Contents.

CONTENTS .

EDITORIAL : - 'THE ¦ ' MASONIC STAB , 'LIMITED " 230 A BOARD OF PAST MASTERS 240 PROVINCIAL GRAND CHAPTER OF SUFFOLK 210 NOTIFICATIONS 210 MASONIC " POET ' S CORNER , "—THE MASONIC A . B . C WITH

MUSIC SCORE 241 ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE 212 & 243 OUR TRESTLE BOARD 213

PROVINCIAL 213 & 244 THE EXAMINATION OF A FREEMASON BY KING HENRY VI . 244 METROPOLITAN LODGE AND CHAPTER MEETINGS FOR THE CURRENT WEEK 244 ADVERTISEMENTS Front cover , 238 , 215 , 24 G , 247 , 248

"The 'Masonic Star,' Limited."

"The 'Masonic Star , ' Limited . "

NDER the above title there has been recently registered a limited liability Company , in £ 1 shares , for the purpose of acquiring the copyright and continuing the publication of

this journal , and of extending its operations in the direction of business relating thereto . In our next number will be found prospectus and further particulars , together with the names of those brethren who have identified themselves

with the undertaking . As we have written and frequently repeated , the MASONIC STAR was presented to the Craft with every confidence

that the venture would be pecuniarily beneficial to ourselves , whilst making provision for a great want in Masonic circles . That confidence has not been shaken . We are

within a few weeks of the anniversary of our first issue , and within the short period of one year have become known throughout the several countries in which lodges

working under the English Constitution are established , as well as in many comprised in other jurisdictions . But we have yet a large area in which to make our paper

known ; and to find—what we are pleased to acknowledge has resulted from its introduction , in the comparatively limited space we have been enabled to cover during

the past months , —friends and supporters . The proprietors of the journal would be well satisfied to continue their exertions as hitherto , but beyond their

original intention that , as soon as might be justifiably expedient , the paper should become the property of members of the Order desirous of sharing in its direction and its

profits , there is the advisability of providing for a much more extended publicity and enlargement . To carry out this with sufficient effect will be better accomplished by

the united efforts of a numerous body of Shareholders than by a couple of private individuals , and therefore it is that the proprietors have entered into agreement with a

"The 'Masonic Star,' Limited."

directorate under whom the future of the MASONIC STAR will be guided . In connection with the new Company , we may be

permitted to observe , in our editorial capacity , thai in this particular interest our brother craftsmen have to consider , firstly : the benefit to English Freemasonry that it should

possess an independent organ at a price which it would be an insult to suggest as being beyond the power of any individual member thereof to provide . This has been so

fully answered in the affirmative by the support already accorded to us that we may feel assured the sentiment connected with the enquiry will receive general

endorsement . This , m itself , should be a strong inducement towards taking shares in the new Company ; but we know well that it is not altogether a sufficient reason , and

therefore the second consideration will be the commercial results to be anticipated in connection with its progress With this latter we shall leave the prospectus to inform

those interested , merely expressing our private opinion that independently of the satisfaction it will give many of our readers to have a share in the undertaking , and increased

interest in our work , they need have no fear of monetary loss , but on the contrary , as we believe , will find a satisfactory return of interest for whatever venture they may choose to make in connection with its share-list .

From the New Zealand Herald of the 25 th April we reproduce with much satisfaction the following reference to our journal , and it is very gratifying to us to know that the commendations contained therein are endorsed in

many other Masonic and general newspapers in the Colonies and foreign countries : — " We have received by the s . s . Rimutaka the February number of the Masonic Star , a weekly journal and record of Freemasonry at

home and abroad , published in London , and it possesses features of great interest for the craft generally . The editorial is a leader on Mark Masonry . This is followed by an article on the impending meeting' of the United Grand Lodge of England , and an account of

a meeting of the Board of Benovelence . Recommendations to the M . W . G . M . of grants made in January last , were allowed , the total amount being £ 3 'J 0 . A list of 38 applications was then considered . It comprised petit ons from London district , Almswich , Battle ,

Berwick , Birkenhead , Crediton , Darlington , Demerara , Endfield , Hull , Liverpool , Malta , Millom , Newchurch , Plymouth , Shrewsbury , and Torquay . Of these , two were not entertained , five were dismissed , and one withdrawn , and £ 845 were distributed amongst

the remaining 30 cases . Of these there were three recommendations to Grand Lodge for £ 100 , £ 75 , and £ 50 respectively ; five for £ 40 each , and six for £ 30 each to the Grand Master . There were seven intermediate grants of £ 20 each , one of £ 15 , six of £ 10 , and

one of £ 5 . The Masonic Poet ' s Corner has an original poem on T . Gr . A . O . T . U . The colonial lodges received full recognition , and amongst others there are notices of tho installation of St . Andrew's Lodge , 418 , S . C ., Auckland , and Manukau Lodge , 58 G , S . C .