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him on the Committee . On tho motion of the Deputy Grand Master , seconded by the Junior Warden , Bro . T . Nelson Foster was re-elected Treasurer , and Bro . Phillips was re-appointed Tyler . In the course of subsequent business , reports of an encouraging character were

received from the Lodges of the Province , and the W . M . of St . John ' s acknowledged the compliment paid to that Lodge by holding the Prov . Grand Lodge under its bannor . Afterwards the Prov . Grand Master appointed and invested Prov . Grand Officers for tho ensuing year , tho complete list being as follows : —

General Vizard Senior Warden Riohard W . Northcolt Junior Warden Rev . Chris . Venn Childe Chaplain

J . Naysmith Registrar T . Nelson Foster Treasurer Jas . B . Winterbotham Secretary J . W . Drew S . D .

Robert Anderson jun . J . D . R . J . Weston Sup . of Works Bro . F . Needham Dir . of Cera . J . Campbell Assist . Dir . of Cera W . Heath Sword Bearer

slw . Hadh ^ ham } Standard Bearers E . G . Woodward Organist Henry T . Jew Pursuivant J . A Goold " *

Sidney Bloodworth > Stewards William Rice j Phillips Tyler

After the Lodgo the customary banquet was hold , at tho Old Boll Hotel , Dnrsley , under the presidency of tho Prov . Grand Master , and was attended by a largo number of brethren . The usual Masonic toasts were honoured .

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fjiHE Duke of Clarence and Avondale , Past Grand Senior - *¦ Warden , and Provincial Grand Master of Berkshire , attended a Provincial Grand Lodge of Buckinghamshire , which was held on the 19 th inst ., at the County Hall , Aylesbury , for the purpose of the installation of Lord Carrington as Grand Master of the Province . His Royal

Highness , who was on a visit to Lord Carrington , at High Wycombe , arrived at Aylesbury Station , by special train , at one o ' clock , where he was received by a large party of brethren , and the Bucks Volunteers , who formed a body guard , with their band at their head , and escorted him to

the County Hall . The local Lodge , the Buckingham , No . 591 , the oldest Masonic Lodge in the Province , bad been opened by its Worshipful Master and his Officers at a quarter to one , so that when the Duke of Clarence arrived , he had to enter a fully-opened Lodge . At that time there

were about 300 brethren present , including most of t he Provincial Grand Officers . On His Royal Highness being announced the whole Lodge stood to order , and the procession entered , headed by Bro . Frank Richardson Past Grand Deacon , who acted as Director of Ceremonies .

The procession consisted of , among others : the Duke of Clarence and Avondale , Provincial Grand Master of Berks , Past Senior Warden of England ; the Duke of Abercorn Grand Master of Ireland ; Chief Justice Way Past Grand Master of South Australia ; Lord Alcester : tho Rev . J .

Studholme Brownrigg Past Grand Chaplain , Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Bucks ; Captain N . G . Philips Past Grand Deacon ; Colonel Shadwell II . Clerke Grand Secretary ; Bros . Horace Brooks Marshall , Richard Eve , and Edward Terry Past Grand Treasurers ; tho Rov . H ,

Adair Pickard , M . A ., Grand Superintendent of Royal Arch Masons of Oxford nnd Past Graud Chaplain ; Col . A . Bott Cook Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies ; Chas . Belton Past D . G . Director of Ceremonies ; C . F . Mafcier Past Grand Standard Bearer ; and several other Officers .

