Grand Lodge Of Mark Master Masons.

DR . EDUCATION FUND . To Balance 30 th September , 18 S 7 ... ... £ 125 3 4 „ Transferred { torn Festival Fund ... ... 205 o o „ Interest on Investments ... ... ... 49 2 S £ 379 6 o

CR . By Education Fees ... .,. ... ... £ 125 3 5 „ Grants for Clothing ... ... ... 120 o o „ Balance ... ... ... ... 134 2 7

£ 379 6 0 DR . ANNUITY FUND . To Balance 30 th September , 1887 ... ... £ 81 5 5 „ Transferred from Festival Fund ... ... 204 2 3 „ Interest on Investments ... ... ... 48 15 S

¦ 4334 3 4 CR . By Annuities ... ... ... ... £ 23 6 8 „ Investment ... ... ... ... 205 15 o „ Balance ... ... ... ... 105 1 8

£ 334 3 4 DR . BENEVOLENT FESTIVAL ACCOUNT . To Balance 30 th September , 18 S 7 ... ... £ 248 11 9 „ Half-year ' s receipts ... ... ... 477 7 o £ 725 13 9

CR . By Transferred to Benevolent Fund ... ... £ 205 o 0 „ „ to Annuity Fund ... ... 20 4 2 3 „ „ to Education Fund ... ... 205 o o „ Expenditure ... ... ... ... 63 3 6 „ Balance ( Account Festival , 18 S 8 ) ... ... 4813 0

£ 725 ' 8 9 Audited and approved this 9 th day of May , 1888 . ( Signed ) CHARLES EDWARD SOPPET , P . G . O ., Auditot

LIST OF PUPILS ON EDUCATIONAL FUND . Bo vs . Will attain 16 t Thomas Montagu Quinn , at North London Collegiate School January 30 , 1890 2 Henry W . Bale , at Aske's Schools , Hatcham ... ... May 10 , 18 S 9 . 3 Tom Coleman Holleyman , at High School , Plumstead ... March 15 , 1890 . 4 George Allred Moulds , at High School , Plumstead ... ... February 3 , 1891 5 Wm . J . T . Bile , at Aske ' s Schools , Hatcham ... ... July 4 , 1891 . 6 Aithur Marychurch , Bedfordshire House Church School ,

Walton-street , Oxford ... ... ... ... February 27 , 1892 7 Ernest Richard Graham , High School , Oxford ... ... June 4 , 1894 . 8 Chailes Claremont Roberts Wray , at High Schools , Plumstead September g , 1 S 90 9 VValter Ernest Quinn , North London Collegiate School ... February 14 , 1 S 92 . 10 Archibald George Graham , City of Oxford High School ... June 30 , 1 S 91 . 11 Harry James S . winerd , High School , Plumstead ... ... December 10 , 1 S 92 12 John Walter Lowick , Grammar School , Bristol ... ... July 1 , 1 S 92 . 13 Sylvester John Murley , Clapham Rise Collegiate School ... February 12 , 1 S 93 GIRLS . 1 Florence C . M . Chamberlain , at Miss Smythe's School , Bourne ,

Lincolnshire ... ... ... ... .., ... October 6 , 1890 . 2 Kate Derry , at High School for Girls , Newark ... ... October 13 , 1891 . 3 Alice White , at Miss Hamley ' s School , Reading ... ... July 21 , 1889 . 4 Lilian Ethel Anderson , Wesleyan Higher Grade School , West Hartlepool ... ... ... ... .., ... J uly ig , 1893 . 5 Ethel Louise Cutbush , All Saints Middle Class , Highgate ... December 31 , 188 S 6 Gertrude Mary Brown , Miss Phillip ' s Private School , West

Hartlepool ... ... ... ... ... ... J uly 24 , 1892 . 7 Dora Jensen , Mrs . Stock , 144 , Rye Hill , Newcastle-on-Tyne August 17 , 1 S 90 8 Grace Waugh Burns , Girls' Collegiate School , Cambridge House , Newbury ... ... ... ... ... June 14 , 1894 . 9 Bertha Stanley , Church of England Institute , Bolton ... August 30 , 1 S 94 Ethel LilGreenwood

10 y , Mrs . Nosworthy , Aberdeen House , Weymouth ... ... ... ... ... ... February 7 , 1894 . 11 Gertrude Audrey Thompson , Collegiate School , Forest Hill ... March 15 , 1894 . 12 Norah Evelyn Vowles ... ... ... ... ... December 13 , 1894 13 Maria Lilian Venables , Mary Datchelor Girls' School , Camberwell ... ... ... ... ... ... October 14 , 1894 .

