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Grand Officers.

GRAND TREASURER . Bro . A . H . BEVAN , who had the honour of being elected , by a substantial majority , to the office of Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year , at the March Comrr unication of Grand Lodge , has had a distinguished , if not a very prolonged , career in Masonry . He was initiated in the Friends-in-Council Lodge , No . 1383 , in 1801 , and is in the chair of W . M . at the present time . In the interim , however ,

he has exhibited great activity in Craft work . In 1892 he was a founder , and subsequently elected W . M . for two years in succession , of the Eton Lodge , No . 2458 , Eton , and for his services in its behalf was appointed Prov . G . Registrar of Buckinghamshire . He has also joined the Studholme Lodge , No . 1591 , the Canterbury Lodge , No . 1635 , and the Jubilee Masters Lodge , No . 2712 , while during the present year he has assisted in founding the Captain Coram Lodge and the

Sydecham Lodge , No . 2737 and 2744 respectively . He is a Royal Arch Mason , having been exalted in the Friends-in-Council Chapter , No . 1383 , in 18 93 , is a joining member of the Canterbury Chapter , No . 1635 , the Studholme , No . 1591 , and the Studholme Brownrigg , No . 2421 , Amersham , Bucks , while in 1895 he became founder and First Principal Z . of the Bevan Chapter , No . 2458 , Bucks , and subsequently Prov . G . Scribe N .

Bucks . Ncr has Bro . Bevan confined his attention to Craft and Royal Arch Masonry . He is at the present time G . Treasurer-elect of the Mark Grand Lodge , was installed Knight of the Temple in 1893 , in the Studholm Preceptory , No . 140 , and is the present E . Preceptor , and in 1895 joined the Temple Court Pncptcry , No . 162 , Wokinjr , while in the A . and A . Rite he has been

feif < cted Rose Croix and taken the 30 ° , and is a member of the Studholme Chapter , No . 67 . But mo : e especially have our Institutions claimed his services , and in addition to having acted six times as Steward for each of our Schools , and three times for the Benevolent Institution , he is a Patron of them all . Bro . Sevan is a Governor of St . Thomas's and the Foundling Hospitals , and is gtnerallv well-known for his ardour in the cause of philanthropy .

DEPUTY GRAND REGISTRAR . Bro . Sir FORREST FULTON , Q . C , LL . B ., Common Serjeant of the City of London , and formerly M . P . for the Borough of West Ham , was initiated in ths British Lodge , No . 8 , on the 3 rd June , 1872 . In 1895 , he joined the Pegasus

Lodge , No . 2205 , Gravesend , and in May , 1897 , was installed in its chair of W . Master . In the same year he joined the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 259 , and on the and February last was exalted in St . James ' s Royal Arch Chapter , No . 2 He served as Unattached Steward for the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls last year and constituted himself Life Governor thereof .

SENIOR GRAND DEACONS . Bro . Capt . R . G . M . CHALONER , M . P ., during the 23 years he has been a member of our Order , has been at different times a member of many lodges , and has had his services rewarded in two Provinces . He was initiated in the Concord Lodge , No . 632 , Trowbridge , on the nth April , 18 7 6 . In 18 7 8 he joined Charity Lodge , No . 5 63 , Umballa , in th : Punjab , and in 188 9 Wahab Lodge , No . 988 ,

Sialkot , in the same District . On his return to England , he joined the Sun Lodge , No . 106 , Exmouth , and the following year the York Lodge , No . 236 , meeting in the city of the same name , while in 18 S 6 he was elected a member of the Zetland Lodge , No . 5 61 , Guisborough . In 1890 he joined the Friendship and Sincerity Lodge , No . 472 , Shaftesbu-y , and had the honour of presiding over it as W . M . during 1891 and 1892 , during the latter of which years his services were recognised

by his appointment as Prov . S . G . Warden of Dorsetshire . In 18 91 he became a member of the Lodge of Science , No . 437 , Wincanton , in the Province of Somersetshire , while from 1895 onwards he appears to have taken a very active part in Wiltshire Masonry . I ., 1893 he joined the Lodge of Friendship and Unity , No , 12 7 , Bradford-on-Avon , of which he was installed WM . in 18 95 , and the Longleat Lodge , No . 1478 , Warminster . In 18 95 he joined the Wnite Horse Lodge ,

