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IOHN J . M . BULT , J CASH TAILOR , l 4 o , FENCHURCH ST ., LONDON , E . C . TWO LEADING SPECIALITIESDRESS SUIT ( Satin Linings ) , £ 4 4 s . FROCK COAT ( Silk Faced ) & VEST , £ 3 3 s-The Largest Selection in the City of Scotch Tweed , Cheviot and Fancy Suitings .
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ESTABLISHED IS ?! . * W . MARTINDALE , •*•ENGRAVER AND WRITER . MEMORIAL BRASSES , A SPECIALITY . ,, CULLUM ST .. FENCHURCH ST .. CUV . K . C .
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THE EXMOOR MUSICAL SERVICES FOR CRAFT MASONRY . A SELECTION OF HYMNS , PSALMS , & c , WITH MUSICAL SETTINGS , COMPILED FOR THE USE OF THE EXMOOR LODGE , No . 2390 , BY BRO . T . H . ANDREW . LONDON : GEORGE KENNING , 16 & iCa , Great Queen Street , Lincoln's-Inn-Fields , W . C .
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QPIERS AND DOND'S CTORES ( NO TICKETS REQUIRED ) . ( J 1 EEN VICTORIA STREET , E . C . Opposite Blackfriars Station ( Dist . Ry . ) and St . Paul's Station ( L . C . and D . Ry . ) PRICE BOOK ( 1010 piste" ! , illis ' rated ) free on applica tion . FREE DELIVERY in Suburbs by our own Vans . LIBERAL TERMS FOR COUNTRY ORDERS , For full details see Price Book .
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ES'W^^^^ Iwewasonli rtnriSw ^ wBBWtfiSBSilli'OUM mr— a (« $ s SATURDAY , J 29 , 1901 .
Masonic Notes.
Masonic Notes .
The Earl of Lathom must have been highly gratified not onl y by the very cordial reception which he personall y met with at the hands of his West Lancashire brethren at the recent annual meeting of his Provincial
Masonic Notes.
Grand Lodge , but also with the evidence which was forthcoming on that occasion of the prosperous state of the Craft under his government . There was , to begin with , a very large attendance , an . d of the 127 lodges on the roll of the Province only one was unrepresented . The Provincial Grand Secretary was able
to report that all returns had been sent in and all dues paid , while the funds were in such a condition that before the meeting was over ; £ ioo was voted to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Families Association and 150 guineas to be apportioned equally among the Educa * tional , Hamer , and Alpass Institutions .
* # * The statistics furnished by Bro . W . Goodacre , P . G . S . B ., Prov . G . Secretary , show clearly enough how marvellous has been the progress made by Free masonry in this particular Province of West
Lancashire . In 18 75 the number of lodges on the roll was 69 , and the number of subscribing members 44 > being at the rate of nearly 64 per lodge . Ten years later the lodges had increased to 82 , and the roll of members to 4600 , the rate per lodge being a fraction
over 5 6 , so that while the number of lodges was greater , the averige lodge membership was reduced by eight . At the present time there are 127 lodges on the roll of the Province , with an aggregate subscribing
membership of 8500 , being at the rate of 67 per lodge . Thus , as Bro . Goodacre remarked , in the 15 years since 1885 West Lancashire can point to an increase of SS per cent , in the number of its lodges and of 85 per cent , in its roll of members .
* * Again as regards the Charitable Institutions which the Province maintains for the benefit of its own reduced or deceased members and their families . These are four in number , the oldest being the Educational ,
which 20 years ago had an income of £ 1280 , with invested funds amounting to , £ 15 , 900 , and was educating 93 children at a cost of £ 671 . Now its income is , or rather last year its income was , £ 3044 , its invested funds £ 25 , 600 , and it is educating 210
children at an annual cost of £ 15 80 . Thus , in this comparatively brief space of time , the income is between two and a half times as great , the invested capital has been increased by rather more than 60 per
cent ., while the number of children on the establishment , and the amount expended on their education , is considerably more than doubled . An Institution must be exceedingly well managed which can furnish such evidence of progress as is afforded by these statistics .
