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CONTENTS . LEADERS— PAGE Approaching Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ... 4 S 9 'The Approaching Boys' School Centenary ... ... ... •| *> 0 Port Elizabeth Educational Fund ... ... ... ... -IO

The Lodge of Research ... ... ... ... ... 490 Provincial Grand Lodge of Devonshire ... ... ... ... 491 Provincial Grand Lodge of South Wales ( E . D ) ... ... ... 491 The Shiievalty-Prcsentation to P . ro . Alderman Frank Green ... ... 493 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 493 MASONIC

NOTESQuarterly General Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ... 49 . * Quarterly General Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ... . " 95 Annual Couit of the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution ... 495 Annual Meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodgeof Devonshire ... ... 49 s Annual Meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Durham ... ... 493

Correspondence ... .,, ... ... ... ... 49 6 Craft Masonry .,. ... ... ... ... ... 49 G Royal Arch ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 496 Lodges and Chapter of Instruction ... .,. ... .,, ... 49 G Obituary ... ... ... ... .,, ... ... 497 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 40 S

Approaching Festival Of The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.

APPROACHING FESTIVAL OF THE ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .

It was witli very great pleasure we made the announcement which appeared in our issue of last week to the effect that Bro . TERRY had succeeded in enlisting the services of a distinguished brother in the person of the Marl of J ERSEY , Prov . G . Master of

Oxfordshire , as Chairman at the Festival in February , iSo . S , of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . It must be a great relief to our worth y brother ' s mind to know that lie will no longer be troubled with anxiety on this point , and that an interval of full y

live months will . elapse between Lord J ERSEY ' acceptance o ( the invitation to preside and the date ordinarily arranged for the celebration of the anniversary . But though it is of the greatest importance to secure a Chairman as soon as possible , that is

onl y one of thc preliminary steps towards assuring for the behalf of the " Old People" that success we are all hoping and believing will attend Lord JERSEY ' S Chairmanship . There must bc a Board of Stewards , and a \ ery strong one too ,

in order to insure that success . More than £ 16 , 000 must be obtained in order to provide the annuities which the Institution is under an obligation to pay during tlie ensuing vear , and as

every one knows , such a sum as that takes a deal of raising . Unfortunatel y the number of those who have volunteered their services as Stewards on this occasion is verv far below the

average and it will need an exceptional display of energy on thc part of Bro . TERRY and his staff , and far more than the usual encouragement and support from the lodges and individual brethren in order to make good between now and February next

the deficiency of strength in the Board of Stewards to which we have referred . When the season is further advanced , we shall lind it necessary , as in past years , to bring the claims of the Benevolent Institution more particularl y to the notice ol * our

readers . In the meantime , it will doubtless be of some service to the Institution if we state that the number of brethren who have thus far volunteered to serve as Stewards in February next is considerabl y less than one half of that which we are in the habit of noting at this time of the vear .

The Approaching Boys' School Centenary.

THE APPROACHING BOYS' SCHOOL CENTENARY .

It may appear to be somewhat premature to refer to an event which will not take place till the summer of next year . But Centenary Festivals are , necessarily , of such rare occurrence , and the interests involved of such exceptional importance , that vve should be wanting in our duty if we did not take the earliest

The Approaching Boys' School Centenary.

opportunit y of informing our readers as to the . steps which are being taken b y Ihe authorities ol ( he Royal Masonic Institution fur Boys in respeel of the anniversary which will be celebrated some time during thc month of June , 18 9 S . It bus already been announced in these columns that his Koyal Highness the M . W .

Granel Master , as President of the Institution , has graciousl y promised to preside as Chairman , and there is not the sli ghtest doubt that the Craft generally will as loyall y support his Royal Highness at the approaching Festival as they did 10 years ago , when under his auspices the Girls' School celebrated

the centenary oi its foundation . Alread y , indeed , a very large number of ladies and brethren have volunteered to act as Stewards , and we may safely leave it in the hands of thc Board of Management and its able and energetic Secretary , Bro . J . M . McLEOD , to do what is necessary

in order to augment this number . In the meantime the Board of Management has been g iving its attention to one of those questions which onl y arise in connection with such special celebrations , namel y , the question whether any , and if so , what and to whom extra votes shall be granted in respect of the donations

and subscriptions which will be lorthcoming next year in behalf of the Boys' School Centenary . The matter was full y considered at a special meeting of the Board of Management on the 21 st ult ., when it was resolved that it be a recommendation to the Quarterl y Court of Governors which will be held on Friday , the

. S'tli inst ., to follow strictl y the precedent set by the Girls' School at its Centenary in 1 S 8 . S , when extra votes , according to a certain scale , were granted to those who gave their services as Stewards , not to the ordinary donors and subscribers . It is also proposed that

honorary Life-Governorship , with two votes for life at every election shall be conferred upon the Secretaries of all registered Masonic Charitable Associations which shall contribute 100 guineas to the Institution in respect of this particular Festival . These recommendations will necessitate certain alterations in those laws

of the Institution , which relate to votes and in the event of the Quarterl y Court of Governors on Friday next adopting them , it will become its duty lo sanction such alterations and suspensions of the laws as may be found necessary . The following is the text of the recommendations which will be submitted for the acceptance of the Court on the Sth inst .:

( I . ) " That in addition to the Premium Votes conferred under Liws 26 and 27 , every Steward at the Centenary Festival shall be entitled to Premium Votes in proportion to his or her personal Donation as follows , viz . —Two in consideration of the first Ten Guineas and ane for every Five Guineas beyond that sum . "

( II . ) " That for the purposes of the Centenary Festival , Law 28 be be suspended , and that , in lieu of the ' List' Votes conferred thereunder , every Steward at this Festival shall be entitled to Two Premium Votes for every Twenty Guineas on the gross total of his or her List . "

( III . ) " That in the case of Personal Annual Subscriptions commenced on the Li-it of a Steward at the Centenary Festival and continued at intervals of not more than 12 months , the completion of every S ' Guineas so subscribed shall entitle the

contributor to all the privileges of a Life Subscriber of £ _ 5 s . paid in one sum , notwithstanding such contributor shall have received Votes as an Annual Subscriber in the meantime . " ( IV . ) " That the following new Laws be adopted :

20 A . " Any Masonic Charitable Association ( whose Rules must first have been duly registered in the books of the Institution ) , upon payment of Donations amounting to Fifty Guineas shall have the privilege of nominating

one of its executive officers as a Life Subscriber with one vote at each Election of Boys , and for every further completed sum of Fifty Guineas he shall receive an additional vote , or in lieu thereof the Association may nominate a second officer for the like privileges . " 24 A . " A Subscriber of Half-a-Guinea shall have one vote aX the ne * t jnsuing Election . "