Grand Lodge Of Mark Master Masons.

Art . 30 . —To insert at end "Assisted by at least tsvo Tellers , svho " shall h appointed by the Grand Master . " Art . 52 , Art . ' 53 .- That these Rules be not altered . Art . 62 . —To strike out the words " Six Lodges in the London District ant Eight Provincial , " and to substitute the svords " Four Lodges in the London Dis trict and Ten Provincial . "

Art . 99 . —To insert after the svords "Craft Lodge of Freemasons , " the svord : "That in Provinces and Districts Petitions for such dispensations must recaive the recommendation of the Provincial or District Grand Master , and must be made through the Provincial or District Grand Secretary . " Art . 121 . —To omit "day before or day after , " and to substitute " any of thi seven days before or after . "

Rules for Annuities -VIII ., page 68 , to alter . £ 26 to . £ 40 ; IV ., page 71 , toaltei . £ 21 to £ 32 .

The Board recommend that the Book of Constitutions as nosv presented tc Grand Lodge , be adopted as the Constitutions of the Order , and be printed and distributed . The Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Scotland has adopted the cere mony of installation of Worshipful Master as used by this Grand Lodge , it accordance with the following resolution unanimously carried 7 th March , 1 S 94 .-

'That the degree of Installed Master in the Mark Degree shall be conferrerl only upon the Principals ' / .. and Past Principals Z . of Royal Arch Chapters , and the Masters and Past Masters of Mark Master Lodges holding a separate svirranl from the Supreme Grand Chapter ; and the names of all Principals Z . and Masters of Mark Master Lodges so installed shall be transmitted to the Grand Scribe E . for registration in the books o" the Supreme Grand Chapter ; and they shall be supplied svith a diploma on payment of the prescribed fee . "

All such Principals Z . and Past Principals Z . and Masters and Past Masters of Mark Master Lodges , S . C , are entitled to be present at a Board of Installed Masters on production of the di ploma mentioned above .

FUND OF BENEVOLENCE . The Sub-Committee on Education , having carefully considered the Annual Reports of the Head Masters and Mistresses of the Schools at svhich the various pupils on the Fund are being edsicited , have asvarded the silver medal for proficiency in studies and general excellence to Herbert Stanley Thorn , educated at the Cheltenham Grammar School , and Dora L . Pulley , educated at Miss Hamley ' s , Summerbrook , Redlands-road , Reading . The follosving cases have been relieved . *

Mrs . J . I . S . ( svidosv of a brother of Southwark Lodge , No . 22 ) £ 10 o o The children of a brother of Roberts Lodge , No . 24 10 0 o R . LOVELAND LOVELAND , President . FRANK RICHARDSON , Vice-President . C . FITZGERALD MATIER , G . Secretary .

On the motion of Bro . LOVELAND LOVELAND , seconded by Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON , the different recommendations in the report were adopted , as was also the report . Bro . WILLIAM E . CHAPMAN then said : M . W . Pro Grand Master , Grand Officers and brethren in rising to nominate his Royal Highness , the Prince of Wales as our Most Worshipful Grand Master , I am sure I but

express the wish of every member of this De * rree . Those of us who were privileged to attend the installation of his Royal Highness will , I am sure , never forget the enthusiasm with which his entrance was greeted , and if such enthusiasm could have been aroused on his assuming the chair , what bounds will it reach after the eight years of brilliant success the Order has achieved under his rule . In 1886 we had 37 6 lodges on the roll ; it has now increased

to 490 , and out of the nearly 34 , 000 registered Mark Masons , 1200 Mark Masons have been advanced since his Royal Hi ghness came to the chair . We believe that much , if not all , this extraordinary advance has been due to the influence and work of his Royal Highness . Undertaking no duty that he does not take a warm interest in , the Prince has set an example worthy of

emulation by every member of the Order , and the result is that under his benignant sway Masonry throughout the land has flourished root and branch . I beg , Most Worshipful Pro Grand Master , to nominate his Royal Hi ghness the Prince of Wales as the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Mark Masons . ( Applause . )

Bro . Dr . TURTLE PIGOTT —M . W . Pro G . M .: It is my privilege , as Grand Treasurer , to nominate my successor , and I feel it a great honour to nominate W . Bro . Percy Wallis , P . G . Stwd ., P . G . D ., Vice-Patron Mark Benevolent Fund , of which he has served ten Stewardships . I believe I need not make a long speech in nominating him , but I deem it a great privilege to do so .

