Freemasonry In 1900.

P . A . G . D . C , that brethren attending Grand Lodge should be furnished with printed copies of the minutes of any previous Quarterly Communication when due for confirmation . Grand Lodge passed certain expenditure which had been incurred for the fittings and furniture of their newly-erected premises , and which the Board of General Purpose's recommended . On the

advice of Grand Registrar the appeal of a Bro . Coxon—who had been installed W . AL of a lodge in Queensland , but who turned out to be disqualified by reason of his not having served the office of Warden for a year in any lodge—against the ruling of the * District G . Master of Queensland to the effect that thc proceedings at « uch installation meeting were null and void , was

HUH . IV . Vf . 11 , HE . Ull , I ' . fi . M , HAXTS AND SI . D OK WKUIT . dismissed .. At thc meeting on the 5 th instant a letter of acknowledgment from the Prince' of Wales ' s private Secretarv , in respect of the vote- of condoU-nce in September , was read . Then followed the usual nominations , ajipointmenls , and elections , Bros . Horace Brooks Alarshall and Captain John Barlow being

llltn . IKUt . Xe 1 * . WtliiiKs \ l - . It-ill M . I ,. nominated as candidates lor the ollice of ( irand Treasurer during the year 1901-2 . It was also resolved lo sanction the offer of certain members ofthe Premises'Committee and the Grand Secretary to transfer the freeholil ol a e-erlain stable , siluate'd in

New-Yard , between freehold premises belonging to Grand Lodge , which the } ' had purchased at a ] public , am ' . ion , to Grand Lodge forthe price ( £ " ] (>(•) they had givcn ' Jor ] it . The other business haying been dealt wilh , the proceedings terminated .

By far the most interesting event of the year occurred in May , ' when H . R . H . the Duke ' of Connaught ' , AI . W . Past G . Master , representing H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . Alaster , visited Bushev , in the counlv of Herts , lor the purpose of laying the foundation-stones ( 1 ) of the new Boys'School buildings , and ( 2 ) of the chanel , which is being erected at the

cost of Bro . C E . Keyser , P . G . D ., Treasurer of the Institution but this is relerred to in its proper place' in the Section devoted to " Our Institutions . " Pun though the most interesting and important it is very far from being the only event that is worthy of being included in this survev , and among the most prominent will be found that which took place' at Leeds on Wednesdav , the

1 Sth July , when the Earl of Warwick , Deputy G . Master of England , in the presence of Bro . the Right Hon . W . L . Jackson , M . P ., and his oflicers and the brethren of his Province of West Yorkshire and manv visitors , laid the- corner-stone of the new Alasonic Hall , which is being erecle-d in that city for the comfort

and convenience * of the Craft . A special meeting of the Prov . G . Lodge was held on ( he occasion , and on the : entrance of his lordship , accompanied bv a number of Grand Lodge Officers , he was saluted and presented wilh an address of welcome . Thc brethren then marched in proce-ssion to the site of the' new Hall , where the ceremonv was performed in accordance wilh ancient

custom . A banquet followed at the Town Hall , under the presidency of the Prov . G . Alaster , the- heartiest Yorkshire Masonic welcome being exti'iided to the honoured guest of the day . Several othe-r meetings have' been held in different parts of the country lor a similar purpose , among them being one that took place at Hornsea on the 17 th Januarv when Bro . AL' C .

11 . 1 . ' . 11 . THK i-ri- ' i' or IUXNAI- CJIT , IMST ( I . M . Peck , Past G . Std . Br . Eng ., Prov . ( i . Secretary North and East Yorkshire , dedicated the new * Hall of ( he Alexandra Lodge , No . 1511 . Then- have also been dedicated sundry new Halls in the . Province of Devonshire , the nresidin ** " ollicer h . ivino- been in e .-u-h

. ' 1 ^» . * -- case Bro . G . C Davie , P . G . D ., the Dep . Prov . G . M . Thus , on the 14 th Alarch , the new Hall of lhe Queen Victoria , No . 2755 , was dedicated al St . Budeaux ; while a similar function took place at Okehampton on the 27 th August , and vet another at Ilfracombe in February ; while , on Ihc 30 II 1 June , the liarl of I rillinni Pm \ - ( i M .-i ^ ler ol \ Yes 1 1 : me . 'i < l * i re 1-ii / l tl- /> fi-uiiwl-il \ r . e \

stone of a new church at Norris Bank , Heaton Norris . We allude elsewhere to the changes that have- taken place , either bv death or resignation , among the rulers of the Craft , but we must not omit lo record the meetings at which effect was given to certain of these changes . 'I litis , on the 19 II 1 June , Lord

Henniker , who has been I'rov . ( 1 . Alaster of Suffolk for mam * years , and was appointed in Alarch , 181 * 9 , to succeed the late Bro . Sir J . S . Goldie Taubman as Prov . G . Alaster of the Isle of Alan , was formally installed in on \ w in the latter capacity , the ceremony being verv appropriately performed bv Bro . the Rev . C J . Alartvn , Past G . Chaplain , who is his lordship ' s Deputy in

Suffolk . Again , on Saturday , the 24 th November , the vacancy in ( he : ranks of the Prov . G . Masters caused b y the resignation ol" the Earl of Onslow , Prov . G , Alaster of Surrey , was filled by the induction into the-chair of the Province of Bro . Colonel John