Contents.

CONTENTS .

LEADERS 4 ) 5 Provincial Grand Lodge of Dorsetshire ... 476 "Ais Quatuor Coronatorum , " 1886-7--II . 476 The History of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls from its Origin , 1588 , to ifc f-pntonarv TRRQ ICnnHn ,, aA \ thh

. . * « v ... vw .. « . _ ,, . « w v ^ u , « .,., .,,, Boards of Masters and Benevolence 479 Hampshire and the IsU of Wight Masonic Educational and Benevolent Institution 479 Masonic Ceremonial in West Hartlepool 479 South Africa 479 CORRESPONDENCEMasonic Elections 481

REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGSCraft Masonry 481 Instruction 481 Royal Arch—Instruction 48 a

New Zealand 482 Jamaica 4 83 Obituarv 4 82 The Craft Abroad 4 83 Dedication , of a Masonic Hall at Toowoomba , Queensland 483 Masonic and General Tidings ... 483 Lodge Meetings for Next Week 484

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THE statement of account , showing the income and expenditure Lodge of of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , for the quarter to the 23 rd Scotland . ju j y - ( £ > j s j n a ]| reSpec - satisfactory . The receipts amounted to ^ 1103 ios . iod ., the principal items being £ 295 5 s . 6 d . for the registration of 900 intrants ; £ 3 $ for 140 certificates ; - £ 247 7 s . 6 d . for 1050

diplomas of various kinds ; ^ 90 19 s . 4 d . constitution laws ; £ 306 8 s . for rents ; ^ 31 ios . for charters ; and £ 4 . 9 us . 6 d , for interest on loans by Benevolent Fund . The expenditure , which amounted to £ 843 12 s . 8 d . included for salaries ^ 249 3 s . 6 d . ; for printing constitution and laws , & c , £ 268 13 s . ; for printing diplomas , ^ 3 8 14 s . ; and for Benevolent Fund ,

^ 83 ios . : the balance , " being excess of income over expenditure , " was £ 259 18 s . 2 d . The three new lodges for which charters were granted are severally numbered 744 , 745 , and 746 . We learn further from the printed proceedings during the said quarter that the loyal address presented by our Scottish brethren to the OUEEN on the occasion of her Jubilee had been laid

before her , and that " her MAJESTY was pleased to receive the same very graciously . " The Grand Master Mason of Scotland ( Bro . Sir A . CAMPBELL , of Blythswood , Bart . ) and his Grand Office bearers must be proud of the records which now issue under the seal of their Grand Lodge , It is not so very many years since that the tale they told was of a somewhat different complexion .

D . . , IT is not to be wondered at that the Executive Officers of the Provincial , , Grand Lodge Provincial Grand Lodge of Suffolkshould havehada good report 0 " to make of the proceedings of the past year at the annual

meeting which was held at Framlingham on the 3 rd instant , and of which we gave a full report last week . Suffolk has a fair muster roll of lodges , many of them long established , and all eager and willing to observe faithfully the principles of the Craft . It is presided over by a brother who , though young in office , is a Mason of long standing , and of proved worth ,

while at the same time he is highly popular with all classes ofthe brethren . It is fortunate , too , in having so kindly and energetic a brother as the Rev . C . J . MARTYN occupying the important post of Deputy Prov . Grand Master , and so many excellent and zealous brethren who are never so satisfied as when they have afforded them the opportunity of rendering some more or

less substantial service to Freemasonry . Under these circumstances it is the reverse of singular , as we have already pointed out , that the various reports of the past year's doings should have been eminently favourable . That of the Board of General Purposes showed that the lodges were regular in the performance of their duties and in a state of efficiency in

all other respects . The report of the Provincial Charity Association showed that more money had been received during the past than in any previous year , that the contributions to the Central Charities had been proportionately enlarged , and that the voting strength of the province had increased . The Deputy Provincial Grand Master , who in the absence on duty of R . W .

Bro . Lord HENNIKER , P . G . M ., presided in Provincial Grand Lodge , in his address congratulated the brethren on these evidences of their steady discharge of Masonic duty , and especially on the fact of the province having distributed 800 guineas among our three Institutions at their several

festivals . So gratifying a record as this will no doubt nerve our Suffolk Inends to further efforts in the same direction , and we trust the day may long be distant when the proceedings at the annual Provincial Grand Lodge snail prove to be less satisfactory as regards the past and less encouraging for the future .

