Contents.

CONTENTS .

L EADERS 413 Koval Masonic Benevolent Institution 414 Provincial Grand Chapter of Wiltshire 414 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of South Wales 4 'S Consecration of thc Herschel Lodge , No . iSi ) 4 , at Slough 41 ; The Karlv Use of the Word Freemason 41 ( 1

The M . \ V ' . Grand Master in Liverpool 41 G Some Famous Masonic Relics 416 The Royal Masonic Pupils' Assistance Fund 417 A Svmpathetic Mark of Masonic F . steem ... 417 Masonic Reception of King Kalakaua at Kdinhnrgh r 4 7 Masonry in Utah 417 The Citv Church and Churchward Societv ... 417

Amusements 41 / CoRRESF'OXDEXCEMasonic Books 41 ^ A Query 4 'S King Kalakaua 4 'S Reviews 4 ' ^ Masonic Notes and Queries 4 iS The Church and Stage Guild 419

REI ' ORTS or MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 419 Instruction 421 Royal Arch 4-1 Ma ' rk Masonry 421 Obituary . ' 421 Masonic and General Tidings 422 Lodge Meetings for Next WVTTk iii .

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OUR readers will have noticed , with loyal satisfaction and admiration , thc " progress" of 'H . R . H . thc GRAND MASTER , accompanied by H . R . H . thc Princess of WALES and their daughters , to Liverpool , and will have read with heartfelt satisfaction the excellent and sensible speech he

there made . The manifestation of the hearty loyalty of the inhabitants of Liverpool , despite Fenian scares and barbarous explosions , will , we think , not only be gratifying- to our readers , but have done good at home and abroad ; and we shall all rejoice to realize the wonderful prosperity and increase of the trade and commerce of thc great city of Liverpool .

THE proceedings in the last Grand Lodge had relatively to the Lodge of Benevolence much importance . Bro . J OSHUA NUNN proposed lo increase the granting power of the Board , or rather thc paying power , by raising the £ 10 of any prcdiate payment into ^ 20 . He also proposed to give , after one confirmation of Grand Lodge , a power to pay £ 50

with grants above £ 50 . At present all grants above £ 50 require two confirmations by Grand Lodge , practically some months at the least after the original grant by the Board of Benevolence . Bro . PERCEVAL ' S amendment sought to do a way with the second confirmation of Grand Lodge altogether ; so that , in fact , a vote of /' 250 might be paid after the one and

thc only confirmation by Grand Lodge . 113 voted for the amendment , and 150 for the original motion , so that Bro . NUNN ' S alterations are carried subject to confirmation at next Grand Lodge . A good deal , no doubt , may be said for Bro . PERCEVAL ' S amendment , but on the whole wc prefer Bro . NUNN ' S proposition " caula pn . idcnl .-c . " Wc should bear in mind a case not so long

ago in which a large grant had to be recalled . It might just so happen that after thc confirmation of Grand Lodge , the vote having been paid , it might be found necessary ~' lo reconsider the vote . And as under Bro . NUNN ' proposition , when thc grant is above £ 50 , the brother or widow can receive / 50 after Grand Lodge confirmation , we think it is safer and

better on all accounts still to adhere to second confirmation . The matter seems to have been very ably and fairly discussed , and wc feel sure that Bro . J OSHUA NUNN ' proposition will receive the support of all who habitually attend the Lodge of Benevolence , and are calculated lo advance the important cause of real and effective Masonic charity .

.. * ... A point of order in discussion arising out of the proceedings of the last Quarterl y Communication seems to demand a passing " note " in thc Freemason . As wc read the report , Bro . J OSHUA NUNN made certain propositions , to which Bro . PERCEVAL moved an amendment , duly seconded . And yet we read that both Bro . PERCEVAL and Bro . NUNN replied , and

Bro . PERCEVAL after Bro . NUNN . We always understood that the rules of all public meetings and official bodies were those of Grand Lodge . I here alone has thc mover thc right to reply . But in this case , as reported , the mover of thc amendment replies to lhe mover of the original resolution . Of course , in Grand Lodge we are always glad to hear brethren speaking

to the point , and mere objections of " red tape" find little favour with Grand Lodge . But for fear of a mistaken precedent , and to uphold the due order of business in Grand Lodge without confusion , and without irregularity , we think it well to call attention to what we deem an innocent mistake of procedure .

