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spending all this money . He protested against the outlay , and moved an amendment to that effect . Another BROTHER seconded the amendment , on the ground that the plan ought to be a perfectly comprehensive one , but there was nothing at all comprehensive in the present proposition . There should be an exhaustive report brought up by a competent man .

Bro . MASTERS said that none of the money asked vvould be spent unless proper p lans and estimates were placed before the Quarterly Court . If the motion was not carried that day they would not be able to do anything till next January , and even then it vvould have to be brought before the succeeding Quarterly Court . It was necessary to get things in proper order . With 250 boys in the School , it was positively essential that this vvork should be put in hand as soon as possible .

Bro . J AMES BRETT , P . G . P ., said there was no doubt about the desirability of having these nevv improvements . It was necessary that these sanitary arrangements should be looked into , but he thought in the first place they should enquire where were the funds to come from . He thought they vvere not in a position to go to that large expense of £ 3500 , and he would like the Chairman to give , if he could , the answer to the question , where the funds were to come from ? Bro . J . M . KLENCK suggested that the words " subject to proper plans and specifications being prepared for the same " should be added to the motion .

Bro . J AMES MOTION , 4 S 3 , said they had already voted £ 350 for nothing , and now the question was where was the money to come from , even for necessary works ? If any one referred to the report of the Inquiry Committee , he would see the necessity for better sanitary arrangements . Bro . W . HARRIS SAUNDERS thought it was better to layout £ 500 or £ 1000 than run the risk of having an epidemic in the School .

Bro . HENRY LOVEGROVE did not approve of an honorary architect ; he never knew of the duties of honorary office being performed in the best manner . The amendment vvas withdrawn , and the motion " earned , vvith the addition of the words , " subject to the proper plans and specifications being prepared and submitted for the approval of the Committee . " Bro . W . HARRIS SAUNDERS , after a few remarks , withdrew the following motions which stood in his name on Bro . Beaver undertaking that they should be

considered by the Committee who had to revise the laws of the Institution : ( a ) " That boys shall be educated according to the position their father occupied while in prosperity , and that where considered desirable by the Committee an allowance be granted for education out of the Institution . That the General Committee be requested to take this matter under consideration , on application being made for a boy to be placed on list of candidates . " ( b ) "That following the example of many other public schools , pupils shall be

received into the Institution at a fixed annual sum , and that sons of Masons only shall be eligible for election or otherwise . " ( c ) " That the Court recommend to the General Committee to make special enquiries in all last cases , with a view to their election , should the case prove to be that of a really destitute candidateL " [ d ) " That all petitions be thoroughly enquired into ( as per resolution recently

adopted by the Girls' General Committee ) by a Sub-Committee , who shall report to the General Committee prior to such petitions being brought before them , but vvho shall not have power to reject any candidate . " A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the business . While the above proceedings were taking place , the election of 16 out of a list of 70 candidates was held , under the Chairmanship of Bro . John Glass . At the declaration of the poll , the following was found to be the result :

SUCCESSFUL . Name . Votes . Name . Votes . John Hillam Bedford 319 S Robert Rae Jewitt 3012 Lewis Gordon C . Swornsbourne .:. 3143 Thomas Charles Wilson Bolton ... 2943 William Joseph Williams 306 3 Harry Vernon Moreton 2758

George Lofthouse 3051 Stanley Narborough Ravenscroft ... 2747 ; Mark Somers 3050 Basil Glover Wood 2731 William John Jennings 3046 A . Sydenham Sherriff Clunes ... 2661 Arthur Stanley Hill 3030 Miller Bassett Lumsden 2623 James Alane Coupland 3028 Benjamin Henry Tiedeman 2601

UNSUCCESSFUL . Name . Votes Name . Votes . William John Harrison 2591 William Robson Binks 146 William Augustfne Spain 2374 Richard William Levey 146 George Wilkinson 2326 Harold Streeter Goldsmith 145 James Arthur Herbert Jones 2154 John Grossman 112 Hugh Hanley Thompson 1990 Walter Lowther Kemp 0-1

