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CONTENTS .

r , ADERS ' 53 Reviews ijq Consecration of the Highbury I . odge , ^ Notes and Queries ino No . JIQ 2 ; - ' ;' u "" i '" , " . ' , ! v'iL , Vi . r'U'iL , U' ' ' * REPORTS or MASONIC MEETINGSConsecration of the Jubilee Mark I . odge , Now ? , at Ulverston t $$ pafr Masonry ifio v ' tcVon the Karlv Minute Book of the I " ™ A ° u l 6 Y Premier Grand I . odge of England 156 RovaI Arch 163 Evening vvith the Old Folks at Croydon 157 Mark Masonry 163

An A . nnal Festival of the Wandsworth Lodge * R - 1 ? A I ™? ! '"; , , ' P of Instruction , No . 1044 HI Royal Order of Scotland 163 Aninal Festival of the Grand Masters' Shanklin Exhibition Medal 16 3 Mark I . odge of Instruction 157 Queensland 16 4 West Lancashire Masonic Benevolent ^ obituary 16 4 TheUeds Masonic Ed " ucationaYar . ci ' Bene l * Masonic and G * neral Tidings 16 4 volent Institution 1 J 7 Lodge Meetings for Next Week Hi .

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A SPECIAL General Court of the Governors and Subscribers " ^ oMhe to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls has been summoned Girls' School . r Monday next , the 21 st inst ., when , as will be seen from our advertisement columns , certain business of a most important character will be submitted for consideration . There are four notices of motion on the

agenda paper , and of these the first by Bro . R . GLUTTON , J . G . D ., to the effect that the arrangement entered into by the House Committee to purchase of Mr . WM . EVILL the two houses and grounds adjoining the Junior School of the Institution for £ 2500 should be confirmed is of the greatest consequence . The purchase of these houses , abutting as they do , on old Lyncombe

House , will not only give greater compactness to the existing premises and more completely isolate them from the adjoining property , but it will also materially prolong the somewhat limited frontage . Moreover , the price , as house property in the neighbourhood goes , is by no means exorbitant , while Mr . EVILL , whose price originally was . £ 3000 , has very generously

agreed to accept the inferior sum of £ 2500 offered by the House Committee . Lender these circumstances , we trust the General Court will see its way to confirming the arrangement as stated above . The second motion , proposed by Bro . PHILBRICK , Grand Reg ., as it is intended to prevent any hardship resulting . to a candidate from

changing the day of election in April from the second Saturday to another day , only requires to be explained in order to be accepted . It is clear that if , for its own convenience , the Court changes the day of election as fixed by law , it must do so without detriment to the candidates , and that a candidate who is within the prescribed limits of age fcr election on the second

Saturday in April , as provided by law , should remain eligible if the ballot is postponed to a later day . Of the other two propositions we need only remark as regards that submitted by Bro . W . P . BROWN , that it contemplates the addition of five children to the existing number of pupils in the School , such

addition being commemorative of her MAJESTY ' S Jubilee , and that , if carried , it will obviate the necessity for any ballot , as there will then be virtually 23 vacancies to be filled from an approved list of 23 candidates . The proposition is by no means an extravagant one , and vve have no doubt the Court will see its way to accepting it " nem . con . "

* # * The rs ¦ " ^ var ' Statements of Account for the Royal Masonic School Accounts Institution for Boys in respect of the year 1886 are on the whole satisfactory . To this extent , at least , that , though they disclose certain deficiencies which will have to be made good out of capital

or increased receipts , they furnish evidence of a wise and economical administration of the funds . On the General Account the balance on the wrong side is within £ 50 . On the Sustentation Fund Account the balance due to the bankers is £ 568 5 s . 66 . On the Farm and Stock Account there ls a small cash balance in the hands of the Secretary , and on the Special

Preparatory School Building Fund " Account for 1886 there is a balance due to bank ( £ 1631 14 s . 5 d . ) , and General Fund ( £ 3 13 s . ) , amounting to i-6 35 7 s . -jd . The receipts for the whole period , consisting of Dona- . j ! ° ( £ 18 , 369 18 s . 90 . ) , Grand Lodge Contribution ( £ 1000 ) , Grand Chapter Contribution ( £ 500 ) , Dividends ( £ 850 3 s . 2 d . ) , and Rents

Ui 26 6 s . ) , amount to £ 20 , 746 7 s . 1 id ., while the Expenditure , including fcSioo for Freehold Land and four Villas , has been ^ 22 , 036 13 s . iod . Thus e excess of outlay over income is due almost entirely to the newly-^ abhshed Preparatory School . The General Account shows a total for „ nary Expenditure of £ 0760 is . id ., for Special Expenditure of

\ V ° ^ * ^'' * ' n res P ° ^ Laundry , & c , Entrance Gates , Engineering t ! ° ^ ' ' £ - 5 * - 5 " 2 £ * " ' whole amounting to £ 12 . 560 17 s . 6 d ., while Receipts , including Balance brought forward from 1885 ( £ 699 ios . id . ) , S , . J ^ tnis b y £ 47 8 s ., being only £ 12 , 513 9 s . 6 d ., Donations and . rl Ptions , Dividends . Grants from Grand Lodi ? e and Grand Chanter .

