Occurrences Of The Year.

? 7- —Second Annual Festival at Hull of the North and East Yorkshire Masonic Educational Fund : Bro . ] . W . Woodall , P . G . Treas ., Chairman : proceeds £ 500 . Meeting at Carnarvon of the Provincial Grand Chapter of North Wales : By-laws adopted . 28 . —Installation at Exeter of Bro . the Hon . Sir Stafford Northcote , M . P ., as Prov . Grand Mark Master of Devonshire .

30 . —Half-yearly Meeting at Workington of the Provincial Grand Lodge , and Annual Meeting of the Provincial Grand Chapter of Cumberland and Westmorland . Consecration by Comp . G . J . McKay , Prov . G . S . E ., of the Sun and Sector Chapter , No . 962 , Workington : Comp . J . Paterson first M . E . Z . Annual Meeting of the District Grand Lodge of the Eastern Archipelago .

JUNE . 3 . —Mark Grand Lodge meets for the first time in its New Hall , Great Queen-street . Annual Meeting at Cambridge of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of East Anglia .

Annual Meeting at Saltan Bridge of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Lincolnshire . 4 . —Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge Bro . Walkem , Grand Master of Canada , present . Distribution of Prizes in the Leinster Hall to the

Pupils of the Masonic Orphan Schools , Dublin . Consecration by Bro . A . Keith of the Pretoria Celtic Lodge , No . 770 ( S . C . ) : Bro . A . Newman first W . M . 7 . —General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . 8 . —Masonic Service in St . Giles's Cathedral , Edinburgh . 11 . —Committee of Management Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution .

14 . —Annual Meeting at Enfield of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Middlesex . 18 . —Board of Benevolence : 20 cases relieved with £ 600 . Memorial-stone of Masonic and Public Institute at Buckie laid by Bro . J . Berry , Provincial Grand Master of Forfarshire . Grand Festival of the Order of the Secret Monitor .

19 . —Consecration by Bro . Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Secretary , of the Cornish Lodge , No . 2369 : Bro . Nicholas J . West first W . M . Priory of the Knights of Malta at Glasgow consecrated by Sir Knight Mackersy : Sir Knight E . Macbean first Preceptor . Meeting at Southwell of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Nottinghamshire : Consecration of St . Mary ' s

Lodge , No . 2302 , Bro . J . Townson first W . M . 21 . —Consecration by Bro . W . Goodacre , P . G . S . B ., Prov . Grand Sec West Lancashire , of the Doric Lodge , No . 2359 , Didsbury : Bro . G . S . Smith first W . M . Bro . Sir H . A . Isaacs , Lord Mayor of London , and Bros . Sir J . Monckton and Sheriff Harris affiliated members of Lodge of Edinburgh ( Mary ' s Chapel ) ,

No . 1 . _ - Annual Meeting , at Hampton Court , of the Provincial Grand Chapter of Middlesex . 23 . —Presentation of Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter Clothing to Bro . W . F . Smithson , Junior Grand Deacon of England . 24 . —Annual Meeting of the Provincial { Grand Lodge of Middlesex and Surrey . 25 . —Consecration by Bro . J . D . Murray of the Royal Ark

Mariners Lodge , No . 36 , Barrow : Bro . W . H . G . Smith first W . M . Consecration by Bro . the Earl of Euston , Deputy Grand Mark Master , of the Grafton Mark Lodge , No . 415 : Bro . Beveridge first W . C . N . 26 . —Inauguration , at Hobart Town , of the Grand Lodge of Tasmania : Bro . the Rev . R . D . Powlett-Harris first M . W . G . M .

27 . —Consecration by Bro . C F . Matier , Grand Secretary , of the Bisley Mark Lodge , No . 407 : Bro . the Rev . J . CatesfirstW . M . 28 . —Death of Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon , Pro G . M ., Prov . G . M . of Somersetshire . Consecration by Bro . C F . Matier , Grand Secretary , of the St . Nicholas Mark Lodge , No . 413 , Harwich Bro . R . Clowes first W . M .

