Contents.

CONTENTS .

L EADERS 221 ' 1 provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire 222 Provincial Grand Chapter of Sussex 223 j C ORRESPONDENCE— ,. , ,, „ ... r , „ . ., „ J History of the Unity Chapter , No . 92 ... 225 ; Reviews 22 O Notes and Queries 226 R SPORTSOF MASONIC MEETINGS— Craft Masonry 226 Instruction 229 Royal Arch 229 Mark Masonry „ ,., 229 Ancient and Accepted Rite 230 Knights Templar 230

REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS ( Continued ) — Red Cross of Rome and Constantine 230 Rosicrucian Society of England 231 Order of the Secret Monitor 231 The Old Masonians' Dinner 232 & of the star LQJ rf lnstraction 3 No ' i'K 212 Th p . jv * " ¦ •;••;;•;••:: ••;••;; : ;;;;¦ . ;;;;; " , f . The Gould Testimonial 233 Presentation to Bro . James Macdonald , J . VV . 1910 233 The Late Bro . General Brownngi ; , C . B .... 233 Masonic Presentation at SiaL bridge 233 Masonic and General Tidings ...... 234 Lodge Meetings for Next Week iv .

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THE Grand Festival will be held , as usual , in the great hall of The Grand Freemasons' Tavern , on Wednesday next , the 24 th instant , Iipcrivfli but previously a Grand Lodge will be held in the Hall and the new Grand Officers for the ensuing year will be appointed and invested

with their insignia of office . VVe gave the names of the majority of the brethren , upon whom , as general rumour has it , the Prince of WALES , M . W . G . M ., has been graciously pleased to confer the purple of Grand Lodge on this occasion , and should rumour be found to have spoken truly , we doubt not these brethren will receive their honours amid the hearty acclamations of all present .

IT is undoubtedly gratifying to learn that since our last article Festival " " the on this subject an addition of about 30 names has been made Girls' School . j . ^ ] j 0 f b thren who have tendered their services as Stewards at the approaching Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for

Girls . But , even wth this considerable addition to its numbers , the Board is little , if at all , in excess of the London or Provincial section in ordinary years , and unless a much higher average per list than usual is returned , as some compensation for so serious a diminution of . numerical strength , the decrease in the general total will be more serious than the friends and

wellwishers of the School have prepared themselves to expect . We have already pointed out that , after the supreme effort made last year in connection with the Centenary Festival and the magnificent success which attended it , a falling off from the average total of receipts at the Festivals of this Institution must be looked for , just in the same way and on the same principle

that when a man has gone through an unusual amount of mental or bodily labour he requires an extra spell of rest , in order that his mind or body may be restored to its natural vigour . Moreover , a less active campaign this year on behalf of the Girls' School will give the friends of the sister School at-Wood Green an opportunity for repairing the very great loss it sustained

last year in consequence of the Girls' Centenary , and the immense amount of interest it excited . But we have also pointed out that it is a duty we owe both- to the Institution which attracted—and it would not have attracted if it' had not deserved—so large a measure of support , and the Stewards who obtained it , not to permit its splendid results to be

frittered away by an undue suspension of those exertions which must be made in behalf of every Charity that , depends chiefly or > voluntary subscriptions for its means of maintenance . We know that , after making due provision for the year ' s expenses and the cost of the Centenary Memorial Scheme , a

considerable surplus must remain from last year's total , but the greater part of this surplus will be wiped out of existence if the receipts at this and succeeding Festivals of this Institution are to be diminished by one half . We roust also remind our readers that at the Quarterly General Court on the 2 7 th inst . it will be proposed to increase the number of children in the

School by 20 j and there is every reason to anticipate that the proposition will be carried . This addition , however , will involve an annual increase ol expenditure amounting to about £ 700 . This makes it the more imperative that the regular efforts of the brethren to raise the supplies should not be slackened unduly . We are glad to hear that the Chairman ' s Province of

Suffolk is putting its shoulder to the wheel in order to acquit itself worthily , and we dare say , when the day of the Festival comes round , there will be ' ° und to be the usual proportion of goodly lists . But at present the Board ° ' Stewards is only about 130 strong , and we trust , while there is yet time or their labours to be of value , that other brethren will be found willing to g've their services in support of Lord HENNIKER ' Chairmanship .

