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$ toprilHS 0 mt liTStifttiimt far § op , WOOD GREEN , LONDON , N . OFFICE—G FREEMASONS' HALL , W . C . Grand Patron : —HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . President : —H . R . H . THE PRINCE or WALES , K . G ., M . W . G . M . THE 95 th ANNIVERSAEY FESTIVAL TTIIl BE HBID Al 1 Ht ROYAL PAVILION , BRIGHTON , ON WEDNESDAY , 28 TH JUNE 1893 , UNDBR THE DISTIXGUISUKD PBESIDKKCY OP TUB RIGHT HON . LORD BROOKE , B . W . Trov . Grand Mastor for Kssex , Vice-President of the Institution . The Brighton Corporation Band will give Promenade Concerts in the afternoon and evening . <*¦ A Concert will take place in the Music Room , from 6 * 30 p . m ., tinder the direction of Bro . Maldwyn Humphreys , A . R . A . M ., with Miss Medora Henson ( Royal Italian Opera ) and other distinguished artistes . Fall particulars of the arrangements as to special trains , & c , may be obtained at tbe office . Dinner Tickets ( inclusive of First Class Return Fares from London ) , for Ladies , 21 s , and Brethren , 25 s . By order , J . MORRISON McLEOD , Hon . Secretary Board of Stewards * ' 6 Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C . 8 th Juno 1893 . Tbe services of Ladies and Brethren as Stewards representing Lodges or Provinces on this important occasion are earnestly solioited , and will be gratefully acknowledged .

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J TZJl a j ^ -wrfvww . ^ ^ H ^ p ^^^^^ H WiS VsVlAWWVt | g ^ -WAW JPTOjJiJF SATURDAY , 10 TH JUNE 1893 .

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MARK MASONRY .

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THE Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of England and Wales and the Colonies and Dependencies of the British Crown was held at Mark Masons' Hall , Great Queen StreetW . Con

, , Tuesday , the 6 th . instant , when a goodly assemblage of brethren was present . In the unavoidable absence of the Prince of Wales , the Marquis of Hertford Pro Grand Master presided .

After the minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 28 th February last had been read and confirmed , the report of the General Board was presented aud taken as read , and on a motion it was received and adopted . The report is as follows : —

Daring the the three months ending 31 st Marob , thero have been iBBued Mark Certificates , 531 ; total number registered , 31 , 000 . Seven warrants for new Lodges , viz .: — No . 455—St . Panl , Cyprus . No . 456—Royal George , Bermuda .

No . 457—Legioliam , Castleford , W . Yorks . No . 458—Prince Frederick William , London . No . 459—La France , London . No . 460—Avondale , Antigua . No . 461—George Graveley , Leytonstoue .

Royal Ark Mariner Certificates , 75 ; total number registered , 3 , 868 . Four Warrants for new Ark Mariner Lodges : — Bedford Charity , to bo attached to the Bedford Lodgo , No . 115 . Mount Moriah , to be attached to tbe Mount Moriah Lodge , No . 251 . Martyn , to be attached to the Yonell Lodge , No . 317 . Bolingbroke , to be attacked to the Bolbgbroke Lodge , No . 451 .

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His Royal Highness the Prinoe of Wales M . W . Grand Master has been pleased to appoint—R . W . Bro . Rear Admiral Albert Hastings Markbam to be District Grand Master for tbe Mediterranean , in succession to the

late Col . Marraadnke Ramsay , and to re-appoint for a farther term of three years—R . W . Bro . A . F . Powell , J . P ., Provincial Grand Master for Bristol . R . W . Bro . the Right Hon . Sir H . Stafford Nortbcote , Bart ., M . P ., Provincial Grand Master for Devon .

