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on donors and Stewards came to an end , and the ordinary regulation came once again into force . The Royal Masonic Institution for Girls celebrated its 104 th Anniversary on Wednesday , the 18 th May . The chair was taken by his Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught , Past Grand Master , Prov . G . M . of Sussex , and under his auspices a Board of 302 Stewards had the satisfaction of raising
the sum of £ 10 , 002 10 s . 6 d ., towards which his Royal Highness s Province of Sussex , notwithstanding its efforts in behalf of the Benevolent Jubilee and the Boys' School Festival in June , 1891 , contributed the handsome total of £ 1038 7 s . As for the distribution of prizes which always forms part of the anniversary celebration , it was held in the Alexandra Hall of the School , on the Monday preceding the Festival , under the presidency of the
Duke of Connaught , while the prizes themselves were handed to the successful pupils by the Duchess . At the Quarterly General Court , held on the 7 th April , after the rank and privileges of Honorary Vice-Patrons had been conferred on Bros . Wharton P . Hood and John Faulkner , Honorary Surgeon and Honorary Surgeon-Dentist respectively , a poll was opened for the election of 16 girls out of an approved list of 23 , while the
number elected at the Quarterly General Court in October from a list of 26 candidates was 21 . As for the results obtained at the various public examinations for which the elder children were permitted to enter , such as those held by the College of Preceptors and the Cambridge Locals , the School has well maintained its reputation , a very large majority of those who entered passing , and in several instances with honours . In fact , the year
taken altogether has been a remarkably successful one , and would have been entirely free from disturbing incident but for a boiler explosion which occurred early in the morning a few weeks ago , and wrecked a staircase and part of the adjoining premises . Fortunately none of the inmates were about at so early an hour , and the only personal injuries sustained were those caused to the man in charge of the boiler .
The 94 th Anniversary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys was held in Freemasons' Tavern on the 29 th June under the presidency of Bro . the Right Hon . Sir Michael Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . M . Gloucestershire . The Board of Stewards consisted of 306 brethren , and the total in the shape of donations and subscriptions obtained by their efforts was £ 12 , 224 10 s ., towards which the Chairman's Province contributed
£ 1627 ios ., and that of Northumberland the sum of £ 12 , 77 8 s ., including the price paid for a Perpetual Presentation . The distribution of prizes was held the day previous at Wood Green , Sir M . Hicks-Beach being in lhe chair , while the gracious act of distribution was performed by Lady Lucy Hicks-Beach . The annual sports were held by the express invitation of Bro . George Everett , Past Grand Treasurer , at Kempton Park
on Saturday , the 25 th June , when about 1000 ladies and gentlemen were present and the boys enjoyed themselves all the more thoroughly from the novelty of the treat and also by reason of the excellent form that was shown by a large proportion of the competitors . At the Quarterly General Court on the 8 th April , the question of selling the property at Wood Green was discussed and in the end it was agreed to leave the matter in the hands of
the Board of Management . Subsequently the ballot was taken for the election of 22 from an approved list of 37 candidates . At the October Quarterly Court Bro . Richard Eve , Past G . Treasurer , was unanimously elected a Trustee of the Institution in place of Bro . William Roebuck , P . G . S . B ., deceased ; while the rank and privileges of a Vice-President were conferred on Bro . Jabez Hogg , Honorary Oculist , Bro . Wharton P .
Hood , Honorary Surgeon , and Bro . Raymond H . lhrupp , P . A . G . D . C , for his gift of 140 guineas to provide sundry prizes for competition in history . As for the administration of the School , the new system which was inaugurated in 1890 , is found , after a further 12 months trial , to work as well as ever , while ample testimony to the success of the educational system so ably carried out by the Head Master and his staff has been forthcoming from the published results of the public examinations , the proportion of
successful and unsuccessful candidates being as great as in previous years , while more of the former have figured in the " Honour " divisions . In fine , whether we take the Institutions severally or collectively , they appear to have fulfilled the purposes for which they were established with even greater success than in the past , while each has received that measure of support to which it is so justly entitled , lhe aggregate results of the three Festivals showing a grand total for the year in respect of voluntary subscriptions amounting to upwards of £ 91 , 000 .
