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rior ( two views ) ; Porta de San Lorenzo ; Piazza of St . Peter ' s , Obelisk and Vatican Palace ; Braccio Nuovo ; the Vatican Library ( two views ); the Transfiguration , by Raphael ; Pope Pius IX . ; the Vatican Gardens ; St . Peter ' s —Bird ' s eye view ; St . Peter ' s , Exterior -, St . Petei ' s , Interior ( two views ); St . Peter ' s , the Benediction ( Easter Sunday ) ; Tivoli—Temple of the Sybil ; and Tivoli , thc Cascades ;
every one of whicii was graphically explained by the lecturer in a clear and pleasant voice that could b-j distinctly heard in all parts of the room . At the conclusion of the reading , which was most attentively listened to , Bro . Green vvas loudly cheered , and Bro . Binckes expressed the thanks of the hearers to Bro . Green for the gratuitous entertainment he had given .
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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
A Special General Court of the Governors and subscribers of this Institution was heltl last Saturday , at Freemasons' Hall , for thc purpose of considering thc following recommendation of the House Committee : — " That the sum of six thousand five hundred pounds
( £ 6500 ) be expended in the purchase of Lyncombe House and Grounds ( freehold ) , thc property of Wm . Evil ! , Esq ., adjoining the grounds of the Institution at St . John ' s Hill , Battersea Rise , S . W . " Col . Creaton , Grand Treasurer , presided . There were also present Bros . W . Somers , Griffiths Smith , Col . Peters , C . F . Matier , E . Cox , VV . W . Barker , John A . Rucker , F .
Adlard , G . Brooks , W . T . Thompson , C . Hame , H . Speedy , Arthur E . Gladwell , H . Murray , H . S . Somerville Burney , A . J . Duff Filer , Nathaniel G . Philips , Herbert Dicketts , John Sampson Peirce , Col . Burdett , VV . Roebuc ' e , E . C . Woodward , W . F . C . Moutrie , S . Rawson , Fve'd . Binckes , A . Durrant , A . T . LoweiislatU , G . W . Hewett , T . Foxall , II . G . Buss , C . Fretl . Hogard , II . A . Dubois , J . E .
Midtllcton , Samuel Kelly , VV . H . Gulliford , George Kenning , E . Letchworth , James Stevens , Robcit Berridge , Rev . Dr . Ernest Brette , Thos . Cubitt , Thos . Meggy , John M , Clabon , Peter de L . Long , T . F . Peacock , Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , Charles John Perceval , R . Warner Wheeler , W . S . Gover , Pendlebury , Melntyre , Venn , Freeman , Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , F . R . W . Hedges ( Secretary ) , and H .
Massey ( Freemason ) , Col . Creaton , in moving the recommendation , saitl he believed all the brethren were conversant with the advantages the proposed purchase woultl give to the Institution at Battersea Rise . In addition to the extra land it would give , the house would supply space for thc accommodation of twenty-five additional children , who coultl be
placed in it as a probationary school . Wnen the matter was before considered he was asked wh . ther hc h id taken a professional opinion as to thc value ol thc ground and house . At that time he hail not , but since then lie had procured the opinion of a gentleman of high standing , Mr , Knowles , of 17 , Albert Mansions , Victoria-street , which was conveyed in the following letter : —
" 17 , Albert Mansions , Victoria-st ., S . W ,, "Dear Col . Creaton , "Dec . 31 st , 1879 . " In reply to your request for my opinion as to whether or not the sum of £ 0500 woultl be a fair and prudent price for the Freemasons' School to pay for the freehold house and grounds called Lyncombe House , adjoining their premises on Wandsworth Common , I do
not hesitate to say , after my personal visit to the place yestertlay , that I think the School would do wisely Jto secure it at the above-named price . " I am not now pretending to estimate with accuracy the market value of the property , but it seems to mc that even were £ 0500 above this ( which I by no means imply that it is or is not ) , the many advantages which the
School would gain wilh it should decide in favour of the purchase . "Oneconsideration alone would weigh with me enough to settle the matter , namely , that in other hands the place mig ht grow to be the most serious injury and drawback to the School . Were 1 one ot thc authorities , I should be very sorry to take the responsibility of not guarding
against such a risk when the opportunity was offered of doing so . If nothing else were done but to obtain possession and consequent control of it , even if part of it were let again by the School as landlr-rd , I should suppose it might be a prudent thing to do as a safe investment for some of the School funds , and an invaluable safeguard to thc rest of their property .
