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GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY . —Established 1837 . Chief Office—103 , Cannon-street , London , E . C . Capital . £ 1 , 000 , 000 Funds in hand 1 , 200 , 000 Total income exceeds 33 S , ooo Chairman-Sir ANDREW LUSK , Bart . Life , Fire , Mortgages , Annuities . Life Policies indisputable after being in force five years . Immediate payment of claims on proof of death and title . Fire Insurances accepted at equitable rates . HENRY WARD . Secretary and Manager .

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ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY , LIMITED . 10 , ST . SWITHIN'S LANE , LONDON , E . C . General Accidents . I Personal Injuries . Railway Accidents . | Deaths by Accident . C . HARDING , Manager .

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HEPBURN AND COCKS , ESTABLISHED 1790 . 93 , CHANCERY LANE , LONDON W . C . ( . Two Doors North of Union Bank ) . DEED , BALLOT , CASH , AND DESPATCH BOX , AND FIRE-PROOF SAFE MANUFACTURERS . Air-Tight and Travelling Boxes in stock , and made to order . Offices and Strong Rooms Fitted up with Iron Frames and Shelves . Sets of Stands and Boxes made to fit Recesses to Order . Estimates given . Price Lists . * * # N . B . —STRONG DEED BOXES of the following dimensions forwarded carriage paid pro nett cash—viz . ; 16 in . by 12-in . by a £ -in ., 17 s . 6 d . ; 14-in . by 10-in . by 8-in ., 14 s . 6 d . ; and 13-in by o-in by 7-in ., lis . 6 d .

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'PHE LONDON NECROPOLIS . — ¦ *¦ BROOKWOOD CEMETERY , NEAR WOKING . 1 S 8 , WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD , AND 2 , LANCASTER PLACE , STRAND . Telephone—No . 4839 . Telegraphic Address— "Tenebratio , London . " BROOKWOOD CEMETERY is the largest and most beautiful in England , and easier and cheaper of access than any of the other London Cemeteries . Every detail in connection with a Funeral promptly and effectually carried out in response to a message to either of the Offices . This Company are the Patentees and only Makers of the Earth to Earth Coffins , and carry out sanitary burial in the manner so strongly advocated by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , the Duke of Westminster , the Dean of York , and the Church of England Burial Reform Association . " The manner of conducting interments in this Cemetery ( according to the Government Inspector ) is as commendable as the practice of other Companies is the contrary . " — The Times .

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FOR ECONOMICAL AND RESPECTABLE FUNERALS AT STATED CHARGES , TO COVER ALL EXPENSES , EXCLUSIVE OF CEMETERY FEES , BRO . C . G . HATT , UNDERTAKER , 2 , KING STREET , KENSINGTON HIGH STREET . Orders by Post or Telegrams promptly attended to . Price Lists Post Free on Application .

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FISH POULTRY GAME , OYSTERS . JOHN GOW , LIMITED , J 17 , NEW BROAD STREET , E . C . ( Opposite Railway Station ) . 12 , HONEY LANE MARKET , CHEAPSIDE , 93 , THEOBALD'S RD ., HOLBORN , W . C , 125 , BROMPTON ROAD , S . W . JOHN GOW , Limited , always have on sale the Largest Stock in London of the Very Best Ouality at Lowest Prices . BARRELLED OYSTERS .

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pOALS . COALS . COALS . COCKEREL L ~ 13 , CORNHILL , LONDON , E . C . For Prices , see Daily Papers . Trucks direct from the Colliery to every Railway Station .

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W WALLER , THEATRICAL COSTUMIER AND WIG MAKER . FANCY COSTUMES SUPPLIED FOR BALLS FETES , AND CARNIVALS . Portable Theatres and Scenery Fitted in Town or Country . Costumes for every published Play may be had on Hire . Also Dress Suits for Banquets , Balls , & c . Estimates and Catalogues of Goods forwarded on application . 84 & 86 , TABERNACLE ST ., FINSBURY SOUARE , LONDON .

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PYICB KS * HISTORY OF THE APOLLO LODGE , YORK , in relation to Craft and Royal Arch Masonry ; with Brief Sketches of its Local Predecessors and Contemporaries ; the "Grand Lodge of All England" ( York Masons ); the Provincial Grand Lod ge ; and various Lodges from 1705 to 1 S 05 . By WILLIAM J AMES HUGHAN , Author of " Origin of the English Rite of Freemasonry , " & c . With valuable Appendices . London : GEORGE KENNING , 16 , Great Queen-st ., W . C .

