Provincial Grand Lodge Of Cornwall.

400 girls' and 500 boys' votes , total 900 ; ancl are owed 80 boys , 242 old Masons , and 744 widows' votes , total 1 , 000 . The present voting power possessed by the Province I

estimate to be about 300 girls , 350 boys , 450 widows , and 350 old men . This Province is at present receiving from the Central Charities annuities to four old men and

five widows , amounting to £ 320 , and we have two boys in tho Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , and two girls in the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , altogether a grant from about £ 480 to £ 500 per year . Tbo Relief

Committee nt its last meeting adopted four candidates as deserving cases , and to be polled for certain as our votes may allow . I purpose naming the first case iu October . J regret to have to complain of many cases of unnecessary

delay in forwarding the voting papers to me , and I shall feel extremely obliged if the brethren will for tho future sign and send them to me promptly after receiving them . I would suggest that every Lodge appoint a brother

as Charity Steward to attend to the collection of all papers in bis Lodge and send them to me . Some Lodges do this , and it greatly facilitates my work . As Steward representing this Province this year , I beg to report that I

collected for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution £ 43 ls , for tbe Institution for Girls £ 134 4 s , and for Boys £ 70 13 s , a total of £ 249 17 s . Bro . Truseott further reported that the Province had got ten candidates in seven

years on the Funds of the great Masonic Charities , from which they derived a great amount of benefit , and which deserved all the support they could g ive them . The Provincial Grand Secretary reported that a brother of

Restormel Lodge , No . 850 , had been elected an annuitant on the Cornwall Masonic Anuuity and Benevolent Fund with 441 votes , a brother of Lodgo Fortitude , No . 131 , having only 275 votes . The widow of a brother of Lodge

Love ancl Honour , No . 75 , got on tho Fund with 383 against 244 recorded for the widow of a brother of Lodgo Three Grand Princi ples , No . 967 . The son of a deceased brother of One and All Lodge , No . 330 , with 644 votes , is

entitled to an educational grant of £ 15 for three years . In making the last announcement , Bro . Chirgwin said he wished the brethren generally , and especially those who acted as guardians to children on the Fund , to

understand thafc the grants wero for fche education of the children elected , aud nob for the general purposes of the family . It was the duty of the brethren to seo that the money was properly expended . The Prov . G . Master thought it was

important thafc ifc should be known that tho grants given were for the education of the children to whom awarded , and not for tbe benefitof the family generally . He therefore moved that it be an instruction to the special Committee

appointed to inquire if fche educational grants are properly expended . Bro . Bake seconded the motion , which was agreed to . On the motion of Bro . Anderton £ 10 was voted to the unsuccessful female candidate for

the am uit yfund . The Officers of the Cornwall Masonic Annuity and Benevolent Fund wero re-elected , with Bros . Anderton , Milford , and Chirgwin added to the trustees . It was agreed after a slight discussion to grant , on the

motion ot tbe Provincial Grand Secretary , fifty guineas to the Cornwall Masonic Annuity Fund . It was then asked what the Province proposed to vote to the great Masonic Charities . Bro . Anderton thought if they were

going to adopt a now scheme with regard to their charitable fund , they should keep tho balance in hand . Bro . Truseott having remarked that the Province would be receiving nearly £ 500 this year from tho great Masonic

Chanties , moved that thirty guineas be given to each of the Institutions—the Benevolent Fund , and Boys' aud Girls' Schools . Bro . Bake moved , as an amendment , that no money be voted until after tho committee appointed to

consider the question of the Charity funds had presented a report . Bro . Pearce said tho proposal of Bro . Bake would considerabl y damage their charity organisation , afc any rate for the present . They were deriving a vary

great benefit from the great Masonic Charities . They had nine annuitants , and were receiviug £ 320 per year iu cash . Bio . Bake ' s amendment not being seconded , a fact which was received with applause , it was , after further

discussion , decided to give twenty guineas each to the Boys' School and Benevolent Fund , and ten guineas to the Girls' School . The P . G . M . then invested the following brethren as his Officers for the year ensuing : —

Bro . Sir C . B . Graves-Sawle , Bart . - Deputy Grand Master G . P . A . Glencross P . M . 510 . Senior Warden Hugh P . Vivian P . M . 589 Junior Warden

Provincial Grand Lodge Of Cornwall.

