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of £ 73 ^ lis . 7 d .. The disbursements had amounted to £ 648 lis . lid ., leaving a balance in hand of £ 87 19 s . 8 d . On account of the Building Fund , the balance on the year was £ 304 11 s . 4 d . Bro . William Farnfield , the Secretary , read the Report of the Committee . The Committee regretted that during the last year the donations and subscriptions having decreased , they were able to recommend but two annuitants to the Male Fund . Of the annuitants at the election , in May 1854 , thirty * nine were members of

countly Lodges , receiving among them £ 803 per annum ; and thirteen were from London Lodges , receiving £ 270 per annum . The G . L . having increased the grant to the Widows' Fund to £ 200 per annum , the Committee recommended the election of four annuitants on this occasion . The ballot was next proceeded with , when there were elected , on the Male Annuitants' Fund . John Commins and Jonas Jowett : on the Widows' Fund .

Ann Clark , Mary Pearson , Sarah Seaman , and Elizabeth Bird . The amount of stock now standing in the names of the Trustees is , for Male Annuitants , £ 8 , 116 Is . 9 d . ; Widows ' Fund , £ 1 , 195 3 s . 2 d . ; Sustentation Fund for building , £ 567 7 s . 9 d . A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman and Secretary , the Brethren separated .

Royal Freemasons' Girls' School Festival.

ROYAL FREEMASONS * GIRLS' SCHOOL FESTIVAL .

The Sixty-seventh Anniversary of this noble institution was held on Tuesday , the 16 th of May , the attendance on the occasion being very numerous ; 300 Brethren assembled in support of the Stewards , whose names and Lodges follow : — Bro . William Pulteney Scott , G . S ., S . W ., No . 2 , President . The R . W . Bro . D . Gooch , Dep . Prov . G . M . Wiltshire , P . M ., No . 453 , Vice .-Pres . The W . Bro . Alex . J . D . Filer , P . M ., No . 30 , Treasurer . Bro . The Hon . W . E . Vernon , J . W .. No . 460 . Hon . Secretarv .

No . Bros . Harris .. S . W . 1 „ Shackleton .. S . W . 3 „ Joseph , J . A ., Jun . S . D . 4 „ Smedley , J . .. S . W . 4 ,-, Wood , Western , Jun . .. 6 „ Baxter , E . .. J . D . 8 „ Burton , J . .. W . M . 9 „ Spooner , T . W . W . M . 11 „ Lee , H . J . .. S . W . 14 „ Beveridge , J . E . P . M . 21 „ Adams , J . W . .. 23 „ Pullen , J . S . P . M . 54 „ England , G . W . M . 57 „ Morris , J . .. S . W . 66

* % i No . Bros . Vile , G . .. W . M . 87 „ Grosjean , E . S . W , 108 „ Slight , F . .. J . D . 109 „ DeBruyn , C . S . W . 116 „ Von der Heyde , I . J . I . G . 225 „ Watson , J . .. J . W . 229 „ Saunders , G . H . J . W . 233 „ Haggar , D . B . W . M . 269 „ Warner , A ... W . M . 286 ,, Measor , J . .. .. 318 „ Crotch , Rev . W . R . W . M . 327 „ Atty , G . .. ... 344 „ Samuel , H . S . I . G . 778

The banquet provided was as usual most excellent ; the wines , which were without limit , met with universal approval ; altogether they did great credit to the establishment and its managers . The R . W . the Earl of Yarborough , D . G . M ., presided , having the support on his right oi ; the M . W . the G . M . the Earl of Zetland , the Patron and President of the School , and Dr . Kent , Prov . G . M . for South Australia ; on his left , the R . W . B . B . Cabbell , Prov . G . M . for Norfolk , and Robert J . Bagshaw , Prov . G . M . for Essex : also Bros * . Giraud , P . S . G . D ., John Hervey , P . J . G . D ., Bros . Gaskoin .

Chandler , Barringer , Pattison , Parkinson , Le Veau , Spiers , and many other distinguished Brethren . On the removal of the cloth , a metrical grace from the Laudi Spiritually a . d . 1545 , was sung by professional vocalists , under the direction of Bro . Genge , aided by Bros . Perren , Earquharson , Fielding , and Smythson , also the Misses Birch and Wells , and Masters Williams and Smythson .