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Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

SATURDAY , J ANUARY 7 , 1899

The Quarterly Genera ! Courts of the Governors of uur Scholastic Institutions will be held at Freem isons ' Hall next week , that of the Royal Masonic Institution fur Girls on Thursday , the 12 th instant , at the hour of

12 noon , and that of the Royal Misonic Institution 'or Buys on Friday , the 13 th instant , at 4 p . m . The chief business will be the approval of the lists of candidates and the declaration of the vacancies to be filled .

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If Bro . Woodall , Past G . Treas ., will indly refer to the Freemason of last week he will find tbat the resolution he has written to ask us to publish was contained in the letter from Bro . Jos . Farncombe , P . Prov . G . Warden of Sussex , which appeared in our

correspondence columns ; and that in the same issue there was published another resolution , which was substantially—indeed , almost verbatim—the same , " and was sent us for publication by "The Mover of the Resolution . "

As usual , Bro . J . M . McLeod , Secretary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , has appended to his Statement of Receipts during the past year a table in which are shown the amounts received per year from 1 SS 4 to 1 S 97 both inclusive . During the first seven of these 14 years during which the old order of

things prevailed in the administration of the School , the total sum received in the way of income vvas . £ 98 , 434 ns . Sd ., the average per year being . £ 14 , 0 ( 52 is . Sd . During the second seven years under the new regime , the toial amount received in the way

of income was . £ 158 , 094 3 s ., the average per year being . £ 22 , 584 17 s . yd . There is , therefore , an increase in tfie average yearly income during the second as compared with the first of these septennial periods amounting to rather more than . £ 8500 a year .

* * As regards invested capital , there has been an increase since 1 S 90 , when the change in the adminstration took place , of no less than £ 132 , 616 us . nd ., for , whereas in 1890 , there were only £ 17 , 500 Stock , there is at the present time ^ 150 , 116 ns . nd ,, ot

which £ 87 , 264 Ss . 6 d . represents the Stock purchased during 18 9 S , while £ 25 , 000 is on deposit with the Bankers and the Shellield Corporation . In addition , there is the new Bushey site purchased for . £ 13 , 000 Nor must we forget that the Wood Green property is

set down in the annual Balance-sheet at an estimated value of over . £ 30 , 000 , so that there can be no question as to the splendid improvement which has taken place since 1890 in the financial position of the School . * * #

A meeting of the Prov . G . Lodge ot Warwickshire will be held in the Masonic Hall , Birmingham , on Saturday , the 4 th February , at 2 . 30 p . m . precisely , when anew lodgewhich will be known as the Loyal Travellers Lodge , No . 2733 , will be consecrated . The ceremony will be performed by Bro . E . Letchworth , F . S . A .,

Grand Secretary , who will be assisted in his task by the Grand Wardens of the Province , Bros . Major-General Arbuthnot , Prov . S . G . W ., and T . J . Walsh , Prov . J . G . W ., as S . W . and J . W . respectively ; Bro . the Rev . L . H . Peirson , Prov . G . Chaplain , as Chaplain ; Bro . Frank Richardson , P . G . D . England , as D . of C . ;

and Bro . T . C . Waite , Prov . G . Purst ., as I . G . When the lodge has been constituted , Bro . R . A . Matthews P . M . No . 493 , P . Prov . J . G . D ., will bc installed in the chair of W . Master and will afterwards appoint and invest his ollicers for tha year , the day concluding with a banquet which will take place at 5 . 30 p . m . The

founders are 16 in number , and include Bro . R . A . Matthews , W . M . designate , and Bros . E . S . Snmner and W . O . Lewis , S . W . and J . W . designate resp ectively . There can be no doubt that with the G . Secretary as Consecrating Oflicer , assisted as he will be by so

experienced a D . C . as Bro . Frank Richardson , P . G . D ., the ceremonies of the day will pass off successfully and that as it must be quite 13 years since a lodge was consecrated in the Province , our Warwickshire brethren will be deeply impressed with the solemnity of the proceedings .

There was a very numerous gathering of the friends and supporters of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution at the New Year ' s entertainment on Wednesday evening to the inmates ot the Asylum at Croydon , and it will be seen from the full report of the proceedings which appears in another column that

everything passed oft most successfully . In the first place , the residents thoroughly enjoyed themselves and appreciated to the utmost the very excellent arrangements which had been made for their entertainment . In the next place , those who had the privilege of assisting at the most pleasant annual

function , appeared to be equally delighted with their visit . Bro . Terry , as usual , made one of his earnest speeches in behalf of the Institution and in view of thc approaching Festival made a strong appeal toall present to do what is in their power to further its success . We must hope that the appeal will bear good fruit .

Those of the pupils of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls who spent their Christmas holidays at school had their usual New Year ' s treat on Wednesday , and

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it will be easily realised that the little ones enjoyed th emselves thoroughly . A capital entertainment was provided on the occasion , the Punchinello and conjuring and juggling constituting the staple of the proceedings , while a brief time was devoted to

dancing . The president of the evening was Bro . Frank Richardson , P . G . D ., Chairman of the House Committee for the month , who was supported by Bro Sir J . B . Monckton andjother members of the Committee , as well as by the Secretary , Bro . F . R . W . Hedges and many ladies and fiiends of the Institution .

* # # A Special Communication of the District Grand Lodge of Burma was held at Freemasons' Hall , Rangoon , on Wednesday , the 28 th September last , when Bro . J . Copley Moyle was installed as District Grand Master , in succession to the late Bro . Donald

G . McLeod , deceased . There appears to havebeen a very full attendance of District Grand Officers , Present and Past , as well as of the Masters , Wardens , and Past Masters of the lodges on the roll of the District . The presiding officer was Bro . L . L . Downes , who performed the ceremony of installation most

impressively . On assuming the chair , the new District Grand Master delivered a brief , but very able , address , in the course of which he expressed the hope that , in cooperation with the District Grand Ollicers and the lodges , his administration of the District would be successful , at all events , not less successful than that of his predecessors .

* * * We learn from the Philadelphia Keystone that a sum of nearly 4084 dollars had been contributed towards the maintenance of the Masonic Home established in that city , to the 24 th ult , among the ptincipa 1 gifts included therein being 200 dollars irom Oriental

Lodge , No . 385 , and 100 dollars each from Slatington Lodge , No . 440 , Greenleaf Lodge , No . 561 , and the Ancient and Accepted Rite . On New Year ' s Day the Home was to keep open house , so that visitors might have the opportunity of inspecting the premises and doing what lay in their power to aid it in its benevolent work .

• * * Theregular half-yearly communication of the District Grand Lodge of the Punjab was held at Freemasons ' Hall , Simla , under the auspices of Lodge Himalayan Brotherhood , No . 459 , on the 12 th September . In the unavoidable absence of Bro . Lieut .-Gen . Sir Geo .

B . Wolseley , K . C . B ., District Grand Master , the chair vvas taken by Bro . E . Woodall Parker , Past District Grand Master , who delivered a lengthy address , in the course of which he expressed , on behalf of the absent District Grand Master , that distinguished brother ' s regret that he was unable to be present , and that there was a possibility that he might find himself under the

necessity of resigning his office , and thereby severing his connection with the District—a connection which had lasted for so many years and brought him so much pleasure . The Indian Freemason—to which we are indebted for these particulars—publishes with its November issue what has every appearance ot being an excellent portrait of Bro . G ^ n . Wolseley , District Grand Master .

* * * We have received copy of the Proceedings at the ( Quarterly Communication of the District Grand Lodge of Canterbury ( New Zealand ) , which was held at the St . Augustine Masonic Hall , Christchurch , on Thursday , the 20 th October last . From Athis report

we learn that the several lodges in the District had met in accordance with Articles 218 A , 21811 , and 219 , Book of Constitutions , to decide whether or no tbey should continue their allegiance to the Grand Lodge of England , the result of the ballot being " that the whole of the Lodges had almost unanimously decided to continue " under the banner of our Grand Lodge .

• » We further learn from the same source that the District Board of General Purposes had received a letter from Bro . W . F . Lamonby acknowledging receipt of a donation from Dist . G . Lodge of £ n lis . to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys on the

occasion of its recent Centenary , and suggesting that hc should represent the . Dist . G . Lodge " in order that the vote for Colonial candidates " for our Board of General Purposes might " be exercised judiciously . " The Dist . Board thereupon resolved that "it be a

recommendation to Dist . G . Lodge to appoint W . Bro W . Lamonby as proxy" ; and Dist . G . Lodge , at their meeting as aforesaid , adopted the recommendation , How it will be acted upon remains to be seen , as there does not appear to be any provision for proxies in our Book of Constitutions .