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ROYAL MASONIO BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION I'OB AGED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS , CROYDON . Grand Patron nnd President : H . R . H . ran PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & o „ M . W . G . M . Treasurer : JOHN A . FARXHELD , Esq . Bankers : LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK ( Bloomsbury Brauch ) , 211 High Holborn , London , W . C . Upwards of 1279 Annuitants have received tho benefits of the Institution since its foundation in 1813 . 181 Men anil 229 Widows are Annuitants at the present timo . Amount Paid Annually in Annuities - £ 15 , 000 Permanent Income only .... £ 3 , 600 Deficit £ 11 , 400 Over 150 Candidates for next Eloction . THE ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL WIU , BB HBI . D ox WEDNESDAY , THE 25 TK or FEBRUARY 1891 , UHDBR TUB DISTISOVISUBD PBBSIDBlTCr OB The Right Hon . EARL AMHERST , R . W . Prov . Grand Master for Kent . Brethren are earnestly solicited to accept tho Stewardship upon this most important occasion , am > to forward their names as noon as possiblo , with full particulars , to JAMES TERRY ( V .-Patron , P . O . Sword Bearer ) , Secretary . Omw—11 ' reeraasoM * Hall , London , W . C .

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BRO . JAMES STEVENS P . M . P . Z . is prepared to enter into arrangements with Metropolitan and Provincial Lodges ( however distant ) for tho Delivery of his Lectures on the Ritual and Ceremonial of the Symbolic Degrees in Freemasonry ( two hours ) , in respect of which most favourable criticism has been published by the Masonic and Local Journals . " Brother Stevens must be beard within the four walls of our respective Lodgo Rooms , for there only can his most useful work be understood and appreciated . " —Address , in first instance , to tho care of tho Editor of this paper .

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Bro . EDWARD DELEVANTI , Conductor ITALIAN OBCHESTKA ( Uniform ) , ( J ST . MARY'S TERRACE , MAIDA HILL ,, W . VOCALISTS , Solo Instrumentalists and Bands provided for ¦ Concerts , Balls , Ga . don Parties , Masonic Banquets , & c . Pianoforte , Organ , Violin , and Singing Lessons . ORGANIST TO LODGES 1624 . 2021 , & c .

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SATURDAY , 24 th JANUARY 1891 .

Presentation To Lord Saltoun.

PRESENTATION TO LORD SALTOUN .

\ N Saturday , the 3 rd , inst ., in the Masonic Hall , Exobaogo Street , " _ Aberdeen . Lord Saltoun was presented with a finely polished granite flower va ? e by the various Lodges in tho Province . There was a large and representative attendance of Masons . Bro . P . Crombie , who tuadd the presentation , said they were all aware for what purpose they had met . It muat bo very pleasing to find that

their Ri ght Worshipful Provincial Grand Master had taken such an interest in all that concerned Masonry in the Province . Since his appointment he had mado himself so friendly , and ovary one felt so mnoh at home with him that he was Buro they folt not only that ho was coming to them ns their Provincial Grand Master , but ns their particular friend . In the movement thoy started to have a bazaar in

Aberdeen , instead of going up to Edinburgh to join the bazaar there , they knew what Lord Saltoau did for thorn—that lie throw himself with his wonted energy into it to carry out their wishes , and that ho exerted himself in every way for the advancement of that object . Ho was sure no one had any cause to complain of the success of that movement . He was quite sure it afforded every one of them much pleasure to find that their labours had been so amply rewarded .

xuay Mere working for a good cause , and those among their own number who were indigent now , and those who might come after , had a right to profit from their exertions . Thoy had to thank their Grand Master for assisting them on that occasion . At the eud of the bazaar it was thought it would be a very good thing on the part of tho Lodges that they should recognise the exertions of the Provincial Oraud Master , aud that they should show in some tangible form their appreciation of hi 3 services . Thoy had askod him to presont their

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Master with some small token of remembrance of the bazaar , and he begged him not to look upou it so far as its intrinsio value was con . cerned , but as a token cf their goodwill towards him . Bro . Crombie thou referred to the state of Lady Saltonn ' s health , and the fact that they were going abroad , and that Lord Saltoun would be absent from tho Province for some time , and expressed the hope that hor lady .

ship ' s health by ber foreign residence would be fully restored . Lord Saltoun , in reply , said that was a most unexpected and undreamt of oeremony by him—that any little labour he had undertaken should have been recognised in such a generous and handsome manner . He felt most deeply the kindness which inspired the thought in recog . nising what he did towards the benefit and advantage of the