JULY . 1 . —Distribution of Prizes at the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , Wood Green . Special Meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of North Connaught at Carrick-on-Shannon to welcome

Bro . Surgeon Parke on his return from Africa . Annual Meeting , at Belvidere , of thejDivisional Grand Conclave of Kent . 2 . —The 92 nd Anniversary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys : Bro . Lord G . Hamilton , M . P ., S . G . W ., Chairman : proceeds £ 9750 . Presentation of Address and Grand Lodge Clothing to Bro . R . C . Sudlow , G . Std . Br . 3 . —Annual Meeting at Leicester of the Provincial Grand

Mark Lodge of Leicestershire , Derbyshire , & c Annual Meeting at Newport of the ,, Provincial Grand Lodge of Monmouthshire . 7 . —Consecration by Bro . E . H . Cookson , P . S . G . W . West Lancashire , of the Victoria Lodge . No . 2360 , Southport : Bro . J . Kilby first W . M . 9 . —Consecration by Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec ,

of the Bloomsbury Rifles Lodge , No . 2362 : Bro . Chas . Scott first W . M . Annual Meeting at Malton of the Provincial Grand Lodge of North and East Yorkshire . 10 . —Annual Meeting at Ashford of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Kent . ti . —Annual Meeting at Manchester of the Provincial

Grand Lodge of the Royal Order of Scotland for Lancashire and Cheshire . 12 . —Election of Bro . J . M . McLeod as Secretary Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , vice Bro . F . Binckes , retired on a gratuity of £ 2500 . 15 . —Special Meeting of the Anglo-American Lodge , No . 21 9 1 , to welcome Bro . Vrooman , G . M . of New York .

Special Meeting at Highbridge of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Somersetshire : Resolutiou of sympathy at death of the Earl of Carnarvon , P . G . M . 16 . —Consecration by Bro . C . F . Matier , G . Sec , of the Remigius Royal Ark Mariners Lodge , No . 117 , Lincoln : Bro . H . E . Cousens first W . C . N . Annual Meeting at Whitehaven of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland !

Occurrences Of The Year.

16 . —Annual Meeting of the Grand Priory of Canada ; Address by Frater Col . McLeod Moore , Supreme Grand Master . 17 . —Bro . J . Ross Robertson elected Grand Master of Canada , province of Ontario . 18 . —Consecration by Bro . Col Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec , of the Cricklewood Lodge , No . 2361 : Bro . James

Willing , ; un ., first W . M . Consecration by Bro . C . F . Matier , G . Sec , of the Ubique Mark Lodge , No . 411 : Bro . Major J . T . Ritchie , R : A ., first W . M . Annual Meeting at Bury St . Edmunds of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Suffolk .

Annual Meeting at Abingdon of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Berks and Oxon . 21 . —Consecration by Comp . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Scribe E ., of the Ubique Chapter , No . 1 7 S 9 : Comp . Major J . T . Ritchie first M . E . Z . 22 . —Annual Meeting at Guildford of the Provincial Grand

Lodge and Provincial Grand Chapter of Surrey . Annual Meeting at Bridport of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Dorsetshire . 23 . —Festival of the Mark Benevolent Fund : Bro . the Earl of Euston , D . G . M ., in thechair : proceeds £ 2354 . Annual Meeting at Durham of the Provincial Grand Chapter of Durham .

Board of Benevolence : 25 cases relieved with £ 515 . 25 . —Annual Meeting at Berkhampstead of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Hertfordshire . Consecration by Comp . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Scribe E ., of the Covent Garden Chapter , No . 1614 : Comp . S . Hewett first M . E . Z . Annual Meeting at Richmond of the Provincial Priory

of Kent and Surrey . Quarterly General Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . 26 . —Quarterly General Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . 2 S . —Annual Meeting at Ryde of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Hants and the Isle of Wight .

30 . —Annual Meeting at Walton-on-Naze of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Essex . Death of Bro . W . H . Perryman , Past G . P . Consecration by Bro . H . C . Okeover , P . J . G . W . England , D . P . G . M . Derbyshire , of the Chantrey Lodge , No . 2355 , Dore : Bro . W . Boden first W . M . 31 . —Annual Meeting at Weymouth of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Dorsetshire .

AUGUST . 1 . —Death of Bro . Robert Collins , P . M . 320 . 4 . —Meeting at Melbourne of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria : Adoption of Book of Constitutions . 5 . —Consecration by Bro . J . M . Shields , Past Dist . G . W . Bombay , of the Royal Connaught Lodge , No . 2377 , Akmedagar : Bro . Surgeon Maunsell first W . M .

