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ROYAL MASONICTNSTITUTION FOR BOYS , WOOD GREEN , LONDON , N . OFFICE , C , FREEMASONS' HALL , LONDON , W . C . GRAND PATRON : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . THE CENTENARY FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL , KENSINGTON , On FRIDAY , ioth JUNE , iXyS , Under the Most Distinguished Presidency of H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF VVALES , K . G ., & c , Must Worshipful Grand Master and President of the Institution . THE DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES nv II . R . II . THE PRINCESS OF WALES , WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL , On TUESDAY , yth JUNE , iS ' jS . Full particulars on application to J . MORRISON McLEOD , P . G . S . B ., Hon . Sec . to the Board of Stewards . (* > , Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C

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EMULATION LODGE OF IMPROVEMENT , FREEMASONS' HALL , GREAT QUEEN STREET , W . C . The Committee of the E . L . of I . have instructed me to give notice that there will be no meeting of this Lidgo , on Friday , June loth , this being the date fixed for th : celebration of the Centenary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . J . RUSSELL , Secretary .

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PHCENIX FIRE OFFICE , 19 , LOMBARD ST ., & 57 , CHARING CROSS , LONDON . —Established 1782 . LIIKIH Current Rates I Assured free of all Liability 1 . 1 icralai ' d Prompt Settlements I Electric Lighting Rules supplied W . C . MACDONALD , I | oint P . B . MACDONALD , I Secretaries .

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yALE OF HEALTH HOTEL , " HAMPSTEAD HEATH . PROI'RIETOK . Bro . CHARLES PETERS . The Hotel now stands on the original site , which is not to be surpassed lor the grand view of the surrounding scenery . Considerable alterations have been carried out making the Hotel replete with every comfort for the convenience of Visitors . SPACIOUS BANQUETING & BILLIARD SALOONS . CLUB AND CONCERT . ROOMS Suitable for large parties and private Balls . SUPERIOR ACCOMMODATION FOR MASONIC GATHERINGS .

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THE SHIP HOTEL , HALLIFORD-ON-THAMES , SHEPPERTON . Bro . F . J . THAYRE , Proprietor . ( Many years at the Savoy Hotel ) . The above old-cstabliihed and famous Hostelry is most pleasantly situated on the banks of the Thames at one ol its most charming reaches . There is a large Coffee Room with a grand uninterrupted view . Superior accommodation for Masonic gatherings , Families , Anglers , & c . Fish abound in thc immediate vicinity of thc Ilotel , and experienced Fisherman are always available , Billiards , Boating , Punting , Posting , etc . CUMMER OUTINGS . KOYAL WINDSOR AND TIIE RIVER THAMES . Ci mplete anangements made for Masonic or other parties vi-iting Windsor . Steam Launch Tiips over some of thc prettiest parts of the River . Chaiming Diivcs to Virginia Water , Burnham Beeches , iX'c . Steam Launches or Brakes engaged . LUNCHEON & DINING ROOMS . RESTAURANT . Cor , fully . ¦ ,, ¦/ , ; tod Will ,.. I . AYTON BROTHERS , CONEIXIIUNERS TO HER MAJESI'Y TIIE QUEEN , WINDSOR .

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VICTORIA —MOTHER OF MASONS , " By Bro . j HORNSEY CASSON , P . P . G . O . Derbyshire . GEORGE KENNING , I < 5 and iGa , Great Queen Street , ( opposite Freemasons' Hall ) , W . C .

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' -pEOFANI'S HIGH-CLASS CIGARETTES . Teofani's are sold at the leading Hotels , Restaurants , and Tobacconists throughout the United Kingdom . Awarded Two Gold Medals for Quality and Make , International Tobacco Exhibition , 1 S 95 .

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M Feature of the Metropolis . SPIERS & POND'S / CRITERION RESTAURANT , PICCADILLY CIRCUS , LONDON , VV . EAST ROOM . Finest Cuisine , unsurpassed by the most renowned Parisian Restaurants , Luncheons , Dinners and Suppers h . la carte and prix fixe . 'Viennese Band . GRAND HALL . Musical Dinner 3 s . Cd . per head . Accompanied by the Imperial Austrian Band . WEST ROOM . Academy Luncheon 2 s . 61 ., Diner Parisian 5 s ., during both of which the renowned Mandolin Quartette performs . BUFFET & GRILL ROOM . Quick service ii la carte and moderate prices . Joints in each room fresh from the Spit every half-hour . AMERICAN BAR . Service of special American Dishes , Grills , & c . Splendid Suites of Rooms for Military and other Dinners .