No . 2227 , Westbury , and in 1897 became a founder of the Chaloner Lodge—so named in his honour—No . 2644 , Melksham , and was installed its first W . M ., and re-elected for a second term tf oilice . He had already , in 18 77 , served as Prov . Asst . G . Purst ., and the further services he subsequently rendered to the Province ltd to his having the brevet rank of P . P . S . G . W . of Wiltshire conferred upon him

in 1897—the year of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee . Bro . Chaloner is also a Royal Arch Mason , having been exalted in the St . John the Baptist Chapter , No . 639 , Mussoorie , in the District of Bengal , and is a Past M . W . S . of the Weymouth Chapter of Rose Croix , No . 11 . He has served as Steward for the Boys' School , is a Life Governor of both Schools , and also a Life Governor of the Male Fund oi the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution .

Bro . Rear-Admiral W . H . C . ST . CI . AIK ' S experiences of Masonry may almost be said to be cosmopolitan in their extent and variety . He was initiated in St . John's Li dge , No . 161 Halifax , Nova Scotia—now No . 2 on the roll of that Grand lodge—in October , 1862 , and in the 36 years which have since elapsed has been conmcted wilh lodges and chapters located in places as far removed from one another as Malta , Bermuda , Bristol , the Cape of Good Hope , and Portsmouth .

Among the lodges of which he is or has been a member are the Phiunix , No . 247 , Porti-mouth , ol which he was installed W . M . in 1881 ; the St . John and St . Paul , No : 349 , Malta ; the St . Vincent , No . 1404 , Bristol ; the Royal Naval College Lodge , No . 1593 , Greenwich ; the Port Alfred Lodge , No . 1468 , Uathurst , Cape of Good Hope ; the Navy Lodge , No . 2613 , of which he was a founder in 18 9 6 , and was installed W . M . last year ; and , in particular , the St . Clair Lodge , Nt . 2074 ,

Landport , of which he was founder and first W . Master . These many and various services have been justly recognised , and in 1885 he was appointed Prov . G . Registrar of Hants and the Isle ot Wight , and since then Dist . S . G . Warden of Malta . He was exalted in the Bermuda Chapter , No . 224 , Bermuda , in 186 4 , and was installed M . E . Z . of the Melita Chapter , No . 349 , Malta , in 1890 , became in that year founder and was installed as the First Principal of the St . Clair Chapter , No . 2074 , Landport . In 1891 he was appointed Prov . G . Third Principal

J . oi the Prov . G . Chapter of Hants and the Isle of Wight . In the Mark Degree he is a P . M . of the Portsmouth Lodge , No . 17 , and a present member of the Phu ; nix Lodge , No . 2 , Portsmouth j and in 1886 was appointed Prov . S . G . D . of Hants and the Isle of Wight . In the Ancient and Accepted Rite he has been ptrlected Rose Croix , 18 ° , and is a member of the Royal Naval Chapter , No . 9 , Portsmouth . Lastly , he has tendered his services as Steward , with accompanying Life Governorship , at the approaching Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls .

Bro . P . COLVILLE SMITH , M . A ., St . John s Coll . Oxon , who has won high distinction both in Metropolitan and Provincial Masonry , is a son of the late Sir Philip rrotheioe Smith , of Truro , and a nephew of the late Right Hon . Lord Justice Mor . tagu Smith , and was for some lime Masterof tie Bicester Hounds . He was initiated in the Apollo University Lodge , No . 357 , Oxford , on the gth

Februaiy , 1886 , and has been thrice elected and installed as W . M . of that distinguished lodfje , namely , in 1891 , 1893 , and 18 9 G , while at the present time , we believe , be is its Secretary . In 1891 he had conferred upon him the collar of Prov . S . G . W . of Oxfordshire , and in 1898 undertook the responsible office of Prov . G . Secretary . He is at the present time S . W . and W . M . elect of the Westminster and Keystone Lodge , No . 10 , which he joined in 1888 , while in 188 9 he was elected

