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"AN O LD OBSERVER . "—We do not think the publication of your letter would serve the interests of the Craft . The brethren in question had unquestionably a perfect right to reserve their opinion as to the merits of the question , and to refrain from voting .

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^^^ emasoi ^ SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 15 , 18 94 .

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Masonic Notes .

Now that the voting papers for the Autumn School Elections have been issued , we are in a position to judge to a certain extent of the prospects of the several candidates . The election to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls will take place at the Quarterly Court of Governors and Subscribers , to be holden in the great

hall of the Freemasons' Tavern , on Thursday , the nth October , at tho hour of noon , when . from an approved list of 42 candidates , 20 will be chosen by ballot ; that for the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys will take place at the Quarterly Court , to be holden at the same place and time , on the day following . In the latter case , 17

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will be elected from an approved list of 44 candidates . Thus the chances for success are greater in the case of the Girls' School , for which there are fewer candidates , with a larger number of vacancies to be filled . * * » Of the 42 girls for the 20 vacancies , there are 18 whose names have figured in the lists at one or more

previous elections , while the remaining 24 have been added since . London furnishes 12 candidates , of whom those placed at Nos . 2 , 4 , 5 , 9 , , 14 , and 17 bring forward 1733 , 1007 , 1927 , 434 , 424 , 892 , and 546 votes respectively . It ought not , therefore , to be a matter o f

great difficulty for the friends and supporters of these children to secure their election on this occasion , especially in the case ofthe three who have standing to theirrespectivecredits upwards of 1000 votes . There are , likewise , four candidates in which London has a part interest with one or other of our Provinces or Districts

abroad , and for those which stand at Nos . 7 , 8 , 11 , and 13 there have been already polled 1002 , 1304 , 9 86 , and 1242 votes respectively . Here the chances are slightly more favourable , as each of the four has two sources of supply to look to for votes . The remaining 26 children hail from the Provinces , and of these four have claims

upon more than one Province . Gloucestershire , Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , East Lancashire , and Shropshire furnish two candidates each , while the other 18 are distributed among as many Provinces or Districts . No . 1 ( Hants and the Isle of Wight ) , No . 6

( Essex ) , and No . 10 ( Gloucestershire ) bring forward 382 , i 486 , and 1214 votes respectively , but the other four old Provincials have under 100 votes to the good , so that their previous attempts have not greatly advanced their interests .

# # # For the Boys' School , as we have said , there are 44 candidates and 17 vacancies , the former being distributed as follows : London , 11 ; London and Provincial , 4 j Provincial , 29 . Of the London boys , five , viz .: Nos . 4 , Si 6 , 7 , and 12 , have already

taken part in one or more ballots , and , as a result , they have in hand towards the present election 1363 , 207 , 783 , 1080 , and 3 84 votes respectively . Nos . 8 and 10 , who are partly London and partly Provincial , have respectively to their credit 255 and 316 votes . Of the 29 Provincial candidates , those standing at Nos . l > 2 , 3 , 9 i "d 11 are old and the rest new cases , but of

the se only No . 1 , with 228 votes , No . 2 , with 377 votes , and No . 11 , with 917 votes , bring forward any appreciable amount of support . Essex , Kent , and West Yorkshire furnish three candidates apiece , and South Wales East , two , the remaining 18 being distributed among as many Provinces or Districts , while a few of them have claims for support on more than one Province .

As regards those children who are unfortunate enough to have only this one chance of success allowed them , we notice with pleasure that only one girl—No . 22 , with claims on Staffordshire and Bristol—is thus circumstanced , but the number of boys is six , namely . No . 1 ( Devonshire ) with 228 votes in hand ; . No . 2

( Norfolk ) with 3 yy votes ; No . 3 ( West Lancashire ) with 7 votes ; No . 9 ( Kent ) with 7 votes ; and Nos . 15 ( Northumberland ) and 38 ( South Wales East ) . These children , if they do not win places among the success * ful candidates at the approaching election , will have their names removed from the lists , and , as on

previous occasions , we earnestly appeal to all those Governors and Subscribers who are not already committed to the support of other candidates to give their votes to and use their influence in behalf of these last cases ; and we do this on the same ground as heretofore . Their claims to be admitted into these

Institutions have been carefully inquired into and approved , and it is not creditable that they should be sent empty away for the lack of a few votes . As we have pointed out before , just now the number of candidates in proportion to the number of vacancies is not , in the case of either School , by any means overwhelmingly large , and it only needs a little

management on the part of those who have votes to secure the election of every girl and boy that establishes her or his claim to be admitted . These seven children for whom we are appealing—one girl and six boys—fail altogether if they fail this time , whereas the greatest harm that can befal the other candidates is a delay of a few months .

* * As previously announced in our columns , Lord Henry Bentinek has been appointed Provincial Grand Master of Cumberland and Westmorland , in succession to his late father-in-law , the Earl of Bective . The installation Will lake place on Tuesday , October 2 nd , at Kendal , under the banner of Union Lodge , No . 129 . hi Deputy Provincial Grand Master , Bro . George J .