Occurrences Of The Year.

28 . —Re-opening , after being in abeyance for iS years , of St . John's Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners , No . 28 , Cardiff . _ 29 . —Consecration by Comp . T . F . Halsey , M . P ., Grand Superintendent of Hertfordshire , of the Halsey Chapter , No . 1479 , St . Albans : Comp . J . Purrott first M . E . Z . J .

2 . —Quarterly Communication of Mark Grand Lodge . 3 . —Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge . 6 . —Council of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . S . —Consecration by Bro . Earl Amherst , Provincial Grand Master of Kent , of the Lord Charles Beresford Lod ^ e , No . 2404 , Chatham : Bro . F . Powell first

W . M . 9 . —Death of Bro . the Rev . T . Cochrane , M . A ., Past Grand Chaplain . Consecration by Bro . C . F . Matier , Grand Mark Secretary , of the Britannic Mark Lodge , No . 433 : Bro . T . VV . Traill first W . M . 10 . —Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic

Benevolent Institution . II . —Installation , at Aylesbury , by Comp . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Scribe E ., of Comp . Rev . J . S . Brownrigg as Grand Superintendent of Bucks . 12 . —Special Service in Westminster A ' ibey in memory of Bro . Sir j . Alexander Macdonald , Prime Minister of Canada , and P . S . G . W . of England .

[ Annual Meeting at Bury St . Edmunds of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of East Anglia , I Consecration by Bro . the Earl of Euston , Deputy Grand Master , of the Hibernia Mark Lodge , No . VS 1 43 ! : Bm - Major Carrell first W . M . L Annual Meeting , at Barton-on-Humber , of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Lincolnshire .

13 , —Annual Convocation , at Hampton Court , of the Provincial Grand Chapter of Middlesex . Annual Sports at Wood Green of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . 17 . —Board of Benevolence : 22 cases relieved with £ 660 . Quarterly Convocation of the Supreme Grand Chapter of Scotland .

iS . —Grand Festival of the Order of the Secret Monitor . 19 . —Consecration by Comp . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Scribe li .., ol the Savage Club Chapter , No . 2190 : Comp . E . Terry first M . E . Z . 21 . —Annual Meeting of the Sovereign Great Priory of Canada . 22 . —Death of Bro . lohn Moon , Overseer of the Freemason

Printing Works . Corner-stone of St . Alban ' s Church , Nanaimo , British Columbia , laid by Bro . M . Wolfe , M . W . G . M . 23 . —Distribution of Prizes at Wood Green by the Countess of Lathom to the pupils of the Royal . Masonic Institution for Boys . 24 . —Anniversary Festival , at Brighton , of the Royal

Masonic Institution for Boys : _ Bro . the Earl of Lathom , Chairman . Proceeds £ 29 , 680 . Centenary Festival of the Lodge of Amity , No . 283 , Haslingden . Address by Bro . the Rev . Dean Barnett , D . G . M . South Africa ( W . D . ) , to the brethren of Cape Town . 2 S . —The Earl of Y ' arborough and the Hon . E . G . V .

Stanley initiated in the Studholme Lodge , No . 159 , 1 . Annual Meeting , at Tunbridge Wells , of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Kent . 26 . —Installation , at Cheltenham , by Bro . the Marquis of Hertford , Pro Grand Master , of Bro . R . V . Vassar-Smith as Provincial Grand Mark Master of Gloucestershire and Herefordshire . 27 . —Annual Meeting , at Hounslow , of the Provincial Grand

Lodge of Middlesex . Old Pupils' day at the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . 29 . —Annual Meeting at Mark Masons' Hall of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Middlesex and Surrey . Annual Meeting at Wilmington of the Provincial Priory of Kent . 30 . —Stewards' Visit to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution at Croydon .

JULY . 1 . —Annual Meeting , at Newbury , of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Berkshire . 2 . —Consecration by Comp . F . A . Philbrick , Q . C , Grand Superintendent of Essex , of the Plume Chapter , No . 1024 , Maldon : Comp . A . Barrett first M . E . Z . 4 . —Consecration by Bro . H . D . Sandeman , G . Sec . Gen . Supreme Council , 33 ° , of the Albert Victor Chapter

Rose Croix : Viscount Valentia hrst M . W . S . Council of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . S . —Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . Annual Meeting , at Thirsk , of the Provincial Grand Lodge of North and East Yorkshire . 9 . —Quarterly General Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls : Bros . H . A . Hunt and Ralph Glutton made Honorary Patrons .