LIST OF ANNUITANTS . Elected . 1 Alexander Mole ... ... ,,, .,, .,, May , 1 SS 7 . 2 Thomas Pickering . „ ... ... ... ... October , 18 S 7 3 John Duffield ... ... ... ... ... ... May , 1888 . 4 Henry Miller ... ... ... ... ... ... May , 18 SS .

On the motion of Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON , seconded by Bro . ALFRED WILLIAMS , the report wis ordered to be received and entered on the minutes , and the other recommendations in the report vvere adopted . His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales vvas then declared to be duly proposed , seconded , elected and installed as M . W . G . M . for the ensuing year , and Bro . ROBERT BERRIDGE , Grand Director of Ceremonies , proclaimed him in that character .

Bro . E . Letchworth , P . M . 3 63 , was then elected Grand Treasurer . Lord EGERTON , of Tatton , announced that H . H . H . the Prince of Wales had been again pleased to appoint him as M . W . Pro G . Master , and the Marquis of Hertford as R . W . Deputy G . M ., and these noble brethren were duly proclaimed and saluted .

The following brethren were then invested as the other Grand Officers for the present year : — Bro . Lord Egerton of Tatton ,,, ,,, .,, Pro G . M . „ Marquis of Hertford .., .,, ,,. Dep . G . M . „ Earl of Euston ,,. ,,, S . G VV

„ Alan de Tatton Egerton ,,. ... ... J . G . W . „ Charles Henry Driver ... ... ,., G . M . O . „ Lieut .-Gen . C . W . Randolph .,, ,., S . G . O . „ Ralph Clutton ... ... ,,. ... J . G . O . „ Rev . F . Vernon Bussell , M . A . ,,, ... "Ji- * / -.- _ 1 „ Rev . John Augustus Lloyd , M . A . ... ... j * Chaplains .

„ Edward Letchworth ... .,. ... G . Treas . „ Frank Richardson ....., ... G . Reg . ,, Rev . Canon Portal , M . A . ... ... ,,, Pres . Gen . Bd „ Fred . Binckes ... .,, ... ... G . Sec . ,, Philip A . Scratchley ... ... ... S . G . D . „ Capt . C . H . Garnett ... ,,, ,,. S . G . D .

Grand Lodge Of Mark Master Masons.

Bro . Reginald Young ,,. ... ,,, J . G . D . „ George Norman .,, .,, ,., J . G . D . „ Rowland Plumbe ... ... ... G . I . of Wks ,, R . Berridge ... ... ... ... G . D . of C . ,, John Ramsey .., ... .,, ,,. A . G . D . of C

„ Francis Newman ,,. ... ... A . G . D . of C „ Lieut .-Col . G . H . J . Haldane ... ... G . S . B . „ J . T . Briggs ... ... ... ... G . Std . Br . „ Frederick Graves ... ... ... G . Std . Br . „ William S . Hoyte ... ... ... G . Orgranist „ Charles F . Matier ... ... ... A . G . Sec .

„ John Kenyon ... ... ,., ... G . I . G . „ R . J . Voisey ... ... ... ... A . G . I . G

The following are the Grand Stewards for the year : Bros , ty Klingenstein , 22 ; W . H . Stanger , 3635 A . C . Bauke , Middlesex and Surrey ; Geo . Allen , Middlesex and Surrey ; Wyndham Hart , Middlesex and Surrey ; T . R . Recknell , Middlesex and Surrey j W . S . Holdswortti West Yorkshire ; Jarnes Gardiner , Cumberland and Westmorland ; E . ' Harwood , Lancashire ; G * Miller , Hants and Isle of Wight j C . Coupland Kent ; F . Levick , Herts ; Dr . VV . H . Kempster , 331 ; and Leopold G . G Robinson , 361 .

