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ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGtD FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF PREEMASONS . In compliance with a requisition signed in conformit ] with the laws a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of th < Governors and Subscribers will be held at FREEMASONS H ALL , LONDON , on WEDNESDAY , the 13 th February , 1 S 95 , at 430 o ' clock p . m . precisely , to take into considera lion a proposed addition to laws to enable Ladies ant Lewises ( being minors ) to qualify as Patrons , and Lodges : Chapters , and Masonic Societies to qualify as Vice-Patron : and Patrons , and also to fill up vacancies occasioned b } death or resignation in the House and Finance Committees . By order . JAMES TERRY , Secretary . The ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL will be held on th < 27 th February , 1895 , under the presidency of the VISCOUNI D UNGARVAN , D . L . Prov . G . M . for Somersetshire . Th < services of brethren to act as Stewards are fraternally invited .

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EMULATION LODGE OF IMPROVEMENT . THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL of this Lodge WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY , 22 ND FEBRUARY NEXT , AT FREEMASONS' HALL , as usual . R . W . BRO . THE RT . HON . THE VISCT . DUNGARVAN , Provincial Grand Master of Somersetshire , Has kindly consented to preside . Lodge will be opened at Six o ' clock punctually . Tickets of admission ( 5 s . each , including Supper , butnol Wine , & c ) , may be obtained of Bro . J OSEPH RUSSELL , Sec , 27 and 28 , Milk-street , E . C , and of Bro . J . R . FREEMAN , Tyler of the Lodge , at Freemasons' Hall .

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QOVERNESS . —A YOUNG LADY ^~~ who has just finished her education in the Masonic Sm 1 A' ^ attersea R ' » London , is desirous of obtaining a ? . '' ; ATION as Governess . She is capable of teaching ' -nglish , the Rudiments of French , Music , and Drawing . jjpply to the W . M . or Secretary of the Silurian Lodge , * ° - 47 ' , Newport , Mon .

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WANTED . — PRINTED PRO - M L ceedmgs of the Grand Lodge of England for {"* ' <* and April , 1 S 80 , March and April , 1882 , and n" ? ' 7 , and an > ' Parts P « ed'nf , ' 77- Grand J-napter of England , any numbers preceding 1886 . Also complete sets of Freemason . —Apply to 30 , office of this Paper . rl '

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DANTOMIME SEASON . THE GAIETY RESTAURANT Adjoins the Gaiety Theatre , and is quite close to the Lyceum , Drury Lane , Ccvent Garden ; The Globe , The Opera Comique , The Strand , The Adelphi , The Vaudeville , Terry ' s , Toole's , & c , & c . FOR MATINEES . BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE . Hot Luncheons at popular prices in the RESTAURANT ( ist floor ) . Chops , Steaks , Kidneys and all Grills in the GRILL ROOM . AFTER THE PERFORMANCE . Dinners 3 s . 6 d ., 5 s ., and a la Carte in the RESTAURANT ( with Band ) . Grills and Special Dishes in the GRILL ROOM . AFTERNOON TEAS IN THE RESTAURANT . FOR EVENINGS . BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE . Dinners 3 s . 6 d ., 5 s ., and a la Carte in the RESTAURANT ( with Band ) . Grills and Special Dishes in the GRILL ROOM . AFTER THE PERFORMANCE . Grills and Special Dishes in the GRILL ROOM until 12 . 30 . THE BAND PLAYS IN THE RESTAURANT FROM 6 TILL 8 P . M . Private Dining Rooms for large and small parties . Proprietors , SPIERS & POND LIMITED .

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3 o CorresponDcnrs , A large number of lodge reports and other contributions unavoidably stand over for want of space .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

^^ S ma ^^ l S ATURDAY , F EBRUARY 2 , 1 S 95 . ¦

The regular Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter will be held at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday , the 6 th inst . As will be seen from the Agenda wc print elsewhere , the business to be transacted is of the usual character . As for the new chapters for which warrants have been granted since the convocation in November last , they are five in number ,

Masonic Notes.

