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Zo CorresponDenta , The following communications stand over for want of space . CRAFT LODGES . —True Love and Unity , No . 348 ; Hope , No . 433 ; Star in the East , No . 650 ; Ueadon . No . 717-, Pollob ( I . C . ; , No . 77 s ; St . Oswald , No . 910 ; Four Cardinal Virtues , No . 979 ; Duke of Connaught , No . 1558 i Rose , No . 162 : j EleanorCross , No . 1764 ; Burrell , No . 1829 ; Montague Guest , No . 1900 ; Rye , No . 3372 ; and Warner , No . 2 : ; , 6 . ROVAL ARCH CIIAI ' . —Chorlton , No . 1387 . LODGES or INSTRUCTIOX . —La Tolerance , No , S 3 " J anclLaiijiton , No . 1673 . Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire . Consecration of Lodge Dhanvar , No . 2527 .

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Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

SATURDAY , OCTOBER 20 , 1894 . m

As will have been seen from our reports of last week , the Quarterly Courts of Governors and Subscribers of our two Schools were held , as appointed , on Thursday , "ie 1 ith inst ., and Friday , the 12 th inst ., respectively , "¦ he number of children elected into the Girls' School

oeing 21 from an approved list of 4 candidates , while those elected into the Boys' School , from a 'educed list of 43 approved candidates , were 18 in "umber . * + *

l'he list of 42 girl candidates comprised 12 hailing "om London , four in which London and one or more Provinces or Districts had a joint interest , and 26 from 'he Provinces , there being four of this class deriving 'heir claims to admission from more than one Province "' thc 21 who were elected , London succeeded in re

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turning five , and there were three elected in which London divides the satisfaction of winning their election with some Province or District . The remaining 13 were Provincial or from Abroad , and were returned in their order of seniority on tbe list—by Hampshire

and the Isle of Wight , Lincolnshire , Gloucestershire , Surrey , Jersey and Warwickshire , Middlesex , Staffordshire and Bristol , East Lancashire , Shropshire , Buckinghamshire , Queensland , Cambridgeshire , and North and East Yorkshire . The votes polled for these 21

girls ranged from 3896 obtained by the Staffordshire and Bristol candidate , who won the first place , down to 2497 for the Buckinghamshire girl , who stood at No . 21 . Of the 21 unsuccessful candidates who carry

forward their votes to the election in April , 1805 , four obtained over 2000 votes , three over 1500 , but less than 2000 , and three between 1000 and 1500 , while of the remaining 10 , there were eight for whom the number of votes polled was less than 100 .

For the Boys' School Election the number of candidates was originally 44 , but at the last moment the name of one , who hailed from Kent , and had only this chance of winning a place , was withdrawn , he being presented as the first boy under " The Eastes'

Presentation . " The 43 candidates were distributed as follows ; London , 11 ; partly London and partly Provincial , 4 ; Provincial and from Abroad , 28 . Of these London was successful in carrying only four of its cases , while only one ' of the four in which she had a part interest , secured

a place . The remaining 13 were entirely Provincial , three of them deriving support from more than one Province or District . In this case the votes ranged from 3 684 , polled for the Monmouthshire boy , who stood at No . 1 , down to 259 8 , polled for a London

candidate , who was placed at No . 18 , while of the remainder , who with three exceptions carry forward their votes to the election in April , 18 95 , there were two who obtained upwards of 2000 votes , six who had between 1000 and 2000 votes , four between 500 and 1000 , eight between 100 and 500 , and four less than 100 .

As regards the one last case at the Girls' School election and the six last cases at that of the Boys School , the former won the place of honour as No . I i but of the latter , two succeeded in winning the third and fourth vacancies , one , as already mentioned , was

withdrawn , and the other three failed , and their names will now be removed from the list . One of these had been before the electors for three , and the others for two years , yet the former succeeded in obtaining only 512 votes , and the latter only 492 and 63 votes respectively . # # #

As regards the votes generally , there were brought forward for the Girls' School 14 , 860 , and there were issued for this election 69 , 041 , making a total of 83 , 901 . Of these 7014 were unpolled or spoiled . For the Boys ' School election 5917 were brought forward , 17 were

added under Law __ , and 74 , 340 issued , making the total 80 , 274 . Of these 6 355 were unpolled or spoiied . As for the candidates who still have the right to remain on the lists , they are 21 girls and 22 boys , and , according to the votes they carry forward , so will their chances of success in April next be affected more or less materially .