After the investiture of these brethren Bro . BINCKES rose and said that on behalf of Bro . Harwood , of Bolton , one of the Grand Stewards , he had to express that brother ' s great regret for his inability to be present to be invested , and he thought the G . M . and brethren would bear with him when he mentioned the distressing circumstances under vvhich Bro . Harwood was absent . The announcement he had to make would come no doubt rather

suddenly on many of the brethren : it vvas that the funeral was taking place that day of one of the best , oldest , and most active Mason in Lancashire a brother who was a very distinguished member of the Mark Degree , and who , under the Grand Lodge of Scotland , took a very prominent part , as a member of the Mark Degree under the Supreme jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , in uniting that Grand Lodge with the English Mark

Grand Lodge . The brother he referred to was their dear lamented friend and brother George Parker Brockbank , vvho died very suddenl y indeed under exceedingly distressing circumstances only last Saturday . Many of the brethren present , would but for this meeting , have been very glad to shew their respect and love for Bro . Brockbank by attending his luneral , and as lar as they could testify to his vvorth . Had it not been that a motion of condolence vvould come with better grace from his lordshi p ,

Lord Egerton of Tatton , he ( Bro . Binckes ) would have proposed such a vote , expressing the sense of the loss Grand Lodge had sustained in the death of a Past Grand Deacon of East Lancashire in the Craft , and Past Grand Standard Bearer in Grand Craft Lodge of England ; Vice-President of all the Masonic Institutions , and as energetic a member in the working of the Order as it could boast of , and whose loss would be felt wherever the influence of the Craft was known . Those were words which

came from him ( Bro . Binckes ) entirely unpremeditated and unprepared , but they were not the less sincere , and he should be very sorry if the Grand Lodge were to separate without expressing its sense of the almost inseparable loss the brethren had sustained by the death of one of the best friends and hardest workers the Order had ever known .

Lord EGERTON OF TATTON said he should be glad to accept the suggestion made by the Grand Secretary , and he should ask the Grand Lodge to pass a vote of condolence vvith the family of Bro . Brockbank , the loss of whom had come upon them as described . He was sure after what had been said by the Grand Secretary , that the Grand Lodge would wish to pass a vote of condolence with the family of Bro . Brockbank on the loss they , and the Grand Mark Lodge , had sustained .

Canon PORTAL , in seconding the motion , said it vvas during the time that he ( Canon Portal ) had the honour of rilling the chair Lord Egerton then filled so worthily , that the much desired union between the Scotch Mark lodges in Lancashire and the English body was consummated , and having been mixed up a great deal vvith the operation , he vvas very g lad

indeed to bear his testimony to the great helpfulness of Bro . Brockbank at that time , and also to bear testimony to the very high consideration in which he had always been held both in Mark Masonry under the Scotch Constitution and under the English Constitution . He vvas delig hted to second the resolution the Pro Grand Master had just moved . The motion vvas carried unanimously .

Lord EGERTON OF TATTON announced that the M . W . G . M . had appointed Canon Portal President of the General Board , and Bros . Alfred VVilliams , Frederick Davison , George Cooper , Chas . H . Driver , James Moon , and Thomas Cubitt , members .

The brethren nominated for election " vvere Bros . Dr . George Mickley 1 P . M . 97 , P . G . D . ; the Rev . Hayman Cummings , P . G . Chaplain , Dep . P . G . M . Kent ; John E . Dawson , Dep . P . G . M . Herts ; R . Loveland Loveland , Dep . P . G . M . Hants and Isle of Wight ; and A . F . Goodman , M . P ., Prov . G . M . Worcestershire . None others being nominated these

brethren vvere declared elected . Letters of apology ' and regret for non-attendance were announced iron several brethren , and the Grand Lodge was closed . . , A grand banquet followed , vvhich vvas presided over by the Marquis 0 Hertford , D . G . M . Q The new consecrating vessels , designed by Bro . C . H . Driver , G-M . * - ' *' were shown in Grand Lodge for the first time , and vvere greatly admired *

After the banquet , the usual toasts vvere proposed and honoured-Queen and Mark Masonry" and "The M . W . G . M . " The Marquis of HERTFORD then proposed "The Pro Grand Master and the Past Grand Alasters , " and , in doing so , said Canon P ° rtals . for was the name of one who had done almost more than anybody else Mark Masonry , of one vvho vvas always working for the benefit of the ur ' vvho vvas present that evening , and whom they hoped to see among

on many future occasions . nei Bro . Canon PORTAL , M . W . P . G . M ., in reply , said it had often haPF ^ to him , as it had no doubt happened to other brethren , that when n ^ hard up for something to say in response to an after-dinner toast , ^ found lollowing the toast a very suggestive song , from which he cou ^ ^ his inspiration . On the present occasion there were " Celia's A ™ "' ' i n " Mary of Argyle , " of either of which ladies he had not the acquaintan ^ j the latter there vvas something beautilully romantic , and in the ^ something suggestive of followers . He mig ht be allowed to say l . ^ the Deputy Grand Master and the Past Grand Officeis only { elt ' ° enfs ol honoured in being considered not only followers , but devoted aan . | c Mark Masonry . The Past Grand Masters novv numbered a consi