PROVINCIAL AND OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS . The subsidiary Charitable Institutions and Associations which of late ears have been established in different Provinces in connection with
Provincial and private lodges have also good reason to be satisfied with the support which has been afforded them during the present year . Among these the most important are the Institutions which have been founded in sundry of our Provinces for the purpose of providing annuities for aged brethren and their widows , or educational help for the children of deceased or indigent brethren . West Lancashire is the best off in this respect , having
three Institutions , which do avast amount of good in assisting the poorer members of the Craft , their widows , and orphan children . The most important is the Educatiolal Institution , which has an invested capital of some £ 2 O , ( JOO , and is liberally supported by the lodges , chapters , and brethren th'oughout this division of the county . The provision is of two classes , the bulk of the children being educated at schools in the immediate
neighbourhood of their homes , while a more limited number are maintained out of the funds of the Institution in Charitable Institutions by means of purchased admissions . The other Provincial Charities are the Hamer anel Alpass Funds , which provide annuities , the former for aged brethren , and the latter for the widows of brethren . The Festival in aid of the Alpass Benevolent Institution was held this year at Southport
under the presidency of Bro . James de Bels Adam , the proceeds amounting to upwards of £ 650 , while the annual ball in aid of all three Charities was held in Liverpool on the 12 th January and produced a very considerable sum . East Lancashire has a Systematic Educational and Benevolent Institution , which , with a capital of about £ 10 , 000 , and by means of the large support it receives from the lodges , chapters and brethren , is enabled to render similar services to a very considerable extent , while Cheshire
has an Educational Institute which has been in existence some 30 years , and provides annually for the education of a limited number of children . In this case the capital is about £ 4000 , the rest of the income being forthcoming in the shape of donali JUS and subscriptions from the lodges , chapters and members . But our Cheshire friends are not quite satisfied that this is all they ought in reason to do for those in need of their assistance , and quite recently steps have been taken—and are still being taken—with a view to establishing a Fund for providing aged brethren and their widows with
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annuities at the rate of £ 20 per annum for each brother and £ 16 per annum for a widow . The original idea appears to have been that this Fund should commence operations with a capital of £ 1000 , but from what we hear of the nature of the replies received to the circular addressed to the brethren in the Province by the indefatigable Prov . G . Secretary , Bro . Richard Newhouse , there appear to be good grounds for anticipating that the Fund , when a
start is made , will consist of nearly , if not quite , £ 2000 . Other provinces which are doing good service locally in a similar fashion are Durham , North and East Yorkshire , Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , Lincolnshire , Dorsetshire , and Devonshire , while the Provinces which render help to the Central Institutions by means of their Charity Associations , such as Staffordshire , Cambridgeshire , Herefordshire , & c , have done an
incalculable amount ot good , especially in obtaining contributions towards the Jubilee of the Benevolent Institution , there being a large amount of what is commonly spoken of as " Association" money included in the returns of that Festival . There is also a large amount of temporary relief afforded by lodge Benevolent Funds , which are far more numerous now than they were some years ago and far belter administered .
THE BOARD OP BENEVOLENCE . The following is a list , month by month , of the cases relieved and the amounts distributed amongst them by the Board of Benevolence in connection with United Grand Lodge , namely : —January 27 cases , amount £ 645 ; February 23 cases , amount £ 670 ; March 35 cases , amount £ 880 ; April 23 cases , amount £ 570 ; May 39 cases , amount
£ 950 ; June 27 cases , amount £ 630 ; July 20 cases , amount £ 485 ; August 20 cases , amount £ 515 ; September 10 cases , amount £ 245 ; October 35 cases , amount £ 845 ; November 43 cases , amount £ 1050 ; December 32 cases , amount £ 835 . These figures give a total for the whole 12 months of 334 cases , the amount distributed being
£ 8320 . On comparing these Returns with those of 1891 , we find that while the number of cases to which relief was afforded was in excess of the previous year's number , the sum distributed was less . This is evidence that the Board in administering the funds at its disposal is actuated b y the policy which has prevailed for two or three years past , of keeping the outlay within the income , while at the same time the assistance rendered is , in each case , ample in proportion to the circumstances .
