Provincial Grand Lodge Of West Yorkshire.

The Provincial Grand Officers were then appointed as follows : — „ rant Edward Parker , P . M . ... ... Prov . S . G . W . Dr 0 , c W . Keighley , P . M . ... ... ... Prov . J . G . W . '' ^ v . Richard Collins ... | Prov . G . Chaps . ' PPV A . Bain Coombe ... ... ... ) r

" Aulay Macaulav , P . M . ... ... ... Prov . G . Reg . " Herbert G . E . Green , P . M . ... ... Prov . G . Sec . " lohn E . Wordsworth , P . M . ... ... Prov . S . G . D . " idwin Dean , M . D ., P . M . . ... ... Prov . S . G . D . " r „ u „ W . Turner . P . M . ... ... ... Prov . T . G . D .

" lewis Buckley Brierley , P . M . ... ... Prov . J . G . D . " Arthur Alfred Stott , P . M . ... ... Prov . G . S . of W , " Edmund Lord , P . M . ... ... ... Prov . G . D . C . " Charles Howroyd , P . M . ... ... ... Prov . D . G . D . C " Precis Smith , P . M . ... ... ... Prov . A . G . D . C .

" Thomas Davis , P . M . ... ... ... Prov . G . Swd . Br . " Wm . Asquith , P . M . ... ... ... Prov . G . Std . Br . " Robert Riley , P . M . ... ... ... Prov . G . Std . Br . " Max Blume ... ... ... ... Prov . G . Org . " VVm . Brewin Alderson , P . M . •... ... Prov . A . G . Sec . " Frederick Whiteley , P . M . ... ... Prov . G . Purst . " Frederick W . Turner , P . M . ... ... Prov . A . G . Purst .

Alfred Williamson , P . M .... ... ... ] " „ John Dyson , P . M . ... ... ... j VVm . Fitton , P . M . ... ... „ . ! , , " fnhn R . Welsman , P . M f Prov . G . Stwds .

, lohn Hodgson Rayner , P . M . ... ... j l Alfred Stott , P . M . ... ... ... J Samuel Barrand ... ... ... Prov . G . Tyler . " Thomas Leighton ... ... ... Prov . A . G . Tyler

Three petitions for relief were considered , and grants made . Invitations for the October meeting were received from Keighley , Halifax , and Sheffield . After some other formal business had been dealt with , the meeting closed with the recessional hymn , " Hail , Masonry sublime , "

which vvas sung to the tune of the National Anthem . After the meeting 105 of the brethren adjourned to the banqueting hall upstairs , where a most sumptuous dinner was provided by Mrs . Senior . The tables were most tastefully laid , and presented an exceedingly attractive appearance . A well prepared dinner was served up in first-class style , " a la Russe , " there being a good staff of experienced attendants . The

proceedings at the dinner , which occupied from five o ' clock until nearly nine o ' clock , were of an exceedingly enjoyable character . After dinner a number of toasts were heartily drunk and selections of vocal music were given by Messrs . Rickard ( bass ) and Buckland ( tenor ) , whose charming songs and duets were highly appreciated . Bro . Herr Max Blume , Prov . G . Org ., presided at the piano , and his truly marvellous performances on tbat instrument created much surprise and gave the most unbounded satisfaction . Altogether the proceedings in connection with the annual meeting were a success in every sense of the word .

The History Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls

THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS

FEOM ITS ORIGIN , 1788 , TO ITS CENTENAEY , 1888 .

( Continued from , page 234 . ) But while the character of the School was being improved thus steadil y but surely , the scheme of education enlarged by the engagement of a Drawing Mistress for higher class drawing , and the children encouraged in their studies by the regular aAvard and

public distribution of prizes , * the Governors found themselves seriousl y hampered in their plans for augmenting the number of , girls on the establishment by their inability—for the time being , at all events , —to buy more land . But this was not an

insuperawe cliincult y to tho fulfilment of their projects , and in 1866 it was determined , aftor consultation with Bro . S . B . Wilson , f to re-arrange and extend the existing premises , the tender of Messrs . -flyers and Soil for the new work amoimting to £ 2889 being accepted

> " ¦ September ot that year , about which time also the offices of the Institution were moved into Freemasons' Hall . The boldness of this Policy had a most excellent effect on the Craft , for at the Festival in . % , 1867 , when Bro . the Earl of Limerick presided as Chairman , ot

r { Y ° ^ avoidable absence Bro . the Earl De Grey and Ripon , •IJ . M .,. and P . G . M . West Yorkshire , the amount of subscriptions ¦ as announced as £ 6000 , the Board of Stewards being 132 in 25 f' ^ hom the 40 from West Yorkshire raised £ 2000 , and vvl . ! 011 ! East ' Lancashire £ H 00 , this being the first occasion on noli the Provinces played a conspicuous part in these celebrations , 1

I "*> X was by no means the first time a distinguished Proviucial lotucr had occupied the choir . In 1868 the House Committee soi i tllat tlie cllildrcn should not attend the Festival , and though ; ^ nc demur was made by the Stewards , the Committee remained firm , with Ti ' attellclancc has since and very properly been dispensed l-iv ... ' •- ^ "out the same tim e a Committee , consisting * of Bros . Sheen ,

assi ? j ^ PSon , and Nunn , was appointed to revise the Laws and tlie R > t a em as cIoselv as possible in things essential to those of ••Pm- ? •C 1 K ) O 1 ' ' * he work having been carried out and ot > L ° r ' Avas ai " rangtid ^ at the new Code should come into Wn T1 ° tKe lst Jairaai 7- 1869 . In the February following , an •- -J ^^^ lfZ ^ 01 to Miss Davis fov the extra twraMe she had

