Scotland.

PAISLEY . —Lodge Renfrew County Kil-Winning ( No . 370 . )—A meeting of this lodge was held , on Thursday evening , the 2 nd inst ., in the Masonic Hall , No . 8 , High-street , Paisley . Bro . James Anderson R . W . M ., in the chair . Bro . John Marshall , S . W . ; Bro . J . K . McElivee , J . W . ; with a fair attendance of members and visiting brethren , among them were : —Bros . R . F .

McGibbon , 129 ; R . C . McLeod , 129 ; Wm . Ferguson , 543 , ( " Freemason ; " ) John Harkness , James Dick , Duncan , McCallum , David P . Boyd , C . Galbraith , Peter Fulton , William Wilson , and James Goldie , Treasurer . The miuutes were read and confirmed , and also Auditor ' s report , after which the nomination of office-bearers for the next year was proceeded with , when Bro . John Marshall

was unanimously elected R . W . M . GLASGOW . —Lodge Clyde ( No . 408 ) held their regular meeting on the 19 th ult . in the hall , 170 , Buchanan-street . The R . W . M ., Wm . Harper , presided , supported by Bros . J . Mclnnes , S . W . ; W . Bisland , J . W . ; J . Stewart , Treas . ; D . S . Mitchell , Sec , and other officebearers . Among the visitors were Bros . J . Bannerman ,

D . M . 73 ; J . Hambidge , J . W . 73 ; A . B . Ferguson , S . W 354 ; J . B . Brierley , 310 , Chicago , United States America ; and others . The lodge being opened , and the minutes of previous meeting read and confirmed , Messrs . J . Campbell , J . Miller , and W . McNellan applied for initiation into Freemasonry . Messrs . Miller and McNellan only being present , they received the First Degree , the R . W . M .

officiating . Bros . Jas . Robertson , Miller , and McNellan were entrusted , Bro . J . Mclnnes , S . W ., officiating . It was then arranged to hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday first . GLASGOW . — Lodge Clyde ( No . 408 ) . — A special meeting of this lodge was held on Tuesday evening , the 23 rd ult ., in Kilwinning Masonic Hall , 170 , Buchanan-street , Bro . William Harper , R . W . M .,

presiding , supported by Bros . Duncan Downie , P . M . ; John Mclnnes , S . W . ; Wm . Bilsland , J . W . ; J . Stewart , Treas . ; D . S . Mitchell , Sec ; John Bannerman , D . M . 73 ; Donald McRae , 102 ; Wm . Ferguson , S 43 ( " Freemason " ); and others . Bros . Edward Boyd , Richard Watson , of 347 ; and Wm . Watson , of 73 , were passed to the Fellow Craft Degree by the R . W . M .,

after which Bros . Thomas Brown , William McNellan , John Millar , Jamieson Robertson , Edward Boyd , Richard Watson , 347 ; Wm . Watson , 73 , were raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason ; the R . W . M . again officiated in a very satisfactory manner . MARYHILL . —Lodge Maryhill ( No . 510 ) . — The fortnightly meeting of this lodge was held on

Wednesday evening , 24 th ult ., in their hall , 1 O 7 , Main-street , Maryhill , Bro . John Lockhart , R . W . M ., jircsiding ; Bros . Malcolm Carey , S . W . ; Don . McLachlan , J . W . There was a full attendance of members and visiting brethren present , viz .: Bros . Hugh Niven , P . M . ; John McKay , D . M . ; Alexander Nevey , S . M . ; P . F . Craigic , Sec ; and others . Bros . Corpl . W . Lynn , Wm . Murray ,

John Fisher , and Andrew Lithgow , E . A . 's , were passed to the Squaie Degree of Fellow Craft , Bro . McLachlan , J . W ., officiating ; Bro . A . Nevey , S . M ., giving them the charge in an able manner . Bro . Wm . Neil was elected Treasurer ; ( Bro . Govan resigned ); and Bro . Andrew

Gibson was elected Inner Guard , ( Bro . J . Clark resigned ) . The R . W . M . intimated that the installation of office-bearers would take place on Wednesday , the 8 th December , and that the annual festival would be held on the 1 c , th December . This concluded the business Several reports of Scotch Lodges unavoidably stand over .

