The Boys' School Accounts And Balance-Sheet For 1890.

find , on comparing the receip ts in respect of the year and its general expenditure , there is a balance in favour of the former amounting to about £ 130 . Unfortunately for the funds , the Committee found it absolutely necessary to incur a heavy expenditure amounting to £ 218 3 for sanitary improvements ,

baths , fire escapes and appliances , and for the repair of the organ , so that the account , instead of closing with a small balance , as stated , in favour of the Institution , closes with a balance against it of £ b 6 o . Turning to the balance-sheet , we find the general result satisfactory , the surplus of assets over liabilities being

£ 46 , 55 8 ; but as regards the principal items we notice the Institution is indebted to sundry creditors to the extent of £ 1999 , and to the London and Westminster for over-drafts in respect of the Sustentation and Preparatory School Building Funds to that of £ 927 ; while the balance at bankers on the

general account and in hand amounts to £ 4 86 , and there are due to the Institution by sundry debtors £ 137 , and by the Pension Indemnity Fund £ 7 61 . From this last item it will be seen that of the £ 2500 which it was proposed to raise from the Craft to be presented to Bro . BlNCKES in lieu of pension , there still

remains between £ 700 and £ 800 to be obtained ; and we trust those lodges which have not as yet contributed their respective quotas will lose no time in doing so , and thus save the Institution from a loss which , in the present state of its funds , it can ill afford to bear . We trust also that the Returns at the

Festival in June next will not only clear off the adverse balance already referred to , but will at the same time enable the authorities to increase very considerably the amount of the investments , which are far too small for an Institution which has such heavy responsibilities to fulfil .

The Centenary Memorial Hall, R.M.I. For Girls.

THE CENTENARY MEMORIAL HALL , R . M . I . FOR GIRLS .

The scheme for the celebration of the Centenary of the establishment of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls included , as our readers will remember , not only a Festival . on afar grander scale

than in ordinary years , but likewise the extension and rearrangement of the existing premises at Battersea , and the erection of new class-rooms , dormitories , & c , and , above all , of a hall which , while on the one hand it would be available to accommodate

the whole School and their friends on speech days and other important occasions , would at the same time serve as a memorial firstly , of the Centenary celebration itself , and theProvinces , lodges , chapters , and principal brethren who took part ; and secondly , of Brother Chevalier Ruspini , to whose humanity and benevolence the Craft is indebted for the foundation of the School . As

regards the new wing , with its class-rooms , dormitories , lecture theatre , & c , we need say but little now . Many have had an opportunity of inspecting both the new and the re-arranged premises , and there will be special facilities afforded to those who may be desirous of learning what has been done for inspecting the

School to-morrow ( Saturday ) afternoon , as well as on the afternoon of Wednesday next , the 1 Sth instant . It will , perhaps , suffice if we state that the School , as it now is , has been greatly enlarged and improved , the work of construction and re-arrangement having been entrusted to firms of established reputation ,

and carried out under the superintending care of Bros . H . A . Hunt and Ralph Clutton . But the new Hall , as it is the memorial of the Festival of 1888 , and as such was opened on Thursday by the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., and President of the Institution , who occupied the chair at the Centenary

celebration in the Royal Albert Hall , demands some special notice . In point of style it may be said to belong to the transition period between the Tudor and Elizabethan . As regards proportions , it measures 104 feet in length , 40 feet in width , and in height 50 feet , reckoning to the highest point of the

ceiling . It is lighted by three principal windows at the end , and by seven windows on each side , the sills of the windows being 22 feet from the ground . All round the Hall the walls are arcaded , and a wall built between the extreme points of the buttresses , thus leaving seven deep-recessed alcoves on each

side . But as these alcoves would have been too hi gh , floors have been inserted and the buttresses perforated , so that by this means there is a complete ambulatory round the Hall . There is also at one end a Minstrels' Gallery , in which is a finely carved Royal Arms , which , with the shields placed at

intervals round , are illuminated heraldically . The roof is of iron , and is cased with an enriched fibrous plaster ceiling with wooden ribs , and in appearance is a marvel of lightness , while the floor is of oak , and the walls to a height

ot 12 feet and the alcoves are lined with teak panelling , which , with the projecting balconettes of the several openings in the Gallery , has a very pleasing and rich effect . But undoubtedl y one of the principal attractions is the chief window at the west end of the Hall , containing no less than 20 large panels , besides

The Centenary Memorial Hall, R.M.I. For Girls.

the smaller lights which form the tracery , and which are filler ] in with the arms of the Chairmen of different Festivals . In four of the large panels are emblematical designs representincr Faith , Charity , Love , and Hope , in four others are the four acts of Charity , and in the lower half of the window there are

portraits of the Prince of Wales , the Duke of Connaught , the Duke of Clarence and Avondale , the King of Sweden , the late Duke of Albany , the late Duke of Sussex , the late Earl of Zetland , the late Earl of Carnarvon , and the Earl of Lathom , while in other panels are the arms of Grand Lodge and the

Prince of Wales . In the other end windows and the 14 side windows are the arms ot the lodges and provinces which took part in the Centenary Festival . The stained glass with which the windows are filled is the work of Mr . Edward Frampton , of no , Buckingham Palace-road . The Hall wall

framings have been executed by Mr . Thomas Gibbons , of Dunmow , Essex , while the builder is Mr . Nightingale . The statue of Bro . the Chevalier Ruspini has been executed b y Mr .

E . Roscoe , and the whole of the work has been superintended —as we have before said—by Bros . H . A . Hunt and Ralph Clutton . We trust this handsome building will be found to suffice for the requirements of the Institution for many , many vears .

THE CEREMONY . The ceremony of inaugurating the new buildings took place on Thursday afternoon , when a very large company assembled to meet his Koyal Highness the Most Worshipful Grand Master . The arrangements throughout were excellent , and there was no crowding or confusion . A request was conveyed to the visitors

on their tickets of admission to be seated by 3 . 15 p . m ., and on their arrival they were immediately informed where to find their seats . The gallery , above the dais which was reserved for the Royal party , was set apart for the band

and the representatives ofthe Press , while the galleries on either side , and at the lower end of the Hall , were set apart for the pupils . The visitors occupied the body of the Hall . Among the company

were—Bros . Lord Brooke , M . P , ; Viscount Dungarvan , Lord Harlech , Sir G . Elliot , Beach , M . P ., Prov . G . M . Hants and the Isle of-Wight ; T . F . Halsey , M . P ., Prov . G . M . Herts ; Col . E . C . Malet de Carteret , Prov . G . M . Jersey ; Col . Le Gendre Starkie , Prov . G . M . East Lancashire ; Sir Reginald Hanson ; the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress ; Sheriff Augustus Harris , G . Treas . ; Sheriff Farmer ;

Dr . Jabez Hogg ; Rev . C . J . Martyn , D . P . G . M . Suffolk ; Rev . H . Adair Pickard , P . G . C ; Richard Eve , P . G . T . ; Edward Terry , P . G . T . ; H . Brooks Marshall , P . G . T . ; J . S . Eastes , D . P . G . M . Kent ; C . Hammerton , P . G . S . B . ; Hy . Smith , D . P . G . M . West Yorkshire ; Sir John B . Monckton , P . G . W . ; P . de L . Long , P . G . D . ; E . Letchworth , P . G . D . ; J . H . Matthews , P . D . G . D . of C . ; Frank

Richardson , P . G . D . ; E . M . Money ; Col . Sir F . Burdett , Bart , P . G . M . Middx . ; E . Monteuuis , P . D . G . D . C ; H . A . Hunt ; R ; Clutton ; W . Chapman ; T . Fenn , President Board of General Purposes ; J . Chadwick , P . G . S . B ., G . Sec . East Lanes . ; W . Roebuck , P . G . S . B . ; Henry Sutton , 4 ; R . Berridge , Col . A . Bott Cooke , Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec . ; Sir E . H . Lechmere , P . G . M . Worcestershire ;

James Willing , jun ., George Kenning ; W . F . Smithson , J . G . D . ; George Faulkner , J . M . McLeod , Sec . R . M . I . for Boys ; Col . James Peters , P . G . S . B . ; Herr W . Meyer Lutz , G . Org . ; W . Whitmarsh , P . G . P . ; Thos . Cubitt , P . G . P . ; Charles Belton ; C . F . Hogard , P . G . Std . Br . ; C . F . Matier , P . G . Std . Br . ; Rev . Harry

Hebb , Head Master R . M . I . for Boys ; Sir Polydore De Keyser , P . G . W . ; Dato Abdul Rahman , W . Lake , James Moon , R . Spaull , A . C . Spaull , and W . H . Spaull . Prior to the arrival of the Royal party the string band of the Grenadier Guards ( by permission of Col . Trotter ) performed a selection of music under the direction of Bro . Lieut . Dan

Godfrey . Shortly after three o ' clock the pupils took their places in the galleries , and so well had they been drilled that the act was performed without the slightest confusion . The junior g irls formed the front row and the senior girls the second row , and Mrs .

Roworth stood in the centre of the band gallery to conduct their singing , for which purpose she had been presented by the Ban of Lathom with a beautiful ivory baton mounted in silver . Miss had

Davis , the Head Governess , and Miss Buck , the Matron , seats in the second row in the body of the Hall next to the dais , where they and another young lady held handsome bouquets for the Princess of Wales and the Princesses Victoria and Maud ol

Wales . All the servants of the Institution occupied p laces at the bottom of the hall . It was nearly four o ' clock when a fanfare of trumpets heralded the arrival of the Royal Party-The Prince of Wales , the Princess of Wales , the Princesses Victoria and Maud , with Lord Suffield in attendance , conducted

by the Earl of Lathom , entered at the lower end ° the Hall , all the company rising , and the band playing t'i e National Anthem . On their arrival at the dais the Prince or Wales stood at his chair , having the Princess of Wales , _ t ' ' Princesses Victoria and Maud , and Lord Suffield on his rig ' '

the Earl of Lathom , Bishop Barry , and the Dean of Battle ° J , his left , and the children sang a verse of " God Save the Qu eel 1 ' Miss Davis , Miss Buck , and another lady then presented bouq ue to the Princess and her daughters . The children immediate ; afterwards ( accompanied by the band ) sang the hymn " u' worship the King all glorious above . " r The Earl of LATHOM , D . G . M ., then said : May it p lease y ° ^ Royal Highness , Most Worship ful Grand Master , —On the oc ^>