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ANDERTON'S HOTEL & TAVERN FLEET STREET , LONDON . In connection with the Royal Clarence Hotel , llfracombe ; and Peacock Hotel , and Royal Hotel , Boston , Lincolnshire . The central position of ANDERTON'S renders this Tavern unequalled for Masonic Banquets , Public Dinners , Wedding Breakfasts , Meetings of Creditors , Arbitrations or Jovial Gatherings The Rooms reserved for the above business consist of DINING HAI . _» PILLAR HALL , MASO . VIC HALL , CHAPTER , and numerous Smaller Rooms . The RESTAURANT on Eastern Side of Hotel Entrance is open to the Public from 7 a . m . to J p . m . for BREAKFASTS , LUNCHEONS . TEAS , and D INNERS . F . H . CLEMOW , Proprietor .

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MANCHESTER HOTEL , ALDERSGATE STREETNOTICK TO SECRETARIES OP MASONIC LODGES , CLUBS , AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS . The Proprietors of the above Hotel , having recently added a number of commodious Rooms to the Establishment , suitable for LODGE MEETINGS , BANQUETS , DINNERS , & C , will be glad to furnish Terms and Particulars for the use of same on application .

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FREE GRANTS OF LAND IN MANITOBA AND OTHER PARTS OF CANADA . —See Important Reports made by British f armers' Delegation . Money Bonuses given to actual Settlers and their Families . The Reports ( illustrated ) of the twelve Kritish Tenant Farmers who vi-ited Canada in 1 S 90 , and other Pamphlets issued under the authority of the Imperial and Dominion Governments , containing maps and full information as to Land Regulations , Bonuses granted to Settlers , Openings for Capital , Demand for Labour , Rates of Wages , Cost of Living , and all other particulars , may be had post free on applying to the High Commissioner for Canada ( Mr . J . G . Colmer , C . M . G ., Sec ) , 17 , Victoriastreet , London , S . W . ; or to Mr . John Dyke , Canadian Government Agent , 15 , Water-street , Liverpool .

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Price Ss . MASONIC ORATIONS , by Bro . L . P . METHAM , P . G . D . Eng ., P . D . Prov . G . M Devon , & c , delivered in Devon and Cornwall , from A . D . 1 S 66 , at the dedication of Masonic Halls , Consecration of Lodges and Chapters , Installations , & c . With an Introduction by Bro . WILLIAM J AMES HUGHAN , P . G . D . Eng ., P . Prov . S . G . W . and Gd Sec . Cornwall , & c , on Freemasonry in Devon and Cornwall , from A . D . 1732 to iS 8 q . Edited by Bro . J CHAPMAN , P . M . 1402 , & c , P . Prov . G . D . Devon , Author of "The Great Pyramid and Freemasonry . " London : GEORGE KENNING , 16 , GreatQueen-st ., W . C .

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PARTRIDGE & COOPER , " THE " STA TIONERS , 192 & 191 , FLEET STREET , LONDON . SCIENTIFIC WHIST CARDS , is . 6 d . per pack ; free by post is . gd . Although only just published , some thousands have already been sold . PARTRIDGE & COOPER hold one of the largest stock of Playing Cards in London . The Club House Playing Cards , is . per Pack , ns . per doz . A Special Illustrated Catalogue for-warded poiilree or . application .

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SATURDAY , APRIL 2 , 1892 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

We are pleased to be able to announce that the Duke of Connaught has appointed Wednesday , the 18 th May , as the day on which he will preside at the Anniversary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for

Girls . " Prize day " has been fixed for the Monday preceding—the 16 th May—when her Royal Highness the Duchess of Connaught has very graciously consented to distribute the prizes to the fortunate winners .

We cannot too strongly urge on our brethren the necessity of making an extra effort on this occasion to render the Girls' Festival a successful one . Circumstances in connection with the other Institutions have , during the past three or four years , adversely affected

the receipts , and it will need much exertion even to restore the average of recent years . We regret to learn that up to the present there appears little sign of such a result , but we have every confidence that the next week or two will show a very different state of things .

We remind our readers that the Quarterly General Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls will be held in the large hall of Freemasons' Tavern , on Thursday next , the 7 th inst . The chair will be taken at 12 noon precisely , and when the general business of

the Court is over , the ballot will be taken to fill 16 vacancies from an approved list of 23 candidates . Three of the girls , who all hail from London and stand in the list at Nos . 5 , S , and 22 respectivel y , are "last " cases , and as we have done at previous elections , we

earnestly appeal to the Governors and Subscribers of the Institution , but more especially to those who are still unpledged to the support of any particular candidate or candidates , to give their votes and influence to these children , who have this one and only chance of obtaining admission into the School .

