there is ample scope for the exercise of Fraternal liberality in many directions . Of one thing we are sure—any articles that may be given will be thankfully received , and faithfully applied .
Speaking at a Sheffield installation meeting , the Deputy Prov . G . M . of West Yorkshire gave some excellent practical advice on the conduct of Masonic matters , and also related his
experience of the Masonic functions he had attended in various parts of the West Riding . He was able to say that in no other district were the traditions of the Craft more faithfully observed , or the ceremonies conducted with ability .