Analysis Of The Returns.

Benevolent Jubilee , with a modest £ 32 us . to tbe Boys' School , and £ 73 1 17 s . fid . to the Boys' School in June , i 8 gi , cannot be otherwise described than as most creditable . There were six Stewards doing duty for

WARWICKSHIRE , and its 31 lodges on Wednesday , one , Bro . Rollason , being the representative of the Leigh Lodge , No . 887 , Birmingham , Bro . T . R . Arter and another , that of the Bedford Lodge , No . 925 , Birmingham , while the remaining four hailed from the Charity Lodge , No . 1551 , of the same town , their lists amounting to £ 63 . In 1892 ,

the sum raised was £ 2410 4 s ., of which this Institution obtained £ 2186 at its Jubilee ; the Girls' School , £ 150 14 s . ; and the Boys' School , £ 73 ios . In 1888 , it raised £ 1440 6 s . fid . for the Girls' Centenary , its Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Lord Leigh , being the Hon . Treasurer of the Board of Stewards . It is rumoured that

WEST YORKSHIRE intends giving its chief support during the current year to the R . M . Institution for Girls , and considering that in June , 1891 , its contributions to the Boys ' School amounted to £ 1685 1 is ., and that in February of last year it gave , inclusive of the sum paid for a Perpetual Presentation to the Male Fund , no less than at

£ 3555 t ° *^' Institution its Jubilee , we are not surprised at its intention . However , West Yorkshire is so strong a Province and so earnest and regular in its support of all our Charities , that it sent up a band of 11 Stewards , with a joint contribution of £ 420 . This , we need hardly say , is a most welcome addition to Returns , which could not be expected to be on the scale of ordinary years . The senior lodge in

GUERNSEY , one of the "Channel Islands , " which is without a Provincial organisation , was represented by Bro . J . Balfour Cockburn , whose list reached the very comfortable total of £ 57 15 s . Last year Bro . Le Page represented three of this group of lodges at the Jubilee Festival of this Institution , the sum total of his return being £ 241 ios . We accordingly congratulate our Guernsey friends on having done so well after so admirable a display last year .

There was only one other outlying station that figured in Wednesday ' s returns , and that was

CYPRUS , one of whose lodges had Bro . Capt , Kiddle to act in its behalf , as he has done on many previous occasions , his list being , however , apparently limited to his personal donation of £ 10 ios .

CONCLUDING REMARKS . Our analytical task is ended . Had the labour of discharging it been greater we should have been well content ; but as we have again and again pointed out , after so splendid a Return as that of last year in behalf of the Jubilee , we had no reason to expect anything like an average total , though we should gladly have found our expectations disappointed .

United Grand Lodge Of England.

UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND .

The following is the business to be transacted in Grand Lodge on Wednesday next , the ist prox .: 1 . The minutes of thc Quarterly Communication of the 7 th December , 1 S 92 , will be read and put for confirmation . 2 . To consider the following notices of motion from the MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND MASTER : —

I That this Grand Lodge do vote the sum of two hundred guineas , from the Fund of General Purposes , in alleviation of the distress of Masonic brethren in St , John ' s , Newfoundland , occasioned by the disastrous fire in that town , and the above sum be paid to his Excellency Sir Terence O'Brien , K . C . M . G ., Past Grand Deacon , Governor of Newfoundland , for distribution at the discretion of the District Grand Master .

2 . That this Grand Lodge , sympathising with the sufferings caused by the recent earthquakes in the Island of Zante , do vote the sum of one hundred guineas , from the Fund of General Purposes , in alleviation of the distress occasioned thereby , and that the above sum be paid to thc Consul-General of Greece to the credit of the Fund now being raised b y him for the relief of the distress in the Island .

