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CONTENTS . LEADERS— PAGE The Approaching School Elections ... ... ... — 4 7 Ars Quatuor Coronatorum ... ... ... ... ••¦ 4 ^ S Grand Lodge of South Australia ... ... ... ... •••4 * 53 Centenary of the Charity Ledge , No . 223 , Plymouth ... ... •••4 9 MASONIC NOTESGrand Lodge of New York ... ... ... ... _ •••47 ' Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of all Scottish Freemasonry in India ... 471 Proceedings of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Scottish Freemasonry

in India ... ... ... ... ... •¦•47 ' Ars Quatuor Coronatorum ... ... ... ... ... 47 ' Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ... 47 : Masonic Notes and Queries ... ... ... ... ... 47 Reviews ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 47 : The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania and Oscar 11 ., King of Sweden and

Norway ... ... ... ... ... _ ... ¦¦•47 The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania and the Diimond Jubilee ... ... 473 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 473 Royal Arch ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 474 Lodges and Chapter of Instruction ... ... ... ... ... 474 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 476

The Approaching School Elections.

THE APPROACHING SCHOOL ELECTIONS .

We briefly referred in our "Notes of last week lo the issue of the voting papers with accompanying lists of candidates for the October School Elections mentioning casually that a Quarterly General Court of the Governors and Subscribers of the

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS would be held in the large hall of Freemasons' Tavern , at thc hour of 12 noon on Thursday , the 7 thOctober , when ^ vacancies would be filled from an approved list of 26 candidates . Of the

latter , eight hail from London , and there is also a ninth girl in whose success it has an interest in common with Bengal , Kent Northumberland , and Essex ; the remaining 17 are from the Provinces . The London are Nos . 4 and 7 , who were both candidates

forthefirsttimein April and then polled aisyand i 078 votcs respectively ; and Nos . 12 , 13 , 16 , 19 , 21 , and 23 , of whom No . 19 has this one and only chance of being elected . The girl in whom London has an interest conjointly with sundry Provinces and

the District of Bengal ranks as No . 25 . Of the 17 Provincial candidates three are furnished by West Yorkshire , namely No . 2 —a last case—with 30 votes in hand , and Nos . 20 and 26 , while the others are from the following Provinces or Districts : No . 1

from North Wales and South Wales ( W . D . ) whose first experience was obtained in October , 18 96 , and who has 1541 votes already to her credit ; No . 3 , who hails from South Wales ( W . D . ) and brings forward 70 votes from April , and No . 5 , Gloucestershire ,

who already stands well with 2612 votes . No . 6 from Bengal starts with 806 votes , and No . 8 , from Oxfordshire , with 785 votes , while the remainder are all of them new cases , namely , No . 9 from Essex , No . 10 from Kent , No . 11 Valparaiso ,

No . 14 — a last case — from the Eastern ar . d Western Divisions of Lancashire , No . 15 from Worcestershire ; No . 17 from Suffolk and No . 18 with claims on Norfolk and Suffolk ; No . 22 from Warwickshire , and No . 24 from Sussex . There

are 20 children who have lost their fathers , two who are motherless , two who have both parents living , and one who has lost both , while in the remaining case it is stated that it is not known if the father is living or dead . In thc case of 14 of the girls

the father subscribed to a Iodge or lodges for 10 years or upwards and 12 in which he was a subscribing member for less than 10 years . In several instances the father had held office in Province or Iodge , but there werc only four in which hc had

rendered any service to our Institutions . There are three children whose names will be removed from the list in the event of their failing to win vacancies at this election , and thev rank as Nos , 2 , 14 , and 19 respectively .

The Approaching School Elections.

Thc election of children into the ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION KOR BOYS will take place at the Quarterly General Court of Governors and Subscribers , which will be held at Freemasons' Tavern on

Friday , the Sth October , when 15 vacancies will be filled from an approved list of 49 candidates , of whom 17 hail from London , two from London and Kent , and 30 from the Provinces . Thc former include Nos . 3 , 4 , 5 , and 6 , who became candidates in April ,

18 9 6 , and have polled 329 , 461 , 2023 , and 1506 votes respectively ; Nos . 9 , 10 , 13 , and 14 , who severally have to their credit 1299 , I 944 , II 6 9 , and 1124 votes from the last two elections ; Nos . 17 , lS , 22 , and 29 , whovvere candidates for the first time in April , and then

obtained 435 , 327 , 129 , and I 922 votes respectively , the last being fortunate in having such a number standing already to his credit as there is no doubt the approaching contest will be a very severe one , and hc has only this chance of winning a place . Thc

remaining five—Nos . 31 , 37 , 47 , 4 8 , and 49—are new cases . The two boys with claims on London and Kent are No . 30 , who brings forward 2131 votes , and No . 33 , a new and at thc same time last case . Of the 30 Provincial candidates Devonshire , Essex , and Hants

and the Isle of Wight furnish each of ( hem three , the trio from Devonshire being placed at Nos . 8 , 28 , and 38 respectively , No . 8 having 26 7 votes to the good from the elections in October 18 9 6 , and April last , and No . 28 , 237 votes from April , while the

other is a new case . The Essex trio include No . 2 , who has obtained I 2 I 7 votes as the result of three previous attempts , and Nos . 32 and 43 who are new cases , while the Hampshire and Isle of Wight three are No . 12 , who starts with 2411 votes from

the last two elections , and Nos . 35 and 3 6 , who are new cases . Buckinghamshire , Lancashire ( W . D . ) , Northumberland , South Wales ( E . D . ) , each furnish two candidates ; the Bucks pair being No . 20 , with a credit of 55 votes from April , and a ncw case at

No . 45 . The two W . Lancashire lads are at No . 21 , with live votes in hand , and No . 26 , with three votes . Northumberland is responsible for Nos . 42 and 44 , and South Wales ( E . D . ) , for

Nos . 25 and 27 , who polled in April last 32 and 27 votes respectively . The remaining 13 are distributed as follows : beginning with No . I from Cumberland and Westmorland , with 1161 votes from the last four elections . No . Ii

( Northants and Hunts ) , No . 15 ( Guernsey and Alderney ) , and No . 16 ( Kent ) on their third , with 423 , 437 , and 1060 votes respectively . The Oxfordshire , Herefordshire , and Staffordshire boys , who made their debut as

candidates in April , are placed at Nos . 19 , 23 , and 24 respectively , and will start—the fi : * st named with 334 votes , the second with 3 , and thc third with 8 votes . The others are ncw cases , and hail from Durham ( No . 34 ) ; Guernsey , Hants and Isle of Wight , and

Malta ( No . 9 ) ; Lancashire ( W . D . ) and Derbyshire ( No . 40 ) ; East Lancashire ( No . 41 ); and Middlesex , East Lancashire , and Monmouthshire ( No . 4 6 ) . There are 40 of these boys who arc fatherless , four who have lost both parents , and five who have

both parents living . In a large proportion of the cases the father held office in Lodge or Province , and in about one-fourth of the cases had done service to one or more of our Institutions . As regards those who will have their names removed from the

list in the event of their failing to win places at this election , they are , fortunately , only two in number—Nos . 29 and 33—but , in behalf of these , as well as of Nos . 2 , 14 , and 19 on the Girls' Hst , who are in the same predicament , we make our usual