The Worshipful Master of tho Buckingham Lodge immediately vacated his chair on the Duke of Clarence and Avondale reaching the dais , and His Royal Highnoss then opened the Provincial Grand Lodge in anciont form . The

Director of Ceremonies , this formality over , caliecl for the salute due to a Provincial Grand Master , which wan given ia excellent time , and a similar salute was given for the Grand Master of Ireland and Chief Justice Way Past Grand Master of South Australia . The Duke of Clareuce and Avondale thorcpuou rose < > ud said , that His Royal Highness

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the Prince of Wales Most Worshipful Grand Master had appointed the Most Worshipful Brother Lord Carrington , Past District Grand Master of New South Wales , Past Senior Graud Warden of England , to be Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Mastor for Buckinghamshire , and Lord

Carrington now required admission to Provincial Graud Lodge for the purpose of boing instalted in his high office , and the Director of Ceremonies would now proceed outside the Lodge and ask Lord Carrington to send in his patent of appointment . This was done , tho patent was examined

by the Royal Duke and pronounced by him to be accurate , and he then directed Lord Carrington to be conducted into the Lodge by a deputation of seven Provincial Grand Officers . All the brethren standing , Lord Carrington waa introduced and placed iu front of the Master ' s pedestal ,

where , the patent having been read , he was obligated as a Provincial Grand Master , invested with the insignia of his office , and placed in the chair , the whole of the ceremony being performed by the Duke of Clarence and Avondale . He then received the salute of a Provincial Grand Master .

His Lordship appointed the Rev . J . Studholme Brownrigg as Deputy Provincial G . Master , who was also obligated , invested , and saluted . The Provincial Grand Master then proceeded to appoint and invest the Provinoial Grand Officers for the ensuing year , as follows : —

King Senior Warden W . Morris Junior Warden Rev . R . Spenoor }« , . „ , „ .. Rev . W . H . Harnett j Chaplama Bliss Registrar

J . E . Bowen Secretary Mayne Senior Deacon R . Hatteraley Junior Deaoon Baker Supt . of Works Walter Howard Direotor of Ceremonies

Weston Assist . Direotor of Cers W . B . Fendiok Sword Bearer Hip weH } Sfcandard Bearer "

Woollett Secretary W . H . Pike Pursuivant J . T . Jones Assistant Pursuivant

The Charity jewel was presented to Bro . Bliss , on whose breast it was pinned by the Provincial Grand Mastor , and an additional clasp was attached to the Charity jewel of Bro . George Gardner . The Provincial Grand Master observed that on that auspicious occasion the brethren

were honoured not only with the presence of Hia Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence , but also with that of a distinguished Mason , who hailed from another part of the world . He referred to the Hon . Chief Justice Way P . G . M . of the Grand Lodge of South Australia , who had kindly

taken part in the ceremony of that day , and he would now address a few words to them . Chief Justice Way , who was received with great cordiality , then rose and addressed the brethren , remarking that he was fully conscious of the fact that the distinction which he enjoyed in taking part

in the proceedings on that great historical occasion , was due to the circumstance that he had been honoured with the friendship of Lord Carrington , and had been associated with him in Masonic labours on the other side of tho globe , and he accepted the distinction thus conferred upon

him as a token of the fraternal feeling of the members of the Craft in the Province of Buckinghamshire with their Australian brethren . Ho offered his fraternal congratulations to the brethren on the favourable circumstances under which the newly-formed Provincial Grand Lodge of

Buckinghamshire had been completely constituted by the installation of his noble friend , Lord Carrington . They wero honoured with the presenco of a gallant and noblo brother , Admiral Lord Alcester , whose career forms

one of the brightest pageB m the glorious annals of the British Navy . They were also honoured with the presence of his Grace the Duke of Ahorcorn , Most Worshipf al Grand Master of Ireland . Ho took it that the duke of Abcrcorn ' s attendance was not

merely a gracious act of courtesy and fraternal feeling towards Lord Carrington and that Prov . Grand Lodge , but also as furnishing striking evidence of the imperishable alliance existing between England and Ireland . They were also honoured with the presence of the Provincial

Grand Master of Berkshire , H . R . H . the Duke of Clarence and Avontkle , who had so well installed their Provincial Grand Master . It was impossible to say how much the growth of Masonry in this kingdom , aud indeed all over tho world , was due to the gracious couutenancc and support it had received from members of the Royal Family