i Eev . W . R . Erskine 588 - . *)„ ,,. : Eev . E . F . Frazer Prizell 893 - j P laIUS E . Milford Cock P . M . - - Treasnrer E . P . Edyvean P . M . 330 - - Registrar Thomas ChirG-win P . M . 131 - Secretary W . Lidgey l \ M . 589 - - ) o r » T . G . P ,, | glase P . M . 75 - - j Sen , or Deaoous

J . W . Hi < umn P . M . 495 - . * ) T . T . T T ?„ 71 n M <* ¦>! " -Junior Deacons J . Reynolds P . M . 331 - - ) W . Huthnance P . M . 450 - - Superintendent of Works P . Giles P . M . 496 - . Director of Ceremonies H . B . Neame P . M . 589 - - Deputy D . C . C . M . Downing P . M . 131 - - Assistant D . C . Mnjor Ross 131 - - - Sword Bearer H . C . Welch P . M . 957 - - } 0 , , , „ W . A . Bennett 699 - . j Standai ' cI Be £ ™ — Hewlett ... Organist J . Tonkin P . M . 131 - - Assistant Secretary T . R . Mills P . M . 1003 - - Pursuivant J . Langdon P . M . 131 - - Assistant Pursuivant J . T . Rodda P . M . ] 514 . - * i . 7 . M . Richards P . M . 318 - - i

, W . ColensoP . M . 121 . . ! J . A . Bersey P . M . 893 - . f Stewards ! P . H . Dawe P . M . 967 - - 1 H . Down P . M . 21 GR - - J

I — Nicholls 1544 - - . Tyler ! Bros . H . P . Vivian and W . Bailey wero appointed auditors . The Secretary reported that - £ 11 6 s had been collected in church . It was decided to give

two-fifths to the Cornwall Masonic Annuit y Fund , two * fifths to the Miners' Hospital , and one-fifth to the vicar for disposal . Bro . Rowe gave notice to move at the next Provincial Grand Lodge to raise the age limiting the

educational grant from fourteen to fifteen . Bro . Binckes , returning thanks on behalf of the Charities , appealed for help for tbe Boys' School , the Festival of which only produced £ 8 , 600 . They were sadly in want of funds , and

there were seventy-six candidates for election in October , but they could only elect twenty-three . He congratulated the Province on the great interest it had always felt in the Masonic Institutions , and he hoped no jealousy would be

felt in supporting either of the Charities . Invitations were received from Looe , Liskeard , and Truro for the next Provincial Grand Lodge . The Provincial Grand Master said it was the rule to meet alternatel y in the eastern and

western divisions of the county , and as Truro was in the western division he could not think of Truro next year . A new Lodge had been proposed for Camelfordbya worthy Mason , to whom Masonry owed a great deal in Cornwall

and elsewhere , but he ( the Provincial Graud Master ) must postpone the consideration until he was assured that it was a centre where a Lodge was likely to bo permanently worked . The Grancl Lodge having been closed , the brethren sat down to luncheon at the Assembl y Booms .

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ROYAL ARCH .

- ^ »*» j . — INTEGRITY CHAPTER , No . 380 .

A MEETING of this Chapter was held in the Masonic Hall , on Monday evening , 20 th nit ., the following members aud visiting Companions being present : —W . H . Stewart Z ., J . Verity P . Z . H ., Tudor Trevor P . Z . S . E . 306 J ., J . H . Reyoer Z . S . E ., Geo . Gibson P . Z . 289 S . N " ., G . Eeuss 208 P . Soj ., J . Quartermaio and J . Steele Assistant Sojourners . Immediately after the Chapter had been

opened and tbe minutes of last meeting read , Comp . Quartermain was duly installed successively into the chairs of J . and II . by E . Comp . C . L . Mason P . Z . 301 , 306 aud 380 , P . P . G . H . West Yorks , under the special dispensation of tho Prov . Grand Superintendent of West Yorkshire , which was duly read and ordered to be recorded on

tho miuutes of tho meeting . Bros . T . Barron W . M . and C . Reyner , G . Johnson and M . H . Sykes of Lodge Integrity 380 were then successfully balotted for as candidates , and Bros . Sykes and Reyner being in attendance wero severally introduced and exalted as Companions of the E . A . degree by E . Comp . C . L . Mason P . Z ., & c , tho

mystical lecture being given by E . Comp . Verity P . Z . The thanks of tho Chapter having being specially voted to E . Comp . C . L . Mason P . Z . for his realy and effective aid on that and many former

occasions , together with a vote of congratulation to Comp . Steele P . Z . ou his recent marriage , tho Chapter was solemnly closed , and the Companions adjourned to tho stippor-room , whore full justice was done to the very substantial repast provided .

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