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and all similar documents should be entered in a book kept by the Secretary . Such were the recommendations embodied in this report , and it is not to be denied that they testified to a desire on the part of the Committee to fulfil conscientious ! } ' the purposes for which they had been appointed . The report was ordered to be printed , and at a Special Meeting , convened for the purpose of considering it , on the 14 th May following , a series of resolutions embodying all its material suggestions was adopted .
But great as was the improvement effected by these changes , the Executive was not satisfied , and in October , 1850 , it was resolved that " A Committee be appointed to inquire and report to this Court whether any and what means can be adopted to extend the benefits and advance the interests of this Charity , " thc following influential brethren being elected toscrveon itthree to form a quorum—namely , Bros . B . B . Cabbell ( Treasurer ); R . G . Alston , VV . T . Adrian , George Barrett , J . Barnes , Rev . J . E . Cox , G .
Chap ., Alex . Dobie , P . G . M . Surrey , and G . Reg . ; J . C . Fourdrinier ( Auditor ); R . H . Giraud ( Hon . Solicitor ); Lieut . Hill , R . N ., Thomas Pryer , E . H . Patten , P . G . S . B . ; Thomas Waring ( Auditor ); W . H . White , G . Sec ; and C . H . Winfield . This Committee at once set to work most vigorously , and , under the able guidance of Bro . R . G . Alston as their Chairman , very soon had their views set forth as to what could and should be done in a full and able Report , which is reproduced in its
entirety in the Appendix . The idea of erecting or renting a Schoolroom was rejected on the ground that it would require an income of at least £ 1500 , but a variety of measures were recommended which would , and undoubtedly did , have the effect of extending the benefits of the Charity , increased sums being allowed for thc Education and Clothing of thc children , the character of the education itself being also improved , and competition among the pupils still further encouraged by a more extensive
award of prizes . Greater care was also taken in the selection of the Schoolmasters , while in respect of London it was , as far as possible , marked out into districts , in -. each of which a centrally-situated School was assigned to the boys resident therein . It was estimated that the increased outlay rendered necessary by these arrangements would amount to £ 315 , and it was confidently asserted that there would bc no difficulty in providing for
this additional charge on the resources of the Charity . We are convinced that a bolder would also have been the belter policy to propose , but if the Charity was to be continued on the same lines as before , we are ready to concede that the suggestions contained in the Report were as nearly perfect as thc character of the Institution would allow . At all events , the Governors and Subrcribcrs accepted them unhesitatingly , and arrangements were made for carrying them into effect from Lady Day , 1851 .
Kss ?" probabIe that , having regard to the funds at the disposal of the Charity , considerable difficulties would have been experienced in framing a better or more workable series of resolutions than those proposed by the Special Committee , of which Bro . R . G . Alston was thc Chairman , and which were accepted by the Governors and Subscribers so promptly . But it is clear that every step taken in the direction of extending the usefulness of the Institution only served to make it more and more apparent that no
arrangements that could be devised for this purpose would be deemed permanently satisfactory which did not include a provision forthe establishment of a school building , in which the boys received into the Charity might be lodged as well as clothed and educated . Hence the ink of Bro . Alston ' s report had hardly had time to dry when a renewed agitation set in with a view to obtaining school premises suitable for the requirements of the Institution . It has been stated that the improvements submitted by Bro . Alston ' s
Committee were to take effect from Lady Day , 1851 . In the minutes of the Committee Meeting held on the 6 th December following , under the presidency of the same Bro . R . G . Alston , wc are informed that " the Chairman reported that having submitted to thc consideration of the President the necessity of certain alterations being made in the manner of dispensing the benefits of the Institution , and also the propriety of increasing them , he
had the gratification to say that , in a conversation he had had with the President , his lordship had expressed his acquiescence in the alterations proposed , and given his full sanction to the measures . " No sooner was this announcement made—from which , by the way , it is clear that Lord Zetland was actuated by no such fear of the consequences as his Royal predecessor in the event of a schoolhouse being built or erected—than the following resolutions were drawn up and adopted unanimously , namely * .