6 . —Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter . Consecration by Bro . Lord Egerton of Tatton , P . G . M . Cheshire , of the Alan Lodge , No . 236 S , Alderley : Bro . the Hon . Alan de T . Egerton , M . P ., first W . M . 7 . —Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge of Scotland : Union accepted with Lodge St . John of Melrose . 0 . —Adjourned General Committee of the Royal Masonic

Institution for Boys : Bro . McLeod enters on his duties as Secretary . 20 . —Board of Benevolence : 6 cases relieved with £ 125 . 26 . —Annual Meeting at Beaminster of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Dorsetshire . 31 . —Leicestershire brethren attend Divine service at Leicester to commemorate Centenary of St . John ' s Lodge , No . 279 .

SEPTEMBER . 1 . —Death of Bro . Col . McLeod Moore , Supreme Grand Master of the Knights Templar of Canada . 3 . —Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge Grand Lodge of Tasmania recognised , but recognition refused to Grand Lodge of New Zealand : Bro . C . P . McCalla , G . M . Pennsylvania , Bro . I . Ross

Robertson , G . M . Canada , and Bro . Horner , Past G . M . Louisiana , present . 4 . —Emergency Meeting of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 , to receive Bros . McCalla , Ross Robertson , and Horner . 6 . —General Committee of the R . M . Institution for Boys . 10 . —The King-Harman Memorial Hall at Longford

dedicated by Bro . the Marquis of Headfort , Prov . G . M . of Meath . Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . 11 . —Funeral of Bro . the Earl of Rosslyn , Past G . M . of Scotland . Annual Meeting at Plymouth of the Provincial Grand

Lodge of Devon . Annual Meeting at Cadoxton of the Provincial Grand Lodge of South Wales ( Eastern Division ) : Consecration of the Barry Lodge , No . 2357 : Bro . G . Thomas first W . M . 16 . —Consecration at Deptford by Bro . the Rev . Thos . Robinson , M . A ., Prov . G . M . M . of Kent , of the

Royal Oak Mark Lodge , No . 416 : Bro . J . j . Pakes first W . M . _ 17 . —Annual Meeting at Stockport of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cheshire . Board of Benevolence : 17 cases relieved with ^ , 360 . Quarterly Convocation of the Supreme Grand Chapter of Scotland .

21 . —Annual Meeting at Glasgow of the Grand Encampment of the Order of the Temple , Scotland . 23 . —Annual Meeting at Helston of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall . 24 . —Annual Meeting at Cardiff of the . Provincial Grand

Mark Lodge of South Wales . 25 . —Consecration by Bro . C . F . Matier of the St . Martin's Mark Lodge , No . 414 , Alfreton : Bro . A . Schofield first W . M .

Consecration by Bro . the Earl of Euston , Prov . G . M . Northants and Hunts , of the New Masonic Hall at Northampton . 26 . —Annual Meeting at Penrith of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland . 27 . —Annual Meeting at Hull of the Provincial Priory of North and East Yorkshire . Foundation-stone of St . Peter ' s Cathedral , Adelaide , laid with Masonic Ceremonial by Bro . the Earl of Kintore , M . W . G . M . South Australia .

Occurrences Of The Year.

29 . —Consecration by Bro . T . F . Halsey , Prov . G . M . Herts , of the James Terry Lodge , No . 2372 , Cheshunt Bro . James Terry , P . G . S . B ., first W . M . Annual Meeting at Leamington of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire . Annual Meeting at Weston-super-Mare of the Provincial Grand Chapter of Somersetshire . 30 . —Annual Meeting at Stockton of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Durham .

OCTOBER . 1 . —Annual Meeting at Preston of the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire . Concert at Ederney under the patronage of Bro . Sir John M . Stewart , Bart ., P . G . M . _ Tyrone and Fermanagh , and Lodge No . S 19 , in aid of the Masonic Schools at Dublin .

4 . —General Committee of the Royal Masonic ^ Institution for Boys . Foundation-stone of a Masonic Hall , Moss Vale , New South Wales , laid by Bro . Lord Carrington , M . W . G . M . New South Wales . S . —Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution .

Annual Meeting at Worcester of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Worcestershire . 9 . —Centenary Celebration of the Worcester Lodge , No . 2 S 0 . Visit of Bro . Lord Mayor Sir H . A . Isaacs and the Lady Mayoress to the Royal Masonic Institution . for Girls at Battersea Rise .