" But I imagine that it could be converted at vcry small cost into additional accommodation for children , which would in no other way be procured so economically , and that this would be the best ultimate destination for it . "At any rate I should advise you , as Treasurer , to make it perfectly clear that you are free from all responsibility in the future which might and probably would
arise if the property were allowed by the School authorities to pass into other hands . " Yours very truly , ( Signed ) "JAMES KNOWLES . " Col . Creaton concluded by moving the adoption of the recommendation ot the House Committee . Bro . Griffiths Smith seconded the motion .
Bro . R . Warner Wheeler thought some information with regard to the purchase of the land ought to be given . It seemed to him that £ 6500 was a large sum of money . Col . Creaton said the land was a little more than threequarters of an acre , and the house was a very large one , It would accommodate twenty-five children , and could be
converted to the Institution's purposes at a very small cost . But the great object of the purchase was t > prevent other buildings being erected . Bro . R . Warner Wheeler enquired whether the house would be pulled down and an entirely new one built ? Col , Creaton said the house was a very fine house , but
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the report had gone abroad that it was a tumble-down house . Nothing of . the kind . It was a first-rate house , well built , and if he on the last occasion had said that £ 150 had been laid out on it in repairs that was a mistake ; he ought to have said " decorations and additions . " Bro . H . T . Thompson , P . M . 742 , asked the Chairman
whether he had received any notice that this was an illegal meeting , and that no motion could be put . Col . Creaton said he had not received any notice , but he had been told so before hc came into the room . Bro . II . T . 'Thompson : Do you still intend to put the motion ?
Col . Creaton : Yes . Bro . Thompson : Then 1 advise the brethren not to vote a' all , and I must t ike the ground Bro . Woodford rose to order . If Bro . Thompson had an amendment he could move it , but he must not use language like this until the matter was brought before thc brethren as anamentlmcnt . He must n't without an amendment
use language to influence thc brethren ' s votes . Bro ^ Thompson said he had listened to the suggestion made , but the fact that this was not a legal meeting overrode it . If the motion could not be put because the meeting was illegal , an amendment could not . He thought Bro . Melntyre would say that if it was an illegal meeting the motion could hot be put . He had said all he wished to
say . He simply asked ins friends not to vote on the question . Bro . VV . S . Gover thought it an extraordinary step . Exception had been before this taken to the validity of meetings , but the persons taking it had always stated their grounds of objection . Bro . Thompson said that this was an invalid meeting , and yet stated no grounds . Bro . Thompson said thc Chairman admitted hc had had
notice . Col . Creaton : No . 1 said I had heard of it . Col . Burdclt would support thc motion , because land was a very good security . He would , however , like to know if any legal opinion hatl been taken whether the trustees had power to invent the Institution ' s money in this way . Col . Creaton replied that he hail not ; but no doubt
Bro . Melntyre would give an answer to the question . Bro . Edward Cox , in moving as an amendment " That it is not expedient at present to make any addition to the grounds and premises of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , " said the question he rout on the last occasion hatl not been answered in the way in which he fully understood the Chairman promised it shoultl be , viz ., that thc
brethren should be provided at this meeting with something like a statement of thc actual value of this property . Mr . Knowles had really giv ' tn the go-by to the question , and had given reasons why thc property should be purchased . Mr . Knowles had forgotten that Lyncombe House' and grounds were not the sole boundary of the School . If they bought Lyncombe House they would have to buy up the whole cf tlie side on Wantlswortli-road whicii abutted on