That it is essent al to the future prosperity and usefulness of this Institution to take measures for adding to its existing ; system an establishment for the maintenance , as well as education , of thc sons of indigent and deceased Freemasons . That it is a fundamental principle of this Institution that its benefits shall be extended to the children of al * . brethren under thc Constitution of England , without anv distinction
arising from religious belief or other cause , and that therefore , under all circumstances , the benefits offered by the existing system of the Institution shall be continued to thc children of brethren who , for good and sufficient reasons , may object to their being placed in an establishment . That immediately after these resolutions shall have been confirmed , three Trustees be elected , to be called Trustees of the Building Fund .
That in the present and every future year , at the period when the annual accounts of the Institution are made up , the surplus of income over expenditure , if any exist , shall be divided into two equal portions — one-half to be invested as heretofore for the General Fund of thc Institution , the other half to be paid to the Trustees of the Building Fund . fa
That the Trustees shall immediately invest in the Public Funds all sums thus paid into their hands , together with the dividends which shall from time to time accrue on the stock thus purchased , until a sufficient fund shall be accumulated for the purchase of suitable premises or for the purchase of land and erection of a School , subject , however , in either respect to the directions of the General Court . That the accounts of the Building Fund shall be examined by the Auditors , and published with the annual accounts .
The foregoing resolutions were ultimately adopted , wilh some slight modifications of no very material account , and on 6 th March , 1852 , a draft report ( copy of which will be found in the Appendix ) showing the then state of the Institution was submitted , adopted , and ordered to be circulated . In April , Bros , the Earl of Yarborough , B . B . Cabbell , Samuel Scott , and R . G . Alston were appointed Trustees of the Building Fund , and it was resolved " That donations and subscriptions be received in aid of the
Building Fund from any present or future Life Governor of the Institution , and that annual subscriptions for the same Fund be in like manner received from any present or future Lifo or Annual Subscriber lo the General Fund of the Institution ; and that all sums thus given in aid of the Building shall entitle the Donors to the same number of votes as if given to the General
Fund . " On the same occasion a letter from the Treasurer was read to the effect that he had opened a Building Fund Account at the bankers of thc Institution , and in July wc read of the first purchase of Stock— £ 535 Three per Cent . Consols—having been made in respect of this Fundfthe Stock standing to the credit of the General Fund at the time being ^ 10 , 700 New 3 i per Cents . In March , 1853 , it was announced that a sum of £ 500 , which
History Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
had been voted by Grand Lodge the December previous as a Sustentation of Building Fund , had just been confirmed , and the Committee in referring to the subject in their annual report took occasion to point out as a consequence not only that " a large and substantial benefit " was thus ensured to the Institution , but that they felt likewise that such "formal sanction of the principle adopted by the Charity" gave a " moral support , " which was
" yet more valuable , " and for which they desired to offer their most grateful thanks "to the Most Worshipful Grand Master and the United Grand Lodge . " In April , 1 S 54 , when Bro . Alexander Dobie was elected a Trustee in place of Bro . AIston , and a transfer of the Building Fund lo the new Trustees became necessary , the amount of Stock thus transferred was £ 1100 . In August of the same year , a letter from the Grand Secretary was read to the
effect that a grant towards it of £ 350 had been voted by Grand Lodge , and , other investments having been made in the interval , Bro . Cabbell , as Treasurer , found himself in February , 1855 , > n ¦ *" - position lo announce that the Fund had then increased to £ 2000 Three per Cent . Consols . From time to time other additions were made , the most considerable being a further and very handsome contribution by Grand Lodge of £ 1000 , lor which the
Governors expressed their most cordial thanks . This was reported in November , 1 S 56 , and a Building Committee , consisting of Bros . B . B . Cabbell , M . P ., as Treasurer for the lime being , G . Barrett , John Hervey , J . S . S . Hopwood , Potter , Edward Roberts , Charles Robinson , and John Symonds , having been appointed in October , 1 S 55 , with full authority " to take such steps as they may deem necessary for carrying out the objects which the
Governors of the Institution have in view , subject to the sanction of the General Committee , which may be convened at any time for that purpose by the Chairman , " and having fulfilled as far as possible their instructions , they were "empowered to negotiate on the basis of the terms offered by thc vendors for the purchase of the property known as Lordship Lodge , Tottenham , " a certificate having been furnished by Bro . G . R . Rowe , M . D ., as
to the sanitary fitness of the locality . This was done forthwith j a sum of £ 350 , being 10 per cent , of the purchase money , was paid to the vendors as a deposit , and the legal transfer of the property to the Institution having been made , the balance of £ 3150 was paid by the Treasurer , Bro . Cabbell , on the 26 th December , 1856 , the Building Fund Account , however , having to be very largely overdrawn in order to enable him to complete the transaction . Thus , after the lapse of over 58 years from the foundation of thc
Institution , after having had to encounter many difficulties , and in spite of the most determined opposition from brethren in high quarters , thc Governors had at length the supreme satisfaction of possessing school premises of their own , in which to carry out their plans for thc support and improved education of the children placed under their care , or al least of those amongst them whose parents or guardians were willing they should be lodged away from home . ( To be continued ) .
