East Lancashire Educational And Benevolent Institution.

merit , and ever manifested the liveliest interest in everything pertaining to its welfare . " The principal items of receipt , apart from the Balance brought forward from previous account of £ 441 Us . s d ., are Donations and

Subscriptions amounting to £ 1430 ios . id ., and Income from Investments , £ 5 81 3 s . 2 d ., the total from all sources reaching the respectable sum of £ 24 80 7 s . 2 d . The Expenditure was £ 1106 18 s . 4 d ., of which £ 4 88 6 s . 9 c ! ., including the minor

disbursements by the Almoners' Committee , was expended in Relief ; £ 26 4 13 s . 6 d . for the Education of 33 children ; £ 195 for Annuities to nine brethren and widows ; and £ 150 ios . 3 d . for Establishment Charges , the principal items being £ 91 13 s . 6 d . for

Secretary ' s Salary , and £ 44 6 s . for Printing annual reports and carriage of same . The Summary of Investments shows a total of the nominal value of £ 17 , 537 3 s . 2 d ., the cost price of which is given as £ 18 , 755 ! 4 - 3 -5 an ( 1 as tlic Committee

announce in their report that arrangements have been made for a further investment of £ 1250—out of the balance remaining in hand of upwards of £ 1373—the Institution will be able to point

with satisfaction to an invested capita ! of the value of some £ 20 , 000 . This is highly creditable to the Province of East Lancashire , but more especially to the Prov . G . Master , Bro . Col . LE GENDRE N . S TARKIE , who is President of the

Institution , the Committee , and Bro . JAMES NEWTON , Prov . G . Secretary and Secretary , by whom the funds of this important Provincial Charity have been so carefully , so beneficially , and , from a monetary point of view , so successfully administered . The

weak point about East Lancashire is that with its formidable array of 111 lodges and some 40 chapters it does not exte id a larger amount of support , and more systematically , to our central Masonic Institutions . We admire it for its staunch observance

oi the old proverb that " Charity begins at home , " and we know its contributions to our Boys' and Girls' School and Benevolent arc every now and then on a large scale , a scale such as only so strong a Province could hope to attain ; but the Subscribers' Lists

and other returns , which are published annually , disclose the fact that the Province derives a very large amount of assistance annually from the aforesaid Schools and Benevolent Institution , the number of those who are in receipt of the benefits they confer

being considerable . However , in 18 79 , when Bro . Colonel STARKIE presided as Chairman at the Old People ' s Festival ; in 1888 at the Girls' School Centenary ; and in 1892 at the Benevolent Jubilee , East Lancashire acquitted itself most

honourably , and as the Boys' School Centenary will be . celebrated in June next , it will this year have a splendid opportunity of showing that it appreciates the very substantial benefits it derives from that Institution in particular and 0111

Central Institutions generally . Still , as regards its own Systematic Educational and Benevolent Institution , which alone immediately concerns us just now , its success in maintaining it at a hig h standard of efficiency is beyond all praise , and we trust the Charity may Have before it a long career of usefulness and prosperity .

Supreme Grand Chapter Of England.

SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER OF ENGLAND .

The following is the business to be transacted on Wednesday next , the 2 nd prox . The minutes of the last quarterly convocation to be read for confirmation . THE REPORT or THE COMMITTEE or GENERAL PURPOSES .

To the Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England . The Committee of General Purposes beg to report that they have examined the accounts from the 19 th October , 1 S 97 , to the iSth January , 1 S 9 S , both inclusive , which they find to be ns follows :

To Balance , Grand Chapter £ 477 25 j By Disbursements during the ,, „ Unappropriated j Quarter £ - \ C > o 6 11 Account ... iSS 00 ; ,, Balance ... (" 135 ifi 7 „ Subsequent Receipts .. 545 17 1 \ ,, „ Unappropriated Account ... 214 iC o

£ 1210 in C ; £ 1210 19 G ' — . 1 which balances are in the Bank of Kngland Law Courts Branch . The Committee have likewise to report that they have received memorials with extracts of minutes , for permission to remove the following chapters : The Fidelity Chapter , No . 269 , from the Old Bull Motel , to the Head-quarters of the 1 st Volunteer Battalion , East Lancashire Regiment ,

Canterburystreet , Blackburn . The Britannic Chapter , No . 33 , from Freemasons' Hall , to tht' Holborn Restaurant , London . The Lily of Richmond Chapter , No . Sao , from the Greyhound Hotel , Richmond , to the Holborn Restaurant , London ,.