••* Ol the other Institutions , the Hamer , which provides grants and annuities for distressed brethren , had 15 j ears ago an annual income of £ 490 , and paid to distressed brethren £ 45 . Last year its income was
£ 1374 , and £ 408 was paid away in grants a » d annuities to 21 pocr Masons , while its invested capital was £ 6800 ; and the Alpass , which was founded in 1885 , had last year an income of . £ 3250 , and paid £ 1120 in grants and annuities to 70 widows , its invested of
capital being ^ 5900 . The Victoria Fund Benevolence , which was founded in 1897 as a memorial of the late Queen ' s Diamond Jubilee , for the purpose of benefiting those who were not eligible to receive the benefits of the Funds already existing , has also done some good
work . No particulars were given except that grants amounting to , £ 100 had been made to 13 daughters of Freemasons . With this information before us , we must not wonder that our strongest Province does not
always figure impressively in our Festival Returns . It gives to them largely when it does give , but it holds that its own poor brethren and their families have the first claim upon their benevolence . *
There is one other matter to which the Prov . Grand Secretary referred , namely , that the sum of £ 3500 had been raised for the Lathom Memorial Fund , that this sum had been allocated to the Benevolent Institutions of the Province and that presentations had been
granted by the Prov . Grand Master in return for the sums given . Thc announcement that such a sum had been raised as a memorial of the love and respect entertained for the late Earl of Lathom must have been particularly gratifying to his son , the present Earl and his father ' s successor in the Grand Mastership of
the Province . » •» The Rig ht Hon . the Earl of Warwick , Prov . Grand Master of Essex , has arranged that thc annual meeting
of his Provincial Grand Lodge shall take place at Loughtonon Thursday , the 18 th July . Full particulars as to the business that will come be ' ore the brethren , & c ., will be issued in due course .
Masonic Notes.
The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lod ge of the Isle of Man—the report of which we regret to say we are compelled to hold over till next week—was held on Tuesday , the 18 th instant , under the presidency of Bro . John A . Brown , Deputy Prov . Grand Master , Lord •Henniker , Prov . Grand Master , being
prevented at the last moment by the serious illness of his daughter from taking the chair . In the course of the proceedings , a vote of sympathy with his lordshi p on the recent death of his eldest son and the illness of his daughter was unanimously adopted . A resolution was also passed expressing deep regret at the death of
Bro . the Rev , Charles J . Martyn , M . A ., Past G . Chap ., Dep . P . G . M . Suffolk , who , in June of last year , had crossed over to the Island for the purpose of installing Lord Henniker as Prov . Grand Master . When our report appears it will be seen that the Province has fared well during the past year .
* It was a happy idea , that of the Empress Lodge , to hold a special meeting and banquet for the purpose of commemorating the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia , and , better still , the idea was as successfully carried out as it was happily conceived . It
is not often that the festive board of one of our lodges has been graced by the presence uf such distinguished brethren as the Lord High Chancellor of England , P . G . W . ; Sir John B . Monckton , P . G . W ., Town Clerk of , and Sir J . C . Dimsdale , Bart ., P . G . Treas , one of the M . Ps . lor , the City of London ; Sir
M . Bhownaggree , K . C . I . E ., a natire of India ; Viscount Templetown , S . G . W . of the Grand Lodges , of England and Ireland ; the Dist . G . Masters-of the Transvaal ( Bro . Geo . Richards ) ; and the Argentine Republic ( Bro . C . T . Mold ) j the Agents-General for Queensland , New South Wales , and South Australia ,
with representatives from Victoria , New Zealand , and other parts of the B . itish Empire . The Empress Lodge , which was founded only some half-dozen years since , has held many an important gathering under its banner , but it is doubtful if any of its previous functions will compare in importance with that
which took place at the Cafe Royal on the 13 th instant to celebrate what there is every reason to believe will be about the grandest event of our time in the annals of the British Empire . We congratulate the lodge on the brilliant success of its latest meeting , and trust its numbers may have many other
opportunities of rendering similar services to Freemasonry and the Empire . •1 For the second time our East Lancashire brethren have hel 1 a Festival in behalf of their Systematic Educational and Benevolent Institution . The first
was in 18 95 , under the presidency of their late lamented Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Col . Le Gendre N . Starkie , when a sum was raised amounting to about £ 4500 . The second was on Wednesday , ths 26 th instant , when the chair was taken by Col . Starkie ' s successor , Lord Stanley , M . P ., and the
Donations and Subscriptions amounted to £ 9379 . Thus the Province will be able , not only to strengthen its own Charitable Institution , but will also have the satisfaction of benefiting the Benevolent Institution , and at the same time commemorating the many and great services rendered to Freemasonry by the late Bro . Col . Starkie .
