The Boys' School Election.

Longman is alive , but given in the paper as incapacitated , although in what way is not stated . He was a member of a Somerset Lodge . Booker is accredited to London , and Rose to West Yorkshire . No . 27 , R . W . A .

Rosier , comes forward , for the third time , with 451 votes in hand ; he is one of two fatherless children now , dependent on their mother . No . 34 , J . Shaw , is also one of a family of two " dependent , " and comes forward on the present occasion with 299 votes from October last . No . 48 , J . M .

Green , another of a family of two dependent children , is a first application case , hailing from Somersetshire . No . 59 , E . E . P . Carre , brings our remarks to a conclusion . He

is'the son of a late member of La Cesaree Lodge , No . 590 , of Jersey , and is the only child dependent on his widowed mother . His father , at the time of his death , was W . M . elect of his Lodge . The case is a first application one .

Having now concluded our review of the candidates for the two April Elections , we are more than ever convinced that some radical alterations are needed in the rules which

govern the admission of candidates . We are certain there are cases on the list , which in justice to the brethren who are called upon to support the Institutions , have no right to be there , but the difficulties we encounter on every side when trying to ascertain the true state of affairs prevents

our doing more than occasionally aiding to bring an unworthy case to lig ht . We were successful as regards the lad Collingwood , in October 1880 , and think we can convince the brethren as regards another case , this election ,

where it is sought to place a lad in the Boys' School who is possessed of some £ 500 or £ 600 in his own right . It may be that , in the opinion of some , such possession should not disqualify him , bnt we think it should .

We understand that Thomas Woodward , No . 32 on the List , has been withdrawn , so that the number of boys who will now go to the poll to compete for the twelve vacancies is sixty-three . Young Woodward , it will be remembered , was one of the last application cases , and is one of a family of six children left to the care of a widowed mother .

Report Of The Boys' School For The Year 1882.

REPORT OF THE BOYS' SCHOOL FOR THE YEAR 1882 .

THE account rendered by the House Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys of their stewardship during the past year is most satisfactory . Or , lest we may be thought guilty of some slight exaggeration , we will use the very words of the Report itself , and express our belief that " the operations of the year , it is gratifying

to state , have been attended with as large an amount of financial success as could have reasonably been anticipated . " The ordinary receipts fall only a little short of £ 11 , 800 , while the extraordinary receipts in the shape of donations and subscriptions towards the " Special

Preparatory Building Fund " exceed £ 3 , 078 ; the gross receipts thus amounting , in round figures , to £ 14 , 877 , On the other hand , owing to the necessity for purchasing the one remaining plot of land opposite to the Institution at Wood Green , and the expenditure of £ 650 for that

purpose , the expenditure reached £ 12 , 335 , but as there was a balance brought forward from the previous year of £ 603 , the statement of account for 1882 shows a balance on the right side of over £ 66 . The amount received in respect of the " Preparatory Building Fund" is , of course , kept

separate , and as pretty well the whole of it has been funded , we shall dismiss it from onr consideration with the remark , that we fully endorse the statement of the

Committee that " though little more than twelve months have elapsed since the fund was authorised , " the amount of support this " Special Fund " has received " must be regarded as satisfactory . "

Turning to the ordinary receipts and expenditure for the year , we have , as has been shown already , a balance brought forward of over £ 603 , or to be exact , £ 603 6 s 6 d . The principal item of receipt is , of course , the " Donations and Subscriptions , " which present the handsome sum of

£ 10 , 536 10 s 2 d . These are sub-divided into " Annual " and " Permanent , " and each of these is in turn apportioned between " Private Donors " and to Lodges , Chapters , & c . " The " Annuals" amount to £ 1 , 573 lis 6 d , of which £ 1 , 257 17 s 6 d is contributed by "Private Donors , " ancl only £ 315 14 s by " Lodges , Chapters , & c . " As there are

in England and Wales some 1 , 400 Lodges , to say nothing of the Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Rose Croix Chapters , Preceptories , Conclaves , & c . it follows that onl y a comparatively insignificant section of them find the wherewith to constitute themselves annual subscribers , the

wherewith in this case representing the not very excessive sum of " one guinea "—the price of a single ticket at the Masonic Temperance Banquet at Manchester on Wednesday . We agree with those who think there is ample room for improvement under this category of donors , and there