R . W . Bro . Charles Hunter , Provincial Grand Master for North Wales . R . W . Bro . the Hon . Mr . Justice Henry James Parsons District Grand Master for Bombay . The Board Having been informed that Bro . Charles Jolly W . M . of

the Excelsior Lodge , No . 226 , had been installed in the chair of the Saye and Sele Lodge , No . 309 , contrary to Art . 301 , whioh provides that a brother shall not be Master of more than one Lodge at the same time , without a dispensation from the Grand Master , which , in this case , had not been applied for , it was ruled that tbo so-called

installation was null and void , and the Lodge was directed to pro * ceed to another eleotion . The M . W . Grand Master has been pleased to grant the prayer of the petition of the members of the Tenterden Lodge , No . 251 , and has authorised the name being changed to the Mount Moriah Lodge ,

No . 251 . The Carnarvon Lodge , No . 7 , formerly in the Province of Middlesex and Surrey , and meeting alternately at Hampton Court and the Cafe Royal , Regent Street , has been permitted to reinquish the meetings at Hampton Court , and will iu future be attached to the London distriot .

FUND OF BENEVOLENCE . The Board have great pleasure in announcing that the Twenty , fifth Annual Festival will be held at the Freemasons' Tavern , on Wednesday , 19 th July . The Right Worshipful Colonel G . Noel Money , C . B ., Provincial

Grand Master for Surrey , has most kindly consented to preside , and the Grand Seoretary wilt be happy to receive the names of brethren willing to act as Stewards . The Board have eleoted on the Annuity Fund , without a poll : —

Bro . Henry Preston , Hull ( No . 12 ) . Bro . Benjamin Robinson , London ( No . 72 ) . The following cases have been relieved :

Bro . C . H . B . ( Lodge No . 284 ) . . £ 20 O 0 Bro . I . F . ( Lodge No . 276 ) - - 15 0 0 Mrs . E . A . ( Widow of a Brother of Lodge No . 165 ) - - . - 10 0 0

The Board recommend the following grant to Grand Lodge : — £ 15 to Mrc A . M . ( Widow of a Brother of No . 209 and 326 ) . R . LOVELAND LOVELAND , President . FRANK RICHABDSON , Vice-President . C . FITZGERALD MATIEB , G . Secretary .

6 th April 1893 . At the conclusion of tho ordinary bnsiness the following resolution was passed : — " That tho cordial thanks of the members of the General Board be tendered to their President , V . W . Bro . R . Loveland Loveland , for the very able and courteous manner in whioh he haB presided over the meetings of the Board during the past year . "

( Signed ) FKANK . RICHARDSON , V . P . A portrait of the Earl of Euston was then presented to Grand Lodge by the Grafton Lodge , No . 415 , after which H . R . H . the Prince of Wales was declared again installed as Most Worshipful Grand Master , he having been elected

at the last meeting . After the usual proclamation , the Earl of Euston was invested as Pro Grand Master , having been appointed to that post by the Prince of Wales in

succession to the Marquis of Hertford , who , having served the usual three years , was presented with the collar and jewel of a Past Pro Grand Master . Tho other Grand Officers appointed and invested were : —

Bro . Viscount Dungarvan - - Deputy Master Lord Ampthill . - - Senior Warden Right Hon . Sir Matthew White Ridley , Bart ., M . P . - - Junior Warden Col . E . C . Malet de Carteret . M . O .

Sir George D . Harris . . S . O , Arthur Roger Carter . . J . O . Rev . Arnold W . Oxford , M . A . - ) „ , , . Rev . C . Mitford Weigall , M . A . - j P laina Frederick Mead ( eleoted ) - Treasurer

Frank Richardson . . Registrar R . Loveland Loveland - - Pres . Board Gen . Parposes C . Fitzgerald Matier . . Seoretary Peter de Lande Long . . ) „ . _ . Thomas A . Argles . . j Semor Deacons

James D . Bels Adam . . ) _ . _ Vincent P . Freeman - . j Jnn , or Deac ° C . H . Driver - . . Inspector of Works Robert Berridge - . . Director of Ceremouios

Benjamin U . Watts . . Assist . Directors of Cers . Col . Wyudham Harfc . . Sword Bearer William Ravonscroft . . ) „ , , _ William R . T . Morton . . ] Standard Btar . ra