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a member of the Phcenix Lodge , No . 331 , Truro , and in 18 94 was appointed Prov . Senior Grand Warden of Cornwall . He was exalted a Royal Arch Mason in the Apollo University Chapter , No . 357 , in May , 18 S 7 , and has successively filled the three Principals' chairs , while in 1 S 90 he was appointed Prov . G . Prin . Sojourner Oxon . In Mark Masonry he has twice been W . M . of the University Mark Lodge , No . 55—namely in 188 9 and 1893 ; W . C . N , in the Royal Ark

Mariners Lodge moored to it in 1891 ; and Prov . J . G . Deacon of Berks and Oxon in 1888 . In the Order of the Temple he was E . P . of the Coeur de Lion Preceptory , No . 29 , in 1895 ; and in the A . and A . Rite has been twice M . W . S . of the University Rose Croix Chapter , No . 40 , and took the 31 in 18 97 . As regards our Institutions he has done good service . He is Patron of the Benevolent Institution and twice Steward , a Vice-Patron , with three Stewardships , for the Girls' School , and a Vice-President , with six Stewardships , forthe Boys' School .

JUNIOR GRAND DEACONS . Bro . HUDERT S . GLUTTON , M . A ., was initiated in St . Peter Westminster Lodge , No . 1537 , on the 16 th October , 1876 . In February he joined the Old Union Lodge , No . 46 , and having represented it on the Board of Grand Stewards in 1 S 89 , was , the year following , installed in the chair of W . M ., the same honours having been conferred upon him for the second and third time in 1897 and 1898 .

In 1891 , he joined the Methuen Lodge , No . 631 , Taplow , and last year was appointed Prov . G . Registrar of Buckinghamshire . He has also won distinction in Royal Arch Masonry , to which he was exalted in St . Peter Westminster Chapter , No . 1537 , on the 24 th February , 1879 . Ten years later he was installed its First Principal , and has filled the same office in Mount Moriah Chapter , No . 143 , and in Herschel Chapter , No . 1894 , having been installed in the former case in

January , 1897 , and in the latter in 1898 . In the Order of the Temple he is Past E . Preceptor of the Faith and Fidelity Preceptory , No . 26 , and in the A . and A . Rite , in which he has taken the 30 ° , he is Past M . W . S ., and present Recorder of the Grand Metropolitan Chapter , Rose Croix , No . 1 . He has qualified as Vice-President of both our Schools and the Benevolent Institution and has given to each of them his services as Steward .

Bro . T . POULTNEV GRIFFIN has been a member of our Order for the long period of 40 years , having beea initiated in the Hope and Charity Lodge , now No . 377 , Kidderminster , on the 28 th March , 1859 , and the same year he was appointed Prov . G . Steward of Worcestershire . Since then he has been connected with Metropolitan Masonry , and having joined St . John's Lodge , No . go , in 1863 , was in due course elected and installed W . M . in 1869 . In 1880 he joined the

Grand Master ' s Lodge , No . 1 , and having represented it on the Board of Grand Stewards in 1891 , was installed W . M . in 1895 . In Royal Arch Masonry , to which he was exalted in Fidelity Chapter , No . 3 , on the 1 st March , 1872 , he became , in 1886 , a founder of Grand Master ' s Chapter , and in April , 18 94 , was installed M . E . Z . Last year he was appointed ist G . Standard Bearer of Supreme G . Chapter . He has served as Steward for each of our Institutions , and has qualified a *** Life Governor of the three .