is no doubt about the necessity as regards the School itself and its requirements . The " Permanents " contribute £ 8 , 962 18 s 8 d , "Private Donors" giving £ 6 , 032 , and " Lodges , Chapters , " & c . £ 2 , 930 18 s 8 d . If , for the sake of convenience , we take this as representing the permanent

contributions of 600 " Lodges , Chapters , & o , " at the rate of a Life Subsoribership ( five guineas ) each , it follows that about one-half of the Lodges in England contribute nothing whatever to the support of the Boys' School . The other receipts include three principal items ; namely , Grants

from Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter , £ 160 10 s ; a Life Presentation from the Province of Devon , entitled the " Huyshe Memorial Fund , " £ 525 ; and £ 510 6 s 4 d , being interest on under £ 15 , 000 India Stock and Consols . These , with the other items and the balance from 1881 , make up a total of £ 12 , 402 5 s .

The Expenditure , including both Ordinary and Special , amounts to £ 12 , 335 15 s 5 d , of which £ 9 , 828 2 s comes under the former category . The principal items of special expenditure are £ 224 expended in " Grants and Outfits to Boys on obtaining Situations ;"" Visit of

Stewards—Distribution of Prizes " £ 141 5 s 4 d ; " Transfer to Sustentation Fund" £ 500 ; "Purchase of Land for Preparatory School" £ 650 ; " Sanatorium—Expenses , Board , Lodgings , & G . " £ 218 8 s 6 d . The total , including the trifling sum of £ 7 15 s for Repairs , & c . in Grounds , which is regarded as

being outside the limits of " Ordinary " disbursements is £ 2 , 507 13 s 5 d . The principal items of Ordinary outlay are as follow : Office—for Salaries , Rent , Postage , Printing , & c . £ 1 , 417 12 s 6 d ; Salaries and Wages at Wood Green £ 2 , 019 7 s 2 d ; Provisions £ 3 , 256 0 s 8 d ; Clothing £ 1 , 457 ;

Various—Coal , Water , Gas , Rates , Taxes , & c . £ 955 4 s 7 d ; Household Requisites £ 492 15 s 3 d ; Infirmary £ 114 5 s 5 d . The average annual cost per boy , the number provided for being 215 , is £ 45 14 s Id . One suggestion we have to offer . In the Special Expenditure is an item for Music Account ,

£ 83 lis . This is arrived at by deducting the Fees Received , £ 49 7 s , from the total expended , — £ 132 18 s . From an accountant ' s point of view , we should say that the Fees received for Music should be placed on the Receipt side of

the account , and the full amount expended on the Expenditure side . We believe this to be the regular mode of statement , though it will not , of course , make the slightest difference in the result , which will remain as before .

A few lines will suffice for the remaining statements of account . The " Pupils' Assistance Fund " shows a balance due to Secretary of £ 14 15 s 3 d , the Receipts having amounted to £ 40 4 s 9 d , and the payments to " W . R . Parker , Portsmouth , " £ 55 . The Stock , & c . Account at Wood Green

gives Receipts £ 85 2 s 4 d , the principal item being £ 64 10 s 6 d in respect of " Sale of Live Stock , & c . " The disbursements reach £ 52 12 s 3 d , leaving a balance in hands of Secretary of £ 32 10 s Id . The Sustentation Fund started with a balance at Bankers' of £ 178 5 s 5 d , and this

was increased by the transfer from the General Fund of £ 500 to £ 678 5 s 5 d . The outlay for "Repairs and Renewals during the year" reached £ 903 9 s 6 d , so that there remained due to Bank on 31 st December last £ 225 4 s Id . There is also a statement , from which it

appears that up to the close of last year the sum expended in the Purchase of Land and Mansions , Cost of Buildings , & c . & c . amounted to £ 67 , 807 15 s 4 d , of which £ 5 , 913 10 s was for Land , & c . while the Cost of Buildings , & c . was £ 61 , 894 5 s 4 d .

As to the Educational results during the year , one pupil took Second Class Honours in the Senior Division at the Oxford Local Examination in June , while the eighteen who presented themselves as candidates at the Cambridge

Examination ( Jnniors ) in December , passed without a single exception , twelve of the number in Honours , namely , four first class , six second class , and two third class . This speaks well for the system pursued by Dr . Morris and his assistant masters .