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CONTENTS .

LEADERS 593 Royal Masonic Institution for Girls £ 94 Royal Masonic Institution for Boys S 94 The Installation of Lord Henniker as Provincial Grand Master for Suffolk 595 Ancient and Accepted Rite 598

Bro . the Right Hon . the Earl of Lathom , Dep . G . M J 98 C ORRESPONDENCEFreemasonry in Bengal 6 or Masonic Jubilee Fund 601 A Stolen Certificate Got Notes and Queries 601

REPORTS or MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry Go ] Instruction 605 Royal Arch 606 Instruction 606 Scotland 606

" Solomon's Temple " 006 Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution 606 New Masonic Hall at Brixham 606 Masonic and General Tidings 607 Presentation to Bro . J . J . Berry , P . M . and Treas . 5 S 4 , P . Z . $ 54 , P . M . " 7 > P-z - 933 , & c 60 } Lodge Meetings for Next Week 608

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THE autumn election to the Girls' School took place at the Quarterly Court of the Governors and subscribers on Saturday last , when , as proposed , 16 out of the 33 approved candidates were elected , and will be received into the School at the appointed time . As regards the unsuccessful there is , of course , the inevitable disappointment at having failed to obtain admission ,

but it is some consolation to know that in the case of only one out of the 17 children who are thus placed will the disappointment be final and irretrievable , and considering how few votes were polled for her ( No . 13 ) , it seems almost a pity her name should have been entered on the list . There is also one other child ( No . 7 ) who polled only 1288 votes , and whose name ,

therefore , would , in ordinary circumstances , be removed from the list , but , we believe , there is a possibility of her being received into the School , notwithstanding the fact of her occupying only the 18 th place on the poll . The other two candidates ( Nos . 17 and 32 ) , with whom it was a case of being elected now or never , came out first and eighth respectively , so that only

in the solitary instance of No . 13 aforesaid is all chance of securing the benefits conferred by the Institution destroyed . As regards the successful candidates , London , which sent up five candidates , carried two of them , who obtained the ninth and eleventh places , with 1795 votes and 1738 votes respectively . East Lancashire carried two out of its three candidates , who

were placed No . 4 ( with 1972 votes ) and No . 5 ( with 1923 votes ) . Sussex succeeded with both its candidates , W . C . HYDE standing No . 7 , with 1820 votes , and B . J . Dean , No . 15 , with 1545 votes . One of the two children hailing from Hants and Isle of Wight just managed to secure the sixteenth place on the poll , with 1408 votes , while , as to the

remaining nine , the South Wales ( East Division ) candidate headed the poll with 2364 votes , the Cheshire and West Yorkshire girl being second with 2216 votes , and the Surrey girl third with 1974 votes . The Norfolk representative was sixth with 1843 votes , and Worcestershire seventh with 1820 votes . A child hailing from Warwickshire polled 1779 votes , and so won the

tenth place ; while FLORENCE G . CHAPMAN , who had interest both with the London and Hertfordshire voters , stands at No . 12 with 1630 votes . North and East Yorkshire followed close with 1624 votes , while the joint efforts of Worcestershire and Staffordshire obtained the fourteenth place for FLORENCE WILSON with a poll of 1578 votes . The two highest

unsuccessful candidates hailed from London , No . 17 polling 1344 votes , and No . 18 1288 votes , while No . 19 , from Middlesex , had 1123 votes . Of the remaining candidates , about one half obtained a fair share of votes ; but only under very rare circumstances would even the highest of them have been able to obtain a place ; while , as regards the other half , they did not secure

300 votes amongst them . As to the election generally , there were 1186 votes brought forward from April , and 39 , 737 votes issued , making together a total of 40 , 923 votes ; but the total , including , of course , the votes brought forward , reached only 34 , 933 votes , or nearly 6000 votes less than might have been polled .

t » WITH reference to the remaining business that was transacted , we note that the motion , of which Bro . LE FEUVRE had given notice , was lost , that Bro . HUNT ' S motion about the boundary wall was carried , and that Bro . H . B . MARSHALL was also successful in obtaining the consent of the Court

to his motion , though in a modified form . His proposition was to the effect that the Executors of a deceased Life Governor or Life Subscriber should have the privilege of using , during the current financial year , such votes as the deceased would have been entitled to , and the Court acquiesced in the idea , but limited the privilege to the election next ensuing after the

Subscriber ' s death . For our part , we see no objection to the proposal . So long as the rights and privileges of a Subscriber to anyone of our Institutions are clearly defined and reasonable , it cannot make much difference one way or the other , whether they cease and determine at his death , or their

exercise is prolonged for a brief period after his decease . It happens unfortunatel y , however , that the rule of the Boys' School is in the opposite direction . " a Life Governor or Subscriber dies after receiving and signing his voting paper , but before the day of election , the votes are ipso facto , null and void . There is no objection to this arrangement either , but it seems de-