Bro . J H . SALTER , J . P ., was initiated in the Howard Lodgeof Brotherly Love , No . 56 , Littlehampton , on the 16 th August , 1864 , and , having subsequently joined the Easterford Lodge , No . 2342 , Kelvedon , was , on the 1 st April , 1891 , installed its W . M . The following year he was appointed P . J . G . W . Essex , and is at the present time an elected member of the Board of General Purposes of that Province . He was exalted in the Plume Chapter , No . 1024 , Maldon , on the 15 th

July , 1891 , was installed in the chair of frirst Principal Z . on the 22 nd July , 18 9 6 , and on the same day had the honour of being appointed and invested P . G . H . In 1897 , he was one of those companions on whom H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , G . Z ., was pleased to confer brevet rank as a P . G . Officer of Supreme G . Chapter , in commemoration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee , and was appointed P . A . G . S . In the Mark Degree he ranks as P . M . of the Constantine Lodge , No . 145 ,

Colchester , and P . P . G . D . C . of East Anglia . He was installed Knight of the Order of the Temple in the St . George's Preceptory , No . 6 , in 1892 , and is at the present time a member of that and of the St . Michael ' s Preceptory , No . 165 , while in the A , and A . Rite he is a member of the Rose and Lily Chapter of Rose Croix , No . 97 , and took the 30 ° in 18 9 6 . He is a Life Governor of tne Boys' School , anihis served it as Steward on one occasion .

DEPUTY GRAND DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES . Bro . ED . VUND ARTHUR SMITH has been a Mason for upwards of 30 years , having been initiated in the Royal York Lodge of Perseverance , No . 7 , in 185 7 , and in 1871 was installed in the chair as W . Master . He joined the United Lodge

of Prudence , No . 8 3 , in 1887 , and was elected to the chair in 1895 , while last year he became a member of the Bard of Avon Lodge , No . 77 8 , Hampton Court . Quite recently he has become a Royal Arch Mason , having been exalted last year in the Bard of Avon Chapter , No . 778 . He is a Life Governor , and has served as Steward for the Boys' School and Benevolent Institution , and has entered his name as a member of the Board of Stewards for the Girls' Festival next month .

ASSISTANT GRAND DIRECTORS OF CEREMONIES . Bro . G . W . G . BARNARD is one of the ablest and most distinguished members of the Fraternity in the Province of Norfolk . He was initiated in Sincerity Lodge , No . 943 , Norwich , on the 27 th December , 18 77 , and in May , 1879 , was elected a joining member of the Social Lodge , No . 52 , which meets in the same city , but did not retain his connection with it for long . He has been

twice elected and installed as W . M . of his mother lodge , namely , in 1883 and 1890 , and has been the recipient of Provincial honours on three occasions—in 1884 , when he was appointed Prov . G . Registrar ; in 188 S , when he was selected to fill the difficult and delicate office of Provincial Grand Secretaryan office which he has retained till the present time , to his own great credit and to the advantage of Norfolk Masonry—and on the third occasion , in 1897 , when he

had conferred upon him the brevet rank of P . P . S . G . W ., in commemsration of the Queen ' s Diamond Jubilee . In Royal Arch Masonry he has won similar distinction . He was exalted in Perseverance Chapter , No . 213 , Norwich , on the 6 th June , 18 79 , and was installed M . E . Z . in 1886 , and for the second time the year following , when he was appointed P . G . J . In 1894 , he was appointed P . G . S . E ., and has retained the ofiice in connection with that of P . G . Secretary ever since .

In the year 18 97 , the brevet rank of P . G . Std . Br . in Supreme G . Chapter was conferred upon him . In the Mark Degree he is P . M . of the Walpole Lodge , No . 92 , Norwich , and P . P . G . M . O . of East Anglia . In the Order of the Temple he is P . E . P . and present Registrar of the Cabbell Preceptory , No . 6 9 , Norwich , P . C . of the Prov . Priory of East Anglia , and P . G . Capt . of the Guards of Great Priory ,

while in the A . and A . Rite he is P . M . W . S . and present Treasurer of the Clarence Chapter , Rose Croix , No . 114 , Norwich . Lastly , he has done good service to our Charitable Institutions , having constituted himself a Life Governor of each of them , and served two Stewardships for the Boys' School , one for the Girls' School , and one for the R . M . B . I .

