The Approaching School Elections.

is No . I , who , during his two years candidature , has accumulated 1368 votes , while tbe next are Nos . 3 , 4 , 5 , and 6 , who were candidates at both the Elections of 18 95 , and bring forward respectively 147 S votes , 604 votes , 1240 votes , and 47 8 votes . No . 9 , who began his experiences as a candidate last October ,

has 997 votes to the good , and No . 13 is more fortunate still , the number he brings forward being 2298 . No . 20 has 1080 to help him forward , and Nos . 24 and 26 , 56 7 and 152 votes respectively . The remaining nine were placed on the list in January , and rank as Nos . 28 , 35 , 37 , 42 , 44 , 45 , 4 6 , 50 , and 51 respectively . Of these , the only boy who will have his name removed from the

list on the score of age , in the event of bis not obtaining a place among the successful , is No . 35 . Of the four lads whose claims arc partly ol London and partly of Provincial origin , wc lind Nos . 34 and 3 8 both hailing from Middlesex ; No . 2 ( Gloucestershire and London ) , who , as the result of four

previous attempts , brings forward the large number of 2302 votes ; and No . 29 , who has but this one chance of securing admission into the School , and derives his claims from London and the Provinces of Norfolk and Suffolk . Turning to the Provincial candidates , we note that Kent and Surrey furnish

each of them three candidates , the Kent trio being No . 14 , who starts with 379 votes polled in October last ; No . 19 , who has 197 votes in hand ; and No . 22 , who starts for his last ballot with 26 4 votes in hand . The Surrey candidates are No . 7 , with 1372 votes to his credit from the 18 95 Elections ; No . 23 , with

1093 votes to the good ; and No . 25 , who is still better circumstanced , with 1605 votes to his credit . There are four Provinces which contribute two candidates , and of these Essex sends No . 8 , who has already stood two Elections , and has 455 votes to bring forward ; and No .

18 , who starts with 43 votes , which were polled for him last October . Lancashire West is responsible for Nos . 31 and 41 , who are both new candidates ; South Wales ( West ) for Nos . 10 and 11 , twin brothers , of whom the former received 19 6 4 , and the latter 1908 , votes in October last ; and Yorkshire

( West ) for Nos . 30 and 49 , who have had no previous experience of the ballot . As for the rest , we beg to record that No . 12 from Herefordshire , has 11 votes to his credit ; No . 15 , from Buckinghamshire , 137 votes ; No . 16 , from Oxfordshire , 662 votes ; and No . 17 , from Cumberland and Westmorland , 33 votes . The

Suffolk youngster , at No . 21 , starts with 929 votes ; but the remaining candidates are new to the list , and start , thereforeif we may be permitted to use the term—from scratch , namely , No . 27 ( West Lancashire and Madras ) ; No . 32 ( Argentine Republic ) ; No . 33 ( Somersetshire and Wiltshire ); No . 36

( Shropshire ) ; Nos . 39 and 40 , from North and East Yorkshire and Norfolk respectively ; No . 43 , from Leicestershire and Rutland ; and Nos . 47 and 48 , from Somersetshire and Middlesex respectively . Of the total number of lads 43 aie fatherless , and one has lost his mother ; while one has lost both parents , and six

have both parents living . In a very considerable proportion of the cases the fathers had won distinction in lodge and some in Provincial Grand Lodge in addition , but in less than one-fourth of them had the father done service to one or other of our

Institutions as Steward or contributor to its funds . In about onehalf of the cases the father had been a subscribing member to a lodge or lodges for less than 10 years , and in the other for 10 years or upwards .

It only remains for us to appeal , as usual , to those Governors and Subscribers who are not already committed to the support of any particular candidate or candidates , to give their votes to and exert the influence they posscssjn behalf of those children—be they girls or boys--who , if they fail at this election , will have

their names removed from the lists . These in the case of the Girls' School are Nos . 1 , 7 , 15 , 19 , 24 , 25 , and 29 ; in that of the Boys' School Nos . 22 , 29 , and 35 . The others can wait ; but with these , as we have said in many a previous article of this kind , it is a case of " now or never . "

A Remarkable Volume.

A REMARKABLE VOLUME .

The ever active and genial Secretary General ol the Supreme Council , 33 , U . S . A . ( Southern Jurisdiction ) , has just issued tbe Transactions of that most prosperous Organisation—the oldest of its kind—and as the grand volume extends to over 400 pages ol closely printed matter , arranged and printed in a perfect manner , and ably edited , it is well worthy of this august Body .

A Remarkable Volume.