MASONIC LITERATURE . Our remarks in this section of our summary will , of necessity , be brief , for the very best of all reasons , that there is very little to be said . To what cause due is immaterial , but undoubtedly there has been a dearth of Masonic publications during the year , the only work of any prominence being the " History of the old Lodge of Dumfries , " now denominated the
Dumfries Kilwinning , No . 53 , by Bro . James Smith , with an introduction by Bro . William James Hughan , P . G . D . But if there have been but few publications of either general or local interest , there has been some excellent work included in the Proceedings of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge , while we have had the satisfaction of publishing , with comments by
Bro . Hughan and others , sundry new versions of the "Old Charges . These go a long way towards relieving the year 1892 of the charges which might otherwise be formulated against it ! of having been an unproductive one in respect of literary matter . As for ths Masonic Press , anything we have to say must , of necessity , concern this journal , in respect of which we are content to express a hope that our efforts have been as much appreciated as they have been in the years preceding .
OBITUARY . The losses caused by death in the ranks of English Freemasonry are unfortunately more serious than usual . The list is headed by the name of the Duke of Clarence and Avondale , to which sad calamity we have already had occasion to refer more than once . Another death , to which , although it occurred on the 25 th December , 1891 , some reference must be
made , as it occurred after the publication of our Summary for that year , is that of Bro . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Secretary , who was taken from us at the comparatively early age of 55 years , and , therefore , just at a time , when we might have looked to benefit by his large experience for many years to come . Among other Grand Officers whose place will know them no more are Bro . Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., Prov . G . M . of Middlesex ; Bro . Col .
A . C . Foster Gough , Prov . G . M . of Staffordshire ; Bro . J . M . P . Montagu , P . G . D ., Past Dep . P . G . M . and Grand Superintendent of Dorsetshire ; Bro . the Rev . F . V . Bussell , P . G . Chap ., D . P . G . M . Nottinghamshire ; Bro . Lieut .-Col . G . Haldane , P . G . S . B . ; Bro . Sir H . A . Atkinson , K . C . M . G ., Dist . G . M . Wellington ( N . Z . ) ; Bro . W . Roebuck , P . G . S . B . ; Bro . Major Penrice , P . G . D ., P . D . P . G . M . Norfolk . Bro . Dr . E . E . Wendt , Grand
Secretary for German Correspondence ; and Bro . John Gibson , Past Grand Superintendent of Works . Among the Provincial Grand Officers that have died are Bros . W . H . Hales , P . P . G . W . Staffordshire ; G . T . Wright , P . P . G . W . Derbyshire ; J . S . Kersteman , P . P . G . W . Devonshire ; W . Hammond , P . P . G . D . Middlesex ; John Gill , P . P . G . D . C . West Yorkshire ; E . H , Jennings , P . P . G . W . Cambridgeshire ; and J . Scott Wilson ,
P . G . R . North and East Yorkshire ; while among other members of the Craft deceased during 1892 may be mentioned Bros . John While , P . M . 228 ; A . Proudfoot , W . M . 201 ; W . H . Butt , P . M . 855 ; J . P . Fearfield , W . M . 92 ; W . James Lane , P . M . 127 ; Sir Morell Mackenzie , M . D . ; Jas . Inskip , P . M . 311 ; F . G . Bristow , P . M . 212 ; F . W . Ramsay , M . D ., P . M .,
who formerly served on the House Committee of the Boys' School ; A , H . Tattershall , P . M ., P . Z ., who also rendered service in connection with the Charitable Institutions ; W . R . Burnett , P . M . ipoij J . Powdrell , I . P . M . 2202 ; ] ames Srawley , P . M . 739 ; R . Jonas Griffiths , P . M . 1928 ; John Booth , P . M ., P . Z . 258 ; C . A . Woods , P . M . 145 ; E . F . Ferris , P . M . 1543 , ' the Earl of Portarlington ; and William Herbage , P . M . 2005 .
SCOTLAND . To the North as to the South of the Tweed the proceedings of the Masonic Fraternity have been characterised for the most part by steady work . Six new lodges have been added to the roll of Grand Lodge , namely , the Benclouch , No . 782 , Tillicoultry ; and the St . Bride , No . 7 84 , Lochraza , at home ; the Lodge of Charity , No . 783 , Bandikin ,
Rajpootana ; and the Hyderabad Lodge , No . 787 , Chudderghaut , Deccan , in India ; and St . John , No . 786 , Eltham ; and Henimoa , No . 786 , Midhurst , in the Northern District of New Zealand . In India , Bro . William Smith has been installed as Grand Master of all Scottish Freemasonry in that dependency , while at home Bro . Robert K . Stewart , Murdostoun , was installed at Hamilton , on the 8 th September , as P . G . M . of the Middle Ward of Lanarkshire . On the 5 th August the memorial
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Freemasonry In 1892.