* * The Quarterly Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys will be held in the same place , on Friday , the Sth instant , and the chair will be taken at the same hour . In this case a ballot will be taken to fill 20

vacancies , from an approved list of 38—reduced b y the withdrawal of No . 1 , to 37 candidates . Here also there are three "last" cases , namely , No . 2 , hailing

from Staffordshire ; No . 24 , from London ; and No . 33 , from Victoria ; and in their behalf we make the same earnest appeal for support as for the three girls who are similarly circumstanced .

We have also to announce that at the Boys' School Court the 10 vacancies ( live London and five Provincial ) wbich have occurred on the Board of Management of that Institution will be filled up b y ballot . The number of brethren nominated to ( ill these vacancies

is 21 , namely , 10 , including the five retiring members , to fill the five London vacancies ; and 11 , likewise including the five retiring members , to fill the five Provincial vacancies . The poll in this contest also will

close at 3 p . m . punctually , but there will be no voting by proxy , onl y those being entitled to vote who are present at the Court and sign the attendance register .

A very influential meeting of the lodges held in the Three Towns—Devonport , Plymouth , and Stonehouse —was recently held for the purpose of considering the invitation addressed to the lodges and chapters throughout England by the officers of " The Shad-

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well Clerke Trust , " to contribute to the fund now being raised for the widow of our late respected Grand Secretary . There were present the representatives of 15 out of the iS lodges in question , and , after full discussion of the subject , it was resolved ( 1 ) that the

proposal was not one that could be justl y entertained ; and ( 2 ) that the meeting regretted that Grand Lodge had voted a sum of £ 500 to the Fund , and hoped that no such grant would be voted in the future under parallel circumstances .

The Grand Lodge of Tasmania , which was established towards the end of June , 18 90 , held its first annual communication on the 28 th January last , it having been resolved that the annual meetings should take place in the hei ght of the summer season .

However , the exceptionall y Iongyear of 19 months appears to have been turned to excellent account , and when Grand Lodge met , as stated , the work of organisation may be said to have been virtuall y completed . A brief afternoon session sufficed for the consideration and

adoption , clause b y clause , of the Book of Constitutions , which had been compiled in the interim ; and at the evening session the Reports of the Board of General Purposes , of the Grand Treasurer , and Grand Secretary were adopted without question .

* From these reports it is evident that the Grand Lodge of Tasmania , though far from being numerically strong , already enjoys a considerable measure of prosperity . The lodges on its roll are only 20 in

number , and their members are under 1000 , but it has closed its account for the first and most critical period of its existence with a fair balance in hand , and that ,

too , notwithstanding that six months' dues from its lodges were still outstanding at the close of the financial term , while certain items of expenditure had , of necessity been abnormally high .

In the course of the proceedings , the following resolution of sympathy with H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M . England , and Patron of the Grand Lodge of Tasmania , was adopted unanimously : " That this Grand Lodge having heard with deep regret of the

untimel y death of H . R . H . the Dukeof Clarence and Avondale , Provincial Grand Master of Berkshire , England , desires to express its heartfelt sympathy with H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , Grand Master of England and Patron of this Grand Lodge , in his bereavement . "

We have been favoured with a full account of the Lodge of Sorrow held by our brethren in Antigua on the 20 th January last in honour of his late lamented Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence and Avondale , Past S . G . W . of England , Prov . G . Master of Berkshire .

The solemn function , which was very fully attended , appears to have been carried out in a manner which reflects the greatest credit on those who organised it . Nothing was omitted which could by any possibility

enhance the impressiveness of the scene , while the oration delivered by Bro . Past Master Este was marked throughout by a deep feeling of reverence and respect for the memory of the departed Prince .

» » * We continue to receive many reports of meetings of District Grand and private lodges from abroad giving particulars of speeches and resolutions of sympathy and condolence on the death of the Duke of Clarence

and Avondale . We trust our correspondents will not consider that we have treated their communications with disrespect , but for the reasons we gave in a recent

issue we were compelled to omit them . The expressions of sympathy with our Grand Master have been so universal that the space at our disposal would be inadequate to deal with a moiety of them .

Very elaborate preparations are being made for the celebration in Dublin in the month of May of the Centenary of the foundation of the Masonic Female Orphan School . The celebration will take the form of a bazaar and fancy fair , which will be held in Dublin

under the patronage of the Queen , the Prince and Princess of VVales , the Duke and Duchess of Connaught , the Duke and Duchess of Abereorn , and others , during the week commencing the 16 th ot May , the principal object being to raise a capital sum , which

will be called " l ' he Centenary Fund , " and will be set apart for the purpose of being applied to the advancement in life of deserving children who have been educated in the School . VVe shall take an earl y opportunity of referring at length to this important subject .