It is extremely gratifying to be in a position to announce that during the past month Bro . Terry ' s efforts to strengthen the Board of Stewards for the Anniversary Festival , which will take place at Freemasons' Tavern , on Wednesday , the 27 th inst ., have been most successful . When he referred to the subject at the

New Years entertainment to the inmates of the Instition at Croydon , on the 2 nd January , the number of brethren who had volunteered their services was 184 , and this has now been raised to close on 250 . This is , perhaps , not quite so strong a Board as we were looking forward to within a month of the day appointed , but there are some good men amongst them , men who are

prepared to put their shoulders to the wheel , and bring up sensible lists of three figures and upwards . These are the kind of Stewards whose services are most in requisition at 6 hese anniversary gatherings , and we trust their efforts will go a long way towards placing the total of subscriptions on a level with the average of ordinary years .

* When we have said the Board of Stewards alread y numbers 250 , we are far from suggesting that the outside limit has been reached . Bro . Terry is still visiting Lodges in town and country , and we have no doubt that when the day arrives for the celebration ,

the Board will muster not less , and it may be more , than 300 . But in the three weeks that remain to us there is not time to do much canvassing , and it is tolerably certain that the bulk of those whose co-operation Bro . Terry is able to secure will be Unattached ,

and unable to furnish much beyond their own personal donations . However , even this will be of material help , and we are not without hope that Bro . Terry may be able to announce a result still nearer his old average than it was last year .

» » . While on the subject of the Benevolent Institution , we take the opportunity of mentioning that Bro . Gardner , the junior clerk in Bro . Terry ' s office , who had been absent from his duties for several months in consequence of serions illness , died on Monday , the 28 th ult . Bro . Gardner , who was an initiate of the

Woodgrange Lodge , No . 2409 , was a promising young official , who , had his days been prolonged and his health re-established , would have been able to render valuable assistance to his chief . He was most attentive to his duties when able to be present at his post , and as courteous to all who came into contact with him as he was attentive .

» » * At the regular monthly meeting of the Council of the Royal Masonic Insitution for Boys , which was held at Freemasons' Hall on Friday , the 25 th ult ., the resolution to augment the salary of the Secretary , Bro . J . Morrison McLeod , so as to raise it to a level with the salaries assigned to his colleagues of the Girls' School

and Benevolent Institution by the authorities of those Charities , was carried , after a full discussion , amid the acclamations of those present . The attendance was very greatly in excess of the average , and we heartily congratulate Bro . McLeod on this ample recognition of his services to the Institution during his brief tenure of the office of Secretary . * * *

We go further , and congratulate the Committee on their adoption of the resolution . Bro . McLeod has been Secretary for less than five years—he entered on his duties , if we remember rightly , in August , 1890—but at the four Festivals which have since been held , the

sum total of the Donations and Subscriptions exceeds ^ 80 , 000 , while the invested capital of the Institution has been augmented from ^ 17 , 500 to upwards of ^ 51 , 000 . Such progress as is indicated by these figures justifies the Council in the resolution it has so handsomely adopted .

• * * On Wednesday next , the 6 th instant , a new Royal Arch chapter , for which a warrant was granted last year , will be consecrated at Freemasons' Hall , Maidstone , under the style and title of the Montreal Chapter , No . 2046 . The ceremony , which will commence at

3 p . m ., will be performed by Comp . the Right Hon . Earl Amherst , Grand Superintendent of Kent , assisted by his Provincial Grand Officers , and the customary banquet will follow at the Mitre Hotel , at 5 p . m . The chapter is attached to the Robinson Lodge , No . 2046 ,

and will increase the number of chapters on the roll of the Provincial Grand Chapter of Kent to 25 . As there arc three lodges in the town of Maidstone , and only one chapter besides this , there is every reason to hope that the event of Wednesday next will be attended with results very beneficial to Royal Arch Masonry .