* * In the presence of a large gathering of brethren from all parts of the North of England , Bro . Lord Barnard was installed Prov . G . Master of Durham , in succession to our late Bro . Sir Hedworth Williamsoni
Bart . The ceremony was performed by Earl Amherst , M . W . Pro Grand Master ., assisted by other distinguished Masons . Afterwards the brethren proceeded to the Cathedral , where a service was held , and a sermon preached by the Rev . the Hon , G . H . F . Vane , brother of the new Prov . G . Master .
» •? The June number of the Canadian Craftsman has reached us within the last few days , and from its opening note we gather that with it our respected contemporary completes its 35 th volume , and at the same time the 35 th year of its long and useful career . In
congratulating the Craftsman on this auspicious event , we can say no more than we have said on many successive occasions before—that it is one of the best-edited and best-informed of our exchanges . Its articles are always well and carefully written , nor is there a
Masonic journal that we are acquainted with which is better able or more eager to promote the interests of Freemasonry . We trust that for many , many years we may enjoy the pleasure and privilege of perusing the pages of our enli g htened and enlightening Craftsman .
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Ad00903
IOHN J . M . BULT , J CASH TAILOR , l 4 o , FENCHURCH ST ., LONDON , E . C . TWO LEADING SPECIALITIESDRESS SUIT ( Satin Linings ) , £ 4 4 s . FROCK COAT ( Silk Faced ) & VEST , £ 3 3 s-The Largest Selection in the City of Scotch Tweed , Cheviot and Fancy Suitings .
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ESTABLISHED IS ?! . * W . MARTINDALE , •*•ENGRAVER AND WRITER . MEMORIAL BRASSES , A SPECIALITY . ,, CULLUM ST .. FENCHURCH ST .. CUV . K . C .
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THE EXMOOR MUSICAL SERVICES FOR CRAFT MASONRY . A SELECTION OF HYMNS , PSALMS , & c , WITH MUSICAL SETTINGS , COMPILED FOR THE USE OF THE EXMOOR LODGE , No . 2390 , BY BRO . T . H . ANDREW . LONDON : GEORGE KENNING , 16 & iCa , Great Queen Street , Lincoln's-Inn-Fields , W . C .
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QPIERS AND DOND'S CTORES ( NO TICKETS REQUIRED ) . ( J 1 EEN VICTORIA STREET , E . C . Opposite Blackfriars Station ( Dist . Ry . ) and St . Paul's Station ( L . C . and D . Ry . ) PRICE BOOK ( 1010 piste" ! , illis ' rated ) free on applica tion . FREE DELIVERY in Suburbs by our own Vans . LIBERAL TERMS FOR COUNTRY ORDERS , For full details see Price Book .
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ES'W^^^^ Iwewasonli rtnriSw ^ wBBWtfiSBSilli'OUM mr— a (« $ s SATURDAY , J 29 , 1901 .
Masonic Notes.
Masonic Notes .
The Earl of Lathom must have been highly gratified not onl y by the very cordial reception which he personall y met with at the hands of his West Lancashire brethren at the recent annual meeting of his Provincial
Masonic Notes.
