The Recent School Elections.

THE RECENT SCHOOL ELECTIONS .

The autumn School Elections passed off very quietly . In both cases the poll was a heavy one , but though at the Girls ' election the highest unsuccessful candidates obtained a goodly show of votes , which will be of material service to them in April next , there was a marked absence of anything like excitement .

We regret to find that one girl and two boys , who had this solitary chance of success left them , failed in . obtaining vacancies , and will , therefore , have their names removed from the lists ; but of the five girls who were thus circumstanced three are included among the successful candidates , while a fourth has

been admitted by presentation , and of the six boys who were in a similar predicament three succeeded and one had his name withdrawn . Thus there will be only six girls and ten boys who will carry forward their votes and interest to the election in April , 1892 .

At the Quarterly General Court of the Girls' School on the Sth inst ., the only business of moment was the election of 18 children from an approved list of 27 , of whom , however , one had her name withdrawn subsequent to the issue of the voting papers , and a second was admitted on presentation . The number

of votes brought forward from April last was 6 9 8 , and the number issued for this election 62 , 001 , but the number which passed the Scrutineers was only 55 , 571 , so that the number of unused and spoiled votes was 6430 . A London candidate—one of seven hailing from the same district—headed the poll with 3 8 4 8

votes , a Gloucestershire candidate being second with 3529 votes , and a g irl with claims on three Provinces and London third with 33 80 votes . Warwickshire , which sent only a single candidate , secured the fourth place with 3293 votes , and Derbyshire the fifth with 3249 votes . Next followed a London girl with 3242

votes , and then the second of the two Gloucestershire girls with 3213 votes . Monmouthshire took the eighth place with 3153 votes , Somersetshire the ninth with 3058 votes , and Essex the tenth with 2929 votes , while Nos . 11 and 12 were occupied by the Kent and Dorsetshire candidates

respectively , the former having 288 7 votes , and the latter 2819 votes to her credit . One of the West Yorkshire girls was placed No . 13 with 26 4 6 votes , the other candidate from this Province being admitted by presentation ; the Suffolk girl stood next with 2188 votes , and then two more London candidates ,

who polled 1929 votes and 1906 votes respectively , the rear being brought up by the Hants and Isle of Wight candidate with 1802 votes , and a girl from South Wales ( East Division ) with 1743 votes , the name of the second candidate from this Province having been withdrawn . The three highest

unsuccessful candidates were a Middlesex girl with 153 8 votes , a London girl with 1409 votes , and the second Middlesex candidate with 1009 votes , the London last case being next in order with only 468 votes , of which 315 votes were the result of

no less than six previous ballots . The remaining three candidates obtained a small measure of support from their friends , which will be carried forward to the ballot in April next , the number of those who remain eligible being , as we have already stated , six .

At the Boys' School Quarterly Court on the gth instant the programme of business , though it contained nothing of a controversial character , was sufficiently attractive . 'Ihe recommendation of the Council to elect 24 instead of 19 candidates in consequence of the success of the Festival in June last was

adopted unanimously , and so likewise was the tender of £ 1050 by the Province of Northumberland as the price of a Perpetual Presentation in memory of the late Bro . HUBERT LAWS , on the conditions recommended by the same body , while Bro . EVE ' motion to confer an honorary Vice-Presidency on Bro . W .

GOODACRE , P . G . S . B ., Prov . G . Sec . W . Lanes ., in recognition of his services in behalf of the late Festival , was carried , as we antici pated it would be , without a dissentient voice . The election was then proceeded with , and when the result of the ballot was declared , it was found that the Province of Worcestershire had

The Recent School Elections.

secured the place of honour for its candidate with 3171 votes , the London and Surrey candidate being close up with 3144 votes , of which 1508 votes were brought forward from April last . Nos . 3 and 4 were London candidates who polled 3002 votes and 2780 votes respectively , one of the Cumberland and

Westmorland lads being fifth with 2748 votes , and a boy with claims on East Lancashire and Derbyshire sixth with 26 7 1 votes . One of the Staffordshire candidates was placed next with 2659 , then the Middlesex and London boy with 2614 votes , and then two London boys with 2595 votes and 2568 votes respectively , of

which in the former case 219 votes were already to his credit . One of the three candidates from Kent , with 164 votes already in hand , was placed eleventh on the list with 2564 votes , while another London boy , who brought forward 1375 votes , increased his total to 2560 votes , and thereby secured the twelfth place .

London also furnished the next successful candidate , who scored 2518 votes , and the second Cumberland and Westmorland youth was close at his heels with 2499 votes , one of the North and East Yorkshire boys polling 2495 votes , the South Wales ( East Division ) candidate obtaining 2485 votes , and the

second candidate from North and East Yorkshire 248 3 votes . Sussex secured the eighteenth place for its candidate with 2460 votes , of which 428 votes were brought forward from April , and London the nineteenth and twentieth places with 2412 votes—of which 4 65 were already in hand—and 2352

votes respectively . The Devon and Cornwall lad stood next with 2271 votes , and then two London lads with 2128 votes and 2101 votes respectively , the last to secure a vacancy being the Essex youth , who polled only 1573 votes . The highest unsuccessful candidates were the boy from Lincolnshire who scored

827 votes , a London boy with 800 votes , and a last case from Somerset and Devon , who started with 347 votes , which he had accumulated from eight previous attempts , but raised his total to no more than 6 72 votes , and the Demarara candidate , who has 620 votes in hand towards the next ballot .

The second and third candidates from Kent were placed next in order—one with 551 votes , and the other with 531 votes—but the remainder scored nothing material , though such votes as they did obtain will stand to their credit in April next , with the exception of one of the Madras boys , who obtained only 114

votes , and will have his name removed under the operation of Law No . 70 . The boy whose name was withdrawn was also a last case , so that the number of those who are still eligible for admission is 10 . It remains for us to add that the votes brought forward were 4735 , and the votes issued 6 7 , 503 , but of the latter 68 93 were unused or spoiled .

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

The October Quarterly Court of the Subscribers to this Institution was held on the 9 th instant in the large hal ! of Freemasons' Tavern . Bro . Richard Eve , Patron and Trustee , Past Grand Treasurer , and Chairman of the Board of Management , presided , and there was a large attendance of brethren . After the reading and confirmation of the minutes the CHAIRMAN

moved—That in consideration of the eminent services rendered to the Institution in connection with the late Festival by Worshipful Bro . W . Goodacre , P . G . S . B ., Prov . G . Sec . of West Lancashire , when the donations from that province reached the unprecedented sum of £ 6025 ios ., the Board of Management recommends that the distinction of an Honorary Vice-Presidency be conferred on the said brother under Law XI .

Having ; read the law , he said the brethren all recognised the eminent services of Bro . Goodacre , which resulted in the immense amount of £ 602 $ ios . being contributed by West Lancashire at the last Festival . Bro . BENSON , North Wales , seconded the motion , which was put by the CHAIRMAN , and carried unanimous ! ) ' amidst cheers . The CHAIRMAN next moved in pursuance of the following recommendations of the Council at a meeting holden Saturday , 3 rd October ,

1891—That in consideration of the signal success of the late Festival , it be a recommendation to the Quarterly Court on Friday , 9 th October , 1891 , that five additional boys be elected to the benefits of the Institution , making the total num ier to be elected 24 , from an approved list of 37 candidatc •. ' - ¦ , reduced to 3 6 by the withdrawal of ( No . 8 on list ) Ferguson , Dudley Ward .