Bro . LARDNER nominated Capt . Thomas Charles Walls , P . M . Francis Burdett Lodge , W . M . Carnarvon Lodge , P . M . Prince Leopold Lodge , Steward of the Benevolent Fund , and Life-Governor of that Fund , P . J . G / W . Middx ., and P . G . S . B . He thought that showed that Bro . Walls was not an idle member of Mark Masonry . But he had not confined his attention at all to Mark Masonry . In the Provincial Grand Lodgeof Middlesex he

had done good suit and service to Masonry , and for these services to the Order he had received Grand Lodge honour . Thc brethren would , in electing him as G . Treasurer , be conferring honour where honour was due . Bro . RICHARD EVE nominated Bro . W . F \ Lamonby , who had been a Mark Mason 22 years , was Founder of three lodges , two of which he personally consecrated . He was a Past Grand Officer of Cumberland and Westmoreland , had been three times Steward , antl fie was Life Governor of the

Boys' and Girls' Schools , of which he had also been Steward . He had had great experience in the colonies , where he stood in the highest position among the colonial brethren , and as such he was not so well known in Grand Lodge as he otherwise would have been . If he had attended Grand Lodge for years he would have been better known . He was a most esteemed brother , and useful , and had been of great service to the Order , He was well worthy to be Grand Treasurer , and he , ( Bro . live ) had much pleasure in nominating him .

The EARL or EUSTON said , brethren we have met here for the last time in the current year to transact the business of Grand Lodge , and I think if we look back on this year we shall see the Mark Degree has flourished and prospered . I therefore take this opportunity of thanking every brother of Grand Lodge of this Mark Degree for hel ping forward the Degree to the point to which it has prospered . If you had not so worked the Degree could

not have prospered . Ihe Degree has prospered , and therefore I thank those in office and out of it for their great services .: On behalf of his Royal Hi ghness , the Grand Master , I thank you most thoroughly for your services , I hope as the season is coming on you svill all have a joyous time , nave a Merry Christmas , and a very happy and prosperous New Year . ( Cheers . ) Grand Lodge was then closed in ample form .

Grand Lodge Of Scotland.

GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND .

Net since the joint celebration of the Festival of St . Andrew and the third jubilee of the Grand Lodge of Scotland has there been so large a gathering in connection with thc annual meeting as assembled on the 30 th ult . in the Queen ' s Rooms , Glasgosv . In iSSC—the year of the third jubilee —over 1 , 300 brethren assembles ! in the Volunteer Drill Hall , Edinburghthe largest indoor assembly of Masons ever held in Scotland . While lacking

the inspiring influence of a jubilee meeting , the gathering on Friday numbered nearly 500—a large increase on the usual attendance . The chief point of attraction to members of the fraternity was the exceptional circumstances of the installation of Grand Officers and the St . Andrew Festival being held for Ihe first time in the 158 years' history of Grand Lodge out of Edinburgh . It has now passed into law , under the Scottish constitution ,

that Grand Lodge shall hold its annual meeting on St . Andrew ' s Day alternately in Edinburgh and one in the provinces . Glasgow is the first honoured with a visit under the nesv rule , and the enthusiastic svelcome accorded to thc members of Grand Lodge by the brethren in the West of Scotland was most gratifying . The meeting of the Grand Lodge was opened in the Pillar Hall , Bro . J .

Graham , of Broadstone , Substitute G . M ., presiding , assisted in the duties by Bros . Col . Campbell , S . G . W ., and Lord Rosslyn , J . G . W . The Grand Officers for the ensuing year were declared elected , and the Grand Master elect , Bro . Sir Charles Dalrymple , of Newhailes , Bart ., heralded by trumpeters , was escorted into the lodge by the Senior and Junior Grand Wardens , the G . S . B ., and the Vice-President of Stesvards , and announced by Bro . G . Christie , P . G . D . C .

