Royal Masonc Institution For Girls.

ROYAL MASONC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

THE Quarterly General Court of Governors and Subscribers of this Institution was held on Saturday , in the Large Hall of the Freemasons' Tavern , under the presidency of Bro . Horace Brooks Marshall , Past Grand Treasurer . The minutes having been confirmed , Bro . H . B . Marshall was re-elected Treasurer of the Institution , 1 iviatnerseconded

on the proposition or ± . ro . J . _ . , oy -t . ro . E . F . Storr . Bro . Marshall tendered his thanks for the compliment , and assured the brethren he had endeavoured to discharge the duties of the office in the past to the best of his ability . It had been his privilege during the past year to speak for the first time in Grand Lodge

on behalf of the Institution , and it then afforded him great gratification to see the practical sympathy of the brethren assembled , who voted the sum of £ 1000 towards the additional charges entailed by the purchase of the recently

acquired land adjoining the School grounds afc Battersea Rise . He was sure he was expressing the sentiments of his colleagues , as well as of himself , when he said they were

individually and collectively actuated in that purchase by an earnest desire to promote the best interests , to study the comfort , and increase the benefits of the poor fatherless girls that tbe Craft had committed to their care .

The General Committee for the year was then elected , as follows : —Bros . A . L . Annefct , J . W . Berrie , J . J . Caney , J . F . Corben , Col . Wolseley-Cox , T . A . Dickson , W . Dodd , J . French , T . G . C . Gambrill , Walter Martin , A . Moore , and W . Vincent . An additional vacancy , to be filled at that day ' s election , was then declared , on the motion of Bro . J . H . Matthews , P . G . Standard Bearer , Vice-Patron ,

seconded by Bro . Edgar Bowyer , P . G . Standard Bearer , Vice-Patron . The vacancy was caused by the death of Inga Edith . Wilkinson , wbo died after four days' illness . Bro . Gladwell brought forward his proposal , that in

recognition of valuable professional services gratuitously rendered to this Institution by Bro . Frank Richardson P . G . D ., Patron , he be elected an honorary Vice-President , with 20 votes at all elections of girls . Bro . Gladwell said it required

bnt few words to introduce this proposal ; the Chairman had already alluded to the duties which fell to the House Committee in the matter of the purchase of the extra land at Battersea-rise , and he might allude to the service of Bro .

Richardson , a member of the House Committee , whose services as a lawyer had often been placed at the command of the Institution . Those services were conspicuous on the occasion he referred to , when the negotiations necessitated

the inspection of many deeds , and the devotion of a great deal of time , much , care , attention , and circumspection . Had the business been placed in the hands of some one who had less interest in the welfare of the Institution , the

School might have been saddled with a bill of costs far exceeding that which was incurred , and though the negotiations were protracted , they might have been much more prolonged , and the terms might have been far less

favourable than they were . There was really more show than substance in the present proposal , for they were only giving Bro . Richardson a little more patronage than he had already

acquired by his liberal pecuniary contributions to the Institntion . Bro . Henry Smith , Deputy Prov . G . M . West Yorkshire , seconded the proposition , which was carried unanimously . Bro . Charles Laccy P . M . 174 next rose , for

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the purpose of directing attention to what he considered an objectionable paragraph on the balloting papers for the present election , and which was conspicuously printedMn red ink , to the effect that if the subscriber died after he or she had signed the paper , but before the election , the proxy would be invalid . He had no doubt this paragraph had

caused discomfort to brethren in advanced years . Although such was the law of the Institution , it was unwise to have it announced on the balloting paper . It was putting the matter very pointedly to the subscribers

He should move that such a paragraph do not appear again . Brother James Stevens P . M . 1426 also expressed dissatisfaction with the paragraph . Tho Chairman said they were in the unfortunate position of having this law ,

which he thought was undesirable . The brethren , however , had power to alter it , and they also had power , if they did not alter it , to say that it should not appear on the balloting papers . Notice of motioa could be given for

the next Quarterly Court , whereupon Bro . Lacey said he should move a resolution on tho subject in due course . This concluded the preliminary business , and the poll was declared open for the election of twenty-four girls into the

Institution . A list of those who were successful appear in another column ; we here append details of the unsuccessful , the votes polled on whose behalf will bo carried forward for the next election .

UNSUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES . No . on List . Name . Forward . Polled . Total . 19 Tamer , Margaret Winifred — 611 611 20 Cook , Alice Flora — 588 588

16 Mnrfin , Constance — 394 394 28 Steng , Martha Panlina C . — 250 250 23 Clark , Julia Elizabeth — 203 203 21 Sniton , Eleanor Jnlia — 202 202 11 Lillywhite , Eva Marian 107 68 175

32 Hyde , Winifred Cleveland — 131 131 24 Eawlinga , Lillian Gertrude S . — 129 129 12 Woods , Lilian 36 15 51 29 Norman , Aline Mary — 26 26 18 Proadfoot . Edith Lilian — 19 19

Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .

THE usual Quarterly General Court of Governors and Subscribers , and Half-yearly Election of this Institution was held at Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queen Street , on Monday , under the presidency of Bro . W . Roebuck P . G .

Steward . On the minutes being submitted for confirmation , Bro . W . A . Scnrrah brought forward his motion , "That so much of the minutes of tho Quarterly General Court of Monday , the 11 th January 1886 , as refers to the alteration of tho mode of the election of the House

Committee be not confirmed . " The proposer of the motion said he did not mean to reflect upon any member of the House Committee ; he knew them to be the right men in the right place . They were doing their work thoroughly well . The laws for the election of tho House Committee

had been carefully framed , but they might be altered and improved . But alteration should be carefully effected , and there ought to be a very good and sound reason for change . Hitherto no reason had been sag , rested for the alteration . He would like to a k the Secretary , as the mo . t c > mpotent to answer—had the n ! cl riilo that the Hon o Com-