Bro . Thos . H . Caswell is now the Grand Commander , who thus takes the place of the lamented Bro . Philip C . Tucker who followed my old friend , Dr . James C . Batchelor , whose occupancy of the chief Chair of the ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE was sadly brief on succeeding my beloved fellow student

General Pike , the uncrowned King of the Hautes Grades . To lose three Grand Commanders in three years was a terrible trial to the members , and had it not been that they were exceptionally blessed in having so many competent brethren , the severe strain would have been of a still more serious character

Bro . Caswell has the hearty support of the Council as their esteemed Ruler , Bro . Odel S . Long being his trusty Lieutenant-Commander , and Bro . Frederick Webber continues to be the esteemed Sec . General , working day and night sometimes , and always most assiduously for the Rite .

This Volume has the " House of the Temple , " Washington , D . C , as frontispiece , and several fine portraits form an attractive feature of the work , the first being a " speaking likeness " of the Grand Commander . Of-departed worthies , there are the late

Dr . Albert G . Mackey , Sec . Gen . ; John R . McDaniel , Henry Buist , John M . Browne , Thomas E . Hatch , and Abraham E . Frankland ( born at Liverpool in 1831 ) . Also on one plate are all the members of the Supreme Council , the Nine , the Eight , and the Twelve , 29 in all .

The business transacted during the session of five days is duly described , with the allocution addresses and numerous Reports . An " In Memoriam " service is to be used at the closing of

each session , in respect to the cherished memory of Grand Commander Albert Pike . His monument is enshrined ' •' in the hearts and memories of his brethren of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , " as was his constant and final wish .

" He has lived ; The fruits of his labors live after him . "

The revised statutes are printed in the Appendix . The memorial pages include one in respect to the late General Gerard Noel Money , C . B ., who was a member of the S . C . of England and Wales , and died in London , Feb . nth , 1895 .

It is possible we shall soon have a Catalogue published of the famous Library , mainly collected by General Pike , some 75 , volumes in all .

The Volume is "' Dedicated to the revered memory of our late beloved and illustrious Brother Albert Pike , 33 ° & c , & c . If his monument you seek , look at his works . " I am very pleased to possess this Volume , so kindly sent me by my good friend and Bro . Frederick Webber . W . J . HUGHAN .

Royal Order Of Scotland.

ROYAL ORDER OF SCOTLAND .

A meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge and Chapter for the Province of Yorkshire was held at Freemasons' Hall , St . Saviourgate , York , on Thursday , the 5 th inst ., for the purpose of installing Bro . T . B . Whytehead in the chair of Prov . Grand Master , in succession to the late lamented Bro . the Rev . W . Valentine , who had held the office for 10 years . The Deputy

Grand Master , Bro . the Earl of Haddington , attended for the purpose and was accompanied by the following members of the Grand Lodge of the Order—Bros . Dr . J . Jamieson , Deputy Governor ; Dr . G . Dickson , S . G . W . ; A . Mitchell , J . G . W . ; R . J . Jamieson , Grand Treas . ; R . A . Inches , Grand Constable of Tower ; and H . B . Ezard , acting G . Gaarder .

The Provincial Grand Chapter was opened by the Prov . Grand Master designate , and the deputation from Grand Lodge was received . The chair was taken by Bro . Lord Haddington , and three candidates , Comps . Longford , Swift , and Melrose were advanced to the Order of H . R . D . M ., and

afterwards promoted to the R . S . Y . C . by the Deputy Governor , Bro . Dr . J . Jamieson . The Prov . Grand Master designate was then presented and his patent of office having been read , he was duly and impressively installed by Bro . the Earl of Haddington . The Prov . Grand Master then appointed as his deputy Bro . Rev . C . E . L . Wright , and the following officers were appointed :

Bro . T . J . Armstrong ... ... ... S . P . G . W . „ J . F . Wilkes ... ... ... J . P . G . W . „ F . W . Halliwell ... ... ... P . G . Treas . and Sec . „ C . Hollander ... ... ... P . G . Std . Br . „ A . T . B . Turner ... ... ... P . G . Marischal .

„ T . S . Brogden ... ... ... P . G . Dep . Marischal . „ W . D . Rudyard . J . ... ... P . G . Exam , and Inst . „ C . Palliser ... ... ... P . G . Dep . Exam . and Inst . „ Jas . Smith ... ... ... P . G . Guarder . „ Jas . Robinson ... ... ... P . G . Steward .

The officers present having taken the oath of allegiance , the D EPUTE GRAND MASTER congratulated the newly-installed Prov Grand Master on his appointment and said that while he must remind him of the grave responsibilities he had taken upon himself , he felt sure that his appreciation of the dignity attached thereto would prove to be of the best interest to the Order .