3 . Election of a M . W . Grand Master . 4 . Election of a Grand Treasurer . Bro . Samuel Cochrane , P . M . No . 3 , London , the only nomination . 5 . Report of the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which are recommendations for the following grants * , —

The widow of a brother of the Lodge of Joppa , No . 188 , London ... ... ... ... ... £ 50 o o The widow of a brother of the Lodge of Loyalty , No . 86 , Prescot Lancashire 50 o 0 The widow of a brother of the Stour Valley Lodge , No . 1224 , Sudbury , Suffolk 6 b o o The widow of a brother of the Royal York Lodge , No . 315 , Brighton 50 o o

6 . REPORT OF THE BOARD OI- ' GENERAL PURPOSES . To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England , The Board have to report that it has appeared from the return made by a country lodge that a bi other had been passed on the 16 th May , 18 92 , who had heen initiated on the 19 th April , 1892—the 18 th April , the day of regular meeting , being a Bank Holiday—contrary to Rule 195 ot the Book of Constitutions . The Board decided that the brother irregularly advanced must be re-obligated in the Second and Third Degree before a certificate can be granted . fhe following presentations have been made to the library and museum during the year ending 31 st December , 1802 :

D TITLE OR OBJECT . PRESENTED uv Records of the Chapter of St . James , No . 2 * ) A " > iorial Bearings of the incorporated S- The Author , VV , H . Rylands , P . G . Steward Companies of Newcastle ) Engraved Portrait of Inigo Jones Joseph Wilson , P . M . No . lis *; . ' holographs ( 2 ) of Interior of Free- **!

masons'Hall , Lahore constitutions of 17 ( 09 ' -bnetatis Encomium ; or , the Praise of H . J . Whymper , CLE ., P . D . G . M . Punjab drunkenness ..... Si ™ 'ecture , b y R . Blomes , 1686 lllJ / ™" , ted Literature of Freemasonry J History of I '™ .,,,, ™ ,,, : „ v „ ... v-i . til MtH ivri

„ m f wiiuauiKj n LeVl , * "' ¦•• and 3 ) The Grand Lodge of New York . •^ hires on the Ceremonies of R . A . Hisor * 7 r n ( MS *) Brackstone Baker , P . G . D . OlH M freemasonry in Shropshire ... The Author , AlexanderGraham . J . D . No . 262 q Ma !* omc Apron R , VV . Steggles , S . D . No . 239 S .

United Grand Lodge Of England.

TITLE OE OBJECT . PRESENTED BY Picart ' s Religious Ceremonies , & c . ( Abridged Translation ) W . J . Hughan , P . G . D . French Masonic Calendars ( 20 vols . ) ... Ernest St . Clair , P . M . No . 2060 . "The Rough Ashlar , " Richmond , Virginia

( Vol . 1 , bound ) The Editor . Engraving of the Procession of the Scald Miserable Masons ( ist Edition , 1742 ) ... The Stewart Lodge , No . i 960 . Masonic Addresses , delivered by T . VV . " * i Tew , Esq ., P . G . M . W . Yorks / -, . . . Miscellaneous Papers , 1 SG 1—iSgi , by the ( lhe Author *

same ... j Masonic Token , 1790 A . R . Carter , P . M . No . 172 S . ,. ¦» , ¦» J . H . Matthews , P . D . G . D . C . Lithographed Memorial ofthe Presentation of the Freemasons' Hall Medal to Lodge No . 75 VV . L . Fox , P . M . No . 75 Masonic MSS ., Lectures , & c , of the late Bro . John Browning Basil Spence , Bendigo , Victoria .

Photograph of Warrant of Grand Master's Lodge , No . 1 Charles Belton , P . D . G . D . C . Portrait of Peter Gilkes , P . M ., & c . ... George Cooper , P . G . D . History of the Royal Masonic Boys' Institution James Terry , P . G . S . B . Catalogue of Exhibition of Saddlery and Harness J . W . Sherwell , S . W . No . 231 . Past Master ' s Presentation Jewel of Lodge No . 229 , 1847 W . Hine Haycock .

The thanks of the Board were voted to each of the donors . The Board also submit a statement of the Grand Lodge accounts at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 13 th day of January , showing a balance in the Bank of England ( Western Branch ) of £ 3821 12 s . id ., and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for petty cash £ 100 , and for servants ' wages £ ioo , and balance of annual allowance for library , £ 9 17 s . fid . ( Signed ) THOMAS FENN ,

Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C , President . 17 th January , 1893 . 7 . Report of Bro . John Smith , Auditor of the Grand Lodge accounts , of receipts and disbursements during the year 1892 . List of lodges for which warrants have been granted by the M . W . Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge : No . 2453 , The Duke of York Lodge , Cardiff , South Wales .