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sirable there should be the same rule in respect of a Subscriber ' s rights and privileges in both Institutions , the said rights and privileges being accorded in return for a certain money payment , which is of the same value in the case of both . We do not mind how the rule is framed , whether in the

direction of extending or contracting a Subscriber ' s privileges , but the same money gift and the same amount of service in raising money should be rewarded equally by the two Institutions , or that which gives the fewer privileges will stand a chance of receiving fewer contributions , and being less generously assisted in raising funds than that which is more liberal .

* » THE Boys' School election took place at the Quarterly Court of Governors and subscribers held at the Freemasons' Tavern on Monday , when , as arranged , there were 32 out of an approved list of 44 candidates elected , of whom 22 occupy the vacancies that have occurred since the April election ,

and the other ten are an addition to the establishment . The result is so far satisfactory that only two out of the 44 candidates , namely , Nos . 2 and 3 , are wholly deprived of their chances of admission , both of these being too old to stand another trial . As No . 2 at his five attempts scored only 204 votes , and No . 3 only 99 at four , it seems a very mistaken policy on the

part of the boys' friends to have allowed their names to be placed on the list . In other respects the polling needs little comment . London , which had 11 candidates , carried no less than 10 of them , who were placed at Nos , i > 3 i 5 » 6 » 9 > 18 , 19 , 22 , 24 , and 26 respectively . Eist Lancashire had four candidates , of whom three were successful , the one that failed being No . 2

aforesaid , whose name will disappear from the lists under law 52 as to age . Durham carried two of its three candidates , and the same measure of success attended West Lancashire , but Hants and the Isle of Wight , which also had three candidates , only succeeded in placing one of them , while as regards the other two , one carries forward 364 votes , and the other

will have his name removed from the list . Norfolk and West Yorkshire both sent up two boys , and were fortunate in placing both , while Cornwall scored one out of its two chances , and Essex missed both . The boys hailing from Berks and Bucks , Bristol , Gloucestershire , Kent , Middlesex , North Wales , South Wales , East Warwickshire , and Wiltshire , obtained places , while

those from Northumberland , King William ' s Town , and Cape of Good Hope failed . The polling , as might have been expected , was very close , there not being a difference of 500 votes between No . I , who scored 1984 votes , and No . 32 , the last of the successful , who had 1499 votes . But there was a big drop of over 300 voters after No . 32 ,. as the next on the poll

had only 1194 votes , No . 34 obtaining only 974 votes , and No . 35 only 726 votes . Thence to the end of the list the votes grow beautifully fewer , No . 44 bringing up the rear with " nary a vote ' to his credit . As regards the general poll there were 7935 votes brought forward from previous elections , and 56 , 153 votes issued for this election , but the total passed by the

Scrutineers , and necessarily including the forward votes , was only 58 , 6 37 votes , so that , after allowing for spoilt papers , we find upwards of 5000 votes unrecorded . This is not quite so large a proportion as in the case of the Girls' School , but it is a considerable one nevertheless , and represents not far short of one in every 11 votes issued .

# * # THE balance sheet of the Supreme Council , 33 ° , is , as usual , of a most favourable character . The balance in the bank on July ist , 1885 , was £ 253 19 s . 1 id ., but now it has increased to £ 612 15 s . gd . The Charity donations for the year amount to £ 473 2 s . gd . When some brethren urge

as a reason for not supporting the hautesgrades that their necessary expenses detract from the sums donated to Benevolence , it may be as well to direct attention to the important fact , that though a small and select Body , as compared with the Craft , the Supreme Council has since 1857 , and exclusive of 1886 , donated the large total of ^ 2632 is . to various charitable purposes .

# * # THE present assets are estimated at some £ 17 , , so that financially , as well as generally , the " Ancient and Accepted Rite " in this country is on a very firm footing , and we are bound to say that its proceedings are

conducted in a truly dignified , yet most courteous manner . The library and museum are two of the Masonic sights in England , and increase in value and importance as the days roll onward . We note that the accounts have been duly examined andcertified by HARPER BROS ., Chartered Accountants .

«* # RECORDERS of Rose Croix Chapters will do well to particularly note the addition to the Laws in the " Red Book , " corrected to June 30 th , 1886 , which

provides that the " date of raising" of every candidate , with the other necessary particulars on the summons , must be sent to the members prior to the ballot being taken . The Return to the Grand Secretary General , must also contain the same information ,