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and First Principal Z . of the Lome Chapter , No . 1347 . For these services he was appointed , in 1883 , Prov . Grand Scribe N . of Berks and Bucks , and , in 18 94 , . the same office in the Prov . Grand Chapter of Surrey . Be it added that he has constituted himself a Life Governor of our three Institutions , and has served as Steward twice for the Old People and once for each of the Schools .

GRAND STANDARD BEARER . Bro . J AMES W HITTAKER BURGESS dates his connection with Masonry from the year 1868 , when he was initiated in Concord Lodge , No . 757 , Bombay , on the teth February , since when he has joined several lodges , among them being the Stanley Lodge , No . 1325 , Liverpool , of which he was installed W . M . in 18 77 ; the Neptune Lodge , No . 1264 , and the Lodge of Sincerity , No . 292 , both meeting in the same city ; the Townley Parker Lodge , No . 1032 , Chorley , W . Lanes . ; the

St . Barnabas Lodge . No . 948 ; and the Concordia Lodge , No . 2492 , Wendover , as a founder and its first W . M . in 1894 , both in the Province of Buckinghamshire ; and of the Old Masonians Lodge , No . 2700 , in London . For these services he has on several occasions been awarded Provincial honours , having been appointed Prov . G . Pursuivant and Prov . S . G . Deacon of West Lancashire in 1880 and 1894 respectively , while in the Prov . G . Lodge of

Buckinghamshire he has served as Prov . G . Steward ( 1894 ) and Prov . J . G . Deacon in 1895 , and last year he was elected Prov . G . Treasurer . He is also at present on the Board of General Purposes . He was exalted a Royal Arch Mason in Perseverance Chapter , No . 71 , Bombay , under the Scottish Constitution , in 1869 , since when he has served as M . E . Z . of the Temple Chapter , No . 1094 , Liverpool , and of the Buckingham Chapter , No . 591 . In 18 95 he helped to found the Royal Albert Edward Chapter , No . 1362 , Redhill , Surrey , and the following year the Studholme

Brownrigg Chapter , No . 2421 , Amersham , Bucks . He was appointed Prov . G . Std . Bearer of West Lancashire in 18 S 7 , and Prov . G . Registrar Bucks in 1895 , while in 1899 he was made G . Std . Bearer of Supreme G . Chapter . He is also a member of the Palestine Rose Croix Chapter , No . 29 . To our Institutions he has subscribed most liberally , and is a Life Governor and has served four Stewardships for the Girls ' , a Vice-President and five times Steward for the Benevolent Institution , and Vice-Patron , n times Steward for , and a member of the Board of Management since 18 99 , of the Royal ! Masonic Institution for

Boys . Bro . C HARLES PULMAN is a Mason of 40 years' standing , having been initiated in the St , James' Union Lodge . No . 180—then No . 211—in 1861 . He has also had a varied experience , having joined the Panmure Lodge , No . 720 , in 186 9 , and been installed its W . M . in 1878 ; while , in addition , he has been a joining member of Earl Spencer Lodge , No . 1420 , in 1870 , meeting in London ; of the

Bisley Lodge , No . 2317 , which he helped to found in 188 9 , and which meets at Woking , in the Province of Surrey , and of the St . John ' s Lodge , No . 1712 , Newcastle-on-Tyne , in that of Northumberland . In 1886 he was appointed Prov . S . G . Deacon Northumberland , was a member of the Board of General Purposes in 18 9 6 . 97 , and of the Board of Benevolence in 1898-99 . He was exalted to the Royal Arch' in the Humber Chapter , No . 57 , Hull , in the Province

of N . and E . Yorkshire , in 1865 , and installed M . E . Z . in 1880 , while he was a founder and served as M . E . Z . of the Stockwell Chapter , No . 1339 , and a founder and , in 1893 , M . E . Z . of the Bisley Chapter , No . 2317 , and the same year was made Prov . G . Prin . Soj . Surrey , while in 1898 he was appointed Asst . G . D . of C . in Supreme G . Chapter . He is a Life Governor of all three Institutions , and has served thrice as Steward for the Boys' School , and twice in the same capacity for each of the other Charities .

GRAND ORGANIST . Bro . HENRY W ALMSLEY LITTLE , Mus . Dr . ( Oxon ) , and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music , was initiated in the Orpheus Lodge , No . 1706 , on the 26 th October , 1878 , and , in 1886 , became founder and was installed the first W . M . of the Sterndale Bennett Lodge , No . 2182 , while two years later he had the honour

of being elected and installed as Master of his mother lodge . He was exalted to the Royal Arch in the Orpheus Chapter , No . 1706 , and presided over it as First Principal Z . in 1892-3 , while in the interval between th ^ se two events—in 1 S 89—he became a founder and was installed as First Principal Z . of the Sterndale Bennett Chapter . Bro . Little is a Life Subscriber of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys .

GRAND PURSUIVANT . Bro . GEORGE FELTON LANCASTER , upon whom this office has been conferred , has figured as a prominent member of the Craft in the Province of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight during the last 30 years , having been initiated into Freemasonry in the Gosport Lodge , No . 903 , in October , 1870 . In January , 1875 , he

was installed in the Master ' s chair . Since then he has been , in 1877 , a founder and first Treasurer of the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 1705 , Gosport ; a joining member of the Wanderers Lodge , No . 1604 ; a lounder and first S . W . in 1883 , and the following ye ?? W . M ., of the Hampshire Lodge of Emulation , No . 1990 , Landport ; a founder of the Hope Lodge , No . 2153 , Gosport , in 1886 , and , in 1894 , a joining member of the

Lancastrian Lodge , No . 2528 . He has been on several occasions the recipient of Provincial honours , having been appointed Prov , G . Steward of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in 1872 , Prov . J . G . Deacon in 1878 , and Prov . G . Registrar in 1886 ; while since 1890 he has filled the office of Prov . G . Secretary of his Province , and in that capacity has assisted in editing the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Calendar . Equally conspicuous have been his services in Royal Arch

masonry , to which he was exalted in the Royal Sussex Chapter , No . 342 , Portsmouth , in 18 73 . In 1876 he assisted in founding , and in 18 79 was installed M . E . Z . of the Gosport Chapter , No . 903 ; in 1 S 81 he was installed in the same office in No . 342 ; while , in 1882 , he became M . E . Z . of the United Service Chapter , No . 1428 , Portsmouth , which four years previously he had helped to found . He was also one of the Charter members of the Wansfell Chapter , No .

? 74 Si Ambleside , which was constituted as recently as last month . In the Grand Chapter of his Province he has been appointed successively Prov . G . S . B . in 18 76 , Piov . G . Prin . Soj . in 1878 , and Prov . G . J . in 1884 , and since 1891 he has held the office of Prov . Asst . G . Scribe E . concurrently with that of Prov . G . Asst . Secretary in Craft Prov . G . Lodge . Nor have his services been restricted to Constitutional Masonry . He is the senior P . M . of Mark Lodge , Phoenix , No . 2 ,

Portsmouth , and Gosport , No . 305 , and senior P . C . N , of the Gosport Lodge , No . 3 ° 5 i of Royal Ark Mariners ; has been appointed Prov . G . I . of Wks . in 1875 and 18 76 , Prov . G . M . O . in r 8 79 , and Prov . J . G . W . in 1882 , and in 188 7 , the year of the late Queen's Jubilee , had conferred upon him the brevet rank of Past J . G . Overseer of England . He is Past M . W . S . of the Royal Naval Rose Croix Lodge , No . 9 , Portsmouth , in the A . and A . Rite ; in the Order of the Temple , and of the

^• i-. i . Registrar Royal Naval Preceptory , No . 2 , Prov . Vice-Uiancellor Hampshire , and Past Gt . A . D . C . of Sovereign Great Priory . He is a AAIV a Past G ' 0 fficer of the Grand Councils of Royal and Select Masters ana Allied Masonic Degrees ; and to crown all , is a Life Governor of the three institutions , and has served three Stewardships ( ot the Old People and one fot each of the Schools .

The Grand Officers.

ASSISTANT GRAND PURSUIVANT . Bro . WILLIAM KIPPS , the new Asst . G . Purst ., has been a member of our Society for 30 years . He was initiated in the Star Lodge No . 1275 , in June , 18 75 , and was installed W . M . in 1880 , and he joined the Harrow Lodge , No . 1310 , and was elected and installed its W . M . in 1878 ; while in 18 77 he served as W . M ., and in 18 98 as acting W . M ., of the Chislehurst Lodge , No . 1531 , in the forming of which he took part in 18 75 . In 1877 he was appointed Prov . G . Organist of Kent , and is a present member of the Board of General Purposes . As a Royal Arch

Mason he was exalted in the Pythagorean Chapter , No . 79 , and in 1881 , and again in 18 93 , occupied the chair of M . E . Z . In the Mark Degree he is founder and P . M . of the Borough of Greenwich Lodge , No . 332 , Past Prov . J . G . O . Kent ; a P . M . P . S . of the Invicta Conclave of Rome and the Red Cross of Constantine ; and Past G . Organist of that Order ; and a member of the Cceur de Lion Rose Croix Chapter , No . 105 ; and has taken the 30 ° in the A . and A . Rite . Lastly , ne is a Life Governor of the three Institutions , and has served as Steward twice for the Old People and once for each of the Schools .

Supreme Grand Chapter.

SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .

The following is the business to be transacted on Wednesday next , the ist prox .: The minutes of the last Quarterly Convocation to be read for confirmation . Installation of Principals and investiture of officers for the ensuing year .

THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL PURPOSES . To the Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England . The Committee of General Purposes beg to report that they have examined the Accounts from the 16 th January , to the 16 th April , 1901 , both inclusive , which they find to be as follows :

To Balance , Grand Chapter £ 158 75 By Disbursements during the „ „ Unappropriated Quarter £ 375 11 8 Account ... 236 15 o „ Balance 322 11 4 „ Subsequent Receipts .. 53 6 11 7 „ „ Unappropriated Account ... 233 11 o £ 93 1 14 o £ 93 1 14 o

which balances are in the Bank of England , Law Courts Branch . The Committee have likewise to report that they have received the following petitions : ist . From Comps . Babington Boulton , as Z . ; Charles S . Cox , as H . ; William Johnson Anderson , as J . ; and six others for a c'lapter to be attached to the

Wear Valley Lodge , No . 1121 , Bishop Auckland , to bs called the Babington Boulton Chapter , and to meet at Bishop Auckland . 2 nd . From Comps . John Matthews , as Z . ; William Priestnill , as H . ; James Hampton Lee , as J . ; and 13 others , for a chapter to be attached to the Widnes Lodge , No . 2819 , Widnes , to be called the Widnes Chapter , and to inset at the Central Hotel , Widnes .

3 rd . From Comps . Charles G . Halt , as Z . ; John Worth , as H . ; Frank Lloyd Palmer , as J . ; and 17 others , for a chapter to be attached tp the Earl ' s Court Lodge , No . 2765 , London , to be called Earl ' s Court Chapter , and to meet at the Crown Hotel , Cricklewood , London . 4 th . From Comps . Nicholas Peter Le Cocq Barbenson , as Z . ; Edgar William Livesey , as H . ; Nicholas William Gaudion , as J . ; and 21 others , for a chapter to be attached to the St . Ann ' s Lodge , No . 593 , Alderney , to be called St . Ann's Chapter , and to meet at the Masonic Rooms , Oliver-streetAlderney .

, The Committee have likewise received memorials , with extracts of minutes , for permission to remove the following chapters : The Hope Chapter , No . 574 , from the Temperance Hall , to the Masonic Hall , Newbury . The Whittington Chapter , No . 862 , from Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street , to Freemasons' Hall , London .

The Willesden Chapter , No . 2489 , from Freemasons' Hill , to the Hotel Cecil , Strand , London . The Chapter of Temperance , No . 16 9 , from the White Swan Hotel , Dept * ford , to the Railway Tavern , New Cross-road , London . The Camden Chapter , No . 704 , from Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street , to the Frascati Restaurant , Oxford-street , London .

( Signed ) GBORQK DAVID HARRIS , President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C , 20 th April , 1901 . Election of the Committee of General Purposes for the ensuing id months .

Craft Masonry.

Craft Masonry .

York Lodge , No . 236 . The regular meeting of this lodge was held on Monday evening , the 15 th instant , when the following brethren were present : Bros . Edwd . S . Robinson , W . M . ; O G Taylor , S . W . ; J . S . Shannon , J . W . j G . Potter-Kirby . Treas . j T . C . Thomp ' sjn , Sec ; A . G . Rayner , S . D . ; F . W . Cull , S . D . ; J . H . Wray , I . G . ; Watson Hirst D . of C . ; D . C . Larg and H . H . Burrow , Stwds . ; J . Hall , Tyler ; W . S . Laley , Asst . Tvler ; . / . A . Askew , I . P . M . ; M . Bryson , P . M . ; A . Procter , P . M . ; H . Foster , P . M . ; F . A . Camidge , T . ParkerW . H . HumphreysG . H . OsbornG

, , , . Sharp , G . Sykes , J . B . Inglis , H . A . Philips , J . H . Hastings , N . T . Crombie , A . McLaurie , H . D . Thompson , and S . Needham . By the invitation of the York Lodge the following brethren of Eboracum Lodge , No . 1611 , York : Bros . B . Kilvirunon W . M . ; C . Garrod , S . W . ; H . L . Challenger , J . W . ; T . Welburn , S . D . ; | . S . Spetcb , P . M . ; F . H . Vaughan , P . M . ; E . Lansdowne , C . Pinder , J . W . Dixon , E . Tilke , R . H . iWisker , J . Kay , J . Mais , and C . A . Pflueer , Sec . There were also present the following visiting brethren : Bros . Capt . D . Grant , 972 ; E . G . Parker , 1045 , P . P . S . G . D . ; and H . Lane Smith , 1001 .

The lodge was opened , and the minutes read by the Secretary , and confirmed . A successful ballot was taken for Mr . Leonard Procter , who was initiated by his brother , Bro . Alfred Procter , tbe J . W . presenting the working tools , and the charge being ably and impressively given by the W . M . Bro . F . A . Camidge was then passed to the F . C . Degree by the W . M ., the J . W . presenting the working tools . The Secretary afterwards directed the attention of the lodge to a communication received at a previous lodge from the York Lodge , No . 197 , New York City , which ran as follows :

"Preambleand Resolution adopted at a stated Communication of York Lodge , No . 197 , Free and Accepted Masons , Masonic Hall , New York City , February Sth , IOUI A . L . 5901 . " Whereas in the Providence of God , and in the course of wise nature Victoria , the noUe Queen of Great Britain , has entered into rest after a reign of unpreceJent . d > splendour and progress , and of unexampled purity and justice , wherein doth repose tha