GLASGOW . —Lodge St . Vincent ( No . 553 ) . — A meeting of this lodge was held on Thursday evening , the 25 th ult ., in Claremont Hall , Kent-road ., Bro . Robert McDougall , R . W . M ., in the chair ; Bro . A . C . Hunter , J . W ., acting S . W . ; Bro . Robt . Paxton , acting J . W . ; Bro . Geo . C . McNair , S . D . ; Bro . Thos . Best , J . D . ; Bro . Halley , Sec , & c . Among the visiting brethren were Bros .

James Shaw , R . W . M . 354 ; William Ferguson , 543 ( " Freemason" ); C . Mackenzie , 354 ; G . W . Wheeler , ' 73 , Sec . The R . W . M , having to leave on other important business , handed the mallet to Bro . Shaw , R . W . M . 354 . Bros . James Gray , William Anderson , William Mailer , Thomas Marshall , and John Pritty were passed to the Fellow Craft

Degree by Bro . Shaw . The acting R . W . M . then handed the mallet to Bro . Wm . Ferguson , R . W . M . 543 , when Bros . Robert Marshall , Thomas Watson , William Campbell , A . Smith , D . McCall , James Gray . William Anderson , John Pritty , William Mailer , Thomas Marshall , and Thomas B . Brown , 354 , were raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason .

GLASGOW ' . —Lodge Dramatic ( No . 571 ) . — The election of office-bearers of this lodge for the ensuing year took place on Wednesday afternoon , 1 st inst ., in St . Mark ' s Hall , 213 , Buchanan-street , and in the unavoidable absence of Bro . Dobson , R . W . M . ; Bro . Harry Jackman , S . W ., presided , supported on the dais by Bros . John Munro , R . W . M . 30 o ; William Phillips , R . W . M . 55 G ;

J . W . Burns , P . M . 87 ; James F . Mitchell , P . M . 103 ; John Fraser , P . M . 87 ; and John Davidson , P . M . 3 O 0 . The following is the revised list of office-bearers : —W . J . E . Dobson , R . W . M . ; James Houstan , D . M . ; Archibald Lander , S . M . ; Harry Jackman , S . W . ; William Sivewright , J . W . ; William Barbour , Treas . ; D . Campbell , Sec . ; G . S . Smyth , S . D . ; L . R . Mitchell , J . D . j Hay , I . G . ; and J . Burton Hardie , Tyler .

Provincial Grand Lodge Of New Zealand (S.C.).

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF NEW ZEALAND ( S . C . ) .

The very interesting and imposing ceremony of installing Bro . William McCullough into the office of Deputy Provincial . Grand ^ Master of New Zealand , under the Scottish Constitution , took place at the lodge room , Masonic Hotel . At 7 . 30 p . m . Lodge St . Andrew , 1418

Provincial Grand Lodge Of New Zealand (S.C.).

S . C ., was opened in the Third Degree by Bro . M . Niccol , R . W . M . The Provincial Grand Lodge , I . C ., was then announced and received in due form , and the P . G . L . Officers took the place of the Craft Officers and opened the P . G , Lodge in ample form . Bro . McCullough was then presented to the P . G . M . of New Zealand , I . C ., Bro . G . P . Pierce , for installation , Bro . Pierce having been requested

by the P . G . M ., S . C ., who is resident in Dunedin , to do so . The D . P . G . M . elect was presented by Past Masters Hay , Dewar , Anderson , and Niccol , the last named of whom made a few appropriate remarks . Bro . McCullough was then invested and installed , Bro . Pierce conducting the ceremony in the most impressive manner , and ably assisted by the V . W . P . G . Chaplain , Dr . Kidd , and Bro . Rev . D .

Bruce , Chaplain of St Andrew ' s . The D . P . G . M . having been placed to the right of the P . G . M ., and saluted with grand [ honours , Dr . Kidd then delivered a very able and instructive address which was listened to with pleasure by the brethren , many expressing the desire that the oration might be printed . Bro . McCullough having briefly thanked the brethren , the P . G . Lodge was closed , the officers of

Lodge St . Andrew resumed their chairs , and closed . The brethren afterwards sat down , to the number of about fifty , to an excellent supper , provided by Host Avey , at which Bro . Niccol , R . W . M . of St . Andrew , presided , supported on the right by Bro . G . P . Pierce , P . G . M . of New Zealand , S . C ., and on the left by Bro . McCullough , D . P . G . M . of New Zealand , S . C ., when the list of toasts were gone

through . The brethren separated at half-past 11 , after spending a most enjoyable evening , the gathering having been the largest that has been known for many years . The lodge-room was inconveniently crowded , and many obliged to go away , not being able to find room . This , as was remarked by several speakers , shows the urgent

necessity of a Masonic Hall in Auckland , and we trust the brethren composing the directory of the company recently formed for this purpose will not relax their efforts till they have effected their object . A considerable number of the shares have been applied for , but a number are still open for application , Sec .

