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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS , WOOD GREEN , LONDON , N . OFFICE—6 , FREEMASONS' HALL , W . C . GRAND PATRONHER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . PRESIDENTH . R . H . THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., M . W . G . M . THE 92 nd ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL will be held at FREEMASONS' TAVERN , LONDON , ON WEDNESDAY , 2 ND JULY , iSgo , under the Presidency of the RT . HON . LORD GEORGE HAMILTON , M . P ., First Lord , ofthe Admiralty , R . W . Past Grand Senior Warden , P . M . No . 2012 , V .-President ofthe Institution . Officers of the Board of Stewards : — President—W . Bro . R . V . VASSAR-SMITH , Dep . Prov . G . M . Gloucester , V .-Pat . of Inst . Acting-Presidents—V . W . Bro . H . B . MARSHALL , J . P ., P . G . Treas ., Patron of Inst . V . W . Bro . ASHER BARFIELD , P . G . Treas ., Patron of Inst . W . Bro . Sir LIONEL EDWARD DAREI . L , Bart ., P . G . D . W . Bro . Major GEORGE LAMBERT , P . G . S . B ., Patron of Inst . W . Bro . W . H . SPAULL , J . P ., P . G . A . D . C , Prov . G . Sec . Shropshire . W . Bro . Capt . J P . PROBERT , W . M . Grand Stewards ' Lodge , P . M . No . S , P . G . Stwd . W . Bro . J OSEPH D . LANGTON , Grand Master ' s Lodge No . 1 , P . M . No . 1673 , 2006 , P . Prov . G . J . W ., P . Z ., Prov . G . Reg . Surrey . Vice-Presidents—PATRONS , VICK-PATRONS AND VICE-PRESIDENTS OF THE INSTITUTION , PRESENT AND PAST GRAND OFFICERS , PRESENT AND PAST GRAND STEWARDS , PRESENT AND PAST PROVINCIAL GRAND OFFICERS . Hon . Treasurer—W . Bro . GEORGE GARDNER , P . M . No . 2012 , W . M . No . 2309 , V .-Pres . of Inst . Musical arrangements under the direction of Bro . ALFRED MOORE , NO . 91 . TICKETS—LADIES , gs . 6 d .: BRETHREN , 21 s . —maybe obtained from the Stewards , or on application to the office as above . The services of Brethren as Stewards representing Lodges or Provinces are—UNDER EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES—most earnestly solicited , and will be gratefully acknowledged . By Order , FREDERICK BINCKES ( P . G . Stwd ., P . G . S . B . ) , V .-Pat ., Hon . Sec . Board of Stewards . 29 th May , 1 S 90 .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . To THE PATRONS , VICE-PATRONS , VICE-PRESIDENTS , AND LIFE GOVERNORS OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS . Brethren desirous of assisting and supporting BRO . GORDON SMITH ( M . A . ) , P . G . S . Eng ., P . M . 14 and 20 4 1 , Member of the Board of General Purposes , & c , & c , in his Candidature for the Secretaryship of the Institution , are requested to kindly send their names to BRO . EUGENE MONTEUUIS , P . M . 14 , 2060 , 2243 , P . G . S ., G . Swd . B . Eng ., & c , & c , Hon . Sec . to the Committeej 2 , Paper Buildings , Temple , E . C . nth April , ISI JO .

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SHRIEVALTY , 1890-91 . TO THE LIVERYMEN OF THE CITY OF LONDON . MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN , As I learn that no Alderman will seek election as a Sheriff this year , I beg to intimate to you that , having received a very large number of promises of support from Members of many Companies , I intend to allow myself to be nominated as one of the Sheriffs for the ensuing year , and , if elected by you , will do my best to uphold the dignity and perform the duties attaching thereto . I have long taken great interest in civic affairs , and in other public work , and should you do me the honour to elect me , I shall devote all my powers to justify your choice . Your obedient Servant , AUGUSTUS HARRIS , Citizen Member of the Court of Assistants of the Loriners' and Patten Makers ' Companies , and a Liveryman of the Fan Makers' and Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers ' . The Elms , Avenue-road , Regent's Park , N . W ., May , 1 S 90 .

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THE GRAND MARK LODGE IN ITS NEW QUARTERS

Will be the Subject uf No . 5 of our Series of

NOTABLE LODGE MEETINGS

To appear on the 14 th inst

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To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following communications unavoidably stand over : CRAFT—Lodge of True Friendship , No . 1 C 0 . INSTRUCTION—Clarence Lodge , No . 263 . Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of East Anglia . Boys' School Athletic Sports at Wood Green .