, dries being all included . Hnece , but for the Laundry , Engineering In f - W 0 I"ks - t ^ lere would have been a large balance to the credit of the feat ' ' ° " nsteac - * ° f a small debit one against it . But the most gratifying

r , or a " is that the total cost per boy shows a clear diminution from f 0 r 1 l 9 s > 9 ld . in 1885 to £ 40 6 s . 7 * d . in 1886 , the number of boys provided amou former J ' being 215 , and in the latter 242 . This diminution , the ' ' ^ ° ^ * -- ' ^ ' P k ° y * c ° r'fi wnat - we have said already as to se and economical administration ' of the funds which has characterised

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the year s proceedings , and reflects the greatest possible credit on the Executive . We trust this fact will be borne in mind , and that the time intervening between now and the date of the Anniversary Festival will be beneficially employed in raising not only the money required for the ordinary service of the year , but likewise the overplus of expenditure , which has had to be incurred on account of the Preparatory School .

* # * ,. . IT is gratifying to learn that the efforts which are being made Shropshire and , , T . „ „ . „ ths Girls ' Festival by this province to support their P . G . M ., R , W . Bro . Sir in May . OFFLEY WAKEMAN , Bart ., as Chairman at the approaching Festival in May next of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls are likel y to prove so satisfactory , and that the sum which its Stewards are

raisinghaving regard to its numerical strength—will be considerable . In our report last week of the annual meeting last month at Shrewsbury of the Prov . G . Lodge , it was stated that this sum would be £ 500 , and , considering the Returns for the past year show a roll of some ten lodges and 315 members , we must congratulate our Shropshire brethren on their generosity , and the Stewards on the energy they must have shown in the prosecution of their

oftentime thankless labours . £ 500 would be a large contribution even from a stronger province , and is most creditable , therefore , to Shropshire , which , as a separate organisation , is but of yesterday ' s creation though , when it was united with North Wales under the late R . W . Bro . Sir W . WILHAMSVVYNN , Bart ., it . often bore its part handsomely at these gatherings . We trust its sister provinces and the metropolis will loyally assist it in making the " debut " of Bro . Sir O . WAKEMAN as a Festival Chairman a grand success .

* * RARELY has a better suggestion been offered than that for the American Lodge , creation in London of an Anglo-American Lodge . As its No . 2191 . name implies , this lodge will not only afford a common place of meeting where brethren of the United States and England can

interchange greetings and build up acquaintances and friendships—that can be done , and is done daily , at the lodges already existing in the two countries ; but its membership will be limited to those , to whichever of the two nationalities they belong , who are brought into contact with each other professionally or commeicially . An American . is almost as much at home in England as he is in his own country , and the same may be said of the Englishman when

visiting or located in the United States . But hitherto he has been , speaking-Masonically , as a stranger within our gates , one to whom due honour must be paid , and the rites of hospitality extended ; but still a stranger always . Now and henceforth he will be one of us , not only a constituent member of our Fraternity , but likewise whenever he shall attain to oneof the principal officers ' chairs , a constituent member of our Grand Lodgeand eligible for appointment

to Grand Office . English and American Masons have already been closely enough allied , the majority of the Grand Lodges in the United States tracing their origin to one or other of the Grand Lodges of the Old Country . The Anglo-American Lodge will prove the link which will confirm and draw still closer together the bands of Masonic union existing between the two countries , especially as it starts under such brilliant auspices , and with so capable

and influential a body of officers . Bro . BRACKSTONE BAKER , a P . G . D . of England , and the representative at our Grand Lodge of several of the Grand Lodges of the United States , is the W . M . designate , and Bro . CLARK , of the firm of Dows , CLARK , and Co ., one of the Wardens designate , while Bro . WALLER , Consul General for the United States in London , will occupy one of the minor offices . With a strong staff of officers , and with splendid material to draw upon for members , there is little doubt

the new lodge will prove a staunch addition to our roll of metropolitan lodges , and it is needless to say that our brethren of the Anglo-American have our heartiest sympathy as well as our sincerest wishes for a long and prosperous career to their lodge . To Bro . G . REYNOLDS , J . VV . ot the Covent Garden Lodge , No . 1614 , Secretary , pro tern ., the conception of the idea of the Anglo-American Lodge , we believe , is due , and we congratulate our worthy brother on the success that has followed his efforts . # .. *

, WE have much pleasure in drawing attention to an lnteresting-Premicr Grand . , , _ ** . ,. ,. . , , " Lodge of article by Bro . LANE on the earliest list of lodges , 1723-32 ; England . particularly in reference to the date of the third list , which certainly appears to be a little later than hitherto supposed . So much depends upon the year of its compilation , that we may be excused in asking the special attention of experts , so that the matter may be decided on the evidence submitted . At present , we favour Bro . LANE ' view that it is

1731-2 not 1730-2 . *»* . MASONIC " Homes" are on the increase in the United States " Homes" of America , several Grand Lodges of late having started in America . Educational and Boarding Institutions , some of which are a great credit to the Fraternity . One of the earliest and best of the kind is

the "Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Home" at Louisville , Kentucky . An excellent programme , containing the service at the " Dedication of the Chapel " on April nth , 1886 , was printed by " Our Boys" in the " Masonic Home Printing Office . " Several Ministers of Religion took part in the proceedings , including Rabbi ADOLI * MOSES . Dr . ROB . MORRIS , Past G . M ., took the chief part as the proxy of the GRAND MASTER , and the closing address was delivered by Bishop PENICK . The building is a large one and apparently well suited for the purpose . The fpiends in