Consecration by Bro . the Marquis of Hertford , Pro Grand Master , of the Cnarity Mark Lodge , No . 430 , Birmingham -. Bro . E . Mallard first W . M . 10 . —Quarterly General Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . Consecration by Bro . W . Francis , District Deputy Grand Master Natal , of the Klip River County

Lodge , No . 2401 : Bro . W . Warren first W . M . 11 . —Installation at Sydney of Bro . the Earl of Jersey as M . W . G . M . of the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales . 13 . —Annual Meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge Royal Order of Scotland for London . 14 . —Annual Meeting , at Bournemouth , of the Provincial

Grand Lodge of Hants and the Isle of Wight . 15 . —Annual Meeting , at Toronto , of the Grand Lodge of Canada ( Province of Ontario ) . Annual Meeting , at Maryport , of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland . 16 . —Installation ofthe Duke of Abercorn as Grand King of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Ireland .

18 . —Consecration at Pretoria of the 1 ransvaal Chapter , No . 1747 : Comp . John Keith first M . E . Z . Installation at Madras of Bro . Col . G . M . J . Moore as Provincial Grand Master Madras . 21 . —Annual Meeting , at Hertford , of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Hertfordshire : First stone laid of a new parish Hall by Bro . T . F . Halsey , M . P ., P . G . M .

Occurrences Of The Year.

22 . —Festival of the Mark Benevolent Fund : Bro . Viscount Dungarvan , P . G . W ., Chairman : Proceeds £ 1858 . Board or Benevolence : —21 cases relieved with £ 615 . Summer Entertainment to the inmates of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution at Croydon . 23 . —Installation at Croydon of Bro . Col . G . N . Money , C . B ., by Bro . the Earl of Lathom as Prov . G . M . and

by Comp . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . S . E ., as Grand Superintendent of Surrey . 24 . —Annual Meeting , at Devonport , of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Devonshire . Annual Meeting , at Maidenhead , of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Berks and Oxon . Consecration by Comp . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G

Scribe E ., of the Kingsland Chapter , No . 16 93 : Comp . J . Cooper first M . E . Z . Annual Convocation of the Grand Chapter of Canada ( Province of Ontario ) . 28 . —Annual Meeting , at Chingford , of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Essex . 30 . —Annual Meeting , at Liskeard , of the Provincial Grand

Mark Lodge of Cornwall . 31 . —Entertainment by the Quituor Coronati Lodge , No . 2 o ; 6 , to Bro . C . P . McCalla , P . G . M . Pennsylvania ; Bro . H . H . Ingersoll , P . G . M . Tennessee ; and other visitors from abroad . Annual Meeting , at Thornham Hail , of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Suffolk .

AUGUST . 5- —Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter . 6 . —Quarterly Convocation of the Grand Lodge of Scotland . 7 . —Installation by Sir Knight Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Great Sub-Prior , of Sir Knight Sir R . N . Howard as Provincial Prior of Dorsetshire .

Consecration by Bro . Major-General Sir C . Warren of the Edaljee Khory Mark Lodge : Bro . E . I . Khory first W . M . B J J-8 . — ' ouncil of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . 9- —Death of Bro . George Henderson , one of the founders and Secretary of the Scots Lodge , No . 2319 . 11 . —Annual Meeting , at Chingford , of the Provincial

Grand Chapter of Essex . 12 . —Consecration at Plymouth of the Unity Chapter , No . 1247 : Comp . J . N . Lord first M . E . Z . Death of Bro . the Rev . W . F . Reynolds , M . A ., P . P . G . Chaplain Middlesex . 15 . —Death of Bro . James Macdonald , VV . M . 1910 . 17 . —Annual Meeting , at East Greenwich , of the Divisional

Conclave of Kent , Order of Rome and Red Cross of Constantine . Death of Bro . James R . Ling , P . M . S 3 , P . P . J . G . W . Cambridgeshire . Dedication of a Masonic Hall at Fivemiletown ( Ireland ) , for the use of the Border Lodge , No . 4 S 2 .

iS . —Bro . Major-General Sir C . Warren installed at Singapore District Grand Master ol the Eastern Archipelago . New Masonic Hall at Paignton opened by Bro . W . G . Rogers , Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Devonshire .