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
THE ANNUAL FETE AT WOOD GREEN . It seldom happens in this country that we are as fortunate in the weather as we were on Thursday , the day appointed for the annual visit of the Festival Stewards and their friends to our Masonic Institution at Wood Green , the distribution of prizes , and the sport and pastimes which have latterly become a part of the accustomed proceedings . As a consequence of this exceptional condescension on the part of the clerk of the weather in thus favouring the visitors of the Boys' School with plenty of bright warm
sunshine , pleasantly tempered by a gentle breeze , there was an exceptionally strong muster of the brethren ; and the fair sex , who long to grace these occasions by their presence , were as formidable in numbers as they were fascinating , both by reason of their natural graces and the brilliancy of their toilettes . Owing to the multiplicity of his engaments , the Lord Mayor , who , as President ol the Festival , should have occupied the chair , was
unable lo bc present . However , everything passed off most satisfactorily . Thc boys performed their part admirably , the acting and part singing showing great care in the preparation , both on the part of the coachesif , we may be allowed to use so irreverent a term—and themselves . The sports were held towards the close of thc proceedings , so that we must reserve our account till next week , but the following will be found to be a correct list of the prizes awarded for school work : —
PRIZES PRESENTED BY THE INSTITUTION . .. FIRST CLASS . —Scripture , 1 , R . J . Warner . Latin , 1 , F . Smith ; 2 , J . VV . Hurst ( for progress ) . French , 1 , W . R . Cooper ; 2 , R . R . Riley ( for progress ) . English , 1 , G . Mey . Mathematics , 1 , A . Salter ; 2 , H . Bingham ( forprogress ) . General Improvement , 1 , R . P . F . Deeley ; 2 , S . C . Roberts ( for progress ) . Certificate for Attention to Studies , 1 , R . J- Warner . SECOND CLASS . —Latin , 1 , H . R . Hounslow . French and German , 1 , W . R . Roberts . Arithmetic , 1 , C . B . Sharp . General Improvement . 1 , I . Lawrdon .
THIRD CLASS . —Latin , 1 , . J . Hogg . French and German , 1 , G . B . Brooks . English , 1 , VV . R . Watson . Mathematics , 1 , R . A . Grave . FOURTH CLASS . —Latin , 1 , C . P . O'Doherty . French , 1 , F . Lucas . English , 1 , W . Lucas . Arithmetic , I , G . Jones . FIFTH CLASS . —Latin , 1 , C . J . Crow . French , 1 , J . P . Templeman and W . I . Pringle . English , 1 , W . J . Williams . Mathematics , 1 , A . D . Ashdown and E . W . Sissons . SIXTH CLASS . —General Proficiency , 1 , W . E . Clark and VV . T . Hodge . SEVENTH C LASS . —General Proficiency , 1 , G . C . Willett and C . E . Stewart .
