The New Grand Officers.

No . 1 347 , in each of which he has tilled the chair of First Principal . In Provincial Grand Chapter he is a P . G . S . N . of both Berks and Bucks and Surrey . Bro . Dixon has fitly

HHO . J . IKL'T .-COL . (¦' . W . mXOS .-yl'Ai „'„ E ; ti * . \ -C » ., Sit // i „ i ) rounded off the record of his services to Masonry by serving several Stewardships for the Charities and qualifying as a Life Governor of each . GRAND STANDARD BEARER .

Bro . James Whittaker Burgess is equally well known as a London and Provincial Mason , and has some claim to be considered a Colonial . He was initiated in Concord Lodge , Bombay , in 1868 , subsequently joining the Stanley Lodge ,

HHO . JAMES WHITTAKiai HL'HGKSS . ( I'ln , t „ J . 11 . I / ,,, / ,,, Kemlnl ) No . 1323 , the Neptune Lodge , No . 126 4 , and the Sincerity Lodge , No . 292 , Liverpool ; the Townley Parker Lodge , Xo . 1032 , Lanes . ; and the St . Barnabas Lodge , Xo . 948 , Linsdale . He was one of the founders of the Concordia

Lodge , No . 2492 , Wendover , and the Old Masonians Lodge , No . 2700 , London . He has twice filled the Masters ' s chairin the Stanley Lodge in 1 877 , and in-Concordia Lodge in 18 94 . Provincial honours have also fallen to Bro . Burgess , he having been appointed Grand Pursuivant of West Lancashire in 1880 , and Senior Grand Deacon in 18 94 ; while

in Buckinghamshire he has been appointed successively Prov . Grand Steward , Junior Grand Deacon , and Grand Treasurer . He is a present member cf the Board of General Purposes , and of the Board of Management of the Boys' School . In Royal Arch Masonry Bro . Burgess has been equall y active ,

having filled the chair of First Principal in several chapters and taken part in founding two others . He is a Past Prov . Grand Standard Bearer of Bucks , and Past Prov . Grand Registrar of W ' est Lancashire . In 18 99 he was appointed Grand Standard Bearer of England . Bro . Burgess ' s activities tire spread over the whole field of Masonry , and the Charities

have shared the results of his labours . He is a Life Governor of the Girls' School , a Vice-Patron of the Boys' School , and a Vice-President of the Benevolent Institution , and altogether no less than twenty Stewardships stand to his credit .

GRAND STANDARD BEARER . Bro . Charles Pulman has had a varied Masonic experience , both in London and the Provinces . He w ; is initiated in the St . James' Union Lodge , No . 180 , London , in 1861 ; joining successively the Humber Lodge , No . 37 , Hull , in 1863 ; the

Panmure Lodge , No . 720 , Balham ; Earl Spencer Lodge , No . 1420 , London , in 1873 ; the Bisley Lodge , No . 2317 , of which he was a founder ; and the St . John ' s Lodge , No . 1712 , Newcastle-ori-Tvne . He is a Past Master of the Panmure Lodge , having filled the chair in 1873 . He was

appointed to Provincial Grand Office in 1886 as Junior Grand Deacon of Northumberland . Bro . Pulman was exalted in the Humber Chapter , Xo . 57 , in 186 3 , and afterwards took

HltO . CHAIILKS I'ULllAN . —( l'lmlo . 1 . Ci-iiil . tliiuik Tin / lur . (¦ S „ ur , l . mnlmi ) an active part in Roval Arch Masonry by joining the St . James' Union Chapter , and founding , with others , the Stockwell Chapter , Xo . 1 339 , of which he has been Treasurer from the first ; the Bedford Chapter , Xo . 137 ; the Bisley

Chapter , No . 2317 , of which two latter he has been P"irst Principal ; and tlie ,. Hiram Chapter , ' No . 2416 ; of which he is the Scribe E . His appointment as Principal Sojourner of the Province of Surrey in 18 93 , and Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies of Supreme Grand Chapter in 18 9 8 ,