Contents.

CONTENTS .

LKAOBRS— PAGF . The School Elections ... ... ... - •••4 ^ 9 Ars Quatuor Coronatorum ... ... ... ... •¦•49 ° Installation of Lord Wantage , V . C , K . C . B ., as Prov . Grand Master of Berkshire ... ... . •••¦•• •••- 49 ° Provincial Grand Chapter of Hertfordshire ... ... m .. ... 493

Provincial Grand Chapter of Northumberland ... ... •••493 Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of Middlesex ... ... 493 Consecation of the Royal York Lodge , No . 2709 ... ... ¦••494 . Consecration of the Lodge of Light , No . 2721 ... ... .. 494 Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire ... ... ... ... 495 Board of Benevolence ... ... ... ... ... ... 495 Ladies' Night of the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 164 S ... ... ... 495

MASONIC NOTESAlpass Benevolent Institution ... ... ... ... — 497 Annual Meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland ... ... ... ... ... ... 497 Quarterly Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ... ... 497 Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ... 49 " - *

Reviews ... ... ... ... ... ... •¦¦ 49 Royal Masonic Institution lor Boys ( Quirteily Court ) ... ... ... 49 s The Newly Appointed District Grand Master fjr Burma ... ... 499 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... •••5 °° Royal Arch ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 ° 5 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 5 °

The School Elections.

THE SCHOOL ELECTIONS .

The autumn School Elections were held on the days appointed , that of the Girls' School taking place at the Quarterly General Court of Governors ancl Subscribers on Thursday , the 13 th inst ., and that of the Boys' School on the day following . At both

Courts the order of proceedings was the same , the poll being opened at 1 p . m . or as soon as the regular business was at an end , and closing promptly at 3 p . m . For the

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS there was an approved list of 27 candidates and 13 vacancies to be filled , London furnishing nine of the former and having a part interest with one of the Provinces in three other cases , while

the remaining ' 15 g irls derived their claims from either Provinces or Districts abroad . Of the London nine there were live elected and four who failed ; the live successful girls being placed at Nos . 3 and 4 with 526 7 and 5156 voles respectively ; at Nos . 9

and 10 with 4680 votes in the ease of the former and 4 66 7 , of which 3349 votes were brought forward from the last two elections , in the latter ; and at No . 12 with 4334 votes . As regards the four who failed , one took the highest unsuccessful place wilh

3501 votes ; one polled 2105 votes including 1204 obtained in April ; another who started with 1199 votes in hand , left off with I 592 ; and the remaining girl scored I 3 I 0 votes ; all these ,

therefore , stand well for the election in April , 18 99 . ( Jf thc thrce girls who had claims on London and one of the Provinces , the one from Londuii and Surrey obtained second place with 5340 votes ; the Kent and London gill obtained 3327 votes , of which

2009 were polled in April , and 1318 on this occasion ; and thc third , hailing from North and East Yorkshire and London , scored 1512 votes . The Provincial candidates were 15 in number , and secured seven vacancies , the Surrey girl , who had only this

chance of winning , being placed at the head of thc poll with 5434 votes , of which 726 were already to her credit . One of thc three Middlesex cases took the fifth place with 5017 votes , and the West Yorkshire girl stood next wilh 4984 votes . Devonshire

supplied the seventh successful candidate , who raised the 1716 votes from April to a final score of 4 836 , while one of the two West Lancashire lassies stood eighth with 4801 , and the other llth with 4563 votes , one of tsvo g irls from Essex bringing up

The School Elections.

the rear with 39 60 votes , of which 2439 ' * heen obtai-ned at the two preceding elections . Of the Unsuccessful Provincial candidates , the Northumberland and Durham child , notwithstanding that she already had 27 S 8 votes to the good , was only

able to finish third among those who failed , her score reaching 3319 , the girl with claims on Lincolnshire , North and East Yorkshire , and two other Provinces , being next with 2681 , of which 1539 were already to her credit , a second of the Middlesex trio

polling 2157 votes . The Kent girl polled 1839 votes , and the Valparaiso girl 1042 votes , while the third Middlesex , the second Essex , and the Sussex candidates obtained S 9 6 , 514 , and 414 votes respectively . Thus even the least successful on this occasion will have a fair number of' votes in hand when the

time for another ballot comes round . As regards the votes brought forward and issued for this ballot , there were 18 , 452 of the former and 77 , 319 of the latter , giving a total available of

95 , 771 . But of those issued onl y 70 , 796 were used , the number unused or spoiled being 6523 . For the

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS , there were originally 45 candidates , but one of the boys hailing from the Provinces was withdrawn subsequently to the issue of

the voting papers , and therefore , the number of those competing for the 26 vacancies which were declared at the July Court was 44 . Of these London furnished 15 , and had a part interest with one or other of the Provinces in two others . The

remain-. ing 27 cases hailed from the Provinces or Abroad . London secured the election of eight of its 15 boys , and of one of the two in which it was in part interested , the highest place on the poll being a new case , who polled 6164 votes . The boy with

claims on London and Middlesex took second place with 517 6 votes , of which 731 were brought forward from April . The sixth on the poll brought forward 16 43 votes , and augmented that number to 4896 , while the eighth obtained 4831 at the first time of

asking . Nos . 12 and 13 scored 4675 and 45 8 7 votes respectively , the former , who had this solitary chance of gaining admission into the School , having 431 votes to the good at starting . No . 17 , who started with

315 votes in hand polled in all 4249 , while No . 25 , with 555 in hand , finished up with 3 8 55 votes . Of the seven unsuccessful boys from the Metropolis , the three that made anything of a show stood on the list at Nos . io , 16 , and 23 , and scored 1339 ,

2370 , and 1244 votes respectively , while the London and Surrey boy will carry forward 1660 votes to the election in April next . Of the 27 Provincial lads East Lancashire , West Yorkshire , and Staffordshire furnished two candidates apiece and in each case

were successful in carrying them both ; the two from East Lancashire at Nos . 7 and 14 , the former with 4837 and the latter with 4470 votes . Tlie boys from West Yorkshire came out at Nos . 23 and 24 , with 390 1 and 3 88 7 votes respectively , while one of

the Staffordshire lads secured the l 8 lh vacancy with 4245 votes and the other came in last with 3 813 votes . Cornwall placed its candidate third on the poll with 508 7 votes , of which all but 3 8 were given at this election ; while the youth from

Northumberland and South Wales ( E . D . ) , who had 794 votes in hand , came out Kith with a total of 4263 . Durham and Bucks carried their candidate at the lirst attempt with 4139 votes , thereby securing

for him the 20 th place ; the Lincolnshire boy was ninth with 4 813 votes ; the Worcestershire fourth with 4957 ; thc Suffolk 19 th with 4151 votes ; and the Sussex lad 21 st with 4123 votes . Kent sent up only one candidate who polled 4770 votes