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sum invested as a permanent fund is already 7500 dols . ( £ 1500 ) , and the Home now has ten inmates . On what is spoken of as Donation Day— -St John the Baptist ' s Day last—the contributions in cash were not far short of £ 325 , and the contributions in kind were nearly equal in value . As the annual expense is set down at a minimum of 3000 dols . G £ 6 oo ) , there would seem

to be , judging from the results achieved during the past year , every prospect of the Home being maintained without trespassing too largely or too often on the resources of the brethren . This , as we have said , is most gratifying . It is true Pennsylvania , as a Masonic jurisdiction , is one of the strongest in the United States . It has a long array of lodges and a formidable membership ,

and , having regard to these facts , a total of less than 15 , 000 dols ., or ^ 3000 , received in the course of one year , might not at first sight commend itself to our ideas as a bri g ht example of generous contribution . But these are not the only facts we must take account of . The brethren have first of all their own expenses to provide for , and there are , no doubt , in Pennsylvania

as here , many local non-Masonic charities which have claims for support and must not be left out in the cold . Moreover , there is probably a fair average of relief privately administered to the needy and afflicted , so that , all things considered , we are justified in considering the past year ' s report of the Pennsylvania Masonic Home as being indicative of an exceptional

amount of goodwill towards so worthy an institution . There . is one piece of advice we shall take upon ourselves to offer to the Committee of Management . We would earnestly impress upon them the advisability of strengthening as much as possible the permanent fund of the Home while there is vet time , that is to say , while the inmates are few in number . The

more carefully they observe this policy , the more independent will they be of the subscription and donation lists , which sometimes show diminished totals when unusually high ones are most imperative . Let them put money in their purse against the inevitable rainy day , and they will invariably find their balances on the right side of the account .

* * * WE publish elsewhere a series of resolutions unanimously adopted at a Committee meeting of members of the Stability Lodge of Instruction on Friday last ; and we have no doubt the result of that meeting as indicated in the said resolutions , will give unqualified satisfaction to our readers . It

is true we have many lodges of instruction , but there is only one Emulation Lodge of Improvement , and only one Stability Lodge of Instruction . The two have worked side by side in honourable rivalry for a long term of years , and it would be difficult to apportion the degree of success which has attended the efforts of each for the diffusion of sound knowledge as to the

working of our ritual and ceremonies . Their systems may not , perhaps , be in exact agreement as regards details , but in essentials they are one , and it would have been little short of a calamity to the rising and future generations of brethren if the Stability Lodge of Instruction , which by the way is the elder of the two schools , had been permitted to die out .

Supreme Grand Chapter.

SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .

The Quarterly Communication of Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England was held on Wednesday evening at Freemasons ' Hall . The convocation in August decided that the future meetings of Grand Chapter should be held in the Great Hall , or Temple , and also passed a resolution for providing appropriate fittings for Grand Chapter meetings . The Committee of General Purposes devoted its attention to

the providing of such fittings , and called in the assistance of the Grand Scribe E ., Comp . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , for determining what were the appropriate fittings . Much research among the archives at Freemasons ' Hall , and a diligent examination , resulted in the production of a beautiful display of banners , standards , and other appointments , which Comp . George Kenning was able to produce exactly in accordance with design , Long

before lhe time appointed for the assemb ling of Grand Chapter a large number of companions attended for the purpose of inspecting the arrangements , and the general opinion expressed was one of entire satisfaction . The Grand Hall never looked more superb . Its beautiful decorations since it has been restored render it a fit receptacle for the gorgeous

paraphernalia of the Royal Arch , and although this paraphernalia seemed somewhat dwarfed when compared with the usual furniture in the smaller room which has hitherto been used for the meetings of Grand Chapter , it gave an imposing appearance which must have impressed everyone who saw it with the dignity of the Supreme Degree to which they belonged .