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ANDERTON'S HOTEL & TAVERN FLEET STREET , LONDON . In connection with the Royal Clarence Hotel , Ilfracombe j and Peacock Hotel , and Royal Hotel , Boston , Lincolnshire . The central position of ANDERTON'S renders this Tavern unequalled for Masonic Banquets , Public Dinners , Wedding Break f asts , Meetings of Creditors , Arbitrations or Jovial Gatherings The Rooms reserved for the above business consist of DINING HALL , PILLAR HALL , MASONIC HALL , CHAPTER , and numerous Smaller Rooms . The RESTAURANT on Eastern Side of Hotel Entrance is open to the Public from 7 a . m . to J p . m . for BREAKFASTS , LUNCHEONS . TEAS , and DINNERS . F . H . CLEMOW , Proprietor .

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MANCHESTER HOTEL "" •*•ALDERSGATE

STREETNOTICE TO SECRETARIES OF MASONIC LODGES , CLUBS , AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS . The Proprietors of the above Hotel , having recently added a number of commodious Rooms to the Establishment , suitable for LODGE MEETINGS , BANQUETS , DINNERS , & C , will be glad to furnish Terms and Particulars for the use of same on application .

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THE COCK TAVERN , Highbury , N ENTIRELY RE-DECORATED AND RE-FURNISHED .

Excellent Suites of Rooms for MASONIC LODGE MEETINGS BANQUETS , SUPPERS , & c .

D ATES O PEN FOR C LUB D INNERS , MEETINGS , AND SMOKING CONCERTS . BAKER BROTHERS ( LIMITED ) , Proprietors .

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AT . LAWRENCE . ( Late J . R . BONE ) , BLACKFRIARS DEPOT

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' GLASS AND CHINA

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GLASS AND STONE BOTTLES . Best Quality and Low Prices . Call and See the NEW PORCELAIN SPIRIT CASKETS , URNS , & c 146-147 , BLACKFRIARS ROAD , S . E .

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FIRST PRIZE MEDALS . Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition , 1 SS 7 ; Sydney Cen tenary Exhibition , 1 S 88 . MASONS' CERTIFICATES , & c ., FRAMED TO ANY DESIGN . H . MORELL

17 & i 8 , GREAT ST . ANDREW ST ., BLOOMSBURY LONDON , W . C .

Manufacturer and Importer of all kinds of Picture Frame and Decorative Mouldings ( Two Million feet always in stock ) . Every requisite Cor the Trade and Exportation . Illustrated Book of Patterns post free for three penny stamps .

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FOR SALE—Price £ 5—Engraving of THOMAS DUNCKERLEY , in Oak Frame , at the Masonic Show Rooms , 1 , 2 , 3 , and 4 , Little Britain , London . WANTED . —Good Set of LODGE FURNITURE in fair condition for new Lodge . — Apply to ALEX . HAMMETT , Taunton . REMINISCENCES OF TWENTYSIX YEARS OF FREEMASONRY , by a Past Provincial Grand Officer of Norfolk . Copies Two Shillings each .

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GRASON HOPE ( Organist 2128 ) is open to supply full Musical Programme ( both in and out of Lodge ) with the aid of THE LYRIC VOCAL QUARTETTE . —Apply GRASON HOPE , Streatham , S . W . FREEMASON'S HYMN . —THE MYSTIC TIE . Words and Music composed by F . J . STEIN . Price is . 6 d . nett . London : GEORGE KENNING , 16 & I 6 A , Gt . Queen-st .

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ADVERTISEMENT SCALE OF "THE FREEMASON . " Per Insertion . SINGLE COLUMN per inch £ o 5 o ONE PAGE 10 o o ONE COLUMN 3 10 o PUBLIC COMPANIES' & PARAGRAPH ADVERTISEMENTS , IS . PER LINE . WANTS , & C , FOUR LINES , 2 s . 6 d ., and 6 d . PER LINE additional . TO OUR READERS . The FREEMASON is published every Friday morning , price 3 d ., and contains the fullest and latest information relating to Freemasonry of every degree . Subscriptions , including Postage : — United Status , United Kingdom . Canada , the Continent , India , China , Ceylon , the Colonies , & c . Arabia , & c . ' 13 s . 6 d . 15 s . 6 d . 17 s . 6 d . Remittances may be made in Stamps , but Post Oilice Orders or cheques are preferred , the former payable to GEORGE KENNING , Chief Office , London , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank .

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ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS , CROYDON . GRAND PATRON AND PRESIDENT : HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . TREASURER : JOHN A . FARNFIELD , Esq . BANKERS : LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK ( Bloomsbury Branch ) , 214 High Holborn , London , W . C . Upwards of 1279 Annuitants have _ received the benefits of the Institution since its foundation in 1 S 42 . 1 S 1 Men and 229 Widows are Annuitants at the present time . Amount paid Annually in Annuities - ^ 15 , 000 Permanent Income onl y ... - 3 i ° oo Deficit £ "> 4 oo Over 150 Candidates for next Election . THE ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL will be held ON ^ WEDNESDAY , 25 TI-1 FEBRUARY , 1891 , under the distinguished Presidency of THE RIGHT HON . EARL AMHERST , R . W . Prov . Grand Master for Kent . Brethren are earnestly solicited to accept the Stewardship upon this most important occasion , and to forward their names as soon as possible , with full particulars , to JAMES TERRY ( V .-Pat ., P . G . Swd Br . ) , Secretary . OFFICE—4 , Freemasons' Hail , London , W . C .

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EMULATION LODGE OF IMPROVEMENT . Under the sanction o f the Lodge of Unions , No . 256 ' . Meeting at Freemasons' Hall on every Friday Evening at Six o ' clock , excepting in the months of July , August , and September . COMMITTEEBro . THOMAS Fiiss , Pres . Bel . Bro . ¥ . It . S PAULL , P . M . 17 « S o £ General Purps ., & c , and 1121 , P . Prov . G . Reg . Treasurer . North . Wales and Salop . „ It . C SUDLOW , P . M . 203 „ E . T . lUwrox , P . M . 8 , & 1 UU 5 , P . P . S . G . D . Kent , P . G . Steward , Grand Standard Bearer . SECRETARYBro . W . G . KENTISH , P . M . 1293 , 17 GS , & c „ 5 , Laurence Pomitncy Hill , E . G . THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL of the Lodge will take place AT FREEMASONS' HALL , On Friday Evening , the 27 th of February , 1891 , on which occasion THE RIGHT HONOURA BLE LORD CREMORNE , Past Senior Grand Warden . HAS KINDLY CONSENTED TO PRESIDE . The Lodge will be opened at Six o ' clock p . m . precisely ' .-Bro . THOMAS FENN , President Bd . Gen . Purps ., Treas ., as W . M . THE FIRST LECTURE AVILL BE "WORKED . 1 st Section by Bro . J . C . Mortimer . . 2 nd „ „ W . H . Kirby . 3 rd „ ,, Jno . Pullman . ¦ 1 th „ „ IF . P . Reynolds , oth „ ,, J . J . Black , u'th „ „ Temple Chevalier Martin . 7 tli „ „ W . A . Trollope . TICKETS for the SUPPER , & c , may be obtained of the Secretary .

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Price 5 s . MASONIC ORATIONS , by Bro . L . P . METHAM , P . G . D . Eng ., P . D . Prov . G . M Devon , & c , delivered in Devon and Cornwall , from A . D . 1 S 66 , at the dedication of Masonic Halls , Consecration of Lodges and Chapters , Installations , & c . With an Introduction by Bro . WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN , P . G . D . Eng ., P . Prov . S . G . W . and G . Sec . Cornwall , & c , on Freemasonry in Devon and Cornwall , from A . D . 1732 to 1 SS 9 . Edited by Bro . JOHN CHAPMAN , P . M . 1402 , & c , P . Prov . G . D . Devon , Author of "The Great Pyramid and Freemasonry . " London : GEORGE KENNING , 16 , Great Queen-st ., W . C .

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PTICG 7 i' 6 d A HANDY BOOK to the Study of the ENGRAVED , PRINTED , and MANUSCRIPT LISTS OF LODGES of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England ( "Moderns" and "Ancients" ) from 1723 to 1 S 14 , with an Appendix and Valuable Statistical Tables . By Bro . JOHN LANE , F . C . A ., P . M . 1402 , Past Senior Grand Warden of Iowa , Past Prov . Grand Registrar of Devonshire , & c , & c , & c , Author of " Masonic Records , 1717-1 SS 6 , " "Masters' Lodges , " & c , & c , and dedicated to Bro . WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN , P . S . G . D . England . London : GEORGE KENNING , 16 , Great Queen-st ., W . C