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Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

SATURDAY , MARCH II , 1899 .

The Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge of England on March ist , and the Quarterly Communicafion of the Grand Lodge of Ire / and on March 2 nd , were mainly occupied with the enlargement of their abodes . Our Grand Lodge proposes to expend nearl y . £ 20 , 000 on the extension of our premises in Great

Queen-street , and the Grand Lodge of Ireland proposes to lay out about £ 10 , 000 on their premises in Dublin , with the view of providing additional accommodation . Certainl y , it does not look as if the Fraternity were falling off either in England or Ireland . We publish elsewhere a report of the proceedings at the March Communication in Dublin .

» * * The Cambridge Local and College of Preceptors ' examination returns have been received , and show the following results : In all , the large number of tto were sent up by Miss Redgrave for public examination . Four were prevented by whooping cough from

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presenting themselves . Or the remaining 106 , those successful in passing reached the satisfactory proportion of 93 , viz ., two Senior Cambridge , nine Junior Cambridge , and 22 preliminary Cambridge . College of Preceptors' certificate examinations 46 ; Junior forms 14 ; with a goodly number among these of " Honours" and " Distinctions . "

* * * As regards the Boys' School , thc result of the Cambridge Middle-Class Examinations was as follows Forthe Junior Division ( age up to 16 years ) three took 1 st Class Honours ; iour , 2 nd Class ; and nine , 3 rd

Class ; while 11 others satisfied the Examiners , there being , in addition , four distinctions awarded for Mathematics and Latin—average age 14 years 3 months . For the Preliminary Examination ( age up to 14 years ) , one boy took ist Class ; seven , 2 nd Class ; and 11 , 3 rd

Class Honours ; while 29 others were able to satisfy the Examiners , as many as 13 distinctions being awarded , in addition , for Religious Knowledge , Arithmetic , Geography , English , French , and Euclid . The average age in the case of these was 13 years 2 months .

, , * » * We are still more pleased to report that at the January Matriculation Examination of the London University E . J . VV . Barker , aged 16 years three months , was placed in the First Division , and H . R .

Corner , aged 16 . J years , in the Second . During the last three years as many as six of " Our Boys " have been placed in the First Division at these examinations , which , as most people know who are conversant with the nature of these tests , are very difficult ,

particularly in the case of such youthful competitors . We congratulate the Head Master and the Board of Management on these successes , which demonstrate clearly the wisdom of the policy that has latterly been adopted of retaining in the School Boys of exceptional ability after the usual age for leaving .

* * At the regular monthly meeting of the Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , which was held at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday , under the presidency of Bro . John A .

Farnfield , P . A . G . D . C , Treasurer , the Secretary repoited the deaths of one male and two widow annul tants , and one accepted candidate on the Widows ' Fund . The name of a candidate for the Widows Fund has also been withdrawn at her own request ,

Bro . Terry then announced that the Annual Festival was held on Wednesday , the 22 nd ult ., under the presidency of Bro . Lord Llangattock , Prov . G . M . of South Wales ( E . D . ) , the total of the donations and subscriptions announced being £ 18 , 207 18 s . 6 d ., with

iS lists still outstanding , the amount having been since increased to £ 18 , 580 ios . 6 d . A vote of thanks was unanimously passed to his lordship for his kindness in presiding , and it was ordered that the vote should be engrossed on vellum , and presented at his lordship ' s

convenience . Subsequently , on the proposal of Bro . Lieut .-Col . Durrant , seconded by Bro . Thomas Jones , P . G . D ., a vote of thanks and congratulation to the Secretary , Bro . James Terry , was unanimously agreed to , and ordered to be engrossed on vellum and presented to him .

Our attention has been drawn to an appeal which is being made in behalf of Codrington College , Barbados , which was founded by General Codrington in 1710 , forthe purpose of training West Indian youths who were desirous of devoting themselves to the

Christian ministry , in their native country or in West Africa , without putting them to the expense and trouble of seeking the necessary qualifications in Europe , and , with one interval , it has been able to carry on this excellent work very successfully . At the time of its establishment General Codrington endowed

it with two estates , the income of which vvas sufficient for its maintenance ; but the depression in the sugar industry , which has well nigh mined our West Indian possessions , has so reduced the income , that unless thc present appeal is successful , the College will be com polled to close its doors on the 29 th June next .