the grounds of the Institution if they once recognised the principle that it was necessary for the Institution ' s seclusion . As to the value of the property , no idea of it had been placed before the brethren . Beo . Dicketts at the last meeting , taking the rental of thc house at £ 200 a year , could only make the value of thc property £ 5000 , but he ( Bro . Cox ) , on indisputable authority , coultl say that the
house would never fetch £ 4000 if put in the market , and he hatl Mr . Evill ' s own permission to state that the gross annual value of the house was £ 120 only , and that the rateable value was £ 100 . So that , take it what way they liked , antl even supposing when the next assessment was made that the value was increased to £ 3 800 , whicii was its ultimatum value , they woultl be paying a much larger
sum than they ought . It had been stated that £ 700 hail been laid out on the house , which would raise its value at next assessment to £ 140 a year . Mr . Evill thought the Und would be valuable to him asbuilding ground , and hence his increased demand . As the hause and ground abutted on the railway no one woultl give a large sum for it , owing to the annoyance which was caused by the screaming of
the engines and the vibration resulting from the passing of the trains . Taking all these circumstances into considertion it would be for the Court to consider whether it was right to expend so large a sum on the property as £ 0500 , merely because an entrance to tlie Institution in the high road would be obtained . He thought that persons visiting the School woultl not hesitate to go over the bridge ,
which was less than a quarter of a mile from the railway station . But suppose there was anything in the argument that it would be an excellent mode of getting the space by the side of the premises they would have no difficulty , for they would not get more than a slip . Thc Chairman eulogised it as a means of obtaining access to the premises Col . Creaton said there was already an entrance there , and it was not proposed to make an alteration .
Bro . Edward Cox observed that that was part of Col . Cceaton'sown argument , and he thought that a point was made of it . Col . Creaton said the only difference would be that it would be theit own instead ol not being their own , as now , Bro . Edward Cox replisd that whether it was the property of A B or C D if he had the undisputed right to it it answered all purposes . Bro . Griffiths Smith said thc School had no right there
Bro . Edward Cox did not want any by-play when he was answering the Chairman's remark that it was an excellent reason for the purchase being completed , that it would give that which did not exist . Col . Creaton said it did not exist as an entcance to the
School now , but it would if they bought it . Bro . Edward Cox said that was his point—that if they purchased it , it would be very little gain , and that , therefore , it was not necessary to give Mr . Evill £ 0500 for it . . They must either keep the house intact to make it an infant school and be contented with a side entrance , or pull the
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house down to make the entrance to the ground on thc other side . There vvas nothing in this to render it worth while to lay out £ 3000 , because the distance was so small from the railway to the present entrance . What vvas intended to be done with the house if purchased ? It was said they could take in twenty-five additional children . But at present they had as much burden as they could bear .
The Rev . A . Woodford , P . G . C , interposed the observation that the present vvas not a resolution to increase the School by twenty-five children , but there had only been a suggestion made * that the house would make a good probationary school . Bro . Ed . vard Cox remarked that Bro . Woodford was not present on the last occasion when the Chairman made the
observation , and it vvas vcry unjust that he should call him ( Bro . Cox ) to ortler when he attempted to reply to Col . Creaton , who had saitl that it was the intention to divide the School . An increased expenditure would be entailed on posterity which posterity would not thank them for . They had as many girls in the School now as the subscriptions justified them in having . It ought to be allowed
to lie fallow for a little time . They did not know what was in store for them . There might be such an increase in their funds as to enable them to give £ 0500 , but at present he thought they would want all their reserve fund . If at any time it might be thought necessary to increase the grounds his resolution would not prevent it . Bro . Freeman secontled the amendment .