* .. * Ti q ^ must rem ' nd our readers that the Quarterly General Court Elections . ° ^ the Boys' and Girls' Schools will be held on Friday , the 26 th , and Saturday , the 27 th inst ., respectively , that of the

younger of the two Institutions being appointed for the earlier day . . regards the business to be transacted , it is in both cases limited its character . It has been generally expected—and indeed it was openly ated , but with no authority whatever for the statement that we ever heard

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of—that the report of the PHILBRICK Committee on the discipline , management and expenditure of the Boys' School would be presented on Friday next , and it is quite possible this general expectation may be realised ; but even if this proves to be the case , we do not see that it will make theslightest difference in the programme of business as already arranged . The Report

may be forthcoming , but such recommendations as it may contain for the future conduct of the School cannot be dealt with by a General Court until the general body of Governors and Subscribers have had the opportunity of ascertaining and considering their nature , and that will be impossible by Friday next . Therefore , in the case of the Boys' School , the business

will be limited to the election of a Treasurer and the 12 representatives on the General Committee of the Life and Annual Subscribers , and to the election of 17 , or , in the event of Bro . GODSON ' S motion for the declaration of three additional vacancies and their being then filled up being carried ,

of 20 vacancies from an approved list of 72 vacancies . In the case of the Girls' School the ordinary business will be much of the same character , while in the event of the resolution to increase the School by 20 children being adopted , there will be an election of 37 girls from an approved list of 74 candidates .

WE must congratulate our brethren of Northants and Hunts T ^ SMVeots on t ' addition that has recently been made to their roll of lodges . Of the 10 lodges hitherto established in that Province , only two—the Eleanor Cross , No . 1764 , and the Dela Pre , No . 1911 , both of Northampton—were of recent creation , the other eight having been

constituted at different periods , ranging between the years 1819 and 1858 . However , under the presidency of Lord EUSTON , after whom the new lodgethe Euston , No . 2283 , St . Neots—is named , there seems to be every probability that the comparative apathy of recent years will be succeeded by a period of generous activity , to- the great contentment of the Norths and

Hunts brethren themselves , and the welfare of the Craft in general . We must also congratulate Bro . the Earl of EUSTON on this further evidence of the steady growth of his popularity in this Province , as well as on the additional honour still more recently conferred upon him by a number of his

Mark brethren in founding a Euston Lodge of Mark Master Masons , No . 399 , which will meet in London , and no doubt prove a credit to the Grand Lodge which has sanctioned its constitution . It does not often happen to a distinguished brother that two such compliments as we have ? mentioned are paid him within the course of a few weeks ,

„ ., „ r . WE announced some few weeks since that certain brethren under The Craft . „ . . . . in the various Constitutions in New Zealand were on the eve of New Zealand . tak ; ng stepS t 0 ascertain the general feeling as to the advisability or otherwise of establishing a United Grand Lodge for the colony

on the lines of the United Grand Lodges which have recentl y been established in the colonies of New South Wales and Victoria . At the time we made this announcement we took the opportunity of pointing out that though our New Zealand brethren might succeed in accomplishing their purpose , there were many difficulties in their way with which the Masons

of New South Wales and Victoria did not have to contend . We have been often ridiculed for praising the system of concurrent jurisdiction which exists in those colonies and dependencies of the British Crown which are , Masonically , connected with the mother country , but considering the facility with which the members of the English , Irish , and Scotch Constitutions in

Victoria and New South Wales accomplished their part towards effecting the recent union in those colonies , the relations existing amongst them cannot have been very inharmonious , and , as a consequence , our praise of a system which was conducted with so much harmony cannot have been very ill bestowed . In those colonies , however , there were only three or two

District or Provincial Grand Lodges whose interests it was necessary to consult before any treaty of union with the then unrecognised Grand Lodges of New South Wales and Victoria could be entered upon , and the limits of the authority they severally exercised were co-terminous with the geographical limits of the colonies themselves . In New

Zealand , though there is no unrecognised Grand Lodge to be consulted , there are five District G . Lodges under the English system , besides sundry other lodges not as yet organised into a District G . Lodge , three Scotch District G . Lodges , and one Irish Provincial G . Lod ge ; while the colony itself consists of two principal islands , known respectively as

North Island and South Island , and each having its capital or capitals—of Auckland and Wellington in the former case , and Christ Church and Dunedin in the latter . Thus , with the interests of nine governing bodies

of co-equal authority to reconcile together , and the absence of a colonial metropolis of sufficient importance to overshadow the claims of such district capitals , it appears to us there is plenty of hard work cut out for the wouldbe regenerators of New Zealand Freemasonry , and that it will be wiser to