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Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The ; one thing that is uppermost in men a minds at the present time is the loss which the counliy has sustained through the death of the Right Hon . W . E . Gladstone , four times Prime Minister of thc Queen , and one of thu greatest men that England has produced . Wc are forbidden by the rules of our Order to take part in political matters , but there is nothing SATURDAY , MAY 21 , 18 9 S .

which prevents us from expressing our sorrow at the death of the eminent Statesman , oralor , and scholar who has just closed his long and brilliant career at Hawarden , surrounded by those whom he loved and who loved him to dearly and respected to highly . Nor is there any reason way we should not join with the rest of our fellow countrymen in tendering the ex-

Masonic Notes.

pression of our deep sympathy to the widowed lady with whom he had been united in matrimony for upwards of half a century and the other members of the family . May they , as time passes , become more and more reconciled to the loss they have experienced .

* * * We regret that we should have so far misunderstood the proposal which Bro . W . C . Parsons was to bring before the Governors and Subscribers of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution at their annual meeting to-day ( Friday ) , as to have represented it as applying

to two of the deferred annuities instead of to two of the vacancies occurring since the Committee met in February . But tIi « = point does not affect our argument that thc change is undesirable . We admit that it will not extend the cost of maintaining the Institution , but

should the motion be carried , it will affect the' prospects of other candidates by placing two applicants on the establishment virtually without a ballot . This will , of course , diminish the number of vacancies available for the general competition .

» * It is impossible to glance through tiie Audited Statement of Account for the year 1897 , which has been issued with the voting papers to the Governors and Subscribers to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , without expressing satisfaction at the financial

proccediags of the past year and congratulating the Committee of Management on the successful manner in which they have discharged their dnfies . The Receipts , including the balance brought forward from 18 9 6 in the Male Fund amounted to . £ 17 , 666 , and the Expenditure to £ 15 . 589 ; the balance remaining in hand at the close of the account being . £ 2577 . As

regards the Widows 1 'und , the Receipts , including balance for 1896 , reached £ 13 , 173 , and the Expenditure £ 12 , 06 9 ; the balance remaining at the close of the year being £ 1104 . The Sustentation Fund also closed with a balance of about £ 3 less than it commenced with , the receipts and expenditure being on a small scale .

The Receipts for the Widows' Fund included £ 19 6 3 for Dividends , £ 850 for Grants by Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter , £ 7819 for Donations and Subscript tions , £ 971 for annual Subscriptions and proportion oi Admission Fens to Royal Albert Hall , £ 1167 . There

was paid away £ 8284 for Annuities , £ i 8 S for Collector's Commission , . £ 187 for Postages , & c , Printing and Stationery , £ 267 , Oflice Salaries , £ 533 , Gratuities to Unsuccessful Candidates , £ 135 ios ., and Deposited at Call , £ 2000 .

» * Taking the Male Fund Account and scrutinising thc usual items of Receipt and Expenditure more closely , we remark that the Dividends amounted to £ 2640 ; the grants from Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter lo £ 900 ; Donations to close oh £ 9785 ; and

Annual Subscriptions to £ 944 , the other items being small . OI thc Expenditure , £ 7748 was disbursed in Annuities ; Postages , Ac , £ 187 ; Printing and Stationery , & c , £ 266 ; Gratuities to Unsuccessful Candidates , £ 190 ios . ; Office Salaries , £ 533 ; and Collectors ' Commission , £ 245 ; the sum deposited at call being £ 6000 .

* * » We are also in a position to know the Permanent Income of each Fund , that ofthe Male Fund , amounting to close on £ 299 6 , composed of the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter grants , and thc Dividends on Capital invested in Government and Municipal Funds . As regards the Widows' Fund , the Permanent Income is

£ 2813 , made up as in the case of the Male Fund of thc grants from Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter , and Dividends on Invested Capital ; the total Permanent Income , including that of the Sustentation Fund , being nearly £ 5 8 3 6 , while , as we have again and again pointed out , the total expenditure falls very far short of £ 19 , 000 . # » *

Thc first part of the Girls' School Festival—the Distribution of Prizes—took place at the Institution , Battersea Rise , under very favourable conditions as regard- weather , and consequently there was a very large muster of laelies and brethren to witness the interesting ceremony so gracefully performed by Lady Hanson , and the calisthcnic exercises , for which thc

School enjoys so wcll-descrveel a reputation . Everything passed off satisfactorily , and the friends and supporters of thc Institution , but more especially thc House Committee , which is chiefly responsible for the management , must have been delighted at the evidences they bad of the value of the School and the services it renders to the orphan daughters of English Freemasons .