PRESENTED BY THE HOUSE COMMITTEE . ( SPECIAL PRIZES ) . Writing—1 , H . Bingham ; 2 , W . Smith . Dictation—1 , R . Warner ; 2 , R . P . F . Deeley . History—1 , H . Watkin ; 2 , G . Mey . Geography—1 , H . R . Watkin ; 2 , P . A . Gedge . Mental Arithmetic—1 , R . Warner ; 2 , G . May . Elocution—1 , W . Smith ; 2 , C . King . Good Behaviour and Attention to Studies—1 , William Sutton ; 2 , S . D . Carey . Efficiency as Teacher—1 , H . R . Watkin . Efficiency as Monitor—1 , H . Bingham ; ., J . Ward . Proficiency in Drill—1 , H . M . Fellows . The Band—1 , F . Smith , W . Brown , W . L . Garstin , and H . Bingham . PRESENTED BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE . The Band—I , H . R . Watkin ; 2 , VV . E . Roberts . Pianoforte—1 , W . J , Pringle .
PRESENTED BY PRIVATE DONORS . By Bro . Edgar Bowyer ( Vice-Patron)—Book-keeping—R . H . Nicholls . By Bro . G . Festa ( Vice-President)—Shorthand—R . H . Roberts . By Bro . Mauvietti—Mathematical Drawing—C . Allin . By Mr . Sylvester ( Drawing Master)—Etching—H . Bingham and Saville . Freehand —VV . R . Cooper . Mapping—H . King . Painting—C . Allin . Shading—C . J . John-Silver Medal for Good Conduct , presented by the Institution—Richard John Warner _
. . Canonbury Gold Medal , presented by the late Bro . Edward Cox , V . Pat . —Arthur John Chandler . Silver Watch and Chain for General Good Conduct , presented by thc Supreme Council , 33 , to a Pupil on leaving the Institutbr , —Hugh Robert Watkin . Silver Watch for Accuracy and Quickness in Commercial Arithmetic , presented by Bro . Charles Belton , V .-Pres . —Arthur Salter .
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History Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
and all similar documents should be entered in a book kept by the Secretary . Such were the recommendations embodied in this report , and it is not to be denied that they testified to a desire on the part of the Committee to fulfil conscientious ! } ' the purposes for which they had been appointed . The report was ordered to be printed , and at a Special Meeting , convened for the purpose of considering it , on the 14 th May following , a series of resolutions embodying all its material suggestions was adopted .
But great as was the improvement effected by these changes , the Executive was not satisfied , and in October , 1850 , it was resolved that " A Committee be appointed to inquire and report to this Court whether any and what means can be adopted to extend the benefits and advance the interests of this Charity , " thc following influential brethren being elected toscrveon itthree to form a quorum—namely , Bros . B . B . Cabbell ( Treasurer ); R . G . Alston , VV . T . Adrian , George Barrett , J . Barnes , Rev . J . E . Cox , G .
Chap ., Alex . Dobie , P . G . M . Surrey , and G . Reg . ; J . C . Fourdrinier ( Auditor ); R . H . Giraud ( Hon . Solicitor ); Lieut . Hill , R . N ., Thomas Pryer , E . H . Patten , P . G . S . B . ; Thomas Waring ( Auditor ); W . H . White , G . Sec ; and C . H . Winfield . This Committee at once set to work most vigorously , and , under the able guidance of Bro . R . G . Alston as their Chairman , very soon had their views set forth as to what could and should be done in a full and able Report , which is reproduced in its
entirety in the Appendix . The idea of erecting or renting a Schoolroom was rejected on the ground that it would require an income of at least £ 1500 , but a variety of measures were recommended which would , and undoubtedly did , have the effect of extending the benefits of the Charity , increased sums being allowed for thc Education and Clothing of thc children , the character of the education itself being also improved , and competition among the pupils still further encouraged by a more extensive
award of prizes . Greater care was also taken in the selection of the Schoolmasters , while in respect of London it was , as far as possible , marked out into districts , in -. each of which a centrally-situated School was assigned to the boys resident therein . It was estimated that the increased outlay rendered necessary by these arrangements would amount to £ 315 , and it was confidently asserted that there would bc no difficulty in providing for
this additional charge on the resources of the Charity . We are convinced that a bolder would also have been the belter policy to propose , but if the Charity was to be continued on the same lines as before , we are ready to concede that the suggestions contained in the Report were as nearly perfect as thc character of the Institution would allow . At all events , the Governors and Subrcribcrs accepted them unhesitatingly , and arrangements were made for carrying them into effect from Lady Day , 1851 .
