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CONTENTS . LEADERSThe Province of N . and E . Yorkshire ... ... ¦¦• ••• 393 Scottish Masonic Benevolent Association in India ... ... •¦• 393 Supreme Grand Chapter of England ( Quarterly Convocation ) ... „ 394

Provincial Grand Lodge of Essex ... ... ... ¦•• ••• 394 Provincial Grand Lodge of Middlesex ... ... ••• 39 " Provincial Grand Lodge of North and East Yorkshire ... ... •¦• 39 " Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland ... ... 397 MASONIC

NOTESNorth and East Yorkshire Educational Fund ... ... •¦• 399 Quarterly Convocationof Supreme Grand Chapter ... ... ••¦ 399 Provincial Grand Lodge of North and East Yorkshire . . ¦•• 399 Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... 4 ° o Reviews ... ... ... ... •¦• ••• 4 °° Presentation to Bro . Sir Albert Woods ... ... .. ¦•• 4 00

Consecration of the Harnngay Lodge , No . 2763 ... ... 400 The Nineteenth Century : Masonically Viewed ... ... •¦• 4 01 The Craft Abroad ... ... ... ... ... — 402 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... 4 ° The late Bro . Rtv . J . H . Rose ... ... ... ... ... 4 ° 3 Obituary ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 ° 3 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... 4 ° 4

The Province Of N. And E. Yorkshire.

THE PROVINCE OF N . AND E . YORKSHIRE .

As will be seen from the report of the proceedings at the recent annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of this Province , which appears in another column , Freemasonry in thc North

and East Ridings of Yorkshire fully maintains the position it has held for many many years . Other Provinces there are under the Grand Lodge of England in which Freemasonry has advanced by leaps and bounds , but here , as becomes the district

in which is located the first legendary home of our Masonic Craft , there has been , both in earlier and more recent times , an ample muster of lodges , several of which—still prosperously

carrying on their appointed duties—were contemporary with the famous , but , unfortunately , defunct , Grand Lodge of all England at York . Even at the commencement of the

memorable year ( 18 75 ) which witnessed the installation of our present M . W . Grand Master , his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES , N . and E . Yorkshire could boast an array of 22 lodges , or as nearly as possible , two-thirds of the present total of 34 lodges .

and of these 22 there are seven which have received Centenary Warrants , and to whose subscribing members has been accorded the privilege of wearing the Centenary Jewel . I here is still another remarkable feature about North and

East Yorkshire , that since 1817 , when Yorkshire , previously 'i single Province , was sub-divided , it has always had a member of -the D ^ NDAS famil y to preside over it as Prov . G . Master—LAWRENCE DUNDAS , subsequently first Earl of

^ KI ' LAND , having so presided from 1817 to 18 313 ; THOMAS , second Earl of ZEII . AN'D — M . W . G . M . 18 43 to 1870—from 18 34 to 18 74 ; and LAWRENCE , third Earl and first Marquis C ) f ZETLAND , from the latter year till the present time . There

are , then , good and sufficient reasons why the Province , though it may be surpassed by many others in thc length of their lodge r ° Hs and the aggregate of their subscribing members , should always be a stronghold of Masonry , and exert an influence even

"eyoiul its mere numerical strength among the Provinces which hold under Grand Lodge ; but none the less is it grati->' g to find that the zeal and activity which have always characterised the brethren of thc North and East Ridings should ' " ' main as prominent as evsr .

I here arc , as we have said , 34 lodges at present on the roll the Province , and , according to the returns sent in at the c cent annual meeting , the number of subscribing members is

The Province Of N. And E. Yorkshire.

2405 , which gives an average of slightly more than 70 per lodge . Financially , too , the Province is well circumstanced , while , as regards its Educational Fund , o which we refer at some length in our Notes , let it suffice to state here that during

the year to 30 th June last it made grants to 25 children , and that during the 10 years it has been established , it has not only paid its way year by year ; but has , at the same time , been able to accumulate not far

short of £ 3400 , the whole of which , with the exception of some £ 170 , has been advantageously invested . As for the place at and the circumstances under which thc meeting was held , thc locale was Guisbrongh , where no such gathering has

previously taken place , while the town was chosen as a mark of respect to the Zetland Lodge , No . 561 , on completing the first half-century of its existence , that lodge having been constituted in 1 S 49 , under a warrant granted by the then Grand Master ,

THOMAS , Earl of Zetland , uncle of the present Provincial Grand Master , who heartily congratulated the lodge on the good fortune which had attended its proceedings , and expressed his cordial good wishes for its continued prosperity . His lordship also feook

the opportunity of addressing a few words of wholesome advice to the brethren on the necessity they were under of exercising the greatest caution in admitting candidates to the mysteries and privileges of our ancient and honourable Society . " High

moral character , ' said his lordship , " liberal education , and competent means are rcquisitics indispensable to all men who seek admission to our ranks . " Let the brethren everywhere throughout thc Provinces and in London ponder well this wise counsel and Freemasonry will have still greater reason to be proud of its members .

Scottish Masonic Benevolent Association In India.

SCOTTISH MASONIC BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION IN INDIA .

A general meeting of the Subscribers of this Association was held at the new Freemasons' Hall , Bombay , under the presidency of Bro . K . R . CAMA , on Friday , the 19 th May last , when the Report of the Managing Committee for the year

ending the 30 th November last was submitted , adopted , and ordered to be printed and circulated together with a list of subscribers . But while the Report in question shows a considerable improvement on that of the previous year—and the Secretary has

courteously provided us with copies of both reports—there can be little doubt as to the Association being less generousl y supported than it deserves . There are , it seems , three Funds associated together , thc largest and most important of the three being the

one whose designation we have adopted as the title of this article . The other two may be very briefly dismissed , as neither of them was the recipient of a donation during the years which closed on the 30 th November , 18 97 , and 30 th November , 18 9 8 ,

respectively , while the only expenditure in respect of one of them was between two or three Rupees for bank charges . TI . e " Morland Memorial Fund " so named to commemorate the services of the late Capt . Sir HENRY MORLAND , who for some

years was M . W . G . Master of All Scottish Freemasonry in India , is the possessor of Masonic Hall Debentures to the amount of 2900 Rupees , which with a small cash balance constitute the sum total of its assets . The ' ¦ Framjec Dinshavv Petit Fund "

established in henour of one of the most prominent Scottish Freemasons in India , had , on the 30 th November last , assets amounting in round figures to 1954 Rupees , of which 1500 Rupees are invested , and the rest is in the Bank of Bombay .