It will be welcome news to many members of the Craft to know that Bro . R . F . Gould will shortly publish a cheap and concise edition of his " History of Freemasonry" in a single volume ( octavo ) . Ths new History will be re-cast , re-written , and brought up to date . We understand that the published price will be ios . 6 d .

The half-yearly Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire was held on Wednesday last , at the Cutlers ' Hall , Sheffield , the R . W . the Prov . G . M ., the Right Hon . W . L . Jackson , presiding , and was attended by a large number of brethren from all parts of the Province .

In the course of his address the Prov . G . M , referred especially to the special attention that had been given in the Province of West Yorkshire lo the literature of the Craft , as evidenced by ihe publication of the

addresses of his predec-es-sor , and the Lodge Histories that had recently appeared . We are glad to see that the mantle of Bro . Tew has fallen on Bro . Jackson in so far as his appreciation of Masonic literature is concerned .

"Tut CASE OK REUELLIOIIS SUSAN . " —This piece was played by Mr . Charles Wyndham , Miss Mary Moore , and the Criterion Company at the Theatre Koyal , Brighton , on Thursday afternoon , to a record house , thc rtceipts having largely exceeded any amount that has ever been taken at that theatre .

Correspondence.

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . To thc Editor of the " Freemason . " Sir and Brother , In a recent search amongst ancient Masomc records I came across the enclosed dietary table for our Girls' School exactly a century ago , which , it

occurred to me , might interest some of your readers . One wi nders what a medical man of the present day would say to a dinner of suet pudding and beer , or rice pudding and Leer for girls of tender age : or what Sir Wilfred Lawson would say to the same girls having beer twice a day four days a week , and once a day on the remaining three days . —Yours fraternally ,

G . V . GREATBATCH . 21 , Copeland-street , Stoke-upon-Trent , October 17 th , 1894 .

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JOINING FEES . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Some time ago I read either in your journal or in some American or Australian paper a letter

regarding joining and affiliation fees , but am unable to lay my hand on the paper . I should like to draw your attention to the hardship that is inflicted on Masons , especially those who have to travel about as part of their duty ( such as naval and military oflicers ) , by the existence of these fees .

lake my own case . Initiated a few years ago and having passed through the chair of my mother lodge abroad , I am now ordered to England for duty . On arrival I find that although warmly welcomed to lodge meetings and nearly always asked to remain for the Fourth Degree when "visiting , " yet I am unable to

exercise my Masonic rights in the way of voting and speaking ( except iu response to a toast ) unless I pay a . certain sum , averaging live guineas , as a joining fee to a lodge , independent of the annual subscription . My stay in this country will probably be three years , perhaps a few months more or less , then when ordered abroad

there will be a fresh joining fee to pay ; this tax will come round pretty Irequently ( as even when abroad one is not necessarily at the same station all the time ) if a Mason in the service wishes in any way to keep up touch with the Craft . Affection and gratitude incline one to remain attached to one ' s mother lodge .

Although attendance is quite out of the question , one does not mind that fee which in the case of foreign members is rarely much more than sufficient to keep their names on the books and to pay postage for summonses , but why when having paid all the fees up to the Third Degree should one practically be tax ^ d if

compelled by force of circumstances to seek membership in a fresh lodge r 1 do not wish to make Masonry cheap , but the question of cheapness or otherwise should be settled by the initiation fee . " Once a Mason , always a Mason , " is an expression I have frequently heard , and yet when asked last we .-k by a

friend to put his name up for the Craft and propose him for initiation , I was obliged to tell a man who would be a desirable addition to any lodge , that I have practically no standing in England ; yet in a Colony or in Ireland I could write and propose him as a candidate by the next mail