Supreme Grand Chapter Of England.

The Moriah Chapter , No . 34 , from the Freemasons' Hall , to the Cafe Royal , Regent-street , London . The Committee having satisfied themselves of the reasonableness of the requests , recommend that the removal of the chapters ba sanctioned . A memorial , with particulars , has also been received from th » companions of the Chapter of Prosperity , No . 290 , Huddersfield , praying for a charter authorising them to wear a centenary jewel . The memorial being in form , and the chapter having proved an uninterrupted existence of too yeirs , the Committee recommend that the prayer thereof be granted .

The Committee recommend that inasmuch as the following chapters had ceased to work for many years , and the charters have been lost , they be erase 1 from the roll of chapters . The Star of Gwalior Chapter , No . 1066 , Ihansi , Bengal . St . Paul's Chapter , No . 1210 , Dinapore , Bengal . The Committee also recommend

that—Concord Chapter , No . 60 S , Fort Beaufort , South Africa , Eastern Division , having ceased to work and returned its charter , it be erased from the roll . ( Signed ) GEORGE DAVID HARRIS , President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C ., Ian . 19 th , 1 H 9 S .

A Great Meeting Of Experts.

A GREAT MEETING OF EXPERTS .

As announced in our last issue a great meeting of experts was held in the Board Room , Freemasons' Hall , on Tuesday last , to hear from Bro . Sydney T . Klein , W . M . of the Oaatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 , an epitome of his paper on " The Great Symbol , " at the close of which he gave a demonstration to prove that he had at last succeeded in unearthing the

Genuine Ss of a M . M . The meeting was called at the invi ' ation of the Board of General Purposes and was strictly confined to Ins ' allei Misters , was a very fully one and comprised many distinguished and expert brethren who had come from long distances to be present at this demonst ' . ition . In addition to the members of the Board of General Purposes , the following is a list of the brethren who had accepted invitation to attend :

Bros . General Sir Charles Warren , G . C . M . G ., K . C . B ., P . M . 2076 , P . G . D ., P . Dist . Grand Mast . ° r Eastern Archipelago ; Vice-Admiral Mirkham , Stwd , 2076 , District Grand Master Malta ; George Richards , District Grand Mister Tr . tnsv . ul ; D-. C . J . Eg . in , M . D ., District Grand M istir South Africa ; T . B , Whytehead , J . W . 2076 , P . G . S . B . } Sir Francis Boileau , Bart ., S . G . D . ; W . H Rylands , F . S . A ., M . R . A . S ., P . M . 2076 , P . A . G . D . C ; Rob . Freke Gould , P . M .

2076 , P . G . D . ; Sir Walter Besant , F . S . A ., P . M . 1159 , Treas . 2076 ; Col . Sissan Cooper Pratt , R . A .. P . M . 20764- W . Matthew Bywater , P . M . 2076 , P . G . S . B . ; Dr . W . Wynn Westcott , P . M . 2076 , P . P . G . D . C . Somerset ; Edward Jones Castle , Q . C ., R . E , P . M . 143 , Stwd . 2076 ; F . H . Goldney , 2076 , P . G . D . ; Gustav A . C . Kupferschmidt , I . P . M . 2076 , Asst . G . Sec . German Correspondence ; C . Purdon Clarke , C . I . E ., F . S . A ., P . M ., S . W . 2076 ; Henry Lovegrove , F . S . A .,

A . R . I . B . A ., G . S : B . ; J . S .. Cumberland , P . Dep . G . S . B . ; G . L . Shackles , 2076 , P . P G . D . York ; H . T . Lyon , M . R . A . S ., W . M . 2563 ; Baron Le Strange , 2076 , P . G D . Charles E . Keyser , F . S . A ., P . G . D . ; James Stephens , Dep . G . D . C ; Fred . R Furrow , P . M . 119 G , F . R . I . B . A . : Dr . Ralph Gooding , P . G . D . ; J . J . Thomas , P . G Std . Br . ; Dr . Belgrave Ninnis , Djp . Iiupect .-Gen . R . Ni , 2076 , P . G . Std . Br . ; W . Ilamsher , W . M . 1139 ; Dr . Stanislaus Makovski , P . P . J . G . W . Surrey ; Thos

