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The First Masonic Festival of the Ensuing Year WILL BE THAT OS IHE IR , O "Y" J ± L MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION TOR AGED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS Grand Patron and President : Jffis ROYAL HIGHNESS T IIE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & o ., M . W . G . M . WHICH WILL TAKE PLACB AI FREEMASONS' TAVERN , GREAT QUEEN STREET , LONDON , ON WEDNESDAY , 29 ™ FEBRUARY 1888 , ¦ EPOS "WHICH OCCASION SIR GEORGE ELLIOT , Bart , M . P ., R . W . PROV . G . M . SOUTH WALES ( EAST DIVISION ) , has been pleased to signify his intention of Presiding . BRETHREN are earnestly invited to accept the office of Stewards upon this occasion , and they will greatly obligo by forwarding their fcatnos and Masonic rank , as soon as convenient , to the Secretary , who will gladly give any information required , and supply them with the nececsary circulars , & c . It is fraternally hoped that ; upon this occasion , owing to the largo number of applicants and the few vacancies , Brethren will use their influence to obtain donations towards the funds of the Institution , which were never more needed than at the present time . Expenditure in Annuities alone , 015 , 000 . Permanent jacome only £ 3 , 600 , JAMES TERRY , Vice-Patron , P . G . S . B . Secretary . OKMCI : — i Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C .

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§ Upl IJJaamw ftrsiitattcw for ( Skis , ST . JOHN'S HILL , BATTERSEA RISE , S . W . Chief Patroness : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . Grand Patron and President : His R OYAL H IGHNESS THE PJRINCE or W ALES , K . 6 . , M . W . G . M . Grand Patroness : HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF W ALES . POUNDED 178 8 . CENTENARY CELEBRATION 1888 PRESIDENT OP TIIK BOAKD OF STEWARDS : The Right Hon . the EARL OF LATHOM DEPUTY G . M ., Prov . G . M . Lancashire Western Division . — : o : — Brethren willing to act as Stewards on the above important occasion will greatly oblige by sending in their name 3 as early as convenient . F . R . W . HEDGES , Secretary . OJTICE—5 Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen Street , W . C .

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APRIL ELECTION , 188 8 . The Votes and Interest of the Governors and Subscribers of the fi crpl P'asmiit firsttiuttcnt for dikfs are earnestly solicited on behalf of PRISCILLA MINNIE SWAEBE , ( AGED 9 TEARS LAST JUNE ) , Daughter of the late Bro . DAVID SWAEBE . He was initiated in the Joppa Lodgp , No . 188 , in January 1851 , and continued a subscribing member to 1871 . He joined the Euphrates , No . 212 , and subscribed for 17 years , until his decease , which took place in May 18 S 7 . He has left a widow and 6 children unprovided for . The case is strongly recommended by the brethren of the Joppa Lodge , No . 188 , and by Bro . lit . Hon . POLTDOBE DE KEYSER , Lord Mayor , Mansion House , London . Bro . Sir HUSKY A . ISAAC * , Alderman , 27 Belsizc Pai-k , N . W . ? Bro . T . GBOVKS P . M . Clarendon Lodge 17 G 9 , St . Bernard ' s , Longley Iload , Lower Tooting-. Bro . IT . HARRIS P . M . Israel Lodge , 58 Nen-ington Causeway . * Bro . W . ICLTUOENSTKIN P . M . 73 and 1510 , V . i \ K . M . I . G . > V . WRAY MORGAN P . M . 211 , 11 Thnrnhill Square , Barnsbury , N . * C . P . HOGARD P . M . 205 -18 a P . G . S . Br . and P . P . G . S . of West ' Sussex , 89 Balfour Road , Highbury . ? LEWIS LAZARUS P . M . and Secretary Joppa Lodge 133 , 8 G Sandringham Road , Dalston . Proxies will be thankfully received by those marked * .