Kss ?" probabIe that , having regard to the funds at the disposal of the Charity , considerable difficulties would have been experienced in framing a better or more workable series of resolutions than those proposed by the Special Committee , of which Bro . R . G . Alston was thc Chairman , and which were accepted by the Governors and Subscribers so promptly . But it is clear that every step taken in the direction of extending the usefulness of the Institution only served to make it more and more apparent that no
arrangements that could be devised for this purpose would be deemed permanently satisfactory which did not include a provision forthe establishment of a school building , in which the boys received into the Charity might be lodged as well as clothed and educated . Hence the ink of Bro . Alston ' s report had hardly had time to dry when a renewed agitation set in with a view to obtaining school premises suitable for the requirements of the Institution . It has been stated that the improvements submitted by Bro . Alston ' s
Committee were to take effect from Lady Day , 1851 . In the minutes of the Committee Meeting held on the 6 th December following , under the presidency of the same Bro . R . G . Alston , wc are informed that " the Chairman reported that having submitted to thc consideration of the President the necessity of certain alterations being made in the manner of dispensing the benefits of the Institution , and also the propriety of increasing them , he
had the gratification to say that , in a conversation he had had with the President , his lordship had expressed his acquiescence in the alterations proposed , and given his full sanction to the measures . " No sooner was this announcement made—from which , by the way , it is clear that Lord Zetland was actuated by no such fear of the consequences as his Royal predecessor in the event of a schoolhouse being built or erected—than the following resolutions were drawn up and adopted unanimously , namely * .
That it is essent al to the future prosperity and usefulness of this Institution to take measures for adding to its existing ; system an establishment for the maintenance , as well as education , of thc sons of indigent and deceased Freemasons . That it is a fundamental principle of this Institution that its benefits shall be extended to the children of al * . brethren under thc Constitution of England , without anv distinction
arising from religious belief or other cause , and that therefore , under all circumstances , the benefits offered by the existing system of the Institution shall be continued to thc children of brethren who , for good and sufficient reasons , may object to their being placed in an establishment . That immediately after these resolutions shall have been confirmed , three Trustees be elected , to be called Trustees of the Building Fund .
That in the present and every future year , at the period when the annual accounts of the Institution are made up , the surplus of income over expenditure , if any exist , shall be divided into two equal portions — one-half to be invested as heretofore for the General Fund of thc Institution , the other half to be paid to the Trustees of the Building Fund . fa
That the Trustees shall immediately invest in the Public Funds all sums thus paid into their hands , together with the dividends which shall from time to time accrue on the stock thus purchased , until a sufficient fund shall be accumulated for the purchase of suitable premises or for the purchase of land and erection of a School , subject , however , in either respect to the directions of the General Court . That the accounts of the Building Fund shall be examined by the Auditors , and published with the annual accounts .
