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ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION . FOR AGED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS , CROYDON . In compliance with a requisition signed in conformity with the laws , a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Governors and Subscribers will be held at FREEMASONS' HALL , LONDON , on WEDNESDAY , the 14 th NOVEMBER , 1894 , at 3 . 30 o'clock p . m . precisely , to take into consideration a proposed addition to laws to enable lodges and chapters to qualify as Vice-Patrons and Patrons . The ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL will be held on the 27 th February , 18 95 , under the presidency of the VISCOUNT DUNGARVAN , Prov . G . M . for Somerset . The services of brethren to act as Stewards are paternally invited . By order . JAMES TERRY , Secretary . Office : 4 , Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C , 3 rd November , 1 S 94 .

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PROVINCIAL GRAND CHAPTER OF MIDDLESEX . The ANNUAL MEETING of the Provincial Grand Chapter will be held at the TOWN HALL , TWICKENHAM , on SATURDAY , the 10 th NOVEMBER , at half-past Three o ' clock p . m ., when the E . Comp . the Rt . Hon . LORD GEORGE FRANCIS HAMILTON , M . P ., will be installed as Grand Superintendent by M . E . Comp . W . W . B . BEACH , M . P ., Third Grand Principal . All Principals and Past Principals of the several chapters of the Province are summoned to attend , and all companions are invited to be present . The companions will appear in full Royal Arch Clothing and Morning Dress . Yours fraternally , WILLIAM HENRY LEE , P . Z ., Prov . G . Scribe E . Banquet will be provided by the proprietor of the King's Head Hotel . Tickets 6 s . 6 d . each ( exclusive of wine ) must be applied for to the Prov . G . S . E . at once .

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FOR SALE . —TWO MANUAL Pipe Organ , iS Stops , Gothic Front , full set of Pedals , & c , College of Organists' recommendation . Photo and specifications . —Appl y to F . J OHNCOCK , Organ Builder , 22 , High Street , High Wycombe .

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A BROTHER ( R . A . ) SEEKS EMPLOYMENT as Tyler or Steward to a Lodge , or Caretaker , or any place of trust . Having served 21 years in the Royal Engineers his character will bear the strictest investigation . —Address , J . W . CLEMONS , 34 , Elm Vale , Norbiton , Kingston-on-Thames , Surrey .

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Demy Svo . About $ Q 0 pages . Price ios . 6 d . Crown 4 to , Price £ 1 is . HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY IN HERTFORDSHIRE . Dedicated by permission to ¦ THOMAS FREDERICK HALSEY , Esq ., M . P ., Prov . Grand Master . BY G . BLIZARD ABBOTT , W . M . GLADSMUIR LODGE , NO . 1385 , BARNET . WITH PORTRAITS . London . —GEORGE KENNING , 16 and 16 a , Great Queen-st . J Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , W . C .

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Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 3 , 18 94 .

It is gratifying to find from our report last week of the recent annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall , that the prosperous condition of the Craft in that part of England has been fully maintained during the past year . True , it has suffered some heavy losses during that period ,

notably through the death of Bro . Chirgwin , who died in harness as Prov . G . Secretary , after holding that important office for a long term of years . The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , Prov . G . Master , referred in his brief address to the eminent services which our late

brother had rendered to the Province , and expressed a hope that the pressure of the duties he had so ably and conscientiously discharged for so long a period in conjunction with the many others he had fulfilled had not proved too severe a tax upon his strength . M

But though Cornish Masonry has sustained these losses , there is no reason why its heart should be disquieted within it . Sundry of its members who have laboured diligently and with a will in its behalf have passed away , but there remain others who are both able and willing to accept the duties and responsibilities

which have become vacant . Bro . Chirgwin has gone and only the memory of his good work remains , but Bro . E . D . Anderton presides in his stead in the Secre > tarial chair , and we may be sure that under the Iatter ' s auspices the honourable traditions which have been left behind them by Bro . Chirgwin and his predecessors will suffer no detriment .

Masonic Notes.