Grand Lodge , but also with the evidence which was forthcoming on that occasion of the prosperous state of the Craft under his government . There was , to begin with , a very large attendance , an . d of the 127 lodges on the roll of the Province only one was unrepresented . The Provincial Grand Secretary was able
to report that all returns had been sent in and all dues paid , while the funds were in such a condition that before the meeting was over ; £ ioo was voted to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Families Association and 150 guineas to be apportioned equally among the Educa * tional , Hamer , and Alpass Institutions .
* # * The statistics furnished by Bro . W . Goodacre , P . G . S . B ., Prov . G . Secretary , show clearly enough how marvellous has been the progress made by Free masonry in this particular Province of West
Lancashire . In 18 75 the number of lodges on the roll was 69 , and the number of subscribing members 44 > being at the rate of nearly 64 per lodge . Ten years later the lodges had increased to 82 , and the roll of members to 4600 , the rate per lodge being a fraction
over 5 6 , so that while the number of lodges was greater , the averige lodge membership was reduced by eight . At the present time there are 127 lodges on the roll of the Province , with an aggregate subscribing
membership of 8500 , being at the rate of 67 per lodge . Thus , as Bro . Goodacre remarked , in the 15 years since 1885 West Lancashire can point to an increase of SS per cent , in the number of its lodges and of 85 per cent , in its roll of members .
* * Again as regards the Charitable Institutions which the Province maintains for the benefit of its own reduced or deceased members and their families . These are four in number , the oldest being the Educational ,
which 20 years ago had an income of £ 1280 , with invested funds amounting to , £ 15 , 900 , and was educating 93 children at a cost of £ 671 . Now its income is , or rather last year its income was , £ 3044 , its invested funds £ 25 , 600 , and it is educating 210
children at an annual cost of £ 15 80 . Thus , in this comparatively brief space of time , the income is between two and a half times as great , the invested capital has been increased by rather more than 60 per
cent ., while the number of children on the establishment , and the amount expended on their education , is considerably more than doubled . An Institution must be exceedingly well managed which can furnish such evidence of progress as is afforded by these statistics .
••* Ol the other Institutions , the Hamer , which provides grants and annuities for distressed brethren , had 15 j ears ago an annual income of £ 490 , and paid to distressed brethren £ 45 . Last year its income was
£ 1374 , and £ 408 was paid away in grants a » d annuities to 21 pocr Masons , while its invested capital was £ 6800 ; and the Alpass , which was founded in 1885 , had last year an income of . £ 3250 , and paid £ 1120 in grants and annuities to 70 widows , its invested of
capital being ^ 5900 . The Victoria Fund Benevolence , which was founded in 1897 as a memorial of the late Queen ' s Diamond Jubilee , for the purpose of benefiting those who were not eligible to receive the benefits of the Funds already existing , has also done some good
work . No particulars were given except that grants amounting to , £ 100 had been made to 13 daughters of Freemasons . With this information before us , we must not wonder that our strongest Province does not
always figure impressively in our Festival Returns . It gives to them largely when it does give , but it holds that its own poor brethren and their families have the first claim upon their benevolence . *
There is one other matter to which the Prov . Grand Secretary referred , namely , that the sum of £ 3500 had been raised for the Lathom Memorial Fund , that this sum had been allocated to the Benevolent Institutions of the Province and that presentations had been
granted by the Prov . Grand Master in return for the sums given . Thc announcement that such a sum had been raised as a memorial of the love and respect entertained for the late Earl of Lathom must have been particularly gratifying to his son , the present Earl and his father ' s successor in the Grand Mastership of
the Province . » •» The Rig ht Hon . the Earl of Warwick , Prov . Grand Master of Essex , has arranged that thc annual meeting
of his Provincial Grand Lodge shall take place at Loughtonon Thursday , the 18 th July . Full particulars as to the business that will come be ' ore the brethren , & c ., will be issued in due course .
Masonic Notes.