The foregoing resolutions were ultimately adopted , wilh some slight modifications of no very material account , and on 6 th March , 1852 , a draft report ( copy of which will be found in the Appendix ) showing the then state of the Institution was submitted , adopted , and ordered to be circulated . In April , Bros , the Earl of Yarborough , B . B . Cabbell , Samuel Scott , and R . G . Alston were appointed Trustees of the Building Fund , and it was resolved " That donations and subscriptions be received in aid of the
Building Fund from any present or future Life Governor of the Institution , and that annual subscriptions for the same Fund be in like manner received from any present or future Lifo or Annual Subscriber lo the General Fund of the Institution ; and that all sums thus given in aid of the Building shall entitle the Donors to the same number of votes as if given to the General
Fund . " On the same occasion a letter from the Treasurer was read to the effect that he had opened a Building Fund Account at the bankers of thc Institution , and in July wc read of the first purchase of Stock— £ 535 Three per Cent . Consols—having been made in respect of this Fundfthe Stock standing to the credit of the General Fund at the time being ^ 10 , 700 New 3 i per Cents . In March , 1853 , it was announced that a sum of £ 500 , which
History Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
had been voted by Grand Lodge the December previous as a Sustentation of Building Fund , had just been confirmed , and the Committee in referring to the subject in their annual report took occasion to point out as a consequence not only that " a large and substantial benefit " was thus ensured to the Institution , but that they felt likewise that such "formal sanction of the principle adopted by the Charity" gave a " moral support , " which was
" yet more valuable , " and for which they desired to offer their most grateful thanks "to the Most Worshipful Grand Master and the United Grand Lodge . " In April , 1 S 54 , when Bro . Alexander Dobie was elected a Trustee in place of Bro . AIston , and a transfer of the Building Fund lo the new Trustees became necessary , the amount of Stock thus transferred was £ 1100 . In August of the same year , a letter from the Grand Secretary was read to the
effect that a grant towards it of £ 350 had been voted by Grand Lodge , and , other investments having been made in the interval , Bro . Cabbell , as Treasurer , found himself in February , 1855 , > n ¦ *" - position lo announce that the Fund had then increased to £ 2000 Three per Cent . Consols . From time to time other additions were made , the most considerable being a further and very handsome contribution by Grand Lodge of £ 1000 , lor which the
Governors expressed their most cordial thanks . This was reported in November , 1 S 56 , and a Building Committee , consisting of Bros . B . B . Cabbell , M . P ., as Treasurer for the lime being , G . Barrett , John Hervey , J . S . S . Hopwood , Potter , Edward Roberts , Charles Robinson , and John Symonds , having been appointed in October , 1 S 55 , with full authority " to take such steps as they may deem necessary for carrying out the objects which the
Governors of the Institution have in view , subject to the sanction of the General Committee , which may be convened at any time for that purpose by the Chairman , " and having fulfilled as far as possible their instructions , they were "empowered to negotiate on the basis of the terms offered by thc vendors for the purchase of the property known as Lordship Lodge , Tottenham , " a certificate having been furnished by Bro . G . R . Rowe , M . D ., as
to the sanitary fitness of the locality . This was done forthwith j a sum of £ 350 , being 10 per cent , of the purchase money , was paid to the vendors as a deposit , and the legal transfer of the property to the Institution having been made , the balance of £ 3150 was paid by the Treasurer , Bro . Cabbell , on the 26 th December , 1856 , the Building Fund Account , however , having to be very largely overdrawn in order to enable him to complete the transaction . Thus , after the lapse of over 58 years from the foundation of thc
Institution , after having had to encounter many difficulties , and in spite of the most determined opposition from brethren in high quarters , thc Governors had at length the supreme satisfaction of possessing school premises of their own , in which to carry out their plans for thc support and improved education of the children placed under their care , or al least of those amongst them whose parents or guardians were willing they should be lodged away from home . ( To be continued ) .