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

The General Committee of this Institution met on the 4 th inst . at F ' reemasons' Ilall , Bro . John Symonds , V . P ., in the chair . There were also present : —Bros . Raynham W . Stewart , Hyde Pullen , A . H . Tattershall , W . F . C . Moutrie , Benj . Head , G . B 0 L 011 , Jesse Turner , H . Massey ( " Freemason " ) , John Boyd , Col . Alexander Ridgivay ,

Herbert Dicketts , A . H . Diaper , John W . Denison , Barrow Turner ( W . M . 183 ) , Robert B . Webster , F . Adlard , W . Maple , G . J . Palmer , C . W . Todd , J . G . Chancellor , and F . Binckes ( Secretary ) . After the formalities of reading and confirming the minutes of the last meeting , and the reading of the meetings of House and Audit Committees for information

Bro . Binckes informed the Committee that a sad occurrence took place at the School the day before . A lad named Ncvill , from the Province of West Yorkshire , eleven years of age , was seized with rheumatic pains in the middle of the day , when Mr . Hall , the medical officer , attended him . He saw him again later in the day , anil again in the evening , and found he got worse . Directions were at once

given to have the lad's mother telegraphed to , which was accordingly done , and Mr . Hall remained with him till four o ' clock in the morning , at which hour the poor little fellow died from stoppage of the heart , caused by rheumatics . The lad ' s mother answered the telegram , am ! desired that his funeral might take place on Tuesday following , at the Tottenham Cemetery , for which directions

were accordingly given . The Committee then considered petitions ot candidates , of whom they placed four on the list for next election . Bro . Alexander Ridgway next brought up the report of the Special Committee appointed to enquire into the charges brought by Bros . Tew and Perrott against Bro . Binckes , and stated that every member of the Special

Committee agreed to the report . The following is the report referred to : — Report of a Special Committee appointed on the Oth day of Nov . 187 , 5 , by the General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . The committee have directed their attention to a paragraph at p . 29 of a pamphlet , published at Pontefract on

the 29 th of September , 1875 , by Bro . I . W . Tew , of Pontefract , D . Prov . G . M . of the Province of West Yorkshire , and Bro . the Rev . O . G . D . Perrott , late Head Master of this Institution . The paragraph is as follows : — " Since writing , and , as we had hoped , concluding the preceding pages , we have discovered an item in the accounts for 1872 , 1873 , and

1874 , which , of itself , is enough to warrant us in condemning in the strongest terms the way in which the School expenditure is presented . We refer to the item under the head of ' Gratuities to ( with grants and outfits for ) Boys leaving the Institution . ' The amount so expended ( sec different Reports for 1872 , 1873 , ar . d 1874 ) for the last three years

' £ 314 5 s . ( viz . ; £ 119 in 1872 ; £ 120 1 os . in 1873 ; and £ 08 15 s . for 1874 ) , of which sum only £ 172 10 s . are accounted for , leaving £ 141 15 s . of which no account is rendered ! We note too , according to Reports , that during six years and a half , i . e ., from June , 18 O 8 ( see Report for 1872 , p . 40 ) to December , 1874 ( see Report for 1874 , p . 48 ) only £ 3 02 15 s . have been awarded in grants , of

which sum £ 314 5 s ., is assigned to the last three years , 1872 , 1873 , and 1874 ; so that for the preceding three years and a half only £ 48 10 s . appears to have been spent in this way . Now , all this can be verified by referring to the three Reports , but great care is needed in consequence of the numerous blunders ; and we assert what we mean when we say , that these blunders are sufficient to make any one look at these accounts with very grave doubts . "

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

They have also had before them the different Reports of the Institution for 1872 , 1873 , and 1874 , referred to in the pamphlet . At page 34 of the Report for 1872 they found a schedule of receipts and expenditure , in which , under the latter head , there appeared the two following items namely : —