* * * The Hantsand WE had occasion last week to congratulate the Prov . G . M . Benevolent * * brethren of this important province on the success which ssOC ; ation _ has attended them in the performance of their Masonic duties unng the past vear . But our remarks were of a general character , nor

ld we refer in specific terms to the newly organised Educational and enevolent Institution , which will celebrate , at Southampton , on the 24 th October next , under the presidency of R . W . Bro . W . W . B . BEACH , M . P ., -M ., the first anniversary of its establishment . This Institution , for the

iation of which the province appears to be indebted principally to the the aV ° Ur ? of Br 0 , G- Fl LANCASTER , P . M ., P . P . G . Reg ., is intended for H . ucat , on - clothing , and advancement in life of the children of deceased indi gent brethren in the province , and to afford to distressed

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brethren and their families such relief as may seem desirable . The principal members of Prov . Grand Lodge preside over the Association , while the management is in the hands of the same members and of the Vice-Patrons , Vice-Presidents , Life Governors , and Representatives of Lodges , Chapters , and other contributing bodies . There will be no paid

officers , so that the charges for administration will be very trifling , and the poor and deceased members of the province or their families will have the benefit of pretty nearly the whole of the money subscribed . The approaching celebration will take the form of a Festival in aid of the funds , and we have but little doubt that the result will prove beneficial to the exchequer of the Institution . We wish it all success .

* * * m „ . . THE proceedings of the 51 st half-yearly Communication of The District ,. ' . _ , , , , J r , , , , . , Grand Lodge of this District Grand Lodge on the 31 st March last , of which Bombay . we ^ ave rece ntly received the report , appears to have been of

an exceptionally interesting character . Bro . E . TYRRELL LEITH , D . G . M ., presided , and had the pleasure of announcing in the course of his address that the Duke of CONNAUGHT would succeed him on his resignation of the District Grand Mastership , that his Royal Highness would be solemnly installed on his return from England—whither he was then shortly about to

set out in order to take part in the public celebration of her MAJESTY ' Jubilee—and that , at the request of the leading members of the Cralt in Bombay , he ( Bro . LEITH ) would be present , and personally induct his successor into office . It also devolved on him to propose that a loyal address should be prepared and presented to her MAJESTY , congratulating her on

having completed the 50 th year of her reign , and to state that the Duke of CONNAUGHT had been pleased to express his approval of the address , and had spontaneously offered to present it to her MAJESTY on the day appointed for celebrating the Jubilee . It has not often fallen to the lot of a District Grand Master to include two such gratifying announcements as these in

his address ; but , irrespective of the pleasure he must have experienced on their account , Bro . LEITH had a very gratifying record to receive from his executive officers as to the position and progress of Freemasonry under the English Constitution , not only during the period then completed , but also during the whole term of his presidency over the

Craft in the District Grand Lodge of Bombay . As a matter of course , the proceedings were not allowed to close without a cordial vote of thanks being passed to Bro . LEITH for the valuable services he had rendered , and with the fulfilment of this agreeable duty , and the kindly acknowledgment of the D . G . Master for the compliment so handsomely oaid him , the

meeting came to an end . We will add that the Treasurer ' s Statement of Account , and the Reports of the Bombay Masonic Charitable Association and the Freemasons' Hall Committee , which are appended to the proceedings , show how flourishing is the state of the Craft in this part of India . The accounts of the District Fund of Benevolence for the year 1886

show a closing balance of more than 1000 rupees in excess of the balance brought forward at the commencement of the account . The total amount subscribed to date to the Bombay Masonic Association was 25 , 367 rupees , and the balance in hand and at Bank , in respect of the Freemasons' Hall account , amounted to upwards of 6500 rupees . As regards the Hall , which is

jointly occupied by the District G . Lodge and lodges under the English Constitution , and the Grand Lodge of all Scottish Freemasonry in India , and its lodges , & c , & c , the total contributed towards its maintenance during the nine years to December , 1886 , is stated as 67 , 350 rupees , of which 36 , 948 rupees were contributed by the English Masonic bodies , and 30 , 402 rupees by the Scottish .

* * TheBomba ^ ' earn ^ t ' ie re P orts ° * ^ ls Association for the current Masonic year , that the Seventh Annual Festival was held on the 21 st Association . March last , when subscriptions and donations for the previous

twelve months , amounting to 2203 rupees , were announced , raising the total sum subscribed by the Craft during the seven years of its existence to 25 . 367 rupees . The Festival was unaccompanied by any banquet , there being only , five subscribers present , and the business was soon finished . However , the Association is a great credit to the brethren in Bombay . It is not

only generously supported and well cared for by the leaders of the Craft , but it appears to be wisely and ably governed , and to be accomplishing some very excellent work . Its objects are "to educate , clothe , and maintain the children of indigent and deceased Freemasons , " and at the time of this report there were four children being provided ior , a fifth having been withdrawn

from the support of the brethren after having been on the establishment only two years , the limit of age for remaining being , as in our own Girls' School , sixteen . The rules are fashioned very much after

those of our Schools , and the qualifications of candidates , though not the same , are similar . Donors also are classified as Vice-Patrons , Vice-Presidents , Life-Governors , and Life-Subscribers , the qualifications for each lodge being double those of private individuals , dona-