The companions who presided , in the absence bf the Prince of Wales , the Earl of Carnarvon , and the Ea rl of Lathom , were the Rev . H . A . Pickard , M . A ., the recently-installed Grand Superintendent of Oxford ; Comp . Powell , of Gloucester ; and Comp . Ernest Emil Wendt , D . C . L . ; and the other Grand Officers who attended

were—Comps . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . S . E . ; Frank Richardson , as G . S . N . ; the Rev . C . W . Spencer Stanhope , as G . P . S . ; Dr . Ralph Gooding-, as ist G . A . S . ; H . J . P . Dumas , as 2 nd G . A . S . ; George Lambert , as G . D . C . ; H . Maudslay , Robert Grey , E . Letchworth , Rev . Thos . Robinson , J . H . Matthews , Ralph Costa , J . Sampson Peirce , Magnus Ohren , J . M . Case , Peter de Lande Long , Butler Wilkins , Joseph Parkinson , E . M . Lott , G , Org . ; J . Smith Eastes , J . Lewis Thomas , F . Davison , Thomas Fenn , H .

G . Buss , J . R . Hollond , A . A . Pendlebury , P . Z . 1056 ; Albert Fish , P . Z . 95 ; C . A . Woods , Z . 1572 ; Samuel Brooks , Z . 975 ; C . F . Ma tier , P . Z . 59 ; L , Cornelissen , P . Z . 1201 ; M . j . Emanuel , P . Z ., S . E . iSS ; C . H . Kohler , 7 ,. 138 * 1 ; W . M . Bywater , P . Z . 19 ; H . Massey , P . Z . G 19 , H . and Z . elect 1928 ; F . R . W . Hedges , J . 1900 ; James S . Fraser , Z . 214 ; George Emanuel , P . Z . 752 ; Charles F . Hogard , P . Z . 10

and 142 ; T . W . Whitmarsh , P . Z . 217 ; Rev . Thomas W . Lemon , M . A ., P . P . G . P . S . Devon , P . Z . 1 S 9 ; Neville Green , P . Z . 1524 ; Adolphus Clark , Z . 1524 ; G . S . Recknell , J . 73 ; XV . Dodd , P . Z . 1194 ; J . S . Cumberland , P . Z . 1 G 11 , P . G . L N . and E . Yorks ; D . P . Cama , P . Z . 1503 and 255 , P . G . Swd . Br . Middlesex ; W . Lake , P . Z . 1297 and 15 S 9 , P . P . G . Reg . Cornwall ; C . Gore King , Z . 1073 j F . A . White , P . Z .

Supreme Grand Chapter.

1716 , P . P . G . R . Essex ; George Graveley , P . Z . S 9 S and 554 ; T . C . Walls , M . E . Z . 1745 ; L . G . Gordon Robins , Z . 111 S ; H . J . Lardner , P . Z . 1623 ; Bentley Haynes , J . 65 ; Wm . Porter Webb , P . Z . 13 S 1 ; F . B . Davage , P . Z . 1 S 5 ; M . L . Levey , H . 1524 ; and J . Da Silva , J . iSS . After the formal opening of the Grand Chapter , the report of the Committee of General Purposes was taken as received , and was as follows , as far as the accounts were concerned :

THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL PURPOSES . To the Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England . The Committee of General Purposes beg to report that they have examined the accounts from the 15 th July to the 20 th October , 18 S 5 , both inclusive , which they find to be as follows : —

To Balance , Grand Chapter ... £ 74 95 By Disbursements during the „ ,, Unappropriated Quarter £ 204 iS o Account 191 S 4 „ Balance 102 1 n „ Subsequent Receipts 229 11 o „ „ Unappropriated Account iSS S 10 £ 495 S 9 £ 495 s 9

Which balances are in the Bank of England , Western Branch . The Committee having reported that the petitions for new chapters should be granted to the following new lodges , Comp . GREY moved that the prayers of the petitions should be granted , and Grand Chapter , therefore , resolved that charters should be issued in answer to the following petitions : —

ist . From Comps . John Read Dore , as Z . * , Rawson Kelley , as H . ; W . Henry Gough , as J ., and 17 others for a chapter to be attached to the Lodge of Friendship , No . 750 , Whitcliffe , Cleckheaton , to be called the Friendship Chapter , and to meet at the Masonic Hall , Whitcliffe , Cleckheaton , in the county of York ( West Div . )

