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l ^ memmmim WS & j ^ -r n , wr * aff * J £ Si £ j ^ ^ ' / rrai SATURDAY , AUGUST 7 , 1897 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

Supreme Grand Chapter met in quarterly convocation on Wednesday , when a number of companions liad the brevet rank of Past Grand Oflicers conferred

upon them . The majority of the companions who were thus honoured had previously received Past rank in Grand Lodge , but the places of those who were not eli gible to receive office in the Royal Arch were filled by others , so that the full number of 60 were honoured .

» ? * We rejoice to learn tint " our girls" have again done extremely well in their public trials . In the Science and Art Drawing Examinations , . -51 entered for freehand , and 28 passed . 18 entered for model drawing , and 16 passed ; five entered . for the difficult 'est of light and shade , and all passed ; 49 passes out of 5-f .

Masonic Notes.

We judge , from the tenour of the proceedings at the recent meeting , at Portsmouth , of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , that the Province contemplates raising a large amount of support to our Royal Masonic Institution for Boys

at its Centenary Festival . This is not to be wondered at , seeing that Bro . Richard Eve , P . G . Treasurer , the Chairman of the Board of Management of the School , and Bro . J . E . Le Feuvre , P . G . D ., one of the members of the said Board , are both of them leading and

influential members of the Cratt in the Province . Apart ) however , from this , our Hampshire and Isle of Wight brethren take a deep interest in the success of our Institutions . During the last few years , since they have started an Educational Fund of their own , their contributions to the Central Charities have been on a

more moderate scale than usual , but on special occasions —as when their respected Provincial Grand Master has undertaken to preside at one of the Festivals , when some special Anniversary has been celebrated , or some special effort made in behalf of a particular Institution —Hants and the Isle of Wig ht has always been prepared to do its duty worthily .

The proposal made by Bro . Richard Eve that the Province should raise a sum sufficient to purchase a Perpetual Presentation to the Boys' School as a memorial of its Centenary was doubtless an excessive onei ; the amount required— £ 1260—takes a good deal of

raising . But the further proposal by Bro . T . Francis that a sum of 250 guineas ( £ 262 ios . ) should be voted from the funds of Prov . Grand Lodge as a special donation in respect of the approaching Centenary was cheerfully acquiesced in ; and with this as an example

we doubt not that the lodges , and chapters , and brethren will take care that their donations are likewise of a special character , that shall be worthy alike of the Institution and the Province . The 20 th century will have run barely half its course ere such another anniversary will be held as that which the

friends and supporters of the Boys' School are proposing to celebrate in the summer of 18 9 8 under the auspices of H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , Grand Master and President , and we trust the Craft generally will spare no effort in order to ensure that the success of the coming Festival shall be unprecedented in the annals of English Masonry .

# # * Certain remarks which were made by Bro . Lord George Hamilton , M . P ., Prov . G . Master of Middlesex , at the recent annual meeting of his Prov . G . Lodge , deserve more than the casual notice which the remarks

contained in an after-dinner speech are ordinarily accorded . His lordship , in reference to the acceptance by anyone of a duty or duties , laid down two important principles—firstly . , that no one should undertake a duty which he was unable to perform ; and , secondly ,

that having undertaken a duty , he should make a point of fulfilling it to the best of his ability . We are afraid there are not a few brethren who do not allow themselves to be sufficiently actuated by , at all events , the former of these principles , and accept positions ,

the duties of which they know beforehand they will be unable to perform . There are those who accept positions readily , nay , even greedily , knowing the while that they are not likely to have the time , the inclination , and much less , the ability to perform the duties

pertaining thereto . Matters have greatly 1 nproved as compared with what they were years ago , when it was the exception for anyone to trouble himself about performing the duties he undertook . But the principles laid down by Lord G . Hamilton are still

somewhat loosely observed , and we trust his remarks will not be without their influence in inducing men to remember that the acceptance of a duty entails the responsibility of discharging it to the best of one ' s ability . # * *

It is satisfactory to know that at last a step in thc direction of rebuilding a Masonic Hall for thc English and Scottish Craft in Bombay has been taken , and that Bro . Lord Sandhurst , who is Pro Dist . G . Master ( E . C ) , and G . M . of all Scottish Masonry in India has

at last had the opportunity of laying the foundation stone of the proposed edifice . The ceremony took place on the 5 th June , in the presence of a large concourse of brethren ot the two Constitutions , a very full

account appearing in the Indian Masonic Revi in . Such a project as this has been in contemplation for something like 20 years , and our Bombay brethren are to be congratulated on the fulfilment of their desire for a hall of their own .

