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Contents . — PAGE FREEMASON ' S' MAGAZINE : — Royal Masonic Institution for Boys 161 Knight Kadosh , A . and A . Rite 161 Scottish Rite in California 163 The Earl Rosslon the Working Tools Question 105

yn The Ancient and Accepted Rite in America ; 165 Masonic Jottings—No . 50 167 Masonic Notes and Queries 168 Correspondence 169 Masonic Sayings and Doings Abroad 169 MASONIC MIREOE : — Masonic Mems l'l United Grand Lodge 171

Ci-APT LODGE MEETINGS : — Metropolitan 173 Centenarvof Jerusalem Lodge— Visit of Bro . H . R . H the Prince of AVales 173 Provincial 17 ' INDIA : — District Grand Lodge of Bengal 175 Scotland 178

Royal Arch 179 Mark Masonry 179 Knights Templar 179 List of Lodge , & C , Meetings for ensuing week 180 Notice to Correspondents 180

LONDON , SATURDAY , MARCS 4 , 1871 .

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

The Anniversary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys is announced to be held at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday next , under the presidency of the E . W . Provincial Grand Master for North Wales and Shropshire , Bro . Sir Watkin

Williams , Bart ., M . P . This brother is so popular in his province , both as a man and a Mason , that we have no doubt that the brethren under his jurisdiction will come well to the front with their subscriptions to the funds so greatly needed by

this noble Institution . It can scarcely be expected that the total subscriptions will equal in amount the large sums of former years . Several causes combine to operate against such a consummation , amongst which

may be named the large sums drained from all available sources in aid of the various funds for the relief of the sufferers by the disastrous war , now happily brought to a conclusion ; and the depressed state of many branches of trade in this

country consequent on that war . It is to be hoped that the brethren will make some extra exertions to counteract , in some measure , the causes likely to operate iu a manner detrimental to our noble charities . The Boys ' School , especially , is in great need of funds ,

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notwithstanding the large amounts that have been recently collected ; the institution is still in debt to the extent of £ 6 , 000 , and , unlike our other charities , it possesses no funded property , and has to be entirely maintained out of the annual income

from subscriptions ancl donations . If greater incentive to exertion were necessary , we need only mention the fact that , for the forthcoming election of inmates to the school there are no less than fifty-eight approved candidates on

the list , while there are only vacancies for fourteen , a most convincing proof of the necessity and the usefulness of the institution .

There is at present accommodation m the school for 120 inmates , which no doubt may be considered by many as a magnificent result of the labours of those who take so deep an interest in the success of the school , and the welfare of the pupils ; but the work of the Institution cannot be said

to be complete , while there exist even the necessity of going through the formulary of an election , the expenses of a canvass for ivhich often entails a serious inroad upon the already slender resources of the widowed parent .

Up then , brethren , and let the work of not only this , but our other noble charities be complete , by enabling their portals to be thrown open to every worthy applicant , an end which seems easy of accomplishment , ivhen it is considered that in the ranks of Masonry are enrolled many of the noblest and richest in the land .

Knight Kadosh—A. A. Rite.

KNIGHT KADOSH—A . A . RITE .

Knight ¦ Kadosh , called also Knight of the White and Black Eagle , is the thirtieth degree of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Eite , and tho last to which any ceremonial or ritual is attached , and is acknoivledged to be very important ,

beingfound in many rites and in many countries . Previously to the adoption of the A . A . Eite , the thirtieth degree'formed , we believe , a part of the ceremonial of the Knights Templar . Bagon mentions the Kadosh as having been established

at Jerusalem in 1118 , in which case , of course , it must have belonged to the Templars . The work from which this degree takes its name ias been a considerable difficulty ivith all commentators . Its first appearance in the volume of the Sacred Law is where we read that " God