14 . —Annual Meeting at Lewes of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Sussex . 15 . —Annual Meeting at Leicester of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Leicestershire and Rutland . Meeting at Halifax of the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire . Adjourned General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys .

iS . —Consecration by Bro . Sir H . Lloyd , Q . C , D . P . G . M . Cheshire , of the Hildre Lodge , No . 2375 , Hoylake : Bro . C . S . Dean first W . M . 20 . —Annual Meeting at Oxford of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Oxfordshire . 21 . —Annual Meeting at Durham of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Northumberland and Durham .

22 . —Board of Benevolence : 37 cases relieved with £ 782 . 23 . —Installation by Bro . Sir A . C . Campbell , Bart ., M . P ., M . W . G . M . Scotland , of Bro . Sir H . MacAndrew as P . G . M . Invernesshire and Bro . Sir Hector Monro as P . G . M Ross and Cromarty . 24 . —Annual Meeting at Eastbourne of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex .

Foundation-stone of the Approach Tower , Douglas , Isle of Man , laid with Masonic Ceremonial by Bro . the Earl of Lathom , Deputy G . M . 25 . —Annual Meeting at Southampton of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Hants and the Isle of Wight . 27 . —Annual Meeting at Dungannon of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Tyrone and Fermanagh .

28 . —Annual Meeting at Yeovil of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Somersetshire . 29 . —Annual Meeting at Sheffield of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of West Yorkshire . 30 . —Annual Meeting at Stockport of the Provincial Grand

Chapter of Cheshire . 31 . —Funeral of Bro . the Rev . J . E . Cox , D . D ., Past G . Chaplain . Quarterly General Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys : New Laws approved : 19 candidates elected from a list of 53 .

NOVEMBER . 1 . —Quarterly General Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls : 16 candidates elected from a list of 31 : General Committee of theRoyal Masonic Institution for Boys . 5 . —Quarterly Convocatiou of Supreme Grand Chapter .

6 . —Annual Meeting at Clevedon of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Somersetshire . Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge of Scotland . 7 . —Meeting at Dewsbury of the Provincial Grand Chapter of West Yorkshire . S .- —Consecration by Comp . Philbrick , O . C ., G . Supt .

Essex , of the Warner Chapter , No . 2136 : Comp . W Shurmur first M . E . Z . Consecration by Bro . Raymond H . Thrupp , D . P . G . M , Middlesex , of the Bushey Park Lodge , No . 23 S 1 , Hampton Court : Bro . W . H . Lee first W . M . 11 . —Centenary Celebration of St . John ' s Lodge , No . 279 , Leicester .

12 . —Committee of Management of _ , the Royal Masonic benevolent Institution . Lecture by Bro . R . F . Gould , P . G . D ., at the Wakefield Masonic Literary Society . 13 . —Meeting at Weston-super-Mare of the Provincial Priory of Somersetshire and Monmouthshire . Annual Meeting at Teignmouth of the Provincial

Grand Chapter of Devonshire . iS . —Centenary Celebration of St . Paul's Lodge , No . 194 . 19 . —Board of Benevolence : 34 cases relieved with £ 925 . Annual Meeting at Cambridge of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cambridgeshire . 20 . —Consecration by Bro . Colonel F . R . Sewell , D . P . G . Mark Master of Cumberland and Westmorland , of

the Collin Royal Ark Manners Lodge , No . 151 , Maryport : Bro . P . de E . Collin first W . C . N . 21 . —Bazaar open at Aberdeen and on following day in aid of the Scottish Masonic Fund of Benevolence : proceeds over £ 1500 .

24 . —Consecration by Bro . Lord Brooke , M . P ., P . G . M . Essex , of the William Shurmur Lodge , No . 2374 , Chingford : Bro . W . Shurmur first W . M . 25 . —Consecration at Hay by Bro . Marmaduke Tennant , D . P . G . M . South Wales ( Eastern Division ) , of the Loyal Hay Lodge , No . 23 S 2 : Bro . John Tudor first

W . M . 27 . —Presentation by the Duke of Connaught Lodge , No . 1524 , to Bro . W . H . Lee , P . P . G . D . Middlesex . 28 . —Consecration by Comp . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., G . S . Hants and the Isle of Wight , of the St . Clair Chapter , No . 2072 , Landport : Comp . W . H . C St . Clair , R . N ., first M . E . Z .