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ROYAL MasonicInstitutionforBoys, WOOD GREEN , LONDON , N . President . —His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT , K . G ., & c , & c , & c , & ., M . W . G . M . A QUARTERLY COURT of the Governors and Subscribers will be held in the Large Hall , Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queen Street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , London , on Friday , the 12 th day of April 1901 , at twelve o ' clock noon precisely , for the transaction of the ordinary business of the Institution : — To consider Notice of Motion by the W . BRO . CHARLES EDWARD KEYSER , M . A .. F . S . A ., J . P ., P . G . D ., Treasurer and Patron of Institution : — " That a humble Address be presented to His Majesty King Edward expressing the respectful sympathy of the Subscribers on the lamented death of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria , Grand Patron of the Institution ; and of congratulation to the King ' s Most Excellent Majesty on his Accession to the Throne . " To elect a Treasurer for the ensuing twelve months ; also 12 Members of the Council , and 10 Life Governors to serve on the Board of Management ; also to elect 23 Boys from an approved list of 37 Candidates . The Ballot for the Election of Boys will open at One o ' clock , or so soon as the General Business of the Court shall have terminated , and will close at Three o ' clock precisely . By order , J . MORRISON McLEOD , Secretary . Offices . —6 Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C . 4 th April 1901 . * * The One Hundred and Third Anniversary Festival will be held on 26 th June 1901 , the Right Hon . W . W . Bramston Beach , M . P ., R . W . Prov . G . M . Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , in the Chair . The services of Ladies and Brethren as Stewards on this important occasion are earnestly solicited , and will be gratefully acknowledged . * * Copies of the Revised History of the Institution may be had on application to the Secretary , price ( including postage ) one shilling each .

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Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

Royal Masonic Institution for Boys .

WE have much pleasure in announcing that the Medical Officer Bro . W . E . Porter , M . D ., having kindly delivered a third series of Lectures—nineteen of the Boys were entered for the recent examination of the St . John ' s Ambulance

Society and all passed . This satisfactory result of the great pains taken by Bro . Porter will be welcomed by the Subscribers , and the Board of Management has tendered to the worthy Medical Officer its best thanks for his services , so ably and gratuitously rendered .

AT the regular meeting of the Council held on Friday , 29 th ult , Bro . George Everett P . G . Treas . in the chair , those present included Bros . J . W . Burgess , Geo . Chapman , W . S . Emden , C . Pulman , W . Russell , J . Speller , and J . W . Woodall .

A notice of motion was given by Bro . Charles E . Keyser , for the Quarterly Court on . Friday , 12 th April , for the presentation of a humble address to His Majesty King Edward on the death of her late Majesty Queen Victoria Grand Patron of the Institution .

The list of nominations for election to the Board of Management was closed , Bros . R . D . Cummings , Dr . W . H . Kempster , J . D . Langton , and J . J . Thomas , retiring- members .

and Bro . Alfred J . Thomas being alone nominated as representing London Brethren ; the last named Brother to take the place of Bro . Rowland Plumbe , who retires from the Board owing to pressure of his business engagements .

For the Provinces seven Brethren were nominated for live vacancies , but Bros . B . A . Smith ( nominated by Leicestershire and Rutland ) and Thomas Taylor ( by Staffordshire ) have since withdrawn for this election .

The five retiring members , viz .: —Bros . Benson ( North Wales and Cheshire ) , Corbie ( Essex ) , Manfield ( Norths , and Hunts . ) , Margrett ( Berkshire ) , Papworth ( Cambridge ) , will thus be re-elected , being the first time since the Board was constituted ( 1891 ) of there being no contested election .

West Yorkshire Charity.

WEST YORKSHIRE CHARITY .

THE annual meeting of the West Yorkshire Charity Committee was held at the Masonic Hall , Wakefield , on Saturday , 30 th ult ., Bro . W . Blackburn presiding .

A vote of condolence with the Right Worshipful Prov . Grand Master Bro . W . L . J ackson , M . P ., on the death of Mrs . Jackson was adopted . The resolution was seconded by Bro . W . C . Lupton , Mayor of Bradford .

The draft of the forty-second annual report was passed for presentation to the Provincial Grand Lodge . The report stated that the sum subscribed in the Province to the three Masonic Charities in London amounted during the year to

£ 2 , 883 16 s and £ 180 had been promised to the West Yorkshire Masonic Educational and Benevolent Fund . The Subcommittee had succeeded in electing all the West Yorkshire candidates for those Institutions—two girls , one boy , three

men , and one widow . For the elections in April and May they had as candidates one girl , three boys , two men , and two widows .

Brother W . Blackburn and Brother H . S . Childe were respectively re-elected Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Committee for the ensuing year .

Bro . Harry A . Badman W . M . of the Royal Standard Lodge , No . 1298 , installed his successor at the Holborn Restaurant , on Wednesday . Owing to our going to press early on account of the Easter holidays the report of the proceedings is postponed till next week .

We understand that' the Earl of March has been appointed and has accepted the Provincial Grand Mastership of Sussex , but it will be some time before his lordship can be installed , as he is just about leaving England for South Africa .

The appointment to be conferred on Bro . Cheetham at the coming Festival of Grand Lodge , and to which we referred last week , is that of Grand Deacon , not Warden as printed .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Correspondents . All Letters must bear the name and address of the writers , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications .

MASONIC IMPOSTORS . To the Editor of THE FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —As a sufferer and a victim to Masonic Impostors I am delighted that you expose two cases in your issue of this date .

I should esteem it a great favour if you will make it known that I emphatically disown all connection with an impostor who is going about obtaining money from Lodges , and individuals , on the strength of using my name , which happens to be fairly well known , especially among London Lodges .

This man represents that he hails from a Lodge in Minneapolis , has been shipwrecked , and is an Engineer . Worst of all , after having fleeced not only myself but many of my Masonic friends

also , I now find that he is representing himself as being related to me , which is the greatest and most annoying imposture he has adopted . By giving publicity to this , with a view of thwarting such nefarious procedure you would confer a lasting favour on

Yours fraternally , A . DARCH . P . M . and Sec . 72 , P . M . 1986 , P . Z . 72 , Preceptor 2184 . 112 Westminster Bridge Road , S . E ., 16 th March igoi .

We may take this opportunity of mentioning that Bro . Cyril H . Beever P . M . Prov . G . Reg . W . M . who is a prominent member of the Minnehaha Minstrel Lodge , and who , as his title indicates , is

also connected with West Lancashire , has recently had bestowed upon him Royal Arch honours in the latter Province . He has been appointed Provincial Grand J ., and we very heartily and sincerely congratulate him upon his well-deserved success .

Jan Ten-Kate , whose pictures are attracting much attention in London just now , is the son of one of the greatest poets of Holland . The poetic instinct has developed in the son , and his pictures give the clue to his imaginative powers . For fifteen years he has been engaged on a series of pictures depicting Humanity , and they are striking examples of bold and . effective work .