on donors and Stewards came to an end , and the ordinary regulation came once again into force . The Royal Masonic Institution for Girls celebrated its 104 th Anniversary on Wednesday , the 18 th May . The chair was taken by his Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught , Past Grand Master , Prov . G . M . of Sussex , and under his auspices a Board of 302 Stewards had the satisfaction of raising
the sum of £ 10 , 002 10 s . 6 d ., towards which his Royal Highness s Province of Sussex , notwithstanding its efforts in behalf of the Benevolent Jubilee and the Boys' School Festival in June , 1891 , contributed the handsome total of £ 1038 7 s . As for the distribution of prizes which always forms part of the anniversary celebration , it was held in the Alexandra Hall of the School , on the Monday preceding the Festival , under the presidency of the
Duke of Connaught , while the prizes themselves were handed to the successful pupils by the Duchess . At the Quarterly General Court , held on the 7 th April , after the rank and privileges of Honorary Vice-Patrons had been conferred on Bros . Wharton P . Hood and John Faulkner , Honorary Surgeon and Honorary Surgeon-Dentist respectively , a poll was opened for the election of 16 girls out of an approved list of 23 , while the
number elected at the Quarterly General Court in October from a list of 26 candidates was 21 . As for the results obtained at the various public examinations for which the elder children were permitted to enter , such as those held by the College of Preceptors and the Cambridge Locals , the School has well maintained its reputation , a very large majority of those who entered passing , and in several instances with honours . In fact , the year
taken altogether has been a remarkably successful one , and would have been entirely free from disturbing incident but for a boiler explosion which occurred early in the morning a few weeks ago , and wrecked a staircase and part of the adjoining premises . Fortunately none of the inmates were about at so early an hour , and the only personal injuries sustained were those caused to the man in charge of the boiler .
The 94 th Anniversary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys was held in Freemasons' Tavern on the 29 th June under the presidency of Bro . the Right Hon . Sir Michael Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., P . G . M . Gloucestershire . The Board of Stewards consisted of 306 brethren , and the total in the shape of donations and subscriptions obtained by their efforts was £ 12 , 224 10 s ., towards which the Chairman's Province contributed
£ 1627 ios ., and that of Northumberland the sum of £ 12 , 77 8 s ., including the price paid for a Perpetual Presentation . The distribution of prizes was held the day previous at Wood Green , Sir M . Hicks-Beach being in lhe chair , while the gracious act of distribution was performed by Lady Lucy Hicks-Beach . The annual sports were held by the express invitation of Bro . George Everett , Past Grand Treasurer , at Kempton Park
on Saturday , the 25 th June , when about 1000 ladies and gentlemen were present and the boys enjoyed themselves all the more thoroughly from the novelty of the treat and also by reason of the excellent form that was shown by a large proportion of the competitors . At the Quarterly General Court on the 8 th April , the question of selling the property at Wood Green was discussed and in the end it was agreed to leave the matter in the hands of
the Board of Management . Subsequently the ballot was taken for the election of 22 from an approved list of 37 candidates . At the October Quarterly Court Bro . Richard Eve , Past G . Treasurer , was unanimously elected a Trustee of the Institution in place of Bro . William Roebuck , P . G . S . B ., deceased ; while the rank and privileges of a Vice-President were conferred on Bro . Jabez Hogg , Honorary Oculist , Bro . Wharton P .
Hood , Honorary Surgeon , and Bro . Raymond H . lhrupp , P . A . G . D . C , for his gift of 140 guineas to provide sundry prizes for competition in history . As for the administration of the School , the new system which was inaugurated in 1890 , is found , after a further 12 months trial , to work as well as ever , while ample testimony to the success of the educational system so ably carried out by the Head Master and his staff has been forthcoming from the published results of the public examinations , the proportion of
successful and unsuccessful candidates being as great as in previous years , while more of the former have figured in the " Honour " divisions . In fine , whether we take the Institutions severally or collectively , they appear to have fulfilled the purposes for which they were established with even greater success than in the past , while each has received that measure of support to which it is so justly entitled , lhe aggregate results of the three Festivals showing a grand total for the year in respect of voluntary subscriptions amounting to upwards of £ 91 , 000 .