Alfred William Clarke 1950 William Renell Seward 79 Stanley Edmund Rolls Pratt 1 S 31 Herbert Cecil Bartholomew 78 Edward George Jarmain 16 S 0 William Pruce Hutton 76 Frederick Eden Walter Cooper ... 1625 George Frederick Bullivant 75 Walter Woolcomb Bloomfield ... 1590 Charles Wilfred Peters 69 John Francis Besly 1558 Matthew Golightly 37 Percy Kilburn Tyson ... 1524 Hereward Stanley 33

Arthur Thomas Browne 1354 Frederick Bristowe Whitehall ... 28 Ernest James Brown 1307 James Carruthers 27 Henry Charles Pownall 10 S 1 Wilfred John Atley 27 . Herbert Walter Brereton ... ... 10 S 0 James Frederick Fowke 18 Ralph Oldacre Dickens 979 Herbert John Drewitt n William Mitchell Andrews 9 61 Edmund Bernard Wilson Appleby ... 11 William Arthur Mears 790 Benjamin Lamplough 10

Horace ) ames Murrell Aldous ... 7 68 Reginald George Eastment 6 Ernest Charles George Mountford ... 4 62 Bernard Brockas Howell 5 William James Smith 355 John Heap Rangeley 2 Frank Maiden 314 Alfred Ernest Perkins 1 Archibald Wallace Campbell 232 William Ralph Pugh 1 Redfern Edward Gee 216 Richard Henry Pettie 1 Lionel Arthur Forde Thomas ... 177 Charles Lind Lamont Young — Ernest Edward Whale 16 5 Francis Charles Hodge —

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

The Quarterly Court of Subscribers to this Institution was held last Saturday , at Freemasons' Tavern , Bro . Horace Brooks Marshall , Past Grand Treasurer , in the chair . Bro . HENRY SMITH , Deputy Provincial Grand Master for West Yorkshire , objected to the arrangement oi the candidates' names in alphabetical order .

Hitherto the much more convenient system had been adopted of placing them according to the seniority of their candidature . He vvas quite sure the scrutineers of votes would experience great difficulty in the new system , and these brethren should have every facility afforded them . A change ought not to have been made without some good reason .

Bro . HEDGES , Secretary , read a minute of the General Committee of 26 th July , under vvhich the change had been made . On the motion of Bro . HENRY SMITH , seconded by Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON it was resolved to revert to the old system .

Bro . D . D . MERCER , G . P ., moved a vote of thanks to Bro . Frank Richardson for his exertions in the case of " Lord Lei gh and others v . the Vestry of St . Mary , Battersea , " which had preserved the property of the Institution from the encroachments by the vestry . Bro . Richardson had taken a great deal of trouble n the matter , and had succeeded in keeping the vestry back .

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Bro . J AMES BRETT , P . G . P ., seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously amidst applause . Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON thanked the brethren very sincerely for the recognition of his poor services to the Institution . They all knew he he had his heart there , and what he did was a matter of love to the Institution . The proceedings were quite necessary to be taken . Two or three years ago a Quarterly Court sanctioned an agreement with the vestry as to the making of a road , and the first thing the

vestry did , for their own benefit , was to block up the gates of the Institution . He told them they must not go beyond the agreement . There was no power to prevent the vestry from raising the road , but for the encroachments on the Institution ' s property there was a remedy , and it was enforced . In addition to that , the Institution got £ 50 from the vestry as compensation for keeping the Institution ' s road down , and the vestry paid the costs of the legal proceedings . ( Cheers . ) The election of candidates resulted as follows :

SUCCESSFUL . Name . Votes . Name . Votes . Edith May Roberts 44 66 Eleanor Faith Groombridge 4195 Edith Amy Buck 4456 Annabella Rose M . Fearnside ... 4153 Isabella Mildred Tomlinson Lane ... 4278 Nellie Burgess 3738 Alice Truine 426 9 Ruby Blanch Loetchen Butcher ... 35 S 5 Dorothy Janet Wood 4220

