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CONTEjNTS . PAGE FRONTISPIECE— « - The Late President McKinley ... LHADHKS — The Late President McKinley ... ... •¦• 4 ^ 5 The Autumn School Elections ... ... ••¦ 4 5

Masonic Jurisprudence ... ... ... ... ... ¦•• 4 * 56 'Ihe Masonic Guide ot South Austra ' ia for 1901-2 ... ... - ) s 7 Royal Masonic Institution for Girls ... ... ••¦ 4 7 Provincial Giand Maik Lodge of Wiltshire ... ... ••• 4 *> 7 MASONIC

NOTESConsecration of the Welsh Lodge , No . 2 S 6 7 ... ... ... 4 ^ ' ) Consecralirn of the Forest Hill Lodge , No . 2 S 46 ... ... ... 4 9 Death of Bro . Lieut .-Col . George Lambert , F . S . A ., V . D . ... ... 4 S ) The Annual Meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Durham ... 4 S 1 ) A Quarterly Communication of the District Grand Lodge of Burmi ... 4 S 1 Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ... 490 Reviews ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 49 ' ' Board of Benevolence ... ,,. ... ... ... ¦•¦ 49 °

Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 49 " > Instruction ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 492 Royal Arch ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 492 The Masonic Rifle Match ... ... ... ... ... 492 Obituary ... ... ... - ... ... ... ... 49 2 Science , Art , and the Drama ... ... ... ... 493 The Craft Abroad ... ... ... ... ... ... 494 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 494

The Late President Mckinley.

THE LATE PRESIDENT McKINLEY

The sad news of the death of President MCKINLEY has been received everywhere with the deepest sorrow , but in no country with a deeper or more sincere sympathy than in the United Kingdom , and indeed throughout the whole of the British

Empire . Full well do we remember how , in the month of January , when the whole country was stricken with grief at the death of her gracious Majesty Queen VICTORIA , the President and people of the United States claimed and exercised the right

of kinship , and joined with us in showing respect to the memory of our beloved Sovereign . Now , unhappily , we are in a position to exercise that same right ol kinship , and in the same spirit in which they sorrowed with us over the death of our good Queen ,

in that same spirit do we unite with them in lamenting the loss of their great and good President . Moreover , as English Masons , we may claim to express this sympathy with even greater justice than the rest of our fellow-countrymen . The

late President was a member of our Society , and though in the course of his busy life , he was unable to devote much time to the pursuit of Masonry , he was deeply imbued with the principles

on which it is founded . He was loyal to the people of whom lie was the elected chief , and lived in charity with all men . May the G . A . O . T . U . grant strength to the widow , the family , and the American people in this hour of their terrible bereavement !

The Autumn School Elections.

THE AUTUMN SCHOOL ELECTIONS .

The usual interest and excitement will be witnessed in and around Freemasons' Tavern during the second week in October , when the autumn School Elections will be held , that for the Girls' School taking place at the Quarterly General Court of

Governors on Thursday , the iolli , and that of the Boys' School on Friday , the nth ol that month . The Girls' School candidates have the better prospects , as there are 16 vacancies and

onl y 25 children competing for them , so that every one of the latter has almost two chances of success to one of failure . For the Boy candidates , however , the outlook is less promising , as the number of vacancies to be competed for is 20 , while the

The Autumn School Elections.

number of candidates is 46—reduced from 47 since the issue of the voting papers and lists by the nomination of Leonard Darley at No . 36 under the " BEACH" Perpetual

Presentation . We have said that for the approaching election of children into the

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS there are 25 candidates and 16 vacancies , London beirg responsible for four of the former and having a join : interest with Malta in a fifth , while the remaining 20 are of Provincial

origin . The London four are all fresh cases , and will be found at Nos . 8 , 16 , 20 , and 21 respectively , and of these No . 20 h ^ s this solitary chance of winning admission into the School , as before the election in April , 1902 , she will have exceeded the

maximum limit of 11 years . The Malta-London case at No . 5 is also in the same unfortunate predicament , and in the event of her failure to secure a place will have her name removed from the list . She has , however , a slight advantage in having 430

votes to her credit from her candidature in April . Of the 20 Provincial candidates Essex sends up two , namely , No . 3 , who brings forward 3229 votes to help her on the present occasion , and a new case at No . 25 . Suffolk contributes two new cases

at Nos . 18 and 24 respectively , and Warwickshire two at Nos . 10 and 19 . Of the remaining children No . 1 , who Ins in hand 5 8 votes from the last three contests , derives her claims from East Lancashire and Cumberland and Westmorland ; No . 2 , with 10

votes , from South Wales ( E . D . ); No . 4 , with 1266 votes in hand , from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight ; and No . 6 , with 10 S votes , from Cheshire . All the others are new to the ballot , and hail from the following Provinces or Districts : No . 7 , from

Northern China and China : No . 9 , from W' st Yorkshire ; No . 11 , from Middlesex ; No . 12 , from Nortliants and Hunts ; Nos . 13 , 14 , and 15 , from Kent , Sussex , and West Lancashire

respectively ; No . 17 , from North Wales ; No . 22 , from Hertfordshire ; and No . 23 , from Cornwall . For the election into

THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS there were originally 47 candidates , but the name of one of these , as already explained , has been nominated under the "BEACIl" presentation , and his friends and supporters are

thus relieved of their labours and responsibilities in canvassing for votes in his behalf . Indeed , there may be said to have been at the outset 4 8 candidates , as it is notified on the list that the

boy who would have ranked as No . 4 S will be " presented by the Province of Northumberland . " However , whether the number is 4 8 or 46 , only 20 of them will be elected , and the chances of lailure are greater than the chances of success .

Towards this list of 4 O , London Itirnishes 1 1 , and has a joint interest with one or more Provinces in lour others , while 31 derive their claims from the Provinces or Districts Abroad . The London 11 comprise Nos . 2 and 4 , who were candidates in April ,

and obtained 1333 and 15 . S 2 votes respeclivelv , and Nos . 13 , ' 5 . , s > -5 . 35 . 39 . II . -15 . 'i '"' -17 . wllilt : ll , e four in which it has a part interest are No . 5 ( London and Kent ) , with 25 G 6 votes to his credit ; Nos . 6 and 9 , both from Loudon

and Middlesex , the former having 925 votes to the "nod , and the latter 23 votes ; and a new candidate at 41 , who has claims on Kent and Essex as well as on London , but has this solitary chance of securing election into the School . Towards the 3 Provincial and Foreign Cases , Warwickshire