PROVINCIAL AND OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS . The subsidiary Charitable Institutions and Associations which of late ears have been established in different Provinces in connection with
Provincial and private lodges have also good reason to be satisfied with the support which has been afforded them during the present year . Among these the most important are the Institutions which have been founded in sundry of our Provinces for the purpose of providing annuities for aged brethren and their widows , or educational help for the children of deceased or indigent brethren . West Lancashire is the best off in this respect , having
three Institutions , which do avast amount of good in assisting the poorer members of the Craft , their widows , and orphan children . The most important is the Educatiolal Institution , which has an invested capital of some £ 2 O , ( JOO , and is liberally supported by the lodges , chapters , and brethren th'oughout this division of the county . The provision is of two classes , the bulk of the children being educated at schools in the immediate
neighbourhood of their homes , while a more limited number are maintained out of the funds of the Institution in Charitable Institutions by means of purchased admissions . The other Provincial Charities are the Hamer anel Alpass Funds , which provide annuities , the former for aged brethren , and the latter for the widows of brethren . The Festival in aid of the Alpass Benevolent Institution was held this year at Southport
under the presidency of Bro . James de Bels Adam , the proceeds amounting to upwards of £ 650 , while the annual ball in aid of all three Charities was held in Liverpool on the 12 th January and produced a very considerable sum . East Lancashire has a Systematic Educational and Benevolent Institution , which , with a capital of about £ 10 , 000 , and by means of the large support it receives from the lodges , chapters and brethren , is enabled to render similar services to a very considerable extent , while Cheshire
has an Educational Institute which has been in existence some 30 years , and provides annually for the education of a limited number of children . In this case the capital is about £ 4000 , the rest of the income being forthcoming in the shape of donali JUS and subscriptions from the lodges , chapters and members . But our Cheshire friends are not quite satisfied that this is all they ought in reason to do for those in need of their assistance , and quite recently steps have been taken—and are still being taken—with a view to establishing a Fund for providing aged brethren and their widows with
Freemasonry In 1892.
annuities at the rate of £ 20 per annum for each brother and £ 16 per annum for a widow . The original idea appears to have been that this Fund should commence operations with a capital of £ 1000 , but from what we hear of the nature of the replies received to the circular addressed to the brethren in the Province by the indefatigable Prov . G . Secretary , Bro . Richard Newhouse , there appear to be good grounds for anticipating that the Fund , when a
start is made , will consist of nearly , if not quite , £ 2000 . Other provinces which are doing good service locally in a similar fashion are Durham , North and East Yorkshire , Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , Lincolnshire , Dorsetshire , and Devonshire , while the Provinces which render help to the Central Institutions by means of their Charity Associations , such as Staffordshire , Cambridgeshire , Herefordshire , & c , have done an
incalculable amount ot good , especially in obtaining contributions towards the Jubilee of the Benevolent Institution , there being a large amount of what is commonly spoken of as " Association" money included in the returns of that Festival . There is also a large amount of temporary relief afforded by lodge Benevolent Funds , which are far more numerous now than they were some years ago and far belter administered .
THE BOARD OP BENEVOLENCE . The following is a list , month by month , of the cases relieved and the amounts distributed amongst them by the Board of Benevolence in connection with United Grand Lodge , namely : —January 27 cases , amount £ 645 ; February 23 cases , amount £ 670 ; March 35 cases , amount £ 880 ; April 23 cases , amount £ 570 ; May 39 cases , amount
£ 950 ; June 27 cases , amount £ 630 ; July 20 cases , amount £ 485 ; August 20 cases , amount £ 515 ; September 10 cases , amount £ 245 ; October 35 cases , amount £ 845 ; November 43 cases , amount £ 1050 ; December 32 cases , amount £ 835 . These figures give a total for the whole 12 months of 334 cases , the amount distributed being
£ 8320 . On comparing these Returns with those of 1891 , we find that while the number of cases to which relief was afforded was in excess of the previous year's number , the sum distributed was less . This is evidence that the Board in administering the funds at its disposal is actuated b y the policy which has prevailed for two or three years past , of keeping the outlay within the income , while at the same time the assistance rendered is , in each case , ample in proportion to the circumstances .
