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The regular quarterly convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter will be held at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday , the 4 th prox ., when among other business there will be announced the appointment of companions to Past Grand Rank in commemoration of the

completion of the Goth year of her Majesty s reign , thus following out strictly the precedent set in 1887 , when brevet rank as Past Grand Officers was conferred in Grand Chapter as well as in Grand Lodge . The report of the Committee of General Purposes contains nothing of momen t , the petitions for new chapters

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being three in number , one for a chapter in London ; a second for one at Sheffield in the Province of West Yorkshire ; and the third for one at Folkestone in the Province of Kent . * * *

Reports of Masonic celebrations of the Queen s Diamond Jubilee continue to reach us , and we suppose some weeks will elapse before we hear the last of these commemorative meetings . A report of one of these held in Barbados will be found in another

column , while a correspondent writing from Georgetown , Demerara , British Guiana , very kindly informs us that on the occasion of the Queen's Jubilee the

brethren attended Divine service in the Cathedral , marching to church in procession wearing their Masonic clothing , and returning thence to the quarters of the Union Lodge , No . 247 ( E . C ) .

* * We learn also from the Canadian Craftsman that the members of the three English lodges in Montreal —the St . Paul ' s , No . 374 ; the St . George ' s , No . 440 : and the St . Lawrence , No . 640—celebrated the

same auspicious event by a grand banquet , at which Bro . A . W . Hooper , District Grand Secretary , presided , while the number of brethren present was 125 . In the course of the after-dinner proceedings , the toast of " The Queen " was drunk with the utmost

enthusiasm , while an address of congratulation to her Maj ' esty , beautifully illuminated , was read , and afterwards exhibited to those present . The meeting seems to have been a complete success , and , as the address was reproduced in half-tone on the back of the menu ,

those who attended the gathering will retain , and , no doubt , will prize very highly this handsome souvenir of the Diamond Jubilee celebration . We may remind our readers that these three lodges have steadfastly declined to cast in their lot with the local Grand Lodge firstly of Canada and latterly of Quebec .

We publish elsewhere a full report of the installation of Bro . R . Dunn Thomas , whom H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., has been pleased to appoint District Grand Master of Canterbury , New Zealand , in succession to the late lamented Bro . Peter Cunningham .

The ceremony was performed by Bro . John Bevan , District Grand Master of Westland , South Island , so that there is again a full complement of five District Grand Masters in the Colony . The first official act of

the new D . G . M . was to appoint Bro . W . Hickley Gundry , heretofore District G . Secretary , as Deputy D . G . M ., while the new District G . Secretary is Bro . Professor W . Michell Clarke , M . A . The number of lodges on the District roll is eight .

• * The Australasian Keystone for Juno contains a full biography of the late Bro . Sir W . J . Clarke , Bart ., Pro Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria , together with an elaborate account of the

obsequies of this distinguished Mason . The funeral took place on the iSth May , and , according to our contemporary , it was " the largest and most representative ever witnessed in Victoria . All sorts and conditions of men , including his Excellency the

Governor and most of the prominent citizsns , turned out to honour his memory . The whole of the route from the St . Paul's Cathedral to the cemetery was thronged with people , " every available doorstep and window , and in many instances the roofs of houses ,

being occupied by those anxious to obtain a glimpse of the mournful procession . A special meeting of the Grand Lodge was summoned for the purpose of paying duo respect to our deceased brother , the presiding officer being Bro . George Baker , the Deputy Grand Master .

We learn , from the same source , that a meeting was held in the Town Hall , Melbourne , on the 26 th May . The chair was occupied by the Mayor of Melbourne , and among those present was His Excellency Lord llrassey , the Governor of the Colony . A . series of

resolutions was passed , and it was agreed to erect a statue in Melbourne to the memory of Br ; ' . Sir W . Clarke . The funds for the purpose will be raised by public subscription , and the Grand Lodge of Victoria has voted a sum of 100 guineas in aid of the proposal .

