The Province Of Oxfordshire.—(Concluded.)

Burford , of A . D . 1892 ; twelve lodges in all , four being located in the venerable city , the total membership being about 800 . Oxfordshire was not formed into a province until the year 1795 , the premier Prov . G . M . being Sir John McNamara Hayes , Bart ., who was succeeded in 1810 by Viscount Forbes ,

( afterwards the Rt . Hon . Earl of Granarcl ) , neither of whom could have been burdened with very much official work . Practically the province dates from 18 37 , when Lord Henry Spencer Churchill ( Deputy Grand Master oi England , 1835-8 ) was appointed to the oversight . His lordship was also S . G . W . in 1832 and died in 1840 ; No . 478 handing down his

MASONIC BALL AT OXFORD IN 18 . '> 2 .

name , Masonically , to posterity . In 18 44 the Rev . Charles J . Ridley ( D . Prov . G . M . ) became the Prov . G . M . ; his zeal having been manifested as the W . M . of No . 357 for live years ( 1824-8-9 , 18 33-4 ) . ' ^ years later Colonel Henry Atkins Bowyer ( P . M . 599 in 1883-5 ) entered on his duties

as Prov . G . M ., whose name is perpetuated by No . 1036 . On his decease in 18 71 the province was once more placed in the charge of the Grand Registrar until 1876 , when H . R . H . the Duke of Albany , K . G ., & c . ( P . G . W . ) , was installed as Prov . G . M . in the Sheldonian Theatre , Bro . Reginald Bird

being again the D . Prov . G . M . The Rt . Hon . the Earl of Lathom ( then Lord Skelmersdale , since deceased ) was the Installing Master as D . G . M . of England .

In the year following H . R . H . ' s untimely and deeply regretted decease ( 1884 ) , the Rt . Hon . the Earl of Jersey accepted the dignity of Prov . G . M . ( P . M . 478 in 1868 , S . G . W .

in 1870 ) ; since which period the prosperity of the province has been continuous , Bro . Reginald Bird , M . A ., being D : Prov . G . M . to 18 92 , from which year the Rt . Hon .

Viscount Valentia , M . P ., has held that office , whose zeal for the Fraternity is much appreciated ( P . M . 478 , & c , P . J . G . W . ) . From 18 9 8 , Bro . P . Colville Smith ( P . M . 357 , & c , P . G . D ., D . Prov . G . M . of Cornwall , & c ) , has been the esteemed Provincial Grand Secretary , who is now also the energetic Secretary of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , so

that the province is particularly well suited in having such a worthy trio to conduct its affairs . The province has an excellent calendar and directory published annually , edited by Bros . P . Colville Smith and A . Rowley ( P . Prov . S . G . W . ) , the energetic Assistant Prov . G . Sec , whose services for the Craft , locally and generally , are well known and appreciated .

Some Memorials Of The Globe Lodge, No. 23, And Of The "Red Apron."

Some Memorials of the Globe Lodge , No . 23 , and of the "Red Apron . "

( BY HENRY SADLER . )

AT a meeting of the Globe Lodge , No . 23 , on the 19 th November last , one of the Special Centenary Jewels , which had previously been voted by the Lodge as a contribution to the Grand Lodge Museum , was handed to

the sub-Librarian , who had attended at the invitation of the W . Master ( Bro . F . A . Powell , P . G . Std . B . ) , to receive it . In thanking the Lodge , on behalf of the Library Committee , for their presentation , Br . Henry Sadler