The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lod ge of the Isle of Man—the report of which we regret to say we are compelled to hold over till next week—was held on Tuesday , the 18 th instant , under the presidency of Bro . John A . Brown , Deputy Prov . Grand Master , Lord •Henniker , Prov . Grand Master , being
prevented at the last moment by the serious illness of his daughter from taking the chair . In the course of the proceedings , a vote of sympathy with his lordshi p on the recent death of his eldest son and the illness of his daughter was unanimously adopted . A resolution was also passed expressing deep regret at the death of
Bro . the Rev , Charles J . Martyn , M . A ., Past G . Chap ., Dep . P . G . M . Suffolk , who , in June of last year , had crossed over to the Island for the purpose of installing Lord Henniker as Prov . Grand Master . When our report appears it will be seen that the Province has fared well during the past year .
* It was a happy idea , that of the Empress Lodge , to hold a special meeting and banquet for the purpose of commemorating the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia , and , better still , the idea was as successfully carried out as it was happily conceived . It
is not often that the festive board of one of our lodges has been graced by the presence uf such distinguished brethren as the Lord High Chancellor of England , P . G . W . ; Sir John B . Monckton , P . G . W ., Town Clerk of , and Sir J . C . Dimsdale , Bart ., P . G . Treas , one of the M . Ps . lor , the City of London ; Sir
M . Bhownaggree , K . C . I . E ., a natire of India ; Viscount Templetown , S . G . W . of the Grand Lodges , of England and Ireland ; the Dist . G . Masters-of the Transvaal ( Bro . Geo . Richards ) ; and the Argentine Republic ( Bro . C . T . Mold ) j the Agents-General for Queensland , New South Wales , and South Australia ,
with representatives from Victoria , New Zealand , and other parts of the B . itish Empire . The Empress Lodge , which was founded only some half-dozen years since , has held many an important gathering under its banner , but it is doubtful if any of its previous functions will compare in importance with that
which took place at the Cafe Royal on the 13 th instant to celebrate what there is every reason to believe will be about the grandest event of our time in the annals of the British Empire . We congratulate the lodge on the brilliant success of its latest meeting , and trust its numbers may have many other
opportunities of rendering similar services to Freemasonry and the Empire . •1 For the second time our East Lancashire brethren have hel 1 a Festival in behalf of their Systematic Educational and Benevolent Institution . The first
was in 18 95 , under the presidency of their late lamented Prov . Grand Master , Bro . Col . Le Gendre N . Starkie , when a sum was raised amounting to about £ 4500 . The second was on Wednesday , ths 26 th instant , when the chair was taken by Col . Starkie ' s successor , Lord Stanley , M . P ., and the
Donations and Subscriptions amounted to £ 9379 . Thus the Province will be able , not only to strengthen its own Charitable Institution , but will also have the satisfaction of benefiting the Benevolent Institution , and at the same time commemorating the many and great services rendered to Freemasonry by the late Bro . Col . Starkie .
* * In the presence of a large gathering of brethren from all parts of the North of England , Bro . Lord Barnard was installed Prov . G . Master of Durham , in succession to our late Bro . Sir Hedworth Williamsoni
Bart . The ceremony was performed by Earl Amherst , M . W . Pro Grand Master ., assisted by other distinguished Masons . Afterwards the brethren proceeded to the Cathedral , where a service was held , and a sermon preached by the Rev . the Hon , G . H . F . Vane , brother of the new Prov . G . Master .
» •? The June number of the Canadian Craftsman has reached us within the last few days , and from its opening note we gather that with it our respected contemporary completes its 35 th volume , and at the same time the 35 th year of its long and useful career . In
congratulating the Craftsman on this auspicious event , we can say no more than we have said on many successive occasions before—that it is one of the best-edited and best-informed of our exchanges . Its articles are always well and carefully written , nor is there a
Masonic journal that we are acquainted with which is better able or more eager to promote the interests of Freemasonry . We trust that for many , many years we may enjoy the pleasure and privilege of perusing the pages of our enli g htened and enlightening Craftsman .