Masonic Notes.

There is also in the same Indian Masonic Review a full account of the installation of Lord Sindhurstas Grar . d Master of all Scottish Freemasonry in India . This event took place the day previous to that assigned for the laying of the stone of the new Masonic Hall . The ceremony was performed by Bro . Smith , the

retiring Grand Master , and when Lord Sandhurst was placed in the chair , he delivered a brief , but appropriate , address , in which , having first of all paid a high compliment to his predecessor for the ability , tact , and judgment with which he had fulfilled his duties , he

expressed his intention of doing all in his power to maintain the interests of Scottish Freemasonry in India . " I recognise , " " said his lordship , " not only the honour of the post , but also the duties of the post , and I shall do my utmost to fulfil them . "

* From the report of the annual general meeting ol the Subscribers to the Madras Masonic Institution , on the 24 th March last , under the presidency of the Dist . G . Master , Bro . Col . G . JL J . Moore , it appears that the Institution has fared very prosperously during the past year . Its funded capital now amounts to iS , ooo rupees ,

as against 17 , 100 rupees at the close of 18 95 , while the number of children being educated is 13 , at a cost of 1050 rupees , as compared with 11 children , at a cost of 945 rupees , in 1895 . Moreover , the children are all reported as making satisfactory progress in their Schools . We trust that the Institution will go on and prosper even more abundantly than in the past year .

» * * The Grand Lodge of British Columbia held its annual Communication in Victoria on Thursday , the 17 th June . Bro . Alexander Charleson , M . W . G . Master , occupied the chair , and , according to the report in the Canadian Craftsman ior last month

there was a very full attendance of G . Officers and others entitled to be present . In the evening the brethren attended divine service in the Presbyterian Church , the sermon being preached by Bro . the Rev-J . A . Logan , G . Chaplain . On returning to the hall , the election of Grand Officers for the ensuing year took place , Bro . the Rev . E . D . McLaren being elected

G . Master , and Bro . E . Hosker , G . Secretary . An address of congratulation to the Queen on the completion of the 60 th year of her reign was adopted amid the heartiest manifestations of enthusiasm , and on the following day the proceedings were brought to a close with a banquet , at which the newly-installed G . Master presided with great success .

* ? •*¦ We learn from the Freemasons' Repository that the various Grand Bodies in Vermont held their annual meetings in Burlington in the month of June . The proceedings in Grand Lodge were opened on the 9 th June under the presidency of Bro . Haskins , G . M ., and

Bro . D . N . Nicholson was elected M . W . G . M . for thc ensuing 12 months . Comp . Nicholson , G . H . P ., presided at the 30 th annual convocation of Grand Chapter on the nth of the same month , and Comp . G . S . Weston was elected to succeed him . Thc Grand Commandery was held on the Sth of the month , and

Sir Knight Robert J . Wright was elected and installed G . C . for the ensuing year , while as regards the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters , the new G . M . is Comp . Donald A . Stone . In the case of all these Grand Bodies the secretarial duties are

discharged by Bro . W . G . Reynolds , who is G . Secretary of the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter and Grand Recorder of the Grand Commandery and Grand Council . # * »

Our respected Bro . J . Ross Robertson , Past G , Master of Canada , is well-known for his philanthropy , and it is not , therefore , surprising to read in the pages of the Canadian Craftsman that he has been organising a Strawberry Festival for Crippled Children , in Toronto , and taking measures for establishing a fund

to help the crippled children of the poor in the matter of surgical appliances . Our contemporary also depicts him as having taken a leading part in thc celebration by Toronto brethren of the Queen ' * Diamond Jubilee , whereat it was resolved to

commemorate the auspicious event by endowing a cot in thc Victoria Hospital for children , to be called " The Queen Victoria Diamond jubilee Masonic Cot . " The s um to be raised is 2000 dollars , and a very handsome sum , to 3 , for a very handsome purpose .

? * » We will take the opportunity next week of reproducing from our Canadian contemporary the addresses to be delivered to the Queen on behalf of the Grand Lodge and Sovereign Great Priory of Canada .