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BRO . G . S . GRAHAM , The Popular Tenor and Buffo Vocalist , from St . James's Hall Crystal Palace , & c . ( Provincial Grand Organist Middlesex ) IS OPEN TO ACCEPT ENGAGEMENTS FOR Concerts , ( Bnicttainmcnis $ gliiscmit gmufucts . Bro . G . S . Graham ' s Party of Eminent Artists can bo engaged for Masonic Banrjnets , Consecrations and Installations , & e . Foe Opinions of the Press and Tern s , address—G . S . GRAHAM , Hazeldean , Cornford Grove , Balaam , Surrey .

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THE . LODGE OF SINCERITY , No . 174 , WILL SHORTLY PUBLISH ITS HISTORY FOR THE LAST 103 YEARS . By Brother JOHN NEWTON , F . R . A . S . P . M . 17 J ( and late Secretary ) , P . M . 1607 , P . Z . 171 , 975 , & c , & c . Price to SUBSCRIBERS , 5 s nett ; by post 5 s 6 d . Royal 8 vo , Bound in Cloth . The Subscrip tion List will close on 18 th January , for printing , after which date the price will be 7 s , by post 7 s 6 d . Applications for Copies , with Remittance , to be addressed to the Secretary , Bro . C . H . WEBB , 3 Wharf Road , Gnbitt Town , E .

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Price One Shilling . THE BACONIAN-CRYPTOGRAPHIC PUZZLE . M ANUFACTURED in "Walnut Wood . A fund of endless amuse . ment for tho Holidays . Sont by post on receipt of stamps . Address , O . WILSON , FKEEMASOM ' S OKROITICLE Office , 2 Belvidere Works , Hermes Hill , Pentonville , London , N .

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Provincial Grand Lodge Of Derbyshire.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF DERBYSHIRE .

AT the Annual Meeting of this Provincial Grand Lodge , held on Tuesday , 20 th December , at the Masonic Hall , Gower Street , Derby , there was a large and influential gathering , every Lodge in the Province being represented . It had been hoped that the Provincial Grand

Master , Bro . the Marquis of Hartington , M . P ., would have made it convenient to attend on this occasion , but at the eleventh hour the noble lord found himself unable , by reason of important business which called him to London ,

to be present . In his absence the chair was occupied by the genial and popular Deputy Grand Master , Brother Haughton Charles Okeover , who was supported hy a large number of distinguished Provincial Grand Officers , Past

and Present . The chair of the D . P . G . M . was rilled by Bro . W . H . Marsden P . P . S . G . W . The annual reports presented from the various Lodges indicated a steady growth of Masonic strength , it being particularly noticeable that

the Charities of the Order were receiving a very hearty and liberal recognition . On the latter point , it wag mentioned by Bro . G . T . Wright , Chairman of the Charity Committee , that during the past year the

Province had subscribed £ 557 5 s 6 d towards the three great Masonic Charitable Institutions , and that during the past three years no less than £ 2 , 4 . 00 had been sent up from Derbyshire . An interesting feature of the

day ' s proceedings was the presentation of a testimonial to Bro . William Naylor , who has for a great many years most zealously ; vnd efficiently discharged the duties of Provincial Grand Secretary . It was repotted by Bro . Percy Wallis ,

who had acted as Honorary Secretary to the Presentation Fund , that the proposal to recognise Bro . Naylor ' s services had been most liberally responded to from all parts of the Proviuce , and that after purchasing for him Full and

Undress Grand Lodge clothing , and also clothiug for Grand Royal Arch Chapter ( in both of which Bro . Naylor has been made the recipient of honours ) , the Committee were able to hand over a cheque of the value of £ 175 for

presentation . The Deputy Provincial Grand Master , in investing Bro . Naylor with the handsome new clothing , and presenting him with the cheque referred to , bore eloquent testimony to the great services he had rendered to the

Province of Derbyshire , and wished him an abundant measure of health to continue his honourable Masonic career . Bro . Naylor , in returning thanks , referred to the enormous strides made by Derbyshire Freemasonry during the 17 years he had been connected with the Province .