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apacity of Treasurer . Ho is also a supporter of our Institutions and lias enrolled

himself as a Lifo Subscriber of both our Schools and a Lifo Governor of the JIalc Fund of our Boyal Benevolent Institution .

Bro . JAMKS FUUXAXUKZ was initiated m the Royal Alfred Lodge , No . 780 , on the 21 th March , 1805 . In February , 1880 , he joined the Drury L-. uic Lodge , and has since had the honour of being installed W . M . ilo was exalted a R . A ,

Mason in I lie linynrd ( 'baplel ' . No . 10 ) . i , on tub . liino , 1 . NS 9 , und in . lime , 1 SJ ' I-J-, wan installed iu ( he chair of Kirst Principal , lie has boon perl ' ivled Hose Croix in the A . antl A . Rile , and is a Life Governor of Ihe Royal Masonic Iiistuliou for Girls .

. PAST GUAM ) SWORD HEARERS . llro . JAMKS N KWION has boon a member of our Order for 35 yours , and is O ' of the lending lights in lhe Province of East Lancashire , with which , indeed , he has boon connected during the whole of his Masonic career . He was i n ' t iar oil in St . John ' s Lodge , No . 318 . Bolton , on the 2 Sih April , I SO I , and having boon installed W . M . in December , IS 07 , resigned iu September , IS 70 , having the

month previous , however , joined the Anchor and Hope Lodge , No . 37 , meeting in thc sumo town , nnd of which he bus over since remained a member . His zeal I ' or the Craft has led lo his being several times honoured with the Provincial purple . In . May . 1871 . ho was app-iinted l'rov . G . Steward , and in 18 S 0 Prov . S . G . Deacon . From ISSO lo IS . llI ho served ns l ' rov . Asst . G , Secretary , and in the latter year , on llie resignation of Iii lohn Chadwick , he wns appointed to , . iiii ! bus since continued lo ( ill , the arduous and responsible ollice of Prov . G .

SocioMry . In lloyal Arch Masonry he has rendered oipially meritorious services , which , we rejoice to say . have been as generously recognised . Ife Was oxaltod in lhe Chapter of Si . . lohn , No . 3 IS , ] S , P 1 ou the lllh December , 1 HI _( S , and in IS 70 , and again in IS 72 , was installed M . 10 . / ,.. resigning his member * ship in 1887 . Hut lie still belongs to the Chapter of Concord . Xo . 37 , which ho joined in August , Is 7 l . an I of which also lie lias li -en iwiee Firsl Principal ' / ,. namely , in 18 SI and ISS . " ,. hi l ' rov . Grand Chup .-ci- he served as l ' rov . G . S . N , from 1879 to PSSl ; as Prov . A . G . S . E . fi i 1 SS 7 to IS ' , 1 i , and in the latter year

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and since has held the post of Prov . G . S . E . He has also associated himself with well nig h all the other Degrees and Orders pertaining to our modern system of Masonry . In the Mark Degree , ho is a P . M . of St . John ' s Lodgo ;( T . L ) , Bolton , was one of tbe founders of the Rose and Thistle Lodge in 1895 ; joined tho Union Lodge , No . 32 , JIanchester , in 1 S 95 ; and was Prov . G . L of W , Lancashire in 1873 ; while iu the Degree of Royal Ark Mariner he ranks as a P . C . N , In tho Cryptic

Rite , ho is a Past G . P . Cond . of Work of the Grand Council ; is a member of the Allied Degrees , a Knight Templar—having been installed as such in the Bt . James of Jerusalem Preceptory in 1870 , and a P . M . P . S . of the St . George ' s Conclave of the Order of Rome and the Red Cross of Constantino . Lastly , he is a Vice-President , with three Stewardships , of the Benevolent Institution , nnd a Life Governor of the Boys' and Girls' Schools , for the former of which ho has done duty as Steward at three Festivals' and for tbe latter at one Festival .

l ! ro . C'liAiu . Ks Dr . x . vts HOIII . YN is also a brother of long standing , having been initiated in the St . Andrew ' s Lodge , No . 231 , on the 4 th April , 1872 , and 10 years later had the honour of being p laced in tho chair of W . M . Ho has also at different times been a member of the following lodges , namely : The Thames Lodge , No . 1895 , Henley , in the Province of Oxfordshire , in 1882 ; in 1880 , tho United Lodge of Prudenc , No . 83 , over which he presided as Master in 1893 ;

ami iu lSilii . tbe Lodge of Friendship and Harmony , No . 1010 , Weybridge , iu tin J ' roviiicc of Xuri ' i'y . As a lloyal Arch Alason lie was exalted in tho Cyrm Chapter , No . 21 , about 1 S 7 S , and . having joined the Princo of Wales Chapter No . 259 , was , on the 3 rd February Inst , installed iu the chair of First Principal ^ As rcurds our Charities , he is a Life Governor of , and has served two Steward ships for , the Hoys' School , a Life Subscriber of the Girls' School , and a Lib Governor of lhe Male Fund of the lionovolent Institution .

PAST GRAND STANDARD BEARERS . Bro . V . (' . L . ( . ' itt'Ml' i < a prominent member of the Craft in Shropshire , and has just completed a membership of a ipiartor of a century . Ilo was initiated in the Salopian Lodge of Charity , No . 117 . Shrewsbury , on the 28 th January , 1871