UNSUCCESSFUL . Name . Votes . Name . Votes . Mabel Ann Bohli 3285 ¦ Eveleen Margaret Mary Whitefoord 499 Florence Louise Gauntlett ... ... 313 6 Mary Glover Wood 403 Ethel Sylvia Mountain 306 7 Maud Katherine Payne ... ... 377 Alice Winifred Bingham 2735 Mary Ellen Morris 372

Alice Louise McCue 2287 Mabel Kathleen O'Meara ... ¦ ... 3 6 4 Alberta Dale 2220 Harriet Fitzwater ... ... ... 215 Ethel Mansfield Boyd 1779 Elsie Marian Gardner 171 ArlineHall 1713 Agnes Le Gros 152 Mary Maud Watson 1510 Elizabeth Lamplough m Ethel Mary Poore 14 S 3 Frances Emma Hooke ... ... 107

Mabel Elizabeth Warren 1311 Dorothy Parnell Anthony 90 Anne Elizabeth Smith 1173 Emily Frances Griffiths S 9 Ada Haylett 1126 Susan Ellen Constable 70 Clara Maria Jacobs 1023 Annie Lydia Bladder 36 Ada Florence May S 69 Mary Beatrice Woodroffe Scholes ... 19

Helen Maud England 813 Alice Katie Beatrice Prout 11 Annie Wilson Soi Jane Troop 7 Mary Gwendoline Robson 750 Lizzie Simcock 4 Florence Ethel G . Dickson 723 Dorothy Mary Besley —¦ Bertha Johnston 709 Selina Walker Booth —

Provincial Grand Lodge Of North Wales.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF NORTH WALES .

By command of the Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Lord Harlech , the above Provincial Grand Lodge assembled at Barmouth , at Tuesday , the 22 nd ult ., a large number of members and brethren being present . The brethren met in the tastefully-decorated Masonic Temple of the Mawddach Lodge , No . 19 88 , where Prov . Grand Lodge was opened . Bros . Lord Harlech , Col . Henry Platt , D . P . G . M ., and the officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge entered the lodge roomL The officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge present were Bros . J . L . Griffith , P . M . 597 , Prov .

S . G . W . ; Rev . T . Hughes , P . M . 998 , Prov . G . C . ; J . Salmon , P . M . 1477 , Prov . G . Treas . ; T . E . Harris , P . M . 384 and 1488 , Prov . G . Sec . ; R . H . Pritchard , P . M . 384 , Prov . G . Reg . ; Dr . Wynn Williams , P . M ., Sec . 384 , P . P . G . D . C , Prov . A . G . Sec . ; J . Pritchard ,. P . M . 384 , Prov . G . D . ; R . Owen , P . M . 384 , Prov . G . D . of C . ; J . R . Hughes , P . M . 136 9 , Prov . G . S . B . ; R . Jones , Prov . G . Std . Br . ; E . W . Thomas , P . M . 136 9 , Prov . G . Organist ; J . Wells and H . Hardman , P . M . 606 , Prov . G . Stwds . ; and H . B . ' Stubbington , 384 and 1349 ; Prov . G . Ty ler .

Among the Past Provincial Grand Officers vvere Bros . Donald Cameron , P . M . 3 8 4 , P . P . G . S . B . ; Rev . Hugh Thomas , P . M . 1849 , P . P . G . C ; J . G . Tuxford , P . Z ., P . M . 1509 , P . P . G . Reg . ; ¦ W . J . Lovegrove , P . M . 1988 , P . P . G . S . of W . ; Rev . Thomas Edwards , P . Z . 1583 , P . P . G . Chap . ; W . R . Davies , P . M . 158 3 and 19 88 , P . P . G . Purst . ; W . L . Bankes , P . M . 755 , P . P . G . S . of W . ; W . C . Logan , W . M . 1988 , P . P . A . G . D . C . ; N . Bunnell , P . M . 606 , P . P . G . S . ; R . Jones , P . M . 19 88 , P . P . G . S . B . ; Dr . W . Jones Morris , P . Z ., P . M . 1509 and 1350 , P . P . J . G . D . ; R .

