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CONTENTS . LEADERS— PAGE Next Year ' s Festivals ... ... ... ... ¦•¦ 4 $ 5 Freemasonry in Canada ( Province of Ontario ) ... ... 4 5 Provincial Grand Lodge of Cheshire ... ... ... — 4 ^ 6 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... *** — 4 § 9 Obituary ... ... ... ... ... - — 4 S 9 Graves' Galleries ... ... ... ... •¦• ••• 4 * 9

MASONIC NOTESPresentation to Lady Saltoun ... ... ... ... ••¦ ' 49 Freemasonry in the Province of Hants and the Isle of Wight ... 491 Annual Meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cheshire ... ... 491 District Grand Lodge of Canterbury ( N . Z . ) ... ... ... 491 South African Masonic Relief Fund ... ... ... 491

Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ••¦ 49 2 Masonic Notes and Queries ... ... ... ... AO THE C RAFT AIIROADGrand Lodge of New South Wales ... ... ... ... 493 Science , Art and the Drama ... ... ... ... — 495 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... - <• -li * *

Next Year's Festivals.

NEXT YEAR'S FESTIVALS .

It is gratifying to know that in one important particular tlie authorities of our Institutions have every reason to be satisfied with tlie progress which has thus far been made in respect of their next year ' s Festivals . Naturally , one of the chief

difficulties in making arrangements for these annual celebrations is that of enlisting the services of influential brethren as Chairmen . The number of these is necessarily restricted , a * id in the course of a very few years the list of those whose assistance may

wilh advantage be invoked and who may feel themselves justified in accepting the grave responsibility is exhausted , and all thc Secretaries can do is to make further appeals to those who have

already done our Institutions good suit and service as Chairmen . However , as regards our 1901 Festivls , all three Institutions have their anxieties already set at rest . The Earl of WARWICK , Dep .

Grand Master , Prov . Grand Master of Essex , has kindly undertaken to preside at the Benevolent Festival in February next ; Earl AMHERST , thc Pro Grand Master , who is also Prov . Grand Master of Kent , will take the chair at the 113 th Anniversary of thc Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ; and last week we

werc able to announce that Bro . the Right Hon . W . \ V . 13 . BEACH , M . P ., Prov . Grand Master of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , has arranged to act as Chairman at thc 103 rd Anniversary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys .

T his is indeed good news , not only because , when the lodges resume their meetings after the summer holidays , the Secretaries will be able to appeal for support with all the greater force , but more particularly because it would be difficult to lind

three Masons of distinction who are better qualified by experience and thc influence they are able to command to undertake so important a duty . Thus , when Lord WARWICKdien Lord BROOKE , M . P . —presided at the Girls' School Festival

in 1 SS 4 , liis Province of Essex , which was far weaker then than t is now , raised £ 1000 in support of his Chairmanship , while in ' 893 , when he rendered a similar service for the Boys' School , kssex , with a larger contingent of lodges , raised ^ 21-55 . At

u * c Girls' and Boys' Centenaries in 1888 and 18 9 8 , respectively , ai * d at the Benevolent Jubilee in 1 S 92 , Essex acquitted itself Wl'll , its record achievement belonging to 18 9 8 , when it subbribed £ 4122 in honour of the Boys' Centenary . It can boast _ * t roll of 45 lodges , and has been doing some excellent work 111 -1 quiet kind of way , more particularly for the Old People .

Next Year's Festivals.

Kent is the strongest of . our Southern Provinces , having 65 lodges on its roll . It stands in the front rank of the supporters of our Institutions , and its chief , who has held office for 40 years , has done splendid service as Festival

Chairman . In 1861 , he took thc chair at the Old People ' s Anniversary , while in 1891 , he presided for the second time , the total of the subscriptions reaching £ 15 , 8 79 , towards which Kent contributed £ 34 84 . He has also

presided twice for the Boys School , namely , in 1862 — the first Festival held during the Secretaryship of Bro . FREDERICK BINCKES—when thc Returns , though amounting to only £ 3 682 , were twice the total of the previous

year ; on this occasion his lordship acted for Lord LEIGH , who was prevented by unavoidable circumstances from fulfillinc * his promise to preside . In 1883 he presided for the same Institution , when the principal effort was made in respect of the

Preparatory School , and the Returns exceeded £ 23 , 000 , for £ 2315 of which Kent was responsible . It also signalised itself at the Girls' Centenary in 1888 , when , including £ 1050 for a Perpetual Presentation , it subscribed - £ 3059 ; at the Benevolent

Jubilee in 1892 ; and , last of all , at the Boys' Centenary in 18 98 , when it ranked third among the Provinces with contributions amounting to £ 5542 . As this will be his lordshi p ' s first appearance as Chairman at a Girls'School ' Festival , we have

no doubt that Kent will lay itself out to support his lordship with its accustomed loyalty and generosity . As regards the respected Prov . Grand Master of Hampshire and thc Isle of Wight , Bro . the Right Hon . W . W . B . BEACH , M . P ., he , too ,

has done duty as Chairman on four different occasions , namely , for the Girls' School in 1 S 70 , and again in 1 S 8 3 , his Province backing him up at the latter Festival to the extent of £ 1307 out of a total of £ 10 , 510 . In 18 77 he acted as Chairman at the

Boys' Festival , when the Donations and Subscriptions reached a total of £ 13 , 249 , while in 1887—the year of thc QUEEN ' Jubilee—he occupied the chair at the Benevolent , when out of a grand total of £ 19 , 220 Hants and the Isle of Wight subscribed

£ 1 7 S 5 . At the Girls' Centenary in 188 S it contributed £ 1150 ; at the Benevolent Jubilee in 1892 , £ 134 6 ; and at the Boys ' Centenary in 18 9 8 , £ 323 8 . We may , therefore , look to Bro .

BEACH receiving a loyal measure of support from his Province as on the occasions we have specified , and that generall y in 1901 the support that will be forthcoming to our three Institutions will be on a s-rencrous scale .

Freemasonry In Canada (Province Of Ontario).

FREEMASONRY IN CANADA ( PROVINCE OF ONTARIO ) .

The 45 th annual Communication of thc Grand Lodge of Canada ( Province of Ontario ) was held in the Opera House , London , on the 18 th and 19 th ult ., under the presidency of Bro . E . P . MALONE , M . W . Grand Master , who was supported bv a

large gathering of Present and Past Grand Officers and lodge representatives , together with a fair sprinkling of visitors , foremost amongst whom was Bro . SUTHERLAND , Past Grand Master of New York , who was received not only with thc honour due to

his exalted rank in Masonry , but with such an enthusiastic welcome as is rarely accorded even to brethren of his distinction , while in the course of the meeting he had the honour conferred

upon him of Past Grand Master of Canada . At these annual gatherings the interest centres for the most part in the address in winch the Grand Master reviews the events of the year , and