As regards thc numerical strength of the Provincei there is just a slight increase over the previous year , while in respect of the funds , the Prov . G . Treasurer was in a position to announce a balance of ^ 211 as compared with the ^ 192 with which the accounts of

the previous year had closed . As for the Cornish Masonic Annuity and Benevolent Fund , its capital now amounts to the substantial sum of ^ 5445 , while thc year's account shows a balance at the Cornish Bank of , £ 273 , thc present charges on it comprising seven male and live widow annuities and six

educational grants , and amounting to ^ 295 . * * * There is only one other matter to which reference need be made . A few weeks since we had the pleasure of announcing that the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , D . P . G . M . of England , and Grand Master of this

Province , had promised to act as Chairman at the Annu versary Festival which will be held next year in behalf of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , and , in consequence , Provincial Grand Lodge voted a donation of 100 guineas in support of his lordship ' s presidency .

This generous contribution will have an encouraging effect upon the lodges and chapters throughout the Province , and we have no doubt that when the time arrives it will be our privilege to announce that in 1895 as in 1894 , the Province has loyally supported its respected chief .

» * * We regret to announce the death of Bro . John E . Dawson , P . G . S . B . of England , who till quite recently was one of the leading Masons in the Province of Hertfordshire . Bro . Dawson who , we believe , was initiated in the Royal York Lodge of Perseverance ,

No . 7 , joined the Watford Lodge , No . 404 , in 1871 , was installed its W . M . in 1878 , and the same year was appointed Prov . S . G . W . Hertfordshire . From 18 79 to 1884 he served the office of Prov . Grand Secretary , and from 18 S 4 to 1889 'hat of Deputy P . G . M . In 188 7 he received brevet rank as P . G . S . B . of England and the

Province presented him with his Grand Lodge clothing . He was also a P . Z . of the Watford Chapter , Past Prov . G . H . of the Provincial Grand Chapter , and Past Grand Standard Bearer of Supreme Grand Chapter ; P . M . of the Watford Mark Lodge and Past Dep . Prov . G . M . M . Herts , in Mark Masonry ; and P . E . C . of the

Stuart Encampment , and Past G . S . B . in the Order of the Temple . During thc past summer he returned from a long sojourn abroad , whither he had been ordered for the benefit of his health . He was present at the last annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of

Herts and received a most cordial welcome , Bro . Halsey , P . G . M ., expressing a hope that he might again resume at an early date his active dutie i in Masonry . This hope , however , has not been realised , and Hertfordshire having welcomed the return of Bro . Dawson in July is now lamenting his death .

# # # The 54 th annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Illinois was held in the Chicago Central Music Hall , on the 3 rd ult ., under the presidency of Bro . Leroy A . Goddard , M . W . G . M . There was a very

large attendance of Present and Past Grand Officers and representatives of private lodges , and the reports , both as to membership and funds , were more than ordinarily gratifying , there having been an accession of over 1000 new members , while the dues collected during thc year amounted to 37 , 000 dollars (/ 7400 ) .

* * * Wa greatly sympathise with our Liverpool brethren . They have in their neighbourhood a veritable Paul Pry , who busies himself about their affairs , purloins or otherwise becomes possessed of their private papers , pursues them to their favourite haunts , and by

currying favour with a waiter or a kitchen-maid finds out what they have had for supper , and what it cost them . Having acquired all the information he can about their private acts , he pieces it together and charges them with wine-bibing , log-rolling , cliquism , and whatever else in the way of mean and dirty tricks his

malevolent spirit is able to suggest . In former days , fellows of this class were sent to Coventry , or ducked in the nearest horse-pond ; but now , to the disgrace of Englishmen , they meet with ready encouragement , and those speeches they deliver and those articles they write are listened to and read the most eagerly which contain the largest amount of objectionable innuendo .

* South Australia is getting on in years , and the cele . bration of jubilees by its leading institutions is an illustration of the fact . Already there have been two such commemorations by Masonic lodges in the Colony . One was held as early as 1884 , and the second has just been honoured at Port Adelaide , with