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CONTENTS . PAGE . LEADERS — The Recent School Elections ... ... ... ... ... 201

Royal Arch Masonry in Sheffield ... ... ... ... 204 Lane ' s Masonic Records , 1717-1 S 94 ... ... ... ... 205 The Nalional Masonic Veterans Association ... ... 20 ; Ouarterly Court of the Boys' School ... ... ... ... 206 Consecration of the Studholme Brownrigg Chapter , No . 2421 ... ... 207 Consecration of the London County Council Lodge , No . 2603 ... ... 20 S

The British Natural Premium Provident Associaliin ... ... ... 209 Masonic Notes ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 n Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ... 212 Reviews ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 212 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... , 12

Mark Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 214 Lodges of Insfrurlion ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 I ^ Our Portrait Galhry ... ... ... ... ... ... 215 Royal Arch ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 215 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 216

The Recent School Elections.

THE RECENT SCHOOL ELECTIONS .

Tlie Spring School Elections which were held at Freemasons ' Tavern , on Thursday and Friday of last week , drew , as usual , a considerable attendance of Governors and Subscribers and

others interested in the success of the different candidates , while ( he polling , but more especiall y for the Boys' School , where the chances of success were smaller , created a large amount of excitement . The election into the

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS took place at thc Quarterly General Court on Thursday , the 9 U 1 inst ., when , after the transaction of thc ordinary business , a poll

was opened , and 24 children were chosen b y ballot from a list of 31 approved candidates . London , whicli sent up eight of the latter , and had a part interest in two others , was fortunate

enough to carry the election of ei ght out of these ten girls , No . 25 on the list , who was a new candidate , and had only this one cliance of winning admission into the School , being returned at the head of the poll" with 3833 votes , while the Warwickshire girl ,

who was also a new candidate , and in the event of failure would also have her name removed from the list , was placed second , with 3598 votes . A second London girl , who brought forward 6 42 votes from the election in October last , polled an additional

2 ( J 37 votes , and thus took third place , with a total of 3 . 79 , the next in order being the candidate with claims on Madras and Burma , with only this one chance of success . She obtained 3440 votes , of which 1907 already stood to her credit from October

last , the West Lancashire girl , who , though a candidate at the previous election , had nothing to her credit , polling 3401 votes , 'iiid by so doing escaped lhe fate which otherwise was reserved for her of being struck off the list altogether . No . 6 on the no )]

hailed from the Argentine Republic , and won a place at her first attempt with 3347 votes , while the two next were old candidates , "ho brought forward 1136 and 959 votes respectively . Of these l , ) e former , who had claims on Malta , Essex , and •Lincolnshire ,

obtained such further support as raised her total to 3252 , while lllf - latter , who had only the Suffolk votes to depend upon , secured the eighth place , with 3190 votes . No . 9 , a new candidate from South Africa ( W . D . ) and the Province of

Hampshire and the Isle of Wi ght , was only a few votes behind w ' ll , » 3 ' 73 J -ind No . io , from London , who brought forward 2526 w , t < -s , had no great difficulty in raising her total to 313 6 . No . " from London and No . r 2 from Leicestershire and Rutland

Vo » places at this their first attempt with 3118 and 3107 votes r « pectivel y , the latter having only this solitary chance allowed lcr ; while Nos . 13 and 14 from Kent and West Yorkshire had 1084 ft Mi'I 3001 votes to their respective credits , the total in the former

, ^ however , being composed of 1060 obtained at the Election " October , 18 95 , and 2024 on this occasion . No . 15 , hailing

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from London , started with 1 795 votes 111 hand , and limshed thc day with 2997 , while thc second West Yorkshire girl , at her first attempt , scored 2996 votes . No . 17 from East Lancashire received 2980 votes , and the candidate from the Isle of Man ,

who in October last polled 351 , stood next in order with 2938 votes . 'The Cornish candidate secured the 19 th place by polling 28 35 , while those from Somersetshire and Sussex were placed 20 th and 21 st respectively , the former , who had the very large

number of 2525 votes to her credit , receiving such further support as raised her total to 2779 , while the latter , who started with only 33 votes to thc good , had an ultimate poll of 2732 votes . Of thc remaining three children who were successful in winning

vacancies , one of the London contingent stood 22 nd with 2710 votes ; one who derived her votes partly from London and partly from Hertfordshire scored 2439 ; and the third , who hailed from London , and brought forward 6 97 votes from the Election last

October , secured the remaining vacancy with a total of 1901 . Of the seven unsuccessful candidates , there were three who obtained over looo votes , namely tlie candidate from New South Wales , Somersetshire , and Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , who

polled 12 S 2 , of which 215 were brought forward from October last ; the Monmouthshire and Somersetshire girl , who started on her last attempt , with 543 votes to her credit , but being unable to increase these by more than 632 votes , will now , we

regret to say , have her name removed from the list ; and a Middlesex and London child , who scored 1020 votes . Three candidates from London , Devonshire , and Hampshire and the Isle of Wight polled 852 , 520 , and 329 votes respectively , and

the Cheshire girl brought up the rear with 95 voles . As regards the votes brought forward , issued , and polled , we find that the 15 g irls who remained on the list from thc election in October , 1 S 95 , had standing to their credit in the aggregate 14 , 702 , and

there were issued for this election 72 , 149 votes , of which , however , only 6 4 , 137 votes were passed by the Scrutineers , the very large number of S 012 , with the exception of those which were rejected , being unused . Lastly , wc have the satisfaction of

knowing that of the seven children to whom we specially referred in some former " Notes , " & c , as having only this chance of being admitted , and on whose behalf we made an earnest appeal to the Governors and Subscribers who were not committed

to the support of any particular candidate or candidates , there are six who have been returned as successful , and , who , accordingly , will be received into the School at the appointed time . There were originally 51 candidates for the election into the

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS , which took p lace at the Quarterly General Court of Governors and Subscribers on Friday , the loth instant , and of these London furnished 19 and had a part interest in four others , while the

Provinces and Districts Abroad sent up 28 . But , after the voting papers had been issued , there were two withdrawals from the list , one being a last case from London , and the other a case from London and Middlesex . 'Thus the number of boys

in whom London had wholly or in part an interest was reduced to 21 , and of these she was able to secure the election of no more than eight , one of them hailing from Gloucester and London and another from London and Middlesex . The six of entirely

London origin were p laced on thc poll as follows : No . 3 , who had already in hand 229 S votes and raised his total to 3282 ; No . 5 , a new case , who polled right away 3086 votes ; No . n , who brought forward 1080 votes , and by the addition of I 732 , increased his score to 2812 votes ; No . 18 , a new case , who