Provincial Lodges in Aberdeen . Ha should take their gift home and set it np in front of the old house at Philortb , to whioh some of them did him the honour to pay a short visit , and ie would remain there for ever—a token of the kind feeling thoy had exhibited towards himself and his house ; and it would also remain as a token of the regard and osteem in whioh he held every Masonio citizen in Aberdeen . If in

any way he could devote his time to the prosperity of their Lodges , he would consider it a pleasure and a duty to him to do so . The bazaar , whioh was inaugurated as an auxiliary bazaar , was thoroughly well carried out . Many of them kept secret what they were doing for it ; and iu hia eagerness to find out what tbey were doing , he may have been rather strict , but if anything he had done had caused any

pain , he expressed regret for it . He thought most of the Frasera had quick tempers , and he was no exception to the rule . He took that opportunity of most heartily acknowledging the work that had been done by every Lodge in the Province , and which , he thought , refleoted tho very highest credit on the Masters , Officers , and brethren . Those who were not present in Edinburgh when their very handsome

cheque was presented to the Grand Master could hardly have realised how fully their labours had been appreciated . He hoped none of them would ever need to apply for assistance to tbe fund , bnt if suoh a sad case did occur every Lodge in tbe Province must know that it bad a very good claim to the Benevolent Fund in tjie future . He pointed that out to Sir Archibald Campbell , and he admitted it , so

that , with the Grand Master at their back , any necessitous case that might arise was most likely to share in the fund whioh their Lodges had been so instrumental in raisiug . He must again thank them for tbe kind thought that had prompted them to offer him such a hand , some gifc , whioh he would prize most highly , not only for its beauty , but as a mark of their kind esteem . When he came among them , a Provincial Grand Master , he found that the Province was not a

thoroughly united one , but the Lodges had joined together now in making it as good a Province as there was in tho whole of Scotland . Tbe vase rests on a round base of all plain , ohamfered , fine axed granite . The second base is of fine moulded , polished granite . Than follows the pedestal , on whioh rests the vase , whioh is of Finzean granite , the whole being a height of about five feet , and well pro . portioned . It bears the following iusoription : —

" Presented by tho Lodges of the Aberdeen City Province to the Right Honourable Lord Saltoun , Provinoial Grand Master , as a souvenir of the Baziar held in Aberdeen on 21 st and 22 nd November 1890 . "

A Grand auxiliary Masonic Bazaar was recently hold ia the Trado ' s Hall , Glasgow , under tho auspices of the Grand Lodgp of Scotland and Provincial Grand Lodges of Glasgow , Ayrshire , Stirling , Dumbarton , Haddington , & o . It was opened by Sir Archibald Campbell , of Blythawooci , M . P ., Grand Master Mason of Scotland ( accompanied by the Hon . Lady Campbell , the Lord Provost of

Glasgow and Mrs . and Miss Muir , and a distinguished party ) . Sir Archibald nnd also Bro . Graham of Broadstone , Provincial Grand Master , made excellent addresses , statins the object of the bazaar , which is to raise tho necessary money to form a benevolent fand for the widowo and orphans of Freemasons all over Scotland , similar to the one for England : aud also that the present bazaar is in

connection with the grand ono recently held in Edinburgh , to dispose of several van loads of unopened goods , which , from want of space , were turned away from the Waverley Market Hall . TheBe goods werp | senfc from all parts of the British possesaions , by Freemasons and their friends , and included curios , foreign pottery , ohiua , stuffs , beautiful specimens of embroidery from India , Africa , Ceylon , <& c .

for table slips , cushions , coverlidB , and cloths ; carved , silver , ind painted goods , quaint baskets , chairs , boxes , & c . A great many stall-holders wore tbe picturesque dress they wore at the Edinburgu bazaar , with tbe distinctive colours of their counties . There were concerts at intervals , also short dramatic performances , waxworks , palmistry , nud variety entertainments , in adjoining rooms . A gipsy king of mysterious surroundings proved attractive . —The

Queen-The First Surrey Rifles Oazette for the present month contains a list of long service members of tbo Volunteer Corps , with which tbe publication is more immediately connected , and in whioh the Macdonald Lodge , No . 1216 . was formed in 1863 . We are pleased to notice that the name of our worthy Bro . Jamas Stevens P . M ., wbo was the originator of tho Macdonald Loige , atanda at the head of

that Ii 3 t as an efficient private , with continuous service for 31 years up to the 1 st November last . He is now the senior member of the First Surrey Rifles , a distinguished London Corps , nearly the first on tho roll of those formed under tho Royal Warrant of May 1851 ) , and his comrades claim for him tho position of senior effective private in tho Volunteer Force then constituted . It would be interesting to Freemasons and Volunteers alike to learn if such claim could bo successfully contested .

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