The Grand Master was installed with the impressive ceremony of the Order by Bro . Lord Haddington , P . G . M . On inducting Sir Charles into the throne of Grand Lodge , Lord HADDINGTON said he thought the Freemasons of Scotland had done wisely and well in re-appointing their Grand Master for another year . The other officers were then obligated by the newly-installed Grand Master , the follosving being a complete list of thc officers :

Bro . Lord Saltoun ... ... ... G . M . D . ,, John Graham , of Broadstone ... ... S . G . M . ,, Lieut .-Col . John Campbell ... ... S . G . W . „ Right Hon . the Earl of Rosslyn ... ... J . G . W . „ Murray Lyon ... ... ... G . Sec . ,, . David Reid ... ... ... ... G . Cashier . ,, Rev . G . Gunn , M . A . ... ... ... ") „ ru „ Rev . R . M'CIelland ... ... | O . Gnaps . „ Major F . W . Allan ... ... ... S . G . D . ,, Capt . David Sneddon ... ... ... J . G . D . ,, R . Macfarlane Cameron ... ... G . Architect . ,, Robert K . Inches ... ... ... G . Jeweller . „ J . MacNaught Campbell ... ... G . B . B . „ James Muir ... ... ... ... G . D . of Cers . „ R . W . Macleod Fullarton , O . C . ... ... G . Bard . „ Lieut .-Col . W . I . Macadam ... ... G . S . B . ,, Emile Berger ... ... ... G . D . of M . „ Robert Davidson ... ... ... G . Org . „ W . M . Denholm ... ... ... G . Marshal . „ Robert Kennedy ... ... ... G . I . G . „ George Hay ... . ... ... G . Tyler .

Thc Grand Lodge was closed and an adjournment made to the large hall of the Queen ' s Rooms , where an excellent dinner was provided by Mr . Thiem , of the Windsor Hotel . The hall was decorated wilh tapestry , evergreens , bunting , Sec , by Messrs . Lamberton , Glasgow . The brethren were seated at a scries of eight tables , running from cad to end of thc hall , and at three tables running the full length of the platform .

Following the precedent of 1886 , the Grand Lodge was not opened after dinner . The group painting by Bro . J . Drummond Young , W . M . 757 , of the Grand Officers , and those associated with Lord Haddington while Grand Master , was unveiled , and in accepting the picture on b ; haif of Grand Lodge , Bro . Sir Charles Dalrymple said it was their regret that through illhealth Lord Haddington had not been able to accept the office for a third

year . The picture would be a pleasant memento of a Grand Mastership which would long remain in the memory of the brethren of Scotland . Bro . Lord HADDINGTON acknosvledged the compliment , and assured them that the picture recalled many happy associations of his connection with Grand Lodge , and the kindness and hospitality he had enjoyed with manv of the brethren around him .

The toasts of the evening were then proceeded with . " The Queen and the Craft" and " The Prince of Wales and the Royal Family" were given brielly , but with sincere loyalty , from the chair . "The Army , Navy , and Reserve Forces , " proposed by Bro . J . M . MARTIN , were responded for by Bros . Sir J AMES BUCHANAN , LORD SALTOUN , and Col . J AMES A . REID respectively .

In replying for ' The Grand Lodge of Scotland , " proposed by Bro . Sir J STIRLING-MAXWELL , the GRAND MASTER made a happy reference to Sir John ' s remarks , and , continuing , said he counted this a great Masonic occasion—one unique in itself , and calculated to be of great advantage to the brotherhood . It was gratifying that they had come in such splendid numbers . To him the occasion would be one oi encouragement and

inspiration . The entrants registered in Grand Lodge during the past year numbered 5 , 080 , against 5 , 188 in the previous year . Had the returns from the lodges in colonial and foreign provinces been received this waek , he understood that the number of entrants would have exceeded lhat of last

year . The income of Grand Lodge during the year was -65 . 104 , against ^ 5 . 355 last year . The grants made from the Benevolent Fund was £ 525 , and £ 1 , 004 had been paid in annuities . The Annuity Fund amounted to ^ 21 , 000 . The other toasts were "The Grand Master Depute and the Substitute Grand Master , " coupled with the names of Bros . LORD SALTOUN and J GRAHAM , proposed by Bro . LORD ROSSLYN ; " The Past Grand Masters , " proposed by Professor Dr . STORY , and responded to by Bro . LARD HADDINGTON ; "The Grand Wardens , " propased by Bro . Dr . NIVEN , replied

lo by Bros . Rev . G . GUNN and Major ALLAN ; "The Provincial Grand Lodges , " proposed by Bro . DALKYMJ'L E DUNCAN , replied for b y Bro . J . R . K . J OHNSTON , Past Substitute Grand Master of all Scottish Freemasonry in India , who gave a detailed and descriptive account of the work of Masonry in India ; "Thc Provincial Grand Lodge of Glasgow , " from the CHAIR , responded to by Bro . GRAHAM , Prov . G . M . ; and " Deputations from Daughter Lodges . "