A . Grants and outfits for boys leaving the Institution £ " 0 o o B . Gratuities to boys on leaving the [ Institution 9 o o Forming together .,, £ " 9 o o

which appears to be the sum of " £ 1 19 in 1872 " referred to in the pamphlet . At page 31 of the Report for 1873 they found a similar schedule , in which , under the head of expenditure , they found the following items , namely : —

C . Grant and outfit for boys leaving Institution ..... £ 122 o o D . Gratuities to boys on leaving Institu- ' tion , 4 10 o forming together £ 26 10 o

which appears to be the sum of " £ n (> 10 s . in 1873 , referred to in the pamphlet . At page 41 of the Report for 1874 they found a similar schedule , in which , under the head of special expenditure , there appeared the following items , namely : — E . Gratuities to boys on leaving

Institution £ 500 F . Grants and outfits for boys leaving Institution ., O 2 10 o G . Silver Medal 1 K O

making together ..., . ' £ 08 15 o which appears to be the sum of \ " i 5 S . [ for 18 74 " referred to in the pamphlet . The attention of the committee was called to the fact that this sum of £ 68 15 s ., comprising the above three items , is entered in the schedule attached to some of the Reports under the following description : —

I'irst—Gratuities to boys on leaving the Institution £ 17 10 o Secondly—Grants and outfits for boys leaving the Institution 51 5 o making together the same total of £ 08 15 o This apparent discrepancy was investigated by the

Committee , and was found to result from a less specific analysis of the several items under the heads of Grants and Gratuities and Outfits in the latter case than in the former case . The committee next proceeded to examine the vouchers for each item in the sums marked A , B , C , D , E , F , and G ,

with the following results : — The sum A of £ 110 charged for grants and outfits for boys on leaving the Institution paid in 1872 , for sums awarded in that and previous years , is fully vouched by receipts which are sealed together , marked A , and presented with this Report .

The sum B of £ rj charged for gratuities was found to consist of 18 several sums of 10 s . each , which was ordered by the General Committee to be paid to as many deserving boys on their leaving the school , as provided for by the byelaws . They examined the minute book and found that on the 21 st June , 1872 , jt ? s los . was paid to 11 boys , and

on the 20 th December , 1872 , £ 4 was paid to 8 boys , making together £ 9 10 s . The sum C , namely £ 122 , was found to consist of £ 120 , the amount of grants paid in 1873 for sumsjawarded in that and previous years , which sums are fully vouched by receipts which arc sealed together , marked C , and presented

with this Report ; and further , that the sum of £ 2 for clothing for Harry Smith , which was omitted under the head of clothing , is vouched by a receipt which is annexed separately to the other receipts under the letter C . The sum D of £ 4 10 s . was found to consist of 9 several sums of 10 s . each , which were paid to as many deserving

boys on their leaving school , in accordance with a minute of the House Committee , dated 20 th June , 1873 . These two sums , namely C £ 122 and D £ 4 10 s ., thus found to be vouched , amount to £ i 20 10 s ., the sum referred to in the pamphlet . The sum F , namely £ 02 10 s ., charged for grants paid

in 1874 for sums awarded in that and the previous years , is fully vouched by receipts , which are scaled together and marked E , and presented with this Report . The sum E , being £ 5 charged for gratuities , was found to consist in the first place of 10 s . previously authorised to be paid as above stated , but not paid in 1874 , and

secondly of £ 4 10 s . authorised lo be paid in nine several sums , according to the minutes of the House Committee , follows , namely : On the 24 th July , 1874 , at folios 2 O 8 and 269 , £ 3 ; and on the 23 rd flay of October , 1874 , at folio 282 , 1 os ; and on the 20 th November , 1874 , at folio 29 O , 10 s . ; and on the 18 th of December , £ 1 .

The sum G , ' namely , £ i 5 s ., was found to be the cost of a silver raedal which was voted by the House Committee , as appears by a minute dated 24 th Oct ., 1874 , and the committee sec no reason to doubt that the payment was properly vouched to the auditors in the regular way . These three sums , namely , E ., £ 02 10 s . ; F ., £ 5 ; andG ., £ 1 5 s .

form together £ 08 15 s ., which they consider to be properly vouched . The three sums of £ 119 , charged in 1872 ; £ 120 ios ., charged in 1873 ; and £ 08 15 s ., charged in 1874 , make up together the £ 314 5 s . referred to in the pamphlet of Bros . Tew and Perrott . There appears to the committee no intricacy of account connecteil with these sums ; they are found inllump sums