19 . —Board of Benevolence : —12 cases relieved with X 3 C 0 . Death of the Rev . W . Tebbs , M . A . 20 . —Window in Wrea Green Church to the memory of the late Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon unveiled by Bro . Sir M . VVhite Ridley , Bart ., M . P ., Provincial Grand Master of Northumberland .

22 . —Banquet by the lodges in Kimberley to Bro . Lord Carrington . 23 . —Dedication of a Masonic Hall at Donaghadee by Bro . Major Leslie J . Thompson , Provincial Grand Master of Down .

25 . —Annual Meeting , at St . Austell , of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall : Congratulatory Address to the Provincial Grand Master on his appointment as Deputy Grand Master of England .

SEPTEMBER . I . —Quarterly Communication of Mark Grand Lodge . 2 . —Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge . 3 . —Consecration by Bro . Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec , of the Woodgrange Lodge , No . 2409 : Bro .

A . R . Trew first W . M . Funeral of the late Bro . F . B . Williams , P . P . G . S . B . Cornwall . 9 . —Committee of Management Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution .

12 . —Foundation-stone of new Hospital at Dundee laid by Bro . Sir A . C . Campbell , Bart ., M . P ., M . W . Grand Master Scotland . 14 . —Bro . Lord Mayor Savory made an Honorary Member of the Union Lodge , No . 129 , Kendal . 16 . —Annual Meeting , at 'Tenbury , of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Worcestershire .

17 . —Annual Meeting , at Ludlow , of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Shropshire . iS . —Half-yearly Meeting of the West Lancashire Charity Committee . 19 . —Annual Meeting , at Glasgow , of the Grand Encampment of the ^ Temple and Malta , Scotland . 20 . —Annual Meeting , at Nuneaton , of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire .

23 . —Board of Benevolence : 24 cases relieved with £ 575 . Annual Meeting , at Tavistock , of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Devonshire . 25 . —Annual Meeting , at Trowbridge , of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Wiltshire . 26 . —Death of Bro . Lord Methuen , P . P . G . M . Wiltshire . 30 . —Annual Meeting , at Runcorn , of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cheshire .

OCTOBER . 1 . —Election of Bro . the Earl of Haddington as M . W . G . M . of Scotland . 2 . —Consecration bv Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Gierke , Grand Sec , of the / Esculapius Lodge , No . 2410 : Bro . J . Brindley James first VV . M . Death of Bro . Lord Cheylesmore , P . G . W .

Annual Meeting , at Liverpool , of the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution : six children elected . 3 . —Council of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . 5 . — -Consecration by Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Sec , of the Clarence and Avondale Lodge , No . 2411 : Bro . Basil Stewart first W . M .

Occurrences Of The Year.

6 . —Annual Meeting , at Stockton-on-Tees , of the Provincia Grand Mark Lodge of Northumberland and Durham . Presentation by the Brethren of Staffordshire to Bro . R . C . Sudlow , P . G . Std . Br . S . —Annual Meeting at Stockport of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Cheshire .

Quarterly General Court of the Royal Masonic Institution lor Girls -. 19 out of 25 candidates elected . 9 . —Quarterly General Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys : the Hubert Laws Perpetual Presentation purchased by Northumberland for £ 1050 ; 24 out of 3 6 candidates elected . 12 . —Consecration by Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , P . G .

S . R ., of the Penrose Dunbar Council , No . 20 , Order of the Sfcret Monitor : Bro . J . W . P . Brickwood first S . R . 13 . —Dedication of a new Masonic Hall at Frome by Bro . Viscount Dungarvan , P . G . M . Somersetshire . 14 .- —Committee of Management Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution .

Princess Mary , Duchess of Teck , and her daughter , Princess Victoria , visit the Royal Masonic Institution for G'rls . Meeting at Sowerby Bridge of the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire . Annual Meeting , at Liskeard , of the Provincial Grand Chopter of Cornwall .