H . Hughes , P . M . 597 and 1113 , P . P . G . S . B . ; J . Parry Jones , P . M . 1143 , P . P . S . G . D . ; R . M . Greaves , P . M . 1 849 , P . P . J . G . W . ; J- T - Edisbury , P . M . 133 6 , P . P . S . G . W . ; H . Owen , P . P . G . S . ; R . J . Sisson , P . P . G . Reg . ; and others . The visiting Provincial Grand Officers included Bros , the Hon . Colonel W . E . Sackville West , 357 , P . G . W . Eng ., and G . A . Tavener , P . M . 3 S 3 , P . P . J . G . D . Amongst others present were the following officers of lodges in the province : Bros . J . R . Dix , P . M . 1583 ; T . E . Kirt , S . W . 1988 ; H . J . Lloyd , J . W . 1988 ; E . G .

Humphreys , W . M . 1113 ; Rev . E . Hughes . Chap . 1988 ; T . Mills , W . M . 3 84 ; Caradoc Rowland , W . M . 606 ; W . Jones , W . M . 1509 ; J . Hall , W . M . 597 ; H . Evans , P . M . 1988 ; J . Sheriff Roberts , W . M . 425 ; Harold T . Hart , P . M . 1988 ; Llewelyn J . Cox , S . W . 1143 ; G . Catherall , S . W . 1336 ; G . E . Lowe , P . M . 755 ; R . G . Thomas . S . W . 1113 ; J . Pritchard , I . P . M . 1509 ; E . Staples , Asst . Sec . 1988 ; R . Jones-Griffith , Stwd . 1988 ; R . R . Stevenson , Sec . 1988 ; B . Arthur

Hughes , S . D . 1988 ; R . Newall , J . D . 1988 ; A . Bromwich , S . D . 1509 ; J . RRichards , Stwd . 1509 ; J . Smith , P . M . 133 6 ; E . R . Jenkins , P . M . 13 69 ; D . Davies , I . P . M . 136 9 ; W . Williams , Org . 1509 ; Rev . Llewelyn Jones , Chap . 99 ° and 1 143 ; Arthur Robey ; Sec . 1583 ; J . Freme Clement , P . M . 1477 ; J- R - Davies , S . D . 755 and 1583 ; J . Jones-Morris , J . W . 1509 ; H . Daniel , J . W . i 5 8 3 J W . Jones , P . M . 597 ; and Dr . W . Francis Jones , J . D . 1113 .

After the usual formalities , the minutes of the Prov . G . Lodge held at Carnarvo n were read and confirmed . The roll-call of lodges showed that two were

unrepresented . , The PROV . GRAND SECRETARY read a report showing that there was a marked improvement in the manner in which the minute books of lodges in the province were kept . More uniformity , however , vvas needed , and it was his intention to submit a scheme on the subject . . .. Bros . Corbet , Edisbury , and Benson were re-elected to audit the Provincia Grand Treasurer ' s accounts .

Bro . SALMON was re-elected Provincial Grand Treasurer , and submitted a statement showing that the funds in hand to the credit of the Provincial Grand Lodge amounted to £ 90 3 s . 5 d . On the "B" fund of the North Wales Charitable Association there was in hand a balance of £ 25 1 , after relieving the several caseb submitted last year . This fund was really the nursery of the other funds , an ought to be better supported by the lodges , only one-third of which subscribe towards it at present . , The Provincial Grand Master afterwards appointed and invested his officers

the ensuing year as follows Bro . the Hon . Col , West ... ... ... ... Prov . S . G . W-„ Dr . Jones-Morris ... ... ... ... Prov . J . G . W „ Rev . J . Morgan ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Chap . „ Salmon ... Prov . G . Treas . „ W . L . Bankes ... ... ... ... Prov . G . geg . „ T . E . Harris ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Sec . ., D . Wynn Williams ... ... ... ... Prov . A . G . &¦•*••