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Provincial.
JS'orlh Essecc Chapter ( No . S 17 ) . —The first anniversary of this Chapter was held on Tuesday , May 23 rd , at tlie White Hart Hotel , Booking , Avhen the Companions attended in all their strength to celebrate the installation of the Principals , Comp . Surridge , Z . ; Comp . Brown , H . ; Comp . Hustler , J . The ceremony Avas performed by Comp . WatsonP . Z . No . 25 assisted bComp . S . L . WilsonP . Z .
, , , y , , Nos . UG 1 and 817 , and Comp . How , P . Z ., 593 . Previously Bros . Rolfe and Holmes , members of Lodge 817 , were exalted into the Sublime Degree . The Lectures were then delivered by Comps . Watson and HOAV .
HERTFORDSHIRE . Watford Lodge ( No . 580 ) . —The Brethren of this Lodge assembled on Friday , April 21 st , in their Hall , for the purpose-of installing the W . M . Elect , Bro . I . T . Danvill . Prior to the chief business of tbe day , Lieut . Henry G . Martin , R . A ., was initiated , then in expectation of being ordered on service to join the Army in Turkey . The W . M . was installed bBro . J . HOAVP . M . No . 82 and
y , , , pro claimed in the several Degrees , and the charge to the Initiate was given by Bro . HOAV . Twenty members were present , among whom Avere Bro . Ward , Prov . G . Sec , Herts , and Bro . Francis , Dep . Prov . G . M ., Surrey . Under the able conduct of Bro . Burchell , P . Prov . S . G . W ., the Treasurer , and Bro . Sedgwick , the Secretary , this excellent Lodge maintains its high character .
KENT . The following plan is about to be adopted by the Prov . G . L . of Kent , by which all the Lodges of that Province will , in the course of a few years , become Life Governors of the Boys' and Girls' Schools during their existence . The sum of thirty guineas is annually raised by a small increase in the quarterly subscription of each member of a Lod and placed at the disposal of the Prov . G . L . Each Lod
ge , ge iu the ProA'ince , in turn , receives this' amount from the Prov . G . L ., and pays a donation of twenty guineas to the Girls' School , and ten guineas to the Boys' School . Those Lodges which have the largest number of subscribing members , and who are , therefore , the largest contributors to the fund , have the first benefit of the arrangement .
SAIEERNESS . —The Annual Festival of the Masonic Order was held at Sheerness on the 19 th of June , AA'hen there was a goodly number of the Craft assembled to do honour to the R . W . the Prov . G . M . Bro . 0 . Purton Cooper , Q . O . The Craft Lodge was opened at 10 in the" morning for the purpose of installing the R . W . the Prov . G . M . as W . M . of a private Lodge , which ceremony was very ably . performed bBro . C . IsaacsP . G . Sec . The R . W . the Prov .
y , G . M . Avas presented by Bro . J . S . Ryddell , P . S . G . W . elect . The Prov . G . L . Avas then opened in ample form and with solemn prayer by the R . W . the Prov . G . M ., after Avhich he invested his Officers . Br . W . Saunders , S . G . W ., and Bro . C . Isaacs , G . J . W ., Avere continued in their respective offices of Treasurer and Secretary .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Provincial.
JS'orlh Essecc Chapter ( No . S 17 ) . —The first anniversary of this Chapter was held on Tuesday , May 23 rd , at tlie White Hart Hotel , Booking , Avhen the Companions attended in all their strength to celebrate the installation of the Principals , Comp . Surridge , Z . ; Comp . Brown , H . ; Comp . Hustler , J . The ceremony Avas performed by Comp . WatsonP . Z . No . 25 assisted bComp . S . L . WilsonP . Z .
, , , y , , Nos . UG 1 and 817 , and Comp . How , P . Z ., 593 . Previously Bros . Rolfe and Holmes , members of Lodge 817 , were exalted into the Sublime Degree . The Lectures were then delivered by Comps . Watson and HOAV .
HERTFORDSHIRE . Watford Lodge ( No . 580 ) . —The Brethren of this Lodge assembled on Friday , April 21 st , in their Hall , for the purpose-of installing the W . M . Elect , Bro . I . T . Danvill . Prior to the chief business of tbe day , Lieut . Henry G . Martin , R . A ., was initiated , then in expectation of being ordered on service to join the Army in Turkey . The W . M . was installed bBro . J . HOAVP . M . No . 82 and
y , , , pro claimed in the several Degrees , and the charge to the Initiate was given by Bro . HOAV . Twenty members were present , among whom Avere Bro . Ward , Prov . G . Sec , Herts , and Bro . Francis , Dep . Prov . G . M ., Surrey . Under the able conduct of Bro . Burchell , P . Prov . S . G . W ., the Treasurer , and Bro . Sedgwick , the Secretary , this excellent Lodge maintains its high character .
KENT . The following plan is about to be adopted by the Prov . G . L . of Kent , by which all the Lodges of that Province will , in the course of a few years , become Life Governors of the Boys' and Girls' Schools during their existence . The sum of thirty guineas is annually raised by a small increase in the quarterly subscription of each member of a Lod and placed at the disposal of the Prov . G . L . Each Lod
ge , ge iu the ProA'ince , in turn , receives this' amount from the Prov . G . L ., and pays a donation of twenty guineas to the Girls' School , and ten guineas to the Boys' School . Those Lodges which have the largest number of subscribing members , and who are , therefore , the largest contributors to the fund , have the first benefit of the arrangement .
SAIEERNESS . —The Annual Festival of the Masonic Order was held at Sheerness on the 19 th of June , AA'hen there was a goodly number of the Craft assembled to do honour to the R . W . the Prov . G . M . Bro . 0 . Purton Cooper , Q . O . The Craft Lodge was opened at 10 in the" morning for the purpose of installing the R . W . the Prov . G . M . as W . M . of a private Lodge , which ceremony was very ably . performed bBro . C . IsaacsP . G . Sec . The R . W . the Prov .
y , G . M . Avas presented by Bro . J . S . Ryddell , P . S . G . W . elect . The Prov . G . L . Avas then opened in ample form and with solemn prayer by the R . W . the Prov . G . M ., after Avhich he invested his Officers . Br . W . Saunders , S . G . W ., and Bro . C . Isaacs , G . J . W ., Avere continued in their respective offices of Treasurer and Secretary .