15 . —Annual Meeting , at Shepton Mallet , of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Somersetshire . Annual Meeting , at Barrow , of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Lancashire . Presentation to Bro . the Rev . T . Lloyd , Provincial Grand Chapliin Essex , by the Easterford Lodge , No . 2342 , Kelvedon . *

17 . —Death of Bro . VV . A . Barrett , P . G . Org . 19 . —Northumbrian Masons feted by Lodge No . 12 G , Dublin . Lecture by Bro . James Stevens , P . M ., at the Lodge of Freedom , No . 77 , Gravesend , 20 . —Lecture by Bro . F . C . Crossle , Prov . G . Sec . Down , at Dungannon , in aid of the Masonic Orphan Schools ,

Dublin . 21 . —Board of Benevolence : 30 cases relieved with £ 970 . 22 . —Annual Meeting , at Brighton , under the presidency of the Duke of Connaught , P . G . M ., of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex . Annual Meeting , at St . Helier ' s , of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Jersey .

Annual Meeting , at Oxford , of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Oxfordshire . 26 . —The Duke of Connaught elevated as a Royal Ark Mariner and enthroned W . C . N . Annual Meeting , at Chichester , under the Duke of Connaught , of the Provincia ! Grand Mark Lodge of Sussex .

27 . —Consecration by Bro . Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Sec , of the Hampstead Lodge , No . 240 S : Bro . A . Miller , M . D ., first VV . M . Meeting of the Wakefield Masonic Literary Society . 28 . —Annual Meeting , at Blackpool , of the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Lancashire : Presentation to Bro . W . Goodacre , Prov . G . Sec .

29 . —Annual Meeting , at Torquay , of the Provincial Priory of Devonshire . 30 . —Annual Meeting , at Newcastle-on-Tyne , of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Northumberland . Annual Meeting , at Poole , of the Provincial Grand

Lodge of Dorsetshire . 31 . —Installation at Salisbury by the Dukeof Connaught , P . G . M ., of Bro . the Earl of Radnor , as Provincial Grand Master of Wiltshire . Half-yearly Meeting , at Leeds , of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of West Yorkshire .

NOVEMBER . 4 . —Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter . Annual Meeting , at Sheerness , of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Kent . 5 . —Address by Bro . the Very Rev . Dean of York at the Wakefield Masonic Literary Society . 6 . —Annual Meeting , at Wigton , of the Provincial Grand

Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland . 7 . —Council of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . 9 . —Jubilee Anniversary of the birthday of the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M . Death of Bro . G . H . Haydon , P . A . G . D . C . 11 . —Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution .

13 . —Meeting at Halifax of the Provincial Grand Chapter of West Yorkshire . 14 . —Consecration by Bro . G . R . Harriott , P . P . G . M . Wigtownshire , of the St . George ' s Lodge , No . 2402 , Larnaca , Cyprus : Bro . F . O . Harvey first W . M . 17 . —Consecration by Bro . Sir M . E . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., of the Hicks-Beach Lodge , No . 2407 , Stroud : Bro . R . I . Weston first W . M .

iS . —Board of Benevolence : 29 cases relieved with £ 710 . 20 . —Installation at Cambridge by Bro . Lord Henniker P . G . M . Suffolk , of Bro . Colonel R . T . Caldwell as Provincial Grand Master Cambridgeshire . 21 . —Funeral of Bro . J . J . Berry , P . M ., Treas . No . 554 . Consecration by Comp . W . Goodacre , Prov . G . Scribe E . West Lancashire , of the Baldwin Chapter , No . 1398 , Dalton : Comp . W . J . A . Baldwin , first

M . E . Z . 23 . —Annual Meeting , at Hitchin , of the Provincial Grand Chapter of Hertfordshire . 24 . —Bro . Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec , installed VV . M . of the Shadwell Clerke Lodge , No . 1910 . 26 . —General Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls .

Meeting at Crewe of the Cheshire Provincial Committee of Benevolence . Consecration by Comp . Major Smyth , Grand Superintendent Lincolnshire , ofthe Doric Chapter , No . 3 62 , Grantham : Comp . B . H . Russell lirst M . E . Z . 27 . —Half-yearly meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of East Lancashire : Presentation to Bro . Colonel

Starkie , P . G . M . Consecration by Bro . Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart ., P . G . M . Durham , of the 'Tristram Lodge , No . 2415 , Shildon .- Bro . John Reid first W . M . 30 . —Consecration by Bro . Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec , of the Hiram Lodge , No . 2410 ; Bro . H . Lovegrove first VV . M .