2 nd . From Comps . Donald Grant Macl eod , as Z . ; James Copley Moyle , as H . ; Colonel Malcolm Furlong , as J ., and six others for a chapter to be attached to the Lodge of Philanthropy , No . 542 , Maulmain , British Burmah , to be called the Tenasserim Chapter , and to meet at Maulmain , British Burmah .

3 rd . From Comps . John Booth , as Z . ; Samuel Holdsworths Stocks , as H . ; William Thomas Flather , as J ., and six others for a chapter to be attached to the Zetland Lodge , No . 603 , Cleckheaton , to be called the Zetland Chapter , and to meet at the Masonic Hall , Tofts , Cleckheaton , in the county of York . ( West Div . )

4 th . From Comps . the Rev . Thomas C artwnght Smyth , D . D ., asZ . ; Samuel Stead , as H . ; Thomas Tyers , as J ., and seven others for a chapter to be attached to the Excelsior Lodge , No . 1042 , Leeds , to be called the Excelsior Chapter , and to meet at the Masonic Hall , Great George-street , Leeds , in the county of York . ( West Div . )

5 th . From Comps . Thomas Blossom Dodson , as Z . ; Robert Burleton , as H . ; Michael Christian , as J , and six others for a chapter to be attached to the Dalhousie Lodge , No . 860 , London , to be called the Dalhousie Chapter , and to meet at Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street , in the City of London .

6 th . From Comps . Charles Frederick Hogard , as Z . ; Alfred Julius Henochsberg , as H . ; Joseph Da Silva , as J ., and eight others for a chapter to be attached to the Lodge of Israel , No . 205 , London , to be called the Israel Chapter , and to meet at the Ter minus Hotel , Cannon-street , in the City of London .

The Committee also reported that , in consequence of the formation and recognition of a Grand Lodge of South Australia , there was no longer an English Craft Lodge in that colony to which the South Australian Chapter , No . 583 , meeting at Adelaide , could be attached as required by Article 43 ,

Royal Arch Regulations , and they , therefore , recommended that the charter of the said chapter be withdrawn and cancelled , and that the chapter be erased from the register of the Grand Chapter of England . This was agreed to .

It was also resolved that a copy of the proposed revision of the Royal Arch Regulations , as settled by the Special Com mittee , after having been laid before Grand Chapter , should be sent out to all Grand Superintendents and Chapters , that it be considered and , if approved , passed at the Convocation of Grand Chapter , to be held on the 2 nd February , 18 S 6 .

Comp . G REY said that the Committee had laid out a sum of money not exceeding that voted to them in purchasin g the furniture for decorating Grand Chapter , and he felt sure that the companions would agree with him that the furniture of Grand Chapter had added very much to the appearance and dignity of the Grand Chapter .

Comp . G EORGE LAMBERT thought that Grand Chapter ought to pass a vote of thanks to the Committee of General Purposes for providing the furniture of Grand Chapter . With the permission of the companions , he would move a vote of thanks , and that it be recorded on the minutes , to the Committee for the way in which the work had been carried out . The motion was not seconded .

Comp . C . F . HoGARn said that , as a member of the Committee , he begged to deprecate the vote , and for this reason , that the work had been entirely due to the suggestion of the Grand Scribe E . To that companion they were indebted for the decorations of Gra nd Chapter , and the Committee felt that the vote , if such was to be passed , was due to the Grand

Scribe E . The Committee could have don e nothing . Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke had devoted much time to searching the records of the Grand Chapter in order to see what was the correct form of having the furniture

for Grand Chapter . What they now saw before them was a specimen of the work he had been engaged in , and therefore the Committee , renouncing all claim for producing the work , were only to anxious to accord all the merit to Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke .