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CONTENTS . LBADRR— PAGE The Approaching Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ... 325 Time Immemorial Lodges ... ... ... ... ... 3 5 United Grand Lodge of England ( Agenda Paper ) ... ... ... 32 O Grand Lodge of Mark Masons ... ... ... ... ... 3 * 9

Logic Club ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 329 N . and E . Yorkshire Masonic Educational Fund ... ... ... 33 ° Consecration of the Dunmow Mark Lodge , No . 527 ... ... " ¦ ... 33 ' Provincial Giand Mark Lodge of East Anglia ... ... ... 33 ' Ancient and Accepted Rite ... ... ... ... ... 33 ' Royal Arch ... ... .. •. ... ... ... ... 33 ' Mark Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 33 '

MA SONIC NOTESQuarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge of England ( Ag enda " Paper ... ... ... ... ... ... 333 Quarterly Communication of Grand Mark Lodge ( Agenda Paper ) ... 333 Visit of T . R . H . the Duke and Duchess of Connaught to the Boys' School at Wood Green _ ... ... ... ... ... 333 South African Masonic Relief Fund ... ... ... ... 333 Half-yearly Meeting of Great Priory of the Order of the Temple ... 333

Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ... 334 Reviews ... __... ... ... ... ... ... 334 Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ... ... ... ... 334 Provincial Grand Chapter of West Yorkshire ... ... ... ... 334 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 335

Knights Templar ... ... ... ... ... ... 33 S Instruction ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 338 Presentation to Bro . Pierrepont Harris ... ... ... ... 338 Obituary ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 338 Science , Art and the Drama ... ... ... ... ... 339 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 340

The Approaching Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

THE APPROACHING FESTIVAL OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

The two Anniversary Festivals of the year which have already been held—that of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , in February , and that of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , on the 16 th ult . —have proved marvellously

successful , the total realised at the two gatherings being in round figures £ 45 , , while the total of the three Festivals in 18 99 only to a slight extent exceeded £ 50 , 000 . There now remains to be celebrated the 102 nd anniversary meeting in

behalf of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , and we are all hoping that it will be a success that , whether its results be greater , equal to , or less than those of its predecessors , shall be at least found worthy of his Royal Highness the Chairman ; the

Institution which is doing such admirable work in training up the orphan sons of our poor deceased brethren in the way they should go ; and of the Craft itself , which is so generously supporting it with the funds required for the purpose . The Duke

of CONNAUGHT , K . G ., Past M . W . G . M ., Prov . G . M . Sussex , and Dist . G . M . Bombay , has graciously consented to preside on the occasion . As regards the preliminary arrangements in organising ihe Board of Stewards , we believe we are justified in announcing

that , thanks to the very urgent appeals of the Secretary , considerable progress has been made , and that already some 400 ladies and brethren have volunteered their services ; and as there rtre still upwards of live weeks to elapse before the arrival of

the day appointed , we doubt not that the Chairman will find himself well supported by a numerous as well as a trusty band of workers who will spare no effort in order to ensure the success of the gathering .

As for the claims of the School upon the generosity of the Craft , they have been again and again described in these columns . But we repeat them for two principal reasons—firstl y , because the benefits conferred by the Institution are being

extended to a greater number of children , and its need for additional funds necessaril y keeps on increasing ; and , secondly , because there must always be a very large number of newl ymade Masons to whom these said claims are not as familiar as the proverbial " household words . " Thus only 10 years ago , the

The Approaching Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

number of boys on the establishment for whom provision was made was 260 ; now there are 290 ; and this addition of 30 children carries with it an additional outlay of over £ 1500 per annum . But if we set aside that portion of the invested capital which is being held in reserve in order to meet the cost of the new

buildings at Bushey , we shall find that the permanent income has not been increased pari passu . Roughly speaking , this permanent income may be set down at about £ 2500 , the dividends received in respect of the funds held in reserve for the new p remises being , in the very nature of things , merely a

temporary addition , which will cease when the buildings have been erected . Against this must be set a permanent expenditure of some £ r 4 , 5 oo , so that , in order to redress this very marked inequality , there must be raised by the ¦ voluntary subscriptions of the brethren and their friends

the large sum of £ 12 , 000 , and , needless to say , the Festival is the main source from which we look to obtain this amount . But this is not all . What the Institution is doing , it is doingwell . Thanks to the great ability of our Rev . Bro . HEBB , P . G . D ., and his staff of masters , our Institution for Boys is

steadilyacquiring increased fame as an Educational establishment . Those who carefully read the reports annually presented by the examiners appointed by the Cambridge University Syndicate to test the p rogress made by the pupils Trom year to year can Have no doubt upon this point . But even if we can imagine it

possible for any of them to regard these independent reports— -in which the praise and dispraise that may be due are impartiall y distributed—as being too favourable , the successes achieved by the boys at the various public examinations for which they are entered , and at which they are placed in competition with boys

from other schools of similar standing , cannot fail to have a reassuring effect . Thus , as we had the pleasure of reporting in our issue of the 3 rd March last , during the last 10 years 50 of " Our Boys " have passed the Senior Cambridge Local Examinations , 244 the Junior , and 1 S 0 the Preliminary , as many

as 102 out of the total of 474 being awarded honours , and 44 distinctions . At the latest of these annual tests in December , 18 99 , there were 15 passed—three of them with honoursout of 16 entered for the " Seniors ; " 30—of whom six took honours—out of 35 entered for the " Juniors ; " and all the 33

who entered for the " Preliminary , " three " distinctions " being also awarded . Successes have also been won at other public examinations , but these University Locals are justly looked upon as the most valuable of these tests ol the progress made by our Middle-class Schools . At all events , they are the principal

evidence forthcoming as to the value of the system of education and training adopted by the Head Master and his staff , and we believe that so long as such results are producible and so long as they have good reason to believe that the School is being economically as well as efficiently administered , the general

body of English Masons will cordially support the School Executive in its laudable work . And hence it is that we appeal with the greater confidence to the brethren for such a generous measure of support on the 10 th of July as will redound to the credit of his Royal Highness the Chairman and his Board of Stewards , and to the advantage of the School .

Time Immemorial Lodges.

TIME IMMEMORIAL LODGES .

By BRO . R . F . GOULD , P . G . D . II .

( Continued from page 258 . ) The Grand Lodge of Scotland was established in 1736 ; but for a great many years it stood on a very anomalous footing with regard to the private lodges in that kingdpin . There were