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CONTENTS . PACK , LEADERSThe Recent School Quarterly Courts ... ... ... ... S 4 g The Removal of the Boys'School ... ... ... ... 550 Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ... ... ... ... ... 550 Provincial Grand Lodge of Norfolk ... ... ... ... 551 Consecration of the Earl of Warwick Conclave , No . 29 ; Secret Monitor ... 551 A Visit to Canongate Kilwinning Lodge ... ... ... ... 553

Obituary ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 553 Royal Arch Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 553 M ASONIC NOTESQuarterly Court of the Boys' School ... ... ... ... 555 lubilee Festival of the Lodge of Honour , No . 526 ... ... ... 555 Petition for a Warrant of Constitution of the Guardian Lodge , No . 2625 ... 555 Death of Bro . the Rev . Lucius Paige , at Cambridge , Massachusetts ... 555

Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Indian Territory ... 555 Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ... 556 Masonic Notes and Queries ... ... ... ... ... 55 C Reviews ... _ ... ... ... ... ... ... 55 G Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ... ... ... ... ... 556

Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ... ... ... ... 55 ( 1 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 557 Royal Arch Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 558 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Lincolnshire ... ... ... 559 Lodge and Chapter of Instruction ... ... ... ... ... 559 Our Portrait Gallery ... ... ... ... ... ... 559 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 560

The Recent School Quarterly Courts.

THE RECENT SCHOOL QUARTERLY COURTS .

There was the usual—in the case of Ihe Boys' School more than the usual—excitement at the Quarterly General Courts of ( ioveniors and Subscribers to our Scholastic Institutions , which

were held at Freemasons' Tavern last week on Thursday , the 8 U 1 , and Friday , the 9 th , instant , respectively . As regards that nf the

KO \ AL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GlRI . S , which took place on the earlier of those two days , the ordinary husiness was very quickly disposed of , and a poll opened for the

election of 19 girls from an approved list , of 27 , the Dorsetshire candidate having died about a week previous to the election . London , which furnished five candidates , had the good fortune to

return four of that number , No . 2 obtaining the 19 th place , with 2780 votes , of which 852 were brought forward from the April Court and J 928 additional ; No . 13 , who took the nth place , with 3 ' 79 votes ; and Nos . 26 and 27 , who were returned , in the

former case , with 3337 , and , in the latter , with 3061 votes , as Nos . 6 and 16 respectively . There were also five candidates in whom London had a joint interest with one of the Provinces , and of these four also were successful . No . 25 , from London

and Herts , headed the poll with 4003 votes ; one of the two children from Surrey and London stood next with 3893 votes ; and the London and Berks candidate was third with 3 868 votes ; w'hile a fourth , who hailed from London and Middlesex , and had

' 020 votes already to her credit , was returned as No . 14 , with a total of 3123 . Of the 17 candidates from the Provinces and •nations Abroad , 11 were fortunate enough to secure vacancies , ihe three West Yorkshire girls being placed seventh , ninth , and

' j'lth on the poll with 3297 , 3225 , and 3214 votes respectivel y . One of the two children from Warwickshire obtained lfl e fourth place with 354 8 votes , while the other successful candidates polled as follows : The Devonshire girl , who brought

orivard 520 votes , raised her total to 2 S 34 , and thereby secured '' e 18 th vacancy ; and the Cheshire girl , with 95 votes in hand , Wa -s placed eighth with a total of 3261 votes . The North t ' ales candidate came out-i 2 th with 3170 votes , and the

Northumberland 17 th with 3049 votes . The Cyprus child was turned at No . 13 with 3134 votes ; the Middlesex fifth with 3342 votes ; and the Durham 15 th with 3099 votes . it will be ° ied from these figures that the polling was very close , there eill g a difference between the first and 19 th successful girls of

The Recent School Quarterly Courts.

only 1223 votes , while of the eight unsuccessful , three did exceedingly well , the second London and Surrey child obtaining 2716 votes , the South Wales ( W . D . ) 2041 , and the fifth London girl 1607 votes . The other five were nowhere , and ,

unfortunately , one of them , hailing from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , was a last case . She started with 329 votes to her credit from four previous elections , but the further support she obtained was only sufficient to augment her total to 569 , and

consequently her name will be removed from the list . As for the general totals , there were 2816 votes brought forward from the April Election and 74 , 4 6 7 issued for this , making a total available towards the result of 77 , 283 ; but of those issued for

this ballot only 67 , 043 were passed by the Scrutineers , leaving a balance of 7424 votes , the great majority of these being unused , and the rest such as were rejected , on the score of some informality , by the Scrutineers . As for the unsuccessful

candidates , who will in the ordinary course of things have further chances of admission allowed them , they are seven in number , and will carry forward their votes to the Election in April , 18 97 . For the election into the

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS , the conditions were far less favourable , and the contest for vacancies more severe . There were only 14 vacancies available , and the number of candidates , which was originally 44 , was

reduced to 43 by the withdrawal of the Warwickshire lad , who , however , will be admitted on presentation . As a matter of fact , 15 boys were returned for admission , there being a tic for the 14 th place , and as the Court recommended that the Board of

Management should admit the two who were bracketed together , and as the Board promised to give the suggestion their most favourable consideration , there can be no doubt as to their ultimate admission into the School . Moreover , the four Imt

cases on the list were successful , so that the number of those who have further opportunities of winning their election is ES , and these will be allowed to carry forward the votes they have thus far succeeded in obtaining to April , 18 97 . As regards the boys who were elected to vacancies and their distribution between

town and country , London furnished 18 candidates and had a joint interest with Berkshire in a 19 th . Ot these the following six , wholly London boys , were returned , namely , No . 2 , who started with [ 46 9 votes to his credit from three previous attempts

and had only this one chance left him ; he polled in all 4501 votes , and was placed seventh on the list , while No . 3 , who started with 1850 votes , was bracketed with a Provincial lad for the 14 th vacancy , the full number of his votes being 3282 . No . 9 , with

1206 votes from the last two elections , was returned for the 13 th vacancy , with 3990 votes , and No . 14 , who brought 81 I votes from last April , increased his figure to 4410 votes , and thereby secured the ninth place . No . 26—a new

casepolled right away 415 8 votes , and was returned nth ; while No . 30 , who had but this one chance of securing admission to the School , headed the poll with 4920 votes . The nine vacancies that fell to the Provinces were obtained as

follows : Staffordshire carried both its candidates , No . 22 obtaining the fourth place with 4 6 91 votes , and No . 43 , the 12 th , with 405 6 votes . The West Lancashire lad was returned eighth , with 4432 , and the one in which that Province and Madras had a joint

interest , tied with a London lad for the 14 th vacancy , as already stated , the poll of 2212 votes which he obtained at the April Election being raised to 3282 . No . 13 , who derived his claims partly from Somersetshire and partly from Wiltshire , had 74 6