The New Grand Officers.

Gibbs was exalted in the Abbey Chapter , No . 945 , Abingdon , in i 88 r . He served as Steward at the Boys' School Festival in 1878 , and the Girls' School in 1880 . GKAXI ) CllAl'LAlX . Bro . Rev . S . T . Saunders , M . A . was initiated in the

Yarborongh Lodge , No . 551 in 1878 , joining the Sir Thomas White Lodge , No . 1820 in 1880 , and the Sir Francis Burdett Lodge , No . 1503 in 188 4 . He is a Past Provincial Grand Chaplain of Middlesex , haying filled that office in 188 4 , 188 3 ,

mm . mow . s . 'i ' . s . \ uNi > F . i . s . 18 93 , and 18 9 6 . In the Royal Arch Degree Bro . Saundvrs was exalted in Sir Francis Burdett Chapter , No . 1303 , and holds the rank , in Provincial Grand Chapter of Middlesex , of Past Grand j . He is a Life Governor op ' all three Charity

Institutions , and has served live Stewardships . Gj . AXI ) CllAl'LAlX . Bro . Yitruvius P . Wyatt , M . A ., lo whom fell the honour this year of seconding the nomination of the Most Worshipful

( Vfarriqgla / i inn ) , iircv . vm . rvii . s i-. WYATT . ( I'lmh , I 13 ( liilleiiheru , Unlfm-it . )

Grand Master , was initiated in Sir William Harper Lodge , No . 2343 , in 18 90 , and was installed as Master in 18 9 6 . He became a member of St . Peter and St . Paul Lodge , No . 1410 in 18 94 . He has also been honoured by appointment as Provincial Grand Chaplain both in the provinces of

Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire . He is a Royal Arch Mason having been exalted in 18 91 in the Stewart Chapter , No . 340 , and installed as First Principal in 18 99 . Bro . Wvatt is a Life Governor of the three Charitable Institutions and has served as Steward for each .

DKITTY GK ' AXP RKC . ISTKAR . His Honour Judge Lumley Smith , K . C . —although not so prominent in the Craft as his Bro . V . W . Richard H . Horton-Smith . K . C , Past Grand Registrar—has been a member of the Order for nearly half a century , having been initiated in the

Scientific Lodge , No . 88 , then 103 , in 1837 . He joined the Isaac Newton Fni versify Lodge , No . 8 37 in 1861 , and afterwards the Carnarvon Lodge , No . 708 , of which lodge he

into . 111 s noxouif a 1 ' 1 n ; i-: I . I . MI . KV SMITH . is one of the oldest Past Masters . He was appointed Provincial Grand Sword Bearer of Cambridgeshire in 1861 , and in 1873 was made Senior Grand Warden of Middlesex .

In Roval Arch Masonry Bro . Lumlev Smith was exalted in the Pythagorean Chapter , attached to the Scientific Lodge , No . 88 , in 1839 , and later joined the Watford Chapter , No . 404 , of which chapter he became First Principal in 1869 . He is also a Past Provincial Grand Registrar of Hertfordshire .

SKXIOK GK'AXI ) DlvACOX . Col . Gerald C Ricardo , while on service in India , was initiated in the Bangalore Lodge , No . J 043 , Madras , and in

1886 joined the Loyal Berkshire Lodge of Hope , No . 374 , Newbury , Berks ., of which lodge he was Worshipful Master in \ 899-1900 . He is also a Past Grand Warden of the province . Bro . Ricardo was admitted into Royal Arch Masonry in Bangalore , and joined the Eureka Chapter , No . 574 in 1901 .