Bro . J . M . Clabon , after eulogising the School buildings , with which he was well acquainted , said he was extremely pleased when he heard of the proposed purchase . He thought it was a wise step . As to the intrinsic value of the property , and the value to thc School , it was on two separate footings . As a house and ground for building purposes , and being near thc railway , £ 4- ; oo was a cheap
rate to buy it at . But its value to the Institution was a different question . The Institution vvas one of the finest in the country . Us access to St . John ' s Hill was now very meagre and bare for carriages , and it was deficient also for foot passengers . For a good access , therefore , hc should put £ 2000 as a fair figure -, but he should not stop there . They would not think of moving their Schools ,
and , therefore , they must look round and see if they could not get hold of any property . He heard now for the first time of an intended division of thc School , whicii he thought another advantage . Bro . Cox was wrong when he said they would not be precluded at a future time from purchasing thc property . In two years the opportunity would be gone . As to thc means of the brotherhood he could
not believe that the grantl Society of Freemasons could not raise £ 0500 if wanted . If they did not make the purchase now , in two years' time they would reget it . Bro . VV . Sutton Gover admitted thc price vvas high , but thc property would give a greatly increase ! value to thc Institution . He understood that the house had been much improved of ktc , and if so this was a material element in
the matter . The Committee were actuated by no other feelings than a desire to do thc best for the interests of thc Institution . He would like to ask the Chairman if £ 6500 was thc lowest price that would be taken . Col . Creaton wished the Court to understand lhat the offer to buy the land had not been made to Mr . Evill until they heard he was about to build on the ground . He
( Col . Creaton ) immediately saw him , when he ( Mr . Evill ) produced the plans . On making the offer to purchase Mr , Evill said he would think about it , and he did . Afterwards lie asked 8000 guineas , when he ( Col . Creaton ) said he could not think of laying such an offer before the Committee . After one or two interviews and some correspondence , Mr . Evill asked the Committee to make an offer . They offered £ 0 ooo , but Mr . Evill Would take no less
than £ 0500 . Bro . C . J . Perceval reminded the Court that the Benevolent Institution wanted some land some years ago which they could have bought for £ 1500 , but they let the opportunity slip , and had been sorry for it ever since . Bro . Cox's amendment was then put and lost , and the original motion was afterwards put and carried . A vote of thanks to the Chairman , proposed by the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , closed thc proceedings .
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The General Committee of this Institution met last Saturday , at Freemasons' Hall , Bro . W . Roebuck in the chair . There were also present Bros . W . F . C . Moutrie , S . Rosenthal , Wm . Paas , George J . Row , Henry W . Hunt ,
J . G . Chancellor , Thomas Cubitt , Don . M . Dewar , Wm . Mann , C . F . Matier , John Constable , W . H . Ferryman , Charles Birch , A . Durrant , R . Warner Wheeler , Arthur E . Gladwell , Frederick Adlard , Charles F . Hogard , H . G . Buss , F . Binckes ( Secretary ) , and H . Massey ( Freemason ) . Eleven candidates were placed on the list for the April
election , and three ex-pupils had the outfit granted to them . The list for the April election was then settled as follows : seventy-eight already on the list , and three conditional on further particulars being supplied , making altogether eighty-one . Out of these twenty only can be ' elected . The CommitU-e then adjourned .
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Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
rior ( two views ) ; Porta de San Lorenzo ; Piazza of St . Peter ' s , Obelisk and Vatican Palace ; Braccio Nuovo ; the Vatican Library ( two views ); the Transfiguration , by Raphael ; Pope Pius IX . ; the Vatican Gardens ; St . Peter ' s —Bird ' s eye view ; St . Peter ' s , Exterior -, St . Petei ' s , Interior ( two views ); St . Peter ' s , the Benediction ( Easter Sunday ) ; Tivoli—Temple of the Sybil ; and Tivoli , thc Cascades ;
every one of whicii was graphically explained by the lecturer in a clear and pleasant voice that could b-j distinctly heard in all parts of the room . At the conclusion of the reading , which was most attentively listened to , Bro . Green vvas loudly cheered , and Bro . Binckes expressed the thanks of the hearers to Bro . Green for the gratuitous entertainment he had given .
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
A Special General Court of the Governors and subscribers of this Institution was heltl last Saturday , at Freemasons' Hall , for thc purpose of considering thc following recommendation of the House Committee : — " That the sum of six thousand five hundred pounds
( £ 6500 ) be expended in the purchase of Lyncombe House and Grounds ( freehold ) , thc property of Wm . Evil ! , Esq ., adjoining the grounds of the Institution at St . John ' s Hill , Battersea Rise , S . W . " Col . Creaton , Grand Treasurer , presided . There were also present Bros . W . Somers , Griffiths Smith , Col . Peters , C . F . Matier , E . Cox , VV . W . Barker , John A . Rucker , F .
