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j ^^ ^ Sas ^^ SATURDAY , MAY n , 18 95 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

We publish , as usual , a full report of the proceedings at the Girls' School Festival on Wednesday , together with the Stewards' Lists , and a careful Analysis of the figures , but we cannot let the occasion pass without offering our sincere congratulations to the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , D . G . M ., and Prov . Grand Master of

Cornwall , his Province which supported him so well , and the Board of Stewards , whose labours resulted in the accumulation of so large a total as ; £ i 6 , 016 . When all have done well , it seems at first sight invidious to select any one brother , lodge , or Province for special congratulation , but it appears to us that Bro . Holmes ,

P . G . D ., Dep . P . G . M . of Northumberland , who took upon himself the heavy responsibility of representing single-handed the Province with which he is so prominently associated , and who , as the result of his labours , handed in a list of ^ 2315 , has acquitted himself so well as to deserve special measure of commendation and congratulation . We cannot call to mind

any previous case of a single Steward returning so large a sum . We must also congratulate the Institution and its House Committee and Secretary on the splendid total which it is our privilege to record this week . We trust that future anniversaries will be as productive , or nearly as productive , as that which has just been celebrated .

Masonic Notes.

The annual general meeting of the Governors and Subscribers of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution will be held in the great hill of the Freemasons ' Tavern , on Friday next , the 17 th instant . The business to be transacted will include the presentation of the Report of the Committee of Management for the past

12 months , and the election of qualified brethren and widows to fill the vacancies which have occurred on the Male and Widows' Funds of the Institution respectively . On the Male Fund there were declared in February , 17 vacancies , namely , 14 immediate and three deferred , while the number of candidates is 61 ,

and on the Widows Fund there were declared 10 vacancies , of which seven are immediate and three deferred , the number of candidates in this case being 51 . Since then , however , other annuities have become vacant , and in accordance with the Laws of the Institution , the Committee will recommend that these

likewise shall be filled up . Considering that the Committee have increased the number on the Male Fund from 195 to 2 oo , and that the recent Festival under the auspices of Viscount Dungarvan was a great success , we have no doubt that the recommendation will be readily adopted by the Governors and Subscribers .

As regards the candidates , we have already , in our article of last week , drawn attention to all that is worthy of note in the particulars contained in the published lists . But there is a matter that we mentioned then to which we feel it again our duty to call

the attention of our readers . In these lists are to be found no last cases ; that is to say , no candidates who , if they do not succeed at a particular election , will have their names struck out under the , operation of a certain law as to age . When brethren and widows

once become approved candidates for admission to the benefits of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , their names are retained on the lists until removed b y election or death , provided , of course , their circumstances continue to be of such a character as to justify their retention .

* * * Unfortunately , some of these poor people remain for years without succeeding in getting more than a few steps nearer to the goal of their ambition . In the present lists there are men who have been before the electors as candidates for 11 years and upwards , while there

are as many as 10 widows that have had their names in print as eligible for admission since 18 SS , and of these one is about to make her fifteenth attempt to win an annuity , two are about to make their twelfth , and two their tenth , the senior of these , who is in her 80 th year , having been on the lists year by year ever

since she was approved as a widow of 65 years . In behalf of these we appeal most earnestly to those who have spare votes to do what in them lies towards putting an end to what is little less than a scandal . If these poor old folk are not worthy to be admitted

to the benefits of this Institution their names should be removed from the list ; if they are , vigorous attempts should be made to have them elected—it necessary over the heads of those who have only just been adopted as candidates .

• » We are at length in a position to announce that Lord Egerton of Tatton , Prov . G . Master of Cheshire , who has arranged to preside as Chairman at the approaching Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , has appointed Wednesday , the 3 rd July , for

the celebration of this important event . We are also able to announce that the first meeting of the brethren , who have volunteered their services as Stewards on the occasion , will be held at Freemasons' Hall on the 16 th inst ., when the Board will be constituted , officers appointed , and the necessary preliminary arrangements for holding the Festival made .

The Boys' Athletic Sports will be held at Kempton Park on Saturday , the 8 th June . A year or two ago , the meeting was held in the same delighful locality , and , thanks to the excellence of the arrangements , proved a great success . We trust the forthcoming meet will be equally well organised , and , as a consequence , will prove equally successful .

Bro . F . H . Macklin , W . M ., assisted by brethren of the Lodge of Asaph , No . 1319 , has arranged to give

a musical and miscellaneous entertainment to " Our Boys" on Wednesday , the 15 th inst ., at 2 . 30 p . m ., at the Institution , Wood Green , London , N . We havei only to mention that " Our Boys " will have the priv ^ fl lege of hearing such well-known and distinguisl j |^ B dramatic and musical brethren as Bros . MacI ^^ J Penley , Bertram , Le Hay , Hambleton , Howard ^^ H nolds , Spurr , and others , to show that the ent ^^^ fl