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
THE ANNUAL FETE AT WOOD GREEN . It seldom happens in this country that we are as fortunate in the weather as we were on Thursday , the day appointed for the annual visit of the Festival Stewards and their friends to our Masonic Institution at Wood Green , the distribution of prizes , and the sport and pastimes which have latterly become a part of the accustomed proceedings . As a consequence of this exceptional condescension on the part of the clerk of the weather in thus favouring the visitors of the Boys' School with plenty of bright warm
sunshine , pleasantly tempered by a gentle breeze , there was an exceptionally strong muster of the brethren ; and the fair sex , who long to grace these occasions by their presence , were as formidable in numbers as they were fascinating , both by reason of their natural graces and the brilliancy of their toilettes . Owing to the multiplicity of his engaments , the Lord Mayor , who , as President ol the Festival , should have occupied the chair , was
unable lo bc present . However , everything passed off most satisfactorily . Thc boys performed their part admirably , the acting and part singing showing great care in the preparation , both on the part of the coachesif , we may be allowed to use so irreverent a term—and themselves . The sports were held towards the close of thc proceedings , so that we must reserve our account till next week , but the following will be found to be a correct list of the prizes awarded for school work : —
PRIZES PRESENTED BY THE INSTITUTION . .. FIRST CLASS . —Scripture , 1 , R . J . Warner . Latin , 1 , F . Smith ; 2 , J . VV . Hurst ( for progress ) . French , 1 , W . R . Cooper ; 2 , R . R . Riley ( for progress ) . English , 1 , G . Mey . Mathematics , 1 , A . Salter ; 2 , H . Bingham ( forprogress ) . General Improvement , 1 , R . P . F . Deeley ; 2 , S . C . Roberts ( for progress ) . Certificate for Attention to Studies , 1 , R . J- Warner . SECOND CLASS . —Latin , 1 , H . R . Hounslow . French and German , 1 , W . R . Roberts . Arithmetic , 1 , C . B . Sharp . General Improvement . 1 , I . Lawrdon .
THIRD CLASS . —Latin , 1 , . J . Hogg . French and German , 1 , G . B . Brooks . English , 1 , VV . R . Watson . Mathematics , 1 , R . A . Grave . FOURTH CLASS . —Latin , 1 , C . P . O'Doherty . French , 1 , F . Lucas . English , 1 , W . Lucas . Arithmetic , I , G . Jones . FIFTH CLASS . —Latin , 1 , C . J . Crow . French , 1 , J . P . Templeman and W . I . Pringle . English , 1 , W . J . Williams . Mathematics , 1 , A . D . Ashdown and E . W . Sissons . SIXTH CLASS . —General Proficiency , 1 , W . E . Clark and VV . T . Hodge . SEVENTH C LASS . —General Proficiency , 1 , G . C . Willett and C . E . Stewart .
PRESENTED BY THE HOUSE COMMITTEE . ( SPECIAL PRIZES ) . Writing—1 , H . Bingham ; 2 , W . Smith . Dictation—1 , R . Warner ; 2 , R . P . F . Deeley . History—1 , H . Watkin ; 2 , G . Mey . Geography—1 , H . R . Watkin ; 2 , P . A . Gedge . Mental Arithmetic—1 , R . Warner ; 2 , G . May . Elocution—1 , W . Smith ; 2 , C . King . Good Behaviour and Attention to Studies—1 , William Sutton ; 2 , S . D . Carey . Efficiency as Teacher—1 , H . R . Watkin . Efficiency as Monitor—1 , H . Bingham ; ., J . Ward . Proficiency in Drill—1 , H . M . Fellows . The Band—1 , F . Smith , W . Brown , W . L . Garstin , and H . Bingham . PRESENTED BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE . The Band—I , H . R . Watkin ; 2 , VV . E . Roberts . Pianoforte—1 , W . J , Pringle .
PRESENTED BY PRIVATE DONORS . By Bro . Edgar Bowyer ( Vice-Patron)—Book-keeping—R . H . Nicholls . By Bro . G . Festa ( Vice-President)—Shorthand—R . H . Roberts . By Bro . Mauvietti—Mathematical Drawing—C . Allin . By Mr . Sylvester ( Drawing Master)—Etching—H . Bingham and Saville . Freehand —VV . R . Cooper . Mapping—H . King . Painting—C . Allin . Shading—C . J . John-Silver Medal for Good Conduct , presented by the Institution—Richard John Warner _
. . Canonbury Gold Medal , presented by the late Bro . Edward Cox , V . Pat . —Arthur John Chandler . Silver Watch and Chain for General Good Conduct , presented by thc Supreme Council , 33 , to a Pupil on leaving the Institutbr , —Hugh Robert Watkin . Silver Watch for Accuracy and Quickness in Commercial Arithmetic , presented by Bro . Charles Belton , V .-Pres . —Arthur Salter .