Adlard , G . Brooks , W . T . Thompson , C . Hame , H . Speedy , Arthur E . Gladwell , H . Murray , H . S . Somerville Burney , A . J . Duff Filer , Nathaniel G . Philips , Herbert Dicketts , John Sampson Peirce , Col . Burdett , VV . Roebuc ' e , E . C . Woodward , W . F . C . Moutrie , S . Rawson , Fve'd . Binckes , A . Durrant , A . T . LoweiislatU , G . W . Hewett , T . Foxall , II . G . Buss , C . Fretl . Hogard , II . A . Dubois , J . E .
Midtllcton , Samuel Kelly , VV . H . Gulliford , George Kenning , E . Letchworth , James Stevens , Robcit Berridge , Rev . Dr . Ernest Brette , Thos . Cubitt , Thos . Meggy , John M , Clabon , Peter de L . Long , T . F . Peacock , Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , Charles John Perceval , R . Warner Wheeler , W . S . Gover , Pendlebury , Melntyre , Venn , Freeman , Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , F . R . W . Hedges ( Secretary ) , and H .
Massey ( Freemason ) , Col . Creaton , in moving the recommendation , saitl he believed all the brethren were conversant with the advantages the proposed purchase woultl give to the Institution at Battersea Rise . In addition to the extra land it would give , the house would supply space for thc accommodation of twenty-five additional children , who coultl be
placed in it as a probationary school . Wnen the matter was before considered he was asked wh . ther hc h id taken a professional opinion as to thc value ol thc ground and house . At that time he hail not , but since then lie had procured the opinion of a gentleman of high standing , Mr , Knowles , of 17 , Albert Mansions , Victoria-street , which was conveyed in the following letter : —
" 17 , Albert Mansions , Victoria-st ., S . W ,, "Dear Col . Creaton , "Dec . 31 st , 1879 . " In reply to your request for my opinion as to whether or not the sum of £ 0500 woultl be a fair and prudent price for the Freemasons' School to pay for the freehold house and grounds called Lyncombe House , adjoining their premises on Wandsworth Common , I do
not hesitate to say , after my personal visit to the place yestertlay , that I think the School would do wisely Jto secure it at the above-named price . " I am not now pretending to estimate with accuracy the market value of the property , but it seems to mc that even were £ 0500 above this ( which I by no means imply that it is or is not ) , the many advantages which the
School would gain wilh it should decide in favour of the purchase . "Oneconsideration alone would weigh with me enough to settle the matter , namely , that in other hands the place mig ht grow to be the most serious injury and drawback to the School . Were 1 one ot thc authorities , I should be very sorry to take the responsibility of not guarding
against such a risk when the opportunity was offered of doing so . If nothing else were done but to obtain possession and consequent control of it , even if part of it were let again by the School as landlr-rd , I should suppose it might be a prudent thing to do as a safe investment for some of the School funds , and an invaluable safeguard to thc rest of their property .
" But I imagine that it could be converted at vcry small cost into additional accommodation for children , which would in no other way be procured so economically , and that this would be the best ultimate destination for it . "At any rate I should advise you , as Treasurer , to make it perfectly clear that you are free from all responsibility in the future which might and probably would
arise if the property were allowed by the School authorities to pass into other hands . " Yours very truly , ( Signed ) "JAMES KNOWLES . " Col . Creaton concluded by moving the adoption of the recommendation ot the House Committee . Bro . Griffiths Smith seconded the motion .