» * It will materially strengthen this appeal to those be / jevolent persons who may feel disposed to contribute towards so deserving an institution , if we state that ¦ t is signed by the Archbishop of Canterbury , the

Earls of Stamford and Bessborough , the Bishop of Durham , Bro . Sir J . E . Commerell , Admiral of the Fleet j Bishop Mitchinson , the Dean of Durham , the Bishop of Barbados , Bro . the Rev . Canon H . B . Tristram , and representatives of the Codrington family .

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It is with very sincere regret we announce the death of Bro . Leopold G . G . Robbins , P . G . D . The deceased was a distinguished member of our Order , who , in the 30 and more years he had belonged to it , did all in his power to strengthen and promote its interests . At

the outset of his career he was an Oxford brother ,- and in 1865 was appointed Prov . G . D . C . Oxfordshire . Subsequently he joined lodges in the metropolis , and was P . M . of more than one prominent lodge and P . Z . of a Royal Arch Chapter . In 18 93 he was appointed S . G .

Deacon of Grand Lodge and Deputy Grand Registrar of Supreme Grand Chapter . He was a Vice-Patron of the Benevolent Institution and one of the Trustees of its Sustentation of Building Fund ; a Vice-President of the Girls' School ; in addition to which he had

served as Steward for the Benevolent and Girls' Institutions . We shall give full details of his Masonic career next week , but in the meantime we beg to express our sympathy with the family and numerous friends who mourn his loss .

We gather from the particulars published in the Voice of Masonry for last December that Royal Arch Masonry in Maryland is in a prosperous condition . The reports that were presented at its 101 st Annual Convocation in Baltimore on the 8 : h November , 1898 ,

show that the number of chapters on the roll of its Grand Chapter was 19 , with an aggregate membership of 1880 , while as regards its statement of account for the year , there was a balance to the good of between 100 and 200 dollars . Comp . W . H . Martin was

installed G . H . P . for the ensuing year and Comp . G . L . JlcCahan re-elected G . Secretary . We deeply regret to hear , however , that Comp . E . T . Schultz , who for several years has been charged with the duty of compiling the Report on Correspondence , has been compelled to resign his office owing to impaired eyesight ,

and that the report he then presented was his final and farewell one . Comp . Schultz has for long been one of the ablest and most prominent members of the Royal Arch in Maryland , and his retirment is a serious loss to the G . Chapter . He has our warmest sympathy in his enforced resignation of a position he has so long and so honourably occupied .

* » The Cape Argus of the 5 th January publishes some very gratifying evidence of the prosperous condition of Freemasonry in South Africa during the year 18 9 8 . Mark Masonry , in particular , made such progress that the constitution of a District Grand Lodge of the

Western Division was held to be desirable , and Bro . C . J . Hogg , who had been recommended for the position , received his patent of appointment , and was formally installed in office on the 18 th July , and we are glad to hear from our contemporary that the establishment of this new District has already exercised a beneficial influence on the Mark Degree .

* * * The same may be said of Royal Arch Masonry , which has every reason to congratulate itself on the progress made last year . In August a second Chapter —the Metropolitan , No . 2538 , attached to the Lodge bearing the same name and number—was consecrated

in Capetown , increasing the number of chapters in the Western Division to tour . The Transvaal too , has been erected into a District , with Comp . George Richards as G . Superintendent ; while the Disttic ' t G . Chapter of Natal has been strengthened by the addition of the Addington Chapter , No . 1937 , and there is a new chapter in Buluwayo—the Buluwayo , No . 2566 .

* » * In Craft Masonry the proceedings in 1898 were even more gratifying . At the annual meeting of the District Grand Lodge of the Western Division in September , the District Grand Master , Bro . the Very

Rev . C . W . Barnett Clarke , Dean of Cape Town , was presented with his portrait in oils in token of the esteem and respect in which he is held , and as out Very Rev . Brother in his turn gave this portrait to the British Lodge , No . 334 , to be hung in its hall , its

members subsequently presented him with a gold watch so that he might have in his possession some personal testimony of their regard . In July the memorial stone of St . Michael's and All Angels Church , Woodstock , was laid with full Masonic

ceremonial by the District Grand Master , while in November , a Masonic service was held in St . Georges ' s Cathedral , Cape Town , when members of the English , Irish , Scotch , and Netherlands Constitutions were present in

considerable numbers , thc occasion being remarkable from the fact that everyone of the clergy who took part in the service was a member of our Order , among them being the Bishop of Mashonaland , Bro . the Rev . Dr . W . T . Gaul .