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xiin & r ^ W ^ WciWww ^ i ^ SATURDAY , J UNE 7 , 18 90 +

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

There has been an increase of four in the Board of Stewards for the approaching Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys on the 2 nd prox ., and we are still a long way off from the number which is considered necessary in order to raise the sum required to

meet the ordinary and extraordinary expenditure of the year . As we pointed out in our article of last week , including the extra ^ 3000 required for sanitary and other works , not less than , £ 13 , 000 will be required , and a Board of Stewards 250 strong , even at the high average

of £ _ 0 per list , will only yield £ 12 , 500 . Hence it is obvious that more brethren are needed to give their services , so that the sum realised may be as nearly as possible the sum that is required .

Since our last issue , we have been at the pains of carefully examining the List of Stewards , and we have discovered that , as in the case of the recent Girls' School Board , the weak point is London , only this section of the present Board is considerabl y

weaker than it was for the Girls' Festival . The latter mustered 120 brethren , and there were 76 lodges and two Royal Arch chapters represented , but in the Boys ' School Board the London contingent is only 90 strong , and there are only 66 lodges—less than one-fifth of the

total number—and four Royal Arch chapters represented . As for the Provinces , their representatives are almost as numerous as at the Girls' Festival , and the

number of represented Provinces is about the same . Still there is plenty of room for improvement in both sections of the Board , but especially in that which is acting for London .

# # # We fully realise that it is not always the Board which is numerically the strongest which produces the largest

total . We had a conspicuous instance of this only a short while back in the case of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . One year a Board over 270 strong raised £ 15 , 000 ; the very next year a Board of

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over 370 Stewards raised about £ 13 , 500 . But the conditions under which the two Boards worked were very unequal . The first of them acted for the Royal

Masonic Benevolent Institution in 1888 before the Girls' Centenary had taken place , the latter in 18 S 9 , when the weight of the demands upon the Craft in connection with that special event was still felt .

One thing is very certain . There must be a very large number of London lodges which have had no part whatever in the Festivals of the current year . Bro . Terry secured the help of 123 ; Bro . Hedges of 76 ; and

Bro . Binckes , so far , of 66 lodges . These together make a total of 265 , but the number on the roll for London is upwards of 360 , so that if the lodges which have sent up Stewards were represented at only one of the three Festivals , there would be still a margin of

about 100 who have done nothing at all to assist our Institutions this year . In reality the margin is nearer 200 than 100 , as several of the lodges have sent up Stewards to all three , and a still larger number to two out of the three .

* * * Nor must we lose sight of one very important consideration , namely , that the Chairman on this occasion will have no Province to back him up , that is , no special body from which it is morally certain he will receive

a special measure of support . Indeed , Bro . Lord George Hamilton is a London Mason , Past Master of a London lodge , and for this reason , if for no other , the London lodges , instead of mustering in smaller numbers than usual , should have as many of its lodges

represented as possible , and do their utmost to support his lordship . Let us hope that next week we shall be able to report more favourably than is possible in the present number of the prospects in store for the Ninety-Second Anniversary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys .

. We announced last week that the warrant for the Cornish Lodge had been granted , and the consecration has been fixed for Thursday , the 19 th inst . The ceremony will be performed by the Grand Secretary , Bro . Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke . and we believe it is

the intention of the founders to extend the invitations to the Worshipful Masters of all the Cornish lodges , so that a large and representative gathering may be expected . * * *

The Prov . Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of Middlesex and Surrey will be held under the presidency of Bro . Col . Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., Prov . Grand

Master , at Mark Masons' Hall , on Tuesday , the 24 th inst ., at 5 p . m . The banquet will take place at the Holborn Restaurant . * * *

Bro . the Rev . E . B . Bagot is referred to by the editor of the Keystone as the author of an admirable lodge consecration address which is reproduced in the

Keystone from our pages . The editor says that both in thought and expression it is above the average of such addresses , and he takes pleasure in inviting the attention of his readers to it .-

The final meeting of the Board of Stewards for the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls was held at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday , when votes of thanks to the honorary officers were passed by acclamation ; the accounts were passed and ordered to be paid , and the Board was then dissolved .

* * * The New Hall of Mountain Lodge , No . 281 , Altoona , Pa ., was solemnl y dedicated to the purposes of Freemasonry on Thursday , the 15 th ult ., by Bro . Clifford P . MacCalla , Grand Master of Pennsylvania , who was

supported by a majority of his Grand Officers , the number of brethren present on the occasion being about 500 . At the request of the Grand Master , Bro .

the Hon . Richard Vaux , Past G . M . of Pennsylvania , delivered a most eloquent oration in honour of the auspicious event , while the ceremony itself appears to have been carried out most successfully .

* * * It will be seen by an extract from the Keystone , which we reproduce in another column , that a Masonic pilgrimage to Palestine has been organised by the Masons of Philadelphia . Amongst those who form the

party there will be no more welcome visitor than the Grand Masterof Philadelphia , Bro . Clifford P . MacCalla , who has a host of friends on this side of the water . On behalf of the English Craft we can promise him a cordial and hearty greeting .