MASONIC LITERATURE . Our remarks in this section of our summary will , of necessity , be brief , for the very best of all reasons , that there is very little to be said . To what cause due is immaterial , but undoubtedly there has been a dearth of Masonic publications during the year , the only work of any prominence being the " History of the old Lodge of Dumfries , " now denominated the
Dumfries Kilwinning , No . 53 , by Bro . James Smith , with an introduction by Bro . William James Hughan , P . G . D . But if there have been but few publications of either general or local interest , there has been some excellent work included in the Proceedings of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge , while we have had the satisfaction of publishing , with comments by
Bro . Hughan and others , sundry new versions of the "Old Charges . These go a long way towards relieving the year 1892 of the charges which might otherwise be formulated against it ! of having been an unproductive one in respect of literary matter . As for ths Masonic Press , anything we have to say must , of necessity , concern this journal , in respect of which we are content to express a hope that our efforts have been as much appreciated as they have been in the years preceding .
OBITUARY . The losses caused by death in the ranks of English Freemasonry are unfortunately more serious than usual . The list is headed by the name of the Duke of Clarence and Avondale , to which sad calamity we have already had occasion to refer more than once . Another death , to which , although it occurred on the 25 th December , 1891 , some reference must be
made , as it occurred after the publication of our Summary for that year , is that of Bro . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Secretary , who was taken from us at the comparatively early age of 55 years , and , therefore , just at a time , when we might have looked to benefit by his large experience for many years to come . Among other Grand Officers whose place will know them no more are Bro . Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., Prov . G . M . of Middlesex ; Bro . Col .
A . C . Foster Gough , Prov . G . M . of Staffordshire ; Bro . J . M . P . Montagu , P . G . D ., Past Dep . P . G . M . and Grand Superintendent of Dorsetshire ; Bro . the Rev . F . V . Bussell , P . G . Chap ., D . P . G . M . Nottinghamshire ; Bro . Lieut .-Col . G . Haldane , P . G . S . B . ; Bro . Sir H . A . Atkinson , K . C . M . G ., Dist . G . M . Wellington ( N . Z . ) ; Bro . W . Roebuck , P . G . S . B . ; Bro . Major Penrice , P . G . D ., P . D . P . G . M . Norfolk . Bro . Dr . E . E . Wendt , Grand
Secretary for German Correspondence ; and Bro . John Gibson , Past Grand Superintendent of Works . Among the Provincial Grand Officers that have died are Bros . W . H . Hales , P . P . G . W . Staffordshire ; G . T . Wright , P . P . G . W . Derbyshire ; J . S . Kersteman , P . P . G . W . Devonshire ; W . Hammond , P . P . G . D . Middlesex ; John Gill , P . P . G . D . C . West Yorkshire ; E . H , Jennings , P . P . G . W . Cambridgeshire ; and J . Scott Wilson ,
P . G . R . North and East Yorkshire ; while among other members of the Craft deceased during 1892 may be mentioned Bros . John While , P . M . 228 ; A . Proudfoot , W . M . 201 ; W . H . Butt , P . M . 855 ; J . P . Fearfield , W . M . 92 ; W . James Lane , P . M . 127 ; Sir Morell Mackenzie , M . D . ; Jas . Inskip , P . M . 311 ; F . G . Bristow , P . M . 212 ; F . W . Ramsay , M . D ., P . M .,
who formerly served on the House Committee of the Boys' School ; A , H . Tattershall , P . M ., P . Z ., who also rendered service in connection with the Charitable Institutions ; W . R . Burnett , P . M . ipoij J . Powdrell , I . P . M . 2202 ; ] ames Srawley , P . M . 739 ; R . Jonas Griffiths , P . M . 1928 ; John Booth , P . M ., P . Z . 258 ; C . A . Woods , P . M . 145 ; E . F . Ferris , P . M . 1543 , ' the Earl of Portarlington ; and William Herbage , P . M . 2005 .
SCOTLAND . To the North as to the South of the Tweed the proceedings of the Masonic Fraternity have been characterised for the most part by steady work . Six new lodges have been added to the roll of Grand Lodge , namely , the Benclouch , No . 782 , Tillicoultry ; and the St . Bride , No . 7 84 , Lochraza , at home ; the Lodge of Charity , No . 783 , Bandikin ,
Rajpootana ; and the Hyderabad Lodge , No . 787 , Chudderghaut , Deccan , in India ; and St . John , No . 786 , Eltham ; and Henimoa , No . 786 , Midhurst , in the Northern District of New Zealand . In India , Bro . William Smith has been installed as Grand Master of all Scottish Freemasonry in that dependency , while at home Bro . Robert K . Stewart , Murdostoun , was installed at Hamilton , on the 8 th September , as P . G . M . of the Middle Ward of Lanarkshire . On the 5 th August the memorial