Home , P . M . 135 6 ; G . Greiner , P . M . 92 , 2076 ; G .-W ,-Speth , P . A . G . D . C , Sec . 2076 ; F . W . Wright , W . M . 2046 ; C . A . Heimann , P . Dist . G . Treis ., and S . W . Jap . n ; J . Ritnsden Riley , 2076 " , P . P . G . D . C York ; W . T . Buck , P . M 1702 ; Robert Manuel , P . M . 1196 ; Henry Sadler , Grand Tyl r ; C . S . Dear , I . P . M . 1139 ; F . Dangerfield , P . M . 1260 ; J . H . Guyton , P . P . G . D . C . Norfolk ; Walter Potter , P . M . 12 G 0 ; R . A . Berthon Preston , M . A , P . M . 111 S ;

A . Lonyers Haycraft , W . M . 2424 : Dr . Chetwodo Crawley , 207 G , P . G . D . Geo . Elkington , F R . I . B . A ., P . M . 24 K ); G . Nelson Watts , P . M . ; W . J . Song hurst , P . M . 227 ; G . Risdon Carsburg , W . M . 19 ; Chas . B . Barnes , M . S . A , F . R . C . S ., P . M . 19 ; Fredk . J . Cox , P . M . uo ; Robert C . Wills , P . M . ; \ V Pratt , P . M . ; J . Flower Jackson , P . A . G . D . C ; an I S . G . Kirschoffer , P . Dep G . D . of C .

Among the abjve there are 19 brethren who are members of the Inner Circle of the Ouatuor Coronati Lodge , No . - ' 076 , six of whom were the original founders cf that archa : logical movement . At the request of the Grand Secretary , Bro . RICHARD HOKTON SMITH , Q . C ., Deputy G . Reg ., took the chair , and , before calling on the lecturer , he explained that the subject of the

demonstration they were to see that night had been before the Board oi General Purposes for some time ; that Bro . Klein had suggested that the subject was of such interest and importance , that he would like to have it considered by an emergency meeting of Grand Lodge . Before taking further steps in this matter , the Board felt that those members of the Board

of General Purposes who had not already witnessed the demonstration should have the opportunity of seeing and judging for themselves . The Board had , therefore , placed their Board-room at the disposal of Bro . Klein to give his lecture , and had authorised him to invite such expert and d stinguished brethren as he might think advisable to be present .

Bro . KLEIN , after thanking the Chairman on behalf of the Board for the courtesy they had shown him , expressed his great gratitude at hiving such a representative audience , and especially thanked those experts , some of whom had come several hundreds of miles to be present . The lecturer then gave a short epitome of his paper on " The Great Symbol , " and finished by demonstrating , both by reference to copies of old prints and diagrams , which

were supplied by him to all present , and also by a most curious method ol employing the working tools of a Master Mason , that the KEY by which it was possible to unravel the mystery and meaning of certain strange traditions , was still to be found embedded in the ritual , and that by conscientious work every Master Mason could prepare himself for some day becoming possessed of this knowledge when he had litted himself for occuping the chair of K . S . Bro . Klein concluded by remindiner the meetintr that the question

before them was not whether the ritual should be altered nor whether the matter should be placed before an emergency meeting of Grand Lodge—that rested , he presumed , entirely in the hands of the Board of General Purposes—but having such an influential meeting of Installed Masters there to-night , which might well be considered as representing 3 Committee of Grand Lodge , he hoped that a decided expression would be given by them as to whether or no the subject which he had laid before them was of great interest and importance to the Craft .

At the suggestion of the Chairman , a cordial vote of thanks was passed by acclamation to Bro . Klein for his most curious and interesting demonstration , and after a short discussion , the following resolution was proposed b y ROIIERT KREKI : GOULD , P . G . D ., and seconded by Bro . CHARLES li