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Grand Officers.

GRAND TREASURER . Bro . A . H . BEVAN , who had the honour of being elected , by a substantial majority , to the office of Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year , at the March Comrr unication of Grand Lodge , has had a distinguished , if not a very prolonged , career in Masonry . He was initiated in the Friends-in-Council Lodge , No . 1383 , in 1801 , and is in the chair of W . M . at the present time . In the interim , however ,

he has exhibited great activity in Craft work . In 1892 he was a founder , and subsequently elected W . M . for two years in succession , of the Eton Lodge , No . 2458 , Eton , and for his services in its behalf was appointed Prov . G . Registrar of Buckinghamshire . He has also joined the Studholme Lodge , No . 1591 , the Canterbury Lodge , No . 1635 , and the Jubilee Masters Lodge , No . 2712 , while during the present year he has assisted in founding the Captain Coram Lodge and the

Sydecham Lodge , No . 2737 and 2744 respectively . He is a Royal Arch Mason , having been exalted in the Friends-in-Council Chapter , No . 1383 , in 18 93 , is a joining member of the Canterbury Chapter , No . 1635 , the Studholme , No . 1591 , and the Studholme Brownrigg , No . 2421 , Amersham , Bucks , while in 1895 he became founder and First Principal Z . of the Bevan Chapter , No . 2458 , Bucks , and subsequently Prov . G . Scribe N .

Bucks . Ncr has Bro . Bevan confined his attention to Craft and Royal Arch Masonry . He is at the present time G . Treasurer-elect of the Mark Grand Lodge , was installed Knight of the Temple in 1893 , in the Studholm Preceptory , No . 140 , and is the present E . Preceptor , and in 1895 joined the Temple Court Pncptcry , No . 162 , Wokinjr , while in the A . and A . Rite he has been

feif < cted Rose Croix and taken the 30 ° , and is a member of the Studholme Chapter , No . 67 . But mo : e especially have our Institutions claimed his services , and in addition to having acted six times as Steward for each of our Schools , and three times for the Benevolent Institution , he is a Patron of them all . Bro . Sevan is a Governor of St . Thomas's and the Foundling Hospitals , and is gtnerallv well-known for his ardour in the cause of philanthropy .

DEPUTY GRAND REGISTRAR . Bro . Sir FORREST FULTON , Q . C , LL . B ., Common Serjeant of the City of London , and formerly M . P . for the Borough of West Ham , was initiated in ths British Lodge , No . 8 , on the 3 rd June , 1872 . In 1895 , he joined the Pegasus

Lodge , No . 2205 , Gravesend , and in May , 1897 , was installed in its chair of W . Master . In the same year he joined the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 259 , and on the and February last was exalted in St . James ' s Royal Arch Chapter , No . 2 He served as Unattached Steward for the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls last year and constituted himself Life Governor thereof .

SENIOR GRAND DEACONS . Bro . Capt . R . G . M . CHALONER , M . P ., during the 23 years he has been a member of our Order , has been at different times a member of many lodges , and has had his services rewarded in two Provinces . He was initiated in the Concord Lodge , No . 632 , Trowbridge , on the nth April , 18 7 6 . In 18 7 8 he joined Charity Lodge , No . 5 63 , Umballa , in th : Punjab , and in 188 9 Wahab Lodge , No . 988 ,

Sialkot , in the same District . On his return to England , he joined the Sun Lodge , No . 106 , Exmouth , and the following year the York Lodge , No . 236 , meeting in the city of the same name , while in 18 S 6 he was elected a member of the Zetland Lodge , No . 5 61 , Guisborough . In 1890 he joined the Friendship and Sincerity Lodge , No . 472 , Shaftesbu-y , and had the honour of presiding over it as W . M . during 1891 and 1892 , during the latter of which years his services were recognised

by his appointment as Prov . S . G . Warden of Dorsetshire . In 18 91 he became a member of the Lodge of Science , No . 437 , Wincanton , in the Province of Somersetshire , while from 1895 onwards he appears to have taken a very active part in Wiltshire Masonry . I ., 1893 he joined the Lodge of Friendship and Unity , No , 12 7 , Bradford-on-Avon , of which he was installed WM . in 18 95 , and the Longleat Lodge , No . 1478 , Warminster . In 18 95 he joined the Wnite Horse Lodge ,

