Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.

his predecessors had on former occasions , to continue their magnificent subscriptions , and keep up the schools in the way they had been kept up in the past . Bro . J . M . McLeod , P . G . S . B ., Secretary of the Institution , then announced the listsan analysis of which is given below .

, Bro . S . J . Attenborough , P . G . Treas ., responded , and returned thanks on behalf of the Institution . Bro . C . E . Keyset * , P . G . D ., Chairman of Board of Alanagement , proposed " The Chairman , " and , in reply , The Marquis of Hertford thanked the Stewards for their

exertions . The Hon . and Very Rev . the Dean of Hereford gave " The Other Alasonic Institutions and Success to Them , " to which Bro . P . Colville Smith , P . G . D ., Sec . Royal Masonic

Benevolent Institution , responded . For " The Stewards" Bro . G . Beech , Dep . Prov . G . M . Warwickshire , President , replied , and " The Ladies , " given by Bro . T . A . Bullock * , P . G . S . B ., concluded the programme . SUMMARY .

London ... £ 10 , 402 18 6 Provinces ... ... 15 , 240 5 2 Foreign Stations ... 672 10 o . £ 26 , 315 13 8

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES . On Alonday , June nth , the prizes to the successful pupils were distributed at the Schools at Bushev by the Marchioness

of Hertford , who was accompanied bv the Marquis of Hertford , Bro . C . E . Keyset ' , P . G . D ., ' Treasurer of the Institution , and many brethren and ladies .

Before the presentation was made , Bro . Keyset * welcomed the company on behalf of the Board of Management , and hoped they would be pleased with what they saw . They could thus form some idea of the responsibility the management and staff had undertaken . They had a large building

with modern appliances , and this required great attentionand care to carry on with efficiency and economy . Although the School was only moved a few years ago , they found they had to make additions , and one addition was completed last year . This was a new sanatorium and infirmary , and was of

immense use to the School . They felt justified in building it by the help of the Craft , and at a cost of £ 12 , 000 . They had now 420 boys in the School , and had to consider what steps they should take to provide for more boys . This would engage the serious attention of the Board of

Management , and at the next quarterly Court he hoped they would increase their numbers . They hoped to keep up the system of keeping the boys for another year , and a good many even longer , and he hoped to have fully 100 boys over fifteen . The Inspectors from the Board of Education , who were

given every facility , gave a most satisfactory report . A new arrangement had been made , and the year divided into three terms .

Bro . Keyset * subsequently proposed a vote of thanks to the Marchioness of Hertford , who acknowledged the compliment . A capital selection of instrumental and vocal music was given by the pupils , and at its conclusion ,

The Marquis of Hertford expressed his appreciation of its excellence , and asked that the boys should have an extra half-holiday . The afternoon was spent in witnessing the various shops at work , in gymnasium and drill , and in inspecting the buildings .

Dl . STItllilJTlOX OF J'JIIZKS IN Till' AS . SK . VIiLY HALL .

The annual meeting of the P . ovincial Grand Lodge of Middlesex w ; is held tit the Holborn Restaurant on May 29 th , when over three hundred members of the Province attended . Lord George Hamilton , R . W . Provincial Grand Master , presided , and appointed Major-General J . G . GuyonPast Grand

, Sword Bearer , as his Deputy Provincial Grand Master , in place of the late Admiral W . H . C . St . Clair . A sum of 100 guineas was voted from the funds of the Grand Lodgeto the Royal Alasonic Institution for Girls , the Provincial

Grand Master having consented to preside at the next festival of this institution in 1907 . The principal appointments to Provincial Grand rank included Brothers E . de Q . Quincey and E . C . Broquet , Grand Wardens ; the Rev . F . \ V . May and the Rev . Tilney Rising , Grand Chaplains ; Bro . Gipps

Kent , Provincial Grand Treasurer ; Bro . A . Burnett Brown , Grand Superintendent of Works , Provincial Grand Secrelarv ; Brothers A . Findlater , F . Baden Fuller , W . Metcalfe , and C . Wilkinson , Grand Deacons .