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London in 1858 , and in i ( s name commemorating the marriage of the late Emperor Frederick to our own Princess Royal ' In Smith Africa there are many lodges that are named after distinguished persons , besides the three mentioned in

the preceding paragraphs . The Charles Warren Lodge , Kimberlev , was warranted in 1897 , and the Henry B . Loch , at Beaconsliekl , in 1890 . The Richard Giddy Lodge , now over a quarter of a century old , commemorates an old Cape name at the Diamond Fields . The present District Grand Master of the Eastern Province is immortalised in the

Charles Egan Lodge at Umtata , and the Charles Biakeway at Engcobo , is another example of naming after a person . The Carnarvon Lodge , Cape Town , commemorates a late Pro Grand Master , who opened the British Temple , while a lodge at Richmond , Natal , is also called after him . The Frere Lodge at Aliwal North , founded in 188 = ; , recalls file

name of a famous Governor , while there is a lodge ot the same name , founded in 1880 , at Riversdale , under the Netherlands Constitution . The Zetland , at Fort Beaufort , founded in 1852 , was called after the Earl of Zetland , who was Grand Master at that time . The Alexandra at Somerset East , founded in 1875 , might have been called after the

present Queen Consort , if so it is the only lodge under the English Constitution in South Africa called after Royalty , for the Albany , at Graham ' s Town , founded in 1828 , was doubtless named after the division in which it is situated . Of the three Scotch lodges in the Cape Peninsula , one is named after our late sailor Prince , the Royal Alfred , at

Simon ' s Town , and another the Lome , in Cape Town , after the Marquis of Lome , the husband of the Princess Louise , while the Athol , at Kimberley , recalls the ducal family of that name , and the Thomas Gardner , at Klerksdorp , an old and much respected Cape Town Freemason .

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The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution .

VOW that the Christmas and New A ear s Festivities are i \ over , and the lodges have settled down into working order of the normal kind , the approaching Festivals of the Central Masonic Institutions begin to exercise the minds of all loyal Masons and to call forth in an increasing degree those princip les of Charity which we are

taught ever to associate with Freemasonry . That these precepts have born fruit is exemplified b y the steadily increasing annual contributions which the Secretaries of the respective Institutions are enabled to announce at each succeeding annual gathering , and we

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sincerely trust that , notwithstanding some fears have been expressed that from various causes a check to this prosperity may be experienced in the coming year , we possess so much faith in the principles of the Order , and the charitable instincts of its members , that we have little fear of any retrogade movement in this respect .

As regards the Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , which is fixed for February the 26 th , and which is to be presided over by the genial and popular Provincial Grand Master of Worcestershire , W . Bro . Sir Augustus F . Godson , M . P ., the prospects , although not fully assured , are

hopeful . The number of Stewards at the time of going to press had reached 491 , which compares favourably with the previous year . Of this number the Chairman ' s province , although containing only fifteen lodges , sends over sixty . This is a splendid example of what may be done by

earnest and concentrated effort , and should have its effect in stimulating the zeal of other centres of Masonic influence . There is one feature about the Institution on whose behalf we plead , which should never be lost sight of , that the limitations to its usefulness are not bounded by the four walls of its buildings at Crovdon ; there is practically no

limit to the number of annuitants whom it may shield from privation and want while a single needy and deserving applicant remains outside its benefits . The Craft cannot set itself a more worthy task than to endeavour by every means in its power to justify the recommendation of the committee who have investigated the various claims of the

candidates , and have recommended them for election . At present , and for years past , the number of annuitants elected have fallen lamentably short of the applications , and it is pitiable to observe year after year the names of those whose sands of life are fast running out waiting wearily for the

relief that would mean so much to them in their last days . We trust that the coming Festival will , in a more marked degree than any of its predecessors , give evidence on the part of the whole of the Craft that it has made up its mind to preserve from want those of its aged brethren and widows who have fallen by the way , and we look forward with

much hopefulness to Bro . Terry announcing that the contributions have not only exceeded those of any previous normal year , but that the figures will indicate a resolve that the new century shall mark an epoch of increased activity and strenuous efforts in support of the Roval Masonic Benevolent Institution .

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