2454 , lhe Guildhall School of Music Lodge , London . 3 455- The St . Martin ' s Lodge , London . 2456 , The Chancery Bar Lodge , London . 2457 > The St . Anne ' s Lodge , St . Anne ' s-on-Sea , Lancashire ( W . D . ) 2458 , The Eton Lodge , Eton , Buckinghamshire . 2459 > The Quilmes Lodge , Quilmes , Argentine Republic . 2460 , The Ascot Lodge , Ascot , Berkshire . 2461 , The Duguza I . odge , Stanger , Natal , South Africa .

2462 , The Clarence Lodge , West Hartlepool , Durham . 2463 , The Bootle-Wilbraham Lodge , Knotty Ash , West Derby , Lanes . ( W . D . ) J 2464 , The Longsight Lodge , Longsight , Lancashire ( E . D . ) 2465 , The Trident Lodge , Somerset , Bermuda . 2466 , The Cheerybles Lodge , London . 2467 , The Pickwick Lodge , London . 2468 , The St . John ' s Lodge , Douglas , Isle of Man .

Consecration Of The Guildhall School Of Music Lodge. No. 2454.

CONSECRATION OF THE GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC LODGE . No . 2454 .

On Monday , the 13 th inst ., a large and distinguished body of musical Masons assembled at the Holborn Restaurant to attend the consecration of this lodge . The idea of it was conceived only a few months ago , yet there were no less than 18 signatures to the petition for a charter , which was readily granted by the M . W . thc Grand Master . The lodge is intended to promote friendship and other Masonic qualities among professors and

students of the Guildhall School of Music , but Members of the Committee of Management are also elegible for its membership . The ceremony was performed in a most masterl y manner by Bro . E . Letchworth , P . G . D ., Grand Sec , who was assisted by Bros . Sir John B . Monckton , as S . VV . ; T . Fenn , President Board of General Purposes , as

J . W . ; Rev . J . Studholme Brownrigg , P . G . C , as Chap . ; Frank Richardson , P . G . D ., as D . C ; and R . Clowes , P . G . S . B ., as I . G . The officers designate in the warrant are Bros . VV . Hastings Miller , P . G . S . B . ; George V . Smith , P . P . G . Org . Essex ; and XV . Henry Thomas , P . M ., as Master and Wardens respectively . After the opening of the lodge ,

Bro . LETCHWORTH , in addressing the brethren on the object of the meeting , said that the reason of their coming there that day was one which he thought could not fail to win the sympathies and evoke the good wishes of all having at heart the welfare of Freemasonry . He was sure that everyone of them had that welfare at heart , and the ceremony of starting that new lodge had a special interest . The lodge was intimately connected with

the Guildhall School of Music—an institution which owed its existence to the enlightened policy of the Corporation of the City of London , and had attained an eminence most remarkably and rapidly . Between music and Masonry there was a strong connection . Music formed an important feature in all Masonic ceremonies , and they were all very proud to have in their ranks some of the most eminent professors of that art . Music had no more

munificent or ardent patron than the M . W . G . M ., who for 18 years had ruled over the Craft . He most heartily congratulated the founders of the lodge on the fact that the M . W . G . M . had granted to them the warranto ! constitution . Warrants in these days were not granted as a matter of course . In granting the warrant for this lodge his Royal Highness the Grand Master performed

what was a very agreeable duty to him . He ( Bro . Letchworth ) congratulated the Guildhall School of Music Lodge on having so well known a brother as Bro . Hastings Miller for the lirst VVorshipful Master to guide and direct them . He thought that under his guidance the Guildhall School of Music Lodge would obtain the reputation which it so well deserved .

she ceremonies attending the readingof thc warrant were next proceeded with , and the CHAPLAIN proceeded to deliver thc following oration . He said : —

Brethren , —Our ancient brethren were ever striving to make their work as perfect as it could be made in all respects . No labour , either of the brain or the hand , was ever spared . The best that money could buy , was the only material that was good enough for them ; the fittest that art could design was the least they could