* At the annual meeting at Whitby on the 15 th inst ., of the Provincial Grand Lodge of North and East Yorkshire , sympathetic reference was made to the

death of Bro . Joseph Todd , P . G . Std . Br . of England , who had held the ollicc of Prov . Grand Treasurer for many years , and on the proposition of Bru . T . B . Whytchcad , P . G . S . B ., it was agreed that in future the

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duties of Prov . G . Treasurer should be discharged by the Prov . Grand Secretary . By this arrangement it will be in the power of the brethren to confer the office of Treasurer annually on some brother of distinction instead of restricting the honour to one man by annually

re-electing him . There are other Provinces which have adopted lhe same course , and we sec no reason why the practice should not be adopted in the case of all those Provinces in which the duties of the Treasurer are merely honorary . # * «

We cordially echo the wish expressed by Uro . Woodall , Past Grand Treasurer England , that now that the transfer of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys from Wood Green to Bushey , Herts , has been decided upon , " the feeling which has been raised in

the Province" of North and East Yorkshire against the proposal will be '' appeased , " and that our distinguished brother , who has announced his intention of

undertaking a Stewardship for the Centenary Festival of that Institution in 1 S 9 S , will receive a full and generous measure of support from the brethren of the Province .

Perhaps , it may be an additional inducement to our North and East Yorkshire brethren to fall in with the wishes so naturally expressed by Bro . Woodall , when they note that at the fifth annual Festival held at York , under the presidency of Bro . the Dean of York , on the

10 th of May , in behalf of the Provincial Educational Fund , the total of the donations and subscriptions exceeded £ 1050 . This , with the amounts previously raised for this local Charity , must relieve the executive officers of all anxiety on the score of the needful funds

for the efficient maintenance of the Charity . Consequently there will be more spare cash available for the requirements of the Central Institutions . Moreover , H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . Master and President , has very graciously consented to preside

at the forthcoming centenary , and we feel sure our N . and E . Yorkshire brethren will not be behind the members of other influential Provinces in supporting his Royal Highness as Chairman of so momentous a

gathering . We desire to sec the l'estival a great success and what is more important still is that the whole of the English Craft will take an active part in bring ing about that success .

From advices that have reached us from South Africa it appears that the Craft in that oart of the British Empire is in a prosperous condition . There has , too , been a good deal of activity among the lodges , Bro . G . Nettleship having been installed W . M .

of the Carnarvon Lodge , . No . 1735 , Cape I own , by Uro , John B . Wheelwright , Deputy Dist . G . M ., while Bro . Batchelor was presented with a handsome jewel in recognition of hi'j services as Secretary . Bro Richards has also been installed W . M . of the Cos

mopolitan Lodge , No . 1409 , Kimberley , and Bro . J . B . Kemslcy , W . M . of the Goodwill Lodge , No . 711 , Port Elizabeth . We learn further that the appointment of Bro . George Russell , Dep . Dist . G . Master of Natal ,

as a Past Asst . G . D . C . has given the brethren in that district the greatest satisfaction , Bro . Russell being exceedingly popular among the lodges and Masons generally of all the different Constitutions that flourish in South Africa .

The annual meeting of the Prov . G . Chapter of Wiltshire was appointed to be held at Trowbridge on Wednesday , the 28 th inst ., and wc trust we shall be able to publish particulars of the gathering in our next

issue . In the meantime , however , let us express our satisfaction with the statement of account for the past year , which has been forwarded to us , and from which it is evident that the financial condition of the Prov . Grand Chapter is in every way satisfactory .

We acknowledge with thanks the proceedings of the half-yearly meeting of the District Grand Mark Lodge of Bengal , which was held under the auspices of the Keystone Lodge , No . 495 , at Freemasons' Hall , Barrackpore , on Wednesday , the Trd March . The chair

was occupied by Bro . A . P . ixton , Dqiuty Dist . G . M ., as Dist . Grand Master . Wo learn from the address delivered by the Acting Dist . Grand Master that Bro . Sir J . Edge did not propose to offer himself for reelection , and that it was agreed to recommend Bro .

Brigadier-General A . G . Ye . 1 tm . 1 n Biggs , C . B ., who is already head of Craft and Royal Arch Masonry , to be the head likewise of the Mark Degree , and no doubt it will be our privilege at an early date to record hiii installation .