No . 2227 , Westbury , and in 1897 became a founder of the Chaloner Lodge—so named in his honour—No . 2644 , Melksham , and was installed its first W . M ., and re-elected for a second term tf oilice . He had already , in 18 77 , served as Prov . Asst . G . Purst ., and the further services he subsequently rendered to the Province ltd to his having the brevet rank of P . P . S . G . W . of Wiltshire conferred upon him

in 1897—the year of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee . Bro . Chaloner is also a Royal Arch Mason , having been exalted in the St . John the Baptist Chapter , No . 639 , Mussoorie , in the District of Bengal , and is a Past M . W . S . of the Weymouth Chapter of Rose Croix , No . 11 . He has served as Steward for the Boys' School , is a Life Governor of both Schools , and also a Life Governor of the Male Fund oi the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution .

Bro . Rear-Admiral W . H . C . ST . CI . AIK ' S experiences of Masonry may almost be said to be cosmopolitan in their extent and variety . He was initiated in St . John's Li dge , No . 161 Halifax , Nova Scotia—now No . 2 on the roll of that Grand lodge—in October , 1862 , and in the 36 years which have since elapsed has been conmcted wilh lodges and chapters located in places as far removed from one another as Malta , Bermuda , Bristol , the Cape of Good Hope , and Portsmouth .

Among the lodges of which he is or has been a member are the Phiunix , No . 247 , Porti-mouth , ol which he was installed W . M . in 1881 ; the St . John and St . Paul , No : 349 , Malta ; the St . Vincent , No . 1404 , Bristol ; the Royal Naval College Lodge , No . 1593 , Greenwich ; the Port Alfred Lodge , No . 1468 , Uathurst , Cape of Good Hope ; the Navy Lodge , No . 2613 , of which he was a founder in 18 9 6 , and was installed W . M . last year ; and , in particular , the St . Clair Lodge , Nt . 2074 ,

Landport , of which he was founder and first W . Master . These many and various services have been justly recognised , and in 1885 he was appointed Prov . G . Registrar of Hants and the Isle ot Wight , and since then Dist . S . G . Warden of Malta . He was exalted in the Bermuda Chapter , No . 224 , Bermuda , in 186 4 , and was installed M . E . Z . of the Melita Chapter , No . 349 , Malta , in 1890 , became in that year founder and was installed as the First Principal of the St . Clair Chapter , No . 2074 , Landport . In 1891 he was appointed Prov . G . Third Principal

J . oi the Prov . G . Chapter of Hants and the Isle of Wight . In the Mark Degree he is a P . M . of the Portsmouth Lodge , No . 17 , and a present member of the Phu ; nix Lodge , No . 2 , Portsmouth j and in 1886 was appointed Prov . S . G . D . of Hants and the Isle of Wight . In the Ancient and Accepted Rite he has been ptrlected Rose Croix , 18 ° , and is a member of the Royal Naval Chapter , No . 9 , Portsmouth . Lastly , he has tendered his services as Steward , with accompanying Life Governorship , at the approaching Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls .

Bro . P . COLVILLE SMITH , M . A ., St . John s Coll . Oxon , who has won high distinction both in Metropolitan and Provincial Masonry , is a son of the late Sir Philip rrotheioe Smith , of Truro , and a nephew of the late Right Hon . Lord Justice Mor . tagu Smith , and was for some lime Masterof tie Bicester Hounds . He was initiated in the Apollo University Lodge , No . 357 , Oxford , on the gth

Februaiy , 1886 , and has been thrice elected and installed as W . M . of that distinguished lodfje , namely , in 1891 , 1893 , and 18 9 G , while at the present time , we believe , be is its Secretary . In 1891 he had conferred upon him the collar of Prov . S . G . W . of Oxfordshire , and in 1898 undertook the responsible office of Prov . G . Secretary . He is at the present time S . W . and W . M . elect of the Westminster and Keystone Lodge , No . 10 , which he joined in 1888 , while in 188 9 he was elected

