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ceased to be on fche foundation . In the majority of cases letters of thanks had been received from the children or friends , acknowledging the favonr conferred upon them by the Institution . At the close of the year two hundred and three children remained on the foundation , and daring fche ensuing year 27 children

will have attained the age when they cease to be entitled to the benefits of the Institution ; bufc at the March Court of Governors , ninetean children will come np for election on fche educational fund and one for fche combined , so that we may conclude the expenditure for the year 1888 will equal , if not exceed , the large expenditure of

the past year . We have had to record during the past year the loss by death of one of our Vice-Presidents , and a larger number than usual of Life Governors ; among the latter waa our esteemed Bro . Dr . S . J . M'George , who for so many years acted as one of the honorary medical officers . To the donors and subscribers who have so nobly

supported the institution during the past year , and to those brethren particularly who have , by their efforts as Charity Stewards in their respective Lodges , contributed in no small degree in obtaining the splendid results disclosed in the printed lists , our warmest thanks are tendered , and we ask on behalf of the helpless little ones , deprived

of the fostering hand of paternal tenderness , a continuance of these efforts and of that fraternal feeling in favour of this Institution . Doing this , we may delight ourselves with the reflection of a venerable patriarch—" When the ear heard me , then it blessed me ; and

when the eye saw me , then ifc gave witness to me ; because I delivered the poor that cried and the fatherless and him that had none to help him . The blessing of him thafc was ready to perish came npon me , and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy . "

From the statement of the hon . treasurer ( Bro . J . T . Callow ) , it appears that the total value of tbe invested funds of the Institution , on 31 st December last , was £ 20 , 344 13 s 8 d , including five rights of presentation to certain public Schools for 21 years .

The Leeds Masonic Educational And Benevolent Institution.

THE LEEDS MASONIC EDUCATIONAL AND BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .

THE annual meeting of this prosperous Institution has just been held at the Masonic Hall , Great George Street , Leeds . Brother Richard Wilson was elected President , Bros . Dr . Smyth and C . L . Mason Vice Presidents , and the following Committee : — Bros . MoGill 1311 , Dyson 306 , Hollingsworth 1311 , Thompson 1042 ,

Kingston 1221 , Asquith 1311 , Trevor 2069 , Tomlinson 304 , Brownfoot 304 , Banks 1042 , Warren 1211 , Winn 1211 , Dobson 289 , Jaques 1211 , Stansfield 1211 ; Btoa . Cowbrough Treasurer , Lowrey Secretary . The Hon . Sec . ( Bro . Chas . Lowrey ) submitted the eleventh annual Report of the Committee , as follows : —

Brethren , —Yonr Committee , in presenting their eleventh annual Report of the working of this Institution , have again to congratulate the Patrons , Governors , Subscribers , and Friends on its continued success . During the year last past the capital account has been increased by the creation of two Perpetual Governorships of £ 10 10 s

each , in the persons of the Senior and Junior Deacons of the Zetland Lodge , and the further sum of £ 2 4 s 7 d , on account ; of a further Perpetual Governorship , in the name of the Inner Guard , the whole being the result of au entertainment , in which Bro . Sir Geo . W . Morrison and other members of the Zetland Lodge took a prominent

part ; also by the sum of £ 18 4 s 4 d , being the amount of the offertory after a sermon preached by Bro . the Rev . Canon Bullock ; two Life Governorships of £ 5 5 s each , in fche persons of Bro . Sidney Galvayne , of the Fidelity Lodge , and Bro . Thomas Sutton , of the Excelsior Lodge ; £ 2 2 s , being the completion of the purchase of a

Life Governorship , by Bro . Wm . Furze , of tho Goderich Lodge , under Rule 14 ; £ 2 2 s from Jho . Grimshaw ; and £ 1 ls each from Bros . Yates , Rickard , Hattersley , Pocklington , and Suddick , all of the Philanthropic Lodge , being payments on account of Life Governorships , under Rule 14 ; and £ 2 2 s from the Charity Box of

the Fidelity Lodge—and now amounts to £ 1 , 560 ls Id . This fund ia invested as follows , viz .: —in the purchase oi £ 1 , 000 Leeds Corporation 4 per cent . Stock , afc a cost of £ 1 , 036 lis 8 d , and in the purchase of £ 450 3 J- per cent . Leeds Corporation Stock , £ 454 18 s lid , and the balance in the Leeds and County Bank .

The Revenue account for the year is as follows , viz .: Balance brought over from last year , £ 38 15 s 4 d ; Interest from the Leeds Corporation , £ 54 2 s 6 d ; Bank Interest , £ 1 14 s ; and Subscriptions , £ 54 13 s ; making together the sura of £ 149 4 s lOd . The payments

for education have amounted to £ 51 6 s 7 d , and for incidental expenses to £ 11 10 a lid , together £ 62 17 s 6 d , leaving to carry forward the sum of £ 86 7 s 4 d . There are now on the books of the Institution , six boys and throe girls . This report was unanimously adopted .

Province Of Hampshire And The Isle Of Wight.

PROVINCE OF HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT .

WE have recently given at intervals statistics showing contributions during fche septennial period of 1881-7 of the Province of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight to the Benevolent Institution and the Girls' School , and we are now able to add the contributions in reaped of the third great Charity , the Royal Masonic Institution

for Boys . The figures are : 1881 , £ 299 5 s ; 1882 > £ 196 17 s 6 d ; 1883 , £ 375 5 s 6 d ; 1884 , £ 512 ls ; 18 S 5 , £ 234 5 s ; 1886 , £ 507 5 s 6 d ; and 1887 , £ 21 only ; the total being £ 2 , 145 19 s 6 d , or an annual

average of £ _ 06 lis 4 c 1 . The year s cost of maintenance , & c . of boys of tho Province was £ 282 6 s 3 . Vd ; tho average annual excess of contributions over cost thus being £ 24 5 s 0-i-d . Tho neighbouring Province of Dorset ; contributed during the same period £ 463 ls , or an

Province Of Hampshire And The Isle Of Wight.

annual average of £ 66 3 s ; the coat being £ 120 19 a 10 0 | d , and the yearly deficiency £ 54 16 s lO ^ d . Sussex contributed £ 2140 8 s daring the seven years , or an annual average of £ 305 16 s lOd ; fche cost being £ 201 13 s l . jd , and the annual excess £ 104 3 s 8 £ d . London contributed £ 41 , 639 14 s 5 d dnring fche seven years , and tho annua excess was above £ 3 , 044 . —Hampshire Independent .

Percy Lodge Of Instruction, No. 198.

PERCY LODGE OF INSTRUCTION , No . 198 .

FROM an interesting Report of the year ' s proceedings afc this Lodge of Instruction , we glean the following particulars : — Method of Working—The First Ceremony and Sections first Saturday in the month ; Second Ceremony and Sections , second Saturday ; and Third Ceremony and Sections , third Saturday . The fourth and fifth

Saturdays , when they occur , at fche discretion of the W . M . elected for the evening , thus giving a diversity of work . According to good authority , this Lodge is the oldest in existence . Minute books bear , ing tbe date of 1791 are in the possession of Bro . G . Lambert P . G . S . B ., who has been five times W . M . of the Mother Lodge , while

the venerable P . M . who initiated him over forty years ago is still a member . Many distinguished brethren have been associated with ifc , amongst them we may mention Bros . Stephen Barton Wilson , Peter Gilkes , and P . Cama Past Grand Treasurer . Dnring the past year meetings have been held on forty-two occasions , the initiation

ceremony has been rehearsed sixteen times , passing thirteen times , raising ten times , and installation once , together with 182 Sections . Forty-six new members , making a total of 650 brethren , have joined the Lodge of Instruction since its resusaitation twelve years ago . The number of attendances has been 1078 , making an average of

25 f- £ - , or three more than last year . The receipts have been £ 13 0 s 6 d , against £ 12 19 s 3 d last year , an average of £ 11 7 s lOd during the twelve years ; a donation of £ 5 5 s Od has been given to the Boys' School , making a total of 69 7 s Od to the three Inafcifcufcions .

The Secretary ( Bro . R . W . Galer ) , with the assistance of a Com . mittee , inaugurated , in November 1884 , a " Masonio Association , " the object of which ia to get a number of brethren to contribute ls per week ( payable monthly ) for four years , making in that time £ 10 10 s , and as soon as sufficient funds are in the hands of the

Treasurer to ballot for a Life Governorship in one of the Institutions . This Association has now completed its labours , and has been so far successful that sixty brethren have been enabled fco

qualify themselves as Life Governors of one or other of the Masonio Institutions , the total amount of accumulated funds being £ 67015 s Id . Bro . I . P . Cohen P . M . 205 is the Preceptor , and Bro . R . W . Galer P . M . 1366 is fche Secretary .

The General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys held their regular meeting on Saturday , afc Freemasons' Hall , under the chairmanship of Bro . "W . Roebuck P . G . S . B . There was a large attendance of brethren , the

bnsiness to bo brought under consideration being of an exceptional character . Tho minutes of fche last meeting having been confirmed , those of the House Committee were read for information . A grant was made towards providing

an outfit for an ex-pupil , and another application of a similar character was considered , but for the present was deferred . Bro . A . F . Godson , M . P ., a member of the House Committee , then addressed a few words to the brethren on the nature of the business on the agenda paper , particularly in reference to questions concerning the action of the

House Committee in regard to one of the pupils . He felt

it would be best to let byegones be byegones , both for the lad ' s sake , as for that of the Institution , the welfare of which they all had afc heart . Bro . Andrew Motion then announced it was his intention to withdraw all but the

second motion on the notice paper standing in his name , and he accordingly moved , " That an immediate inquiry be held by the Life Governors of this Institution , respecting the wrong done to William Gideon Motion . " In doing so ,

he said his brother William was not guilty of the offences alleged against him , and thafc whafc the lad had done did not justify the punishment dealt out to him . He therefore

urged fche Committee to grant the inquiry prayed for . The proposition was ultimately rejected , by a large majority , and the proceedings were brought to a conclusion .

On Thursday next , the 15 th inst ., Bro . Fred . Binckes , Past Grand Steward , P . G . S . B ., Secretary Royal Masonic

Institution for Boys , will rehearse , at the West Middlesex Lodge of Instruction , meeting at the Ealing Dean Public Hall , adjoining Castle Hill Station , the ceremonies of Consecration and Installation . Bro . Binckes will be assisted

by Bro . W . W . Morgan P . M . 211 , who will deliver the Oration ; Bro . W . M . Stiles P . M . 1507 , & c , who will act as Director of Ceremonies ; Bro . George Gabb , and others .

Musical arrangements conducted by Bro . W . 0 . Hall W . M . 382 . The proceedings will commence afc Seven o ' clock precisely .