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taken in preparing six of the girls for the Cambridge Local Examinations , and in recognition of the success which had attended her labours , —three of the children having passed with honours , while the remaining three satisfied the examiners . At the April Quarterly Court , Bi-o . S . Tomkins , G . Treasurer , was unanimously elected Treasurer

of the Institution m place of Bro . B . B . Cabbell , who had resigned a few months previously on the ground of ill-health , and to whom a vote of thanks was unanimously passed for the manner in which he had discharged his duties during his protracted tenure of the office ;*

while in the month of October Miss Jarwood , who had been connected with the School as pupil , apprentice , Assistant Matron , and Matron for 50 years , not only received the congratulations of the Governors , but was likewise presented by them with a cheque for 50 guineas in commemoration of so interesting an anniversary .

At a Special General Court held on the 30 th December , 1869 , the right of Perpetual Presentation was established , the principal conditions being the payment to the Institution in one sum of 1000 guineas ( £ 1050 ) , that no votes be exercised in virtue of such payment , and that the children should he duly qualified , as in

ordinary eases . f The qualifications of candidates were more clearly defined , the privileges of Vice-President were carefully revised , and on the motion of Bro . J . C . Parkinson at a Special Court in May , 1871 , the rank of Yice-Patron was instituted , the qualification being the payment of a further 50 guineas over and

above the 50 guineas necessary to confer the rank and privileges of a Vice-President . It was also in the same month of May , 1871 , that Past G . Master the Prince of "Wales , who had heen initiated into Freemasonry in Sweden towards the close of 1868 , presided at the Festival of the Institution , the number of brethren—161—who

served as Stewards being unprecedently large , though the total of subscriptions— £ 5200—had been exceeded at the Festival of 1867 . The month following , in consequence of the difficulties which had been caused hy ah outbreak of scarlet fever in December , 1870 , but which , thanks to the skill and energy of the honorary medical officer

—Bro . Howell—and the Matron , had been promptly and successfully met , it was resolved to build a separate Infirmary , and Bro . S . B . Wilson was called upon to furnish plans for its erection . On the 21 st March , 1872 , the first bricks of the neAV structure were laid by Mrs . Crick , Miss Jarwood , Miss Davis , and others , and on the 18 th

April , Bro . W . Winn laid the first stone ; and so rapidly was the work pressed forward that on the occasion of the Stewards' visit in May , 1873 , Lady Skelmersdale—now Countess of Lathom—opened the building , the key with which the formal ceremony was carried out being handed to her ladyship by Bro . Winn , whose repeated benefactions to the School had justly brought him into considerable

ence . While these arrangements and the erection of the new Infirmary were in progress , Bro . Howell , who generously refused all pecuniary reward for his services , was presented with a testimonial of plate , and a substantial increase was made to the Matron ' s salary . The

number of girls was also increased , firstly in October , 1871 , to 106 , and then in April , 1872 , to 112 , and the price to be paid for admission raised to 150 guineas ; but in the interval between the two augmentations the Secretary , Bro . E . H . Patten , P . G . S . B ., was struck with paralysis , and it becoming at once evident that he would be

unable to resume his duties , they were temporarily discharged by Bro . Lane , the Clerk , and after the customary routine , a new Secretary was elected in November , 1872 . in the person of Bro . R . Wentworth Little , to whom a commencing salary of £ 250 a year was assigned , while a pension of £ 200 a year for life was granted to Bro .

Patten , who , both as Secretary and for a long term of years previously , had made himself conspicuous by his zealous and affectionate interest in the Institution . The month following , Bro . Lane , who had been chosen Collector to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , vacated the Clerkship , and Bro . F . R . W . Hedges was elected

to succeed him early in 1873 , so that ample time was alhnvod to iho new Secretary and his new subordinate to prepare for the next Anniversary Festival , which had now become thc great event of tlio year , and which , when it was held in May , 1873 , under the presidency of Bro . Lord Skelmersdale , Prov . G . M . West Lancashire , yielded by

the aid of 145 Stewards no less than £ 7448 . A success so gratifyingbrought with it firstly a gratuity to Bro . Little , and then , as ho pursued his work at the same high-pressure rate , a substantial increase of salary ; and as it was followed up iu May , 187-1 , when the late Bro . the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot , Prov . G . M .

Staffordshire , presided , and the returns from 190 Stewards amounted to £ 8022 , the Governors felt themselves justified in augmenting the number of children , firstly from 112 to 120 , then from 120 to 131 , from 134 to 145 , and in December , 1874 , from 145 to 148 , the lust addition being made at the Quarterly Court in April , 1875 . Of

course , these successive augmentations could not have been made without a corresponding enlargement of the premises , and the additional space was chiefly obtained by extending tho wings of tho main building . While , however , this was in progress , the Marquis

of Ripon retired from Freemasonry , resigning his various offices in connection with its Charities , and H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , on election as Grand Master , became likewise President of the Institution . ( To be continued . )