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a member of the Phcenix Lodge , No . 331 , Truro , and in 18 94 was appointed Prov . Senior Grand Warden of Cornwall . He was exalted a Royal Arch Mason in the Apollo University Chapter , No . 357 , in May , 18 S 7 , and has successively filled the three Principals' chairs , while in 1 S 90 he was appointed Prov . G . Prin . Sojourner Oxon . In Mark Masonry he has twice been W . M . of the University Mark Lodge , No . 55—namely in 188 9 and 1893 ; W . C . N , in the Royal Ark

Mariners Lodge moored to it in 1891 ; and Prov . J . G . Deacon of Berks and Oxon in 1888 . In the Order of the Temple he was E . P . of the Coeur de Lion Preceptory , No . 29 , in 1895 ; and in the A . and A . Rite has been twice M . W . S . of the University Rose Croix Chapter , No . 40 , and took the 31 in 18 97 . As regards our Institutions he has done good service . He is Patron of the Benevolent Institution and twice Steward , a Vice-Patron , with three Stewardships , for the Girls' School , and a Vice-President , with six Stewardships , forthe Boys' School .

JUNIOR GRAND DEACONS . Bro . HUDERT S . GLUTTON , M . A ., was initiated in St . Peter Westminster Lodge , No . 1537 , on the 16 th October , 1876 . In February he joined the Old Union Lodge , No . 46 , and having represented it on the Board of Grand Stewards in 1 S 89 , was , the year following , installed in the chair of W . M ., the same honours having been conferred upon him for the second and third time in 1897 and 1898 .

In 1891 , he joined the Methuen Lodge , No . 631 , Taplow , and last year was appointed Prov . G . Registrar of Buckinghamshire . He has also won distinction in Royal Arch Masonry , to which he was exalted in St . Peter Westminster Chapter , No . 1537 , on the 24 th February , 1879 . Ten years later he was installed its First Principal , and has filled the same office in Mount Moriah Chapter , No . 143 , and in Herschel Chapter , No . 1894 , having been installed in the former case in

January , 1897 , and in the latter in 1898 . In the Order of the Temple he is Past E . Preceptor of the Faith and Fidelity Preceptory , No . 26 , and in the A . and A . Rite , in which he has taken the 30 ° , he is Past M . W . S ., and present Recorder of the Grand Metropolitan Chapter , Rose Croix , No . 1 . He has qualified as Vice-President of both our Schools and the Benevolent Institution and has given to each of them his services as Steward .

Bro . T . POULTNEV GRIFFIN has been a member of our Order for the long period of 40 years , having beea initiated in the Hope and Charity Lodge , now No . 377 , Kidderminster , on the 28 th March , 1859 , and the same year he was appointed Prov . G . Steward of Worcestershire . Since then he has been connected with Metropolitan Masonry , and having joined St . John's Lodge , No . go , in 1863 , was in due course elected and installed W . M . in 1869 . In 1880 he joined the

Grand Master ' s Lodge , No . 1 , and having represented it on the Board of Grand Stewards in 1891 , was installed W . M . in 1895 . In Royal Arch Masonry , to which he was exalted in Fidelity Chapter , No . 3 , on the 1 st March , 1872 , he became , in 1886 , a founder of Grand Master ' s Chapter , and in April , 18 94 , was installed M . E . Z . Last year he was appointed ist G . Standard Bearer of Supreme G . Chapter . He has served as Steward for each of our Institutions , and has qualified a *** Life Governor of the three .