1 HE success of the gathering at York , and thc collection of archaeological ''antics , suggests several thoughts , both interesting and important . If , 011 the one hand , they point in unmistakable terms and potent power to lhe life , and xc ; l ] > anc i cncrgy 0 f Freemasonry in York , lo the friendly

courtesy and general hospitality of our good York brethren , so , on the other , a "d , they seem as clearly to suggest the advisability of an attempt to establish a Masonic museum , or collection of such historic and artistic cviui

. es as bear upon the past existence of Freemasonry , if under altered con'tions , in this country . The Grand Secretary , with laudable zeal , has corn mencccl a « museurn » Freemasons' Hall , and to it wc wish all success , and forjt we ask all support . But we feel it fair to observe that York is

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a long distance from London , and as York is undoubtedly connected with Masonic legends as "the city" at a very early date , we think that a York museum of Masonic antiquities would be be both reasonable and desirable , and probably successful . It is impossible ' to read over the list of curiosities exhibited , or to realize the facts they seem to attest , and the dates they appear

to represent , without feeling strongly how we are still in thc dark—completely in the dark—we repeat , as to the life of Masonry in this country in thc seventeenth century , the form it exhibited , the position it assumed , the persons it embodied . And , therefore , thanking our York brethren " once and again" for the forethought they exhibited , the hospitality they exercised ,

the pleasant and improving gathering they organized , let us hope that their good and seasonable movement will not stop here , but that it will go on and prosper , giving fresh life and vigour to Freemasonry itself , and tending to elucidate and illustrate the past history and somewhat mysterious annals of our ancient , important , and benevolent Order .

* * * ONE thousand nine hundred and thirty-six lodges on the roll of the English Grand Lodge ! This is , indeed , a fact to note and comment upon ; and even this large number docs not now represent the actual number , as day by day fresh applications are made for additional " warrants "and new lodges . Thc

number of 1936 " , ( though , again , we ought to remember there are not actually so many in reality active ) , carries us back to those early lists of lodges now so scarce and valuable—whether by PINE or COLE—and points out to us markedly the difference between the onward struggle of Freemasonry during the last century and this . At the beginning of this century the two existing

jurisdictions did not exceed 700 lodges ; and it is a curious fact that we may really dale the rapid development of Freemasonry from the Grand Mastership of Lord ZETLAND . One thousand nine hundred and thirty-six iodges

There is no other jurisdiction in the world with such a number of lodges dependant on it , or connected with it , and wc can only regard the present and look on to the future of our English Grand Lodge with mingled feelings of anxiety and pride .

* * * Wn have received a letter from an esteemed correspondent with reference to certain proceedings in "The Masonic ' and General Insurance Company , Limited , " and our correspondent asks us whether we approve of the apparent connection between Freemasonry and the company . We are among those

who deprecate the using the name of Freemasonry for any than purely Masonic purposes . But this society has nothing to do with Freemasonry , per se ; is simply a commercial institution . Its name is an " accident of usage , " so to say , and Masonic principles are in no ways affected , either by

the circulars it professes to put forth , or the resolutions it comes to . Our correspondent seems to us to mix up Masonic teaching and commercial proceedings , which are entirely distinct things . We hope wc have answered his query satisfactorily .

* " * OUR contemporary , the Church Review , is extremely irate with another contemporary , the Guardian , on account of the " gush" it has put into its columns anent the DEAN of WESTMINSTER ' S interment in Westminster Abbe } ' , and comes to the conclusion that we are " a tuft-hunting and

tuftloving people , even at funerals . " Without at all commending thc highlysensational style of the Guardian correspondent , perhaps a little out of place in the cautious columns of our grave contemporary , we yet cannot sec why the somewhat sentimental remarks that same writer has * made should demand such serious animadversions from the Chnrch Review . The main

complaint seems to be that " Noncomformists " and " Scientifics " attended thc funeral in amity and admiration for the departed . Alas ! brother Editor , have you not yet , in your valuable experience , learned the lesson of comity and toleration ? If not , we pity you heartily . If there be a time when all differences should be forgotten , and all distinctions ignored , it is at thegrave side .

* * * WE alluded some time ago to Masonic statistics . We came the other day on some " world statistics , " which , we think , may interest some of our readers who " heed " such things . It seems that , according to a nameless German " statistician , " quoted in a paper the other day , the population of

the world now consists of 1 , 455 , 923 , 000 inhabitants , or 16 , 788 , 000 more than it did a quarter of a century ago . He allots 834 , 707 , 000 to Asia , 315 , 929 , to Europe , 205 , 679 , 000 to Africa , 95 , 405 , 000 to America , 4 , 121 , 000 to Australian Polynesia , and 82 , 000 to thc Polar regions . Germany had a

population of 43 , 943 , 000 in 1877 , Austro-Hungary of 38 , 000 , 000 in 1879 , France of 36 , 900 , 000 in 1876 , and Russia in Europe of 87 , 900 , 000 . In Asia , China has a superficies of 7 , 383 , 750 square miles and a population of 434 , 600 , 000 ; Japan , 34 , 300 , 000 inhabitants , and British India , 240 , 200 , 000 . Africa is computed to have a total area of 18 , 364 , 375 square miles , of which rather