Bro . J H . SALTER , J . P ., was initiated in the Howard Lodgeof Brotherly Love , No . 56 , Littlehampton , on the 16 th August , 1864 , and , having subsequently joined the Easterford Lodge , No . 2342 , Kelvedon , was , on the 1 st April , 1891 , installed its W . M . The following year he was appointed P . J . G . W . Essex , and is at the present time an elected member of the Board of General Purposes of that Province . He was exalted in the Plume Chapter , No . 1024 , Maldon , on the 15 th

July , 1891 , was installed in the chair of frirst Principal Z . on the 22 nd July , 18 9 6 , and on the same day had the honour of being appointed and invested P . G . H . In 1897 , he was one of those companions on whom H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , G . Z ., was pleased to confer brevet rank as a P . G . Officer of Supreme G . Chapter , in commemoration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee , and was appointed P . A . G . S . In the Mark Degree he ranks as P . M . of the Constantine Lodge , No . 145 ,

Colchester , and P . P . G . D . C . of East Anglia . He was installed Knight of the Order of the Temple in the St . George's Preceptory , No . 6 , in 1892 , and is at the present time a member of that and of the St . Michael ' s Preceptory , No . 165 , while in the A , and A . Rite he is a member of the Rose and Lily Chapter of Rose Croix , No . 97 , and took the 30 ° in 18 9 6 . He is a Life Governor of tne Boys' School , anihis served it as Steward on one occasion .

DEPUTY GRAND DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES . Bro . ED . VUND ARTHUR SMITH has been a Mason for upwards of 30 years , having been initiated in the Royal York Lodge of Perseverance , No . 7 , in 185 7 , and in 1871 was installed in the chair as W . Master . He joined the United Lodge

of Prudence , No . 8 3 , in 1887 , and was elected to the chair in 1895 , while last year he became a member of the Bard of Avon Lodge , No . 77 8 , Hampton Court . Quite recently he has become a Royal Arch Mason , having been exalted last year in the Bard of Avon Chapter , No . 778 . He is a Life Governor , and has served as Steward for the Boys' School and Benevolent Institution , and has entered his name as a member of the Board of Stewards for the Girls' Festival next month .

ASSISTANT GRAND DIRECTORS OF CEREMONIES . Bro . G . W . G . BARNARD is one of the ablest and most distinguished members of the Fraternity in the Province of Norfolk . He was initiated in Sincerity Lodge , No . 943 , Norwich , on the 27 th December , 18 77 , and in May , 1879 , was elected a joining member of the Social Lodge , No . 52 , which meets in the same city , but did not retain his connection with it for long . He has been

twice elected and installed as W . M . of his mother lodge , namely , in 1883 and 1890 , and has been the recipient of Provincial honours on three occasions—in 1884 , when he was appointed Prov . G . Registrar ; in 188 S , when he was selected to fill the difficult and delicate office of Provincial Grand Secretaryan office which he has retained till the present time , to his own great credit and to the advantage of Norfolk Masonry—and on the third occasion , in 1897 , when he

had conferred upon him the brevet rank of P . P . S . G . W ., in commemsration of the Queen ' s Diamond Jubilee . In Royal Arch Masonry he has won similar distinction . He was exalted in Perseverance Chapter , No . 213 , Norwich , on the 6 th June , 18 79 , and was installed M . E . Z . in 1886 , and for the second time the year following , when he was appointed P . G . J . In 1894 , he was appointed P . G . S . E ., and has retained the ofiice in connection with that of P . G . Secretary ever since .

In the year 18 97 , the brevet rank of P . G . Std . Br . in Supreme G . Chapter was conferred upon him . In the Mark Degree he is P . M . of the Walpole Lodge , No . 92 , Norwich , and P . P . G . M . O . of East Anglia . In the Order of the Temple he is P . E . P . and present Registrar of the Cabbell Preceptory , No . 6 9 , Norwich , P . C . of the Prov . Priory of East Anglia , and P . G . Capt . of the Guards of Great Priory ,

while in the A . and A . Rite he is P . M . W . S . and present Treasurer of the Clarence Chapter , Rose Croix , No . 114 , Norwich . Lastly , he has done good service to our Charitable Institutions , having constituted himself a Life Governor of each of them , and served two Stewardships for the Boys' School , one for the Girls' School , and one for the R . M . B . I .

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