Bro . R . Warner Wheeler thought some information with regard to the purchase of the land ought to be given . It seemed to him that £ 6500 was a large sum of money . Col . Creaton said the land was a little more than threequarters of an acre , and the house was a very large one , It would accommodate twenty-five children , and could be
converted to the Institution's purposes at a very small cost . But the great object of the purchase was t > prevent other buildings being erected . Bro . R . Warner Wheeler enquired whether the house would be pulled down and an entirely new one built ? Col , Creaton said the house was a very fine house , but
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the report had gone abroad that it was a tumble-down house . Nothing of . the kind . It was a first-rate house , well built , and if he on the last occasion had said that £ 150 had been laid out on it in repairs that was a mistake ; he ought to have said " decorations and additions . " Bro . H . T . Thompson , P . M . 742 , asked the Chairman
whether he had received any notice that this was an illegal meeting , and that no motion could be put . Col . Creaton said he had not received any notice , but he had been told so before hc came into the room . Bro . II . T . 'Thompson : Do you still intend to put the motion ?
Col . Creaton : Yes . Bro . Thompson : Then 1 advise the brethren not to vote a' all , and I must t ike the ground Bro . Woodford rose to order . If Bro . Thompson had an amendment he could move it , but he must not use language like this until the matter was brought before thc brethren as anamentlmcnt . He must n't without an amendment
use language to influence thc brethren ' s votes . Bro ^ Thompson said he had listened to the suggestion made , but the fact that this was not a legal meeting overrode it . If the motion could not be put because the meeting was illegal , an amendment could not . He thought Bro . Melntyre would say that if it was an illegal meeting the motion could hot be put . He had said all he wished to
say . He simply asked ins friends not to vote on the question . Bro . VV . S . Gover thought it an extraordinary step . Exception had been before this taken to the validity of meetings , but the persons taking it had always stated their grounds of objection . Bro . Thompson said that this was an invalid meeting , and yet stated no grounds . Bro . Thompson said thc Chairman admitted hc had had
notice . Col . Creaton : No . 1 said I had heard of it . Col . Burdclt would support thc motion , because land was a very good security . He would , however , like to know if any legal opinion hatl been taken whether the trustees had power to invent the Institution ' s money in this way . Col . Creaton replied that he hail not ; but no doubt
Bro . Melntyre would give an answer to the question . Bro . Edward Cox , in moving as an amendment " That it is not expedient at present to make any addition to the grounds and premises of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , " said the question he rout on the last occasion hatl not been answered in the way in which he fully understood the Chairman promised it shoultl be , viz ., that thc
brethren should be provided at this meeting with something like a statement of thc actual value of this property . Mr . Knowles had really giv ' tn the go-by to the question , and had given reasons why thc property should be purchased . Mr . Knowles had forgotten that Lyncombe House' and grounds were not the sole boundary of the School . If they bought Lyncombe House they would have to buy up the whole cf tlie side on Wantlswortli-road whicii abutted on
the grounds of the Institution if they once recognised the principle that it was necessary for the Institution ' s seclusion . As to the value of the property , no idea of it had been placed before the brethren . Beo . Dicketts at the last meeting , taking the rental of thc house at £ 200 a year , could only make the value of thc property £ 5000 , but he ( Bro . Cox ) , on indisputable authority , coultl say that the
house would never fetch £ 4000 if put in the market , and he hatl Mr . Evill ' s own permission to state that the gross annual value of the house was £ 120 only , and that the rateable value was £ 100 . So that , take it what way they liked , antl even supposing when the next assessment was made that the value was increased to £ 3 800 , whicii was its ultimatum value , they woultl be paying a much larger
sum than they ought . It had been stated that £ 700 hail been laid out on the house , which would raise its value at next assessment to £ 140 a year . Mr . Evill thought the Und would be valuable to him asbuilding ground , and hence his increased demand . As the hause and ground abutted on the railway no one woultl give a large sum for it , owing to the annoyance which was caused by the screaming of
the engines and the vibration resulting from the passing of the trains . Taking all these circumstances into considertion it would be for the Court to consider whether it was right to expend so large a sum on the property as £ 0500 , merely because an entrance to tlie Institution in the high road would be obtained . He thought that persons visiting the School woultl not hesitate to go over the bridge ,
which was less than a quarter of a mile from the railway station . But suppose there was anything in the argument that it would be an excellent mode of getting the space by the side of the premises they would have no difficulty , for they would not get more than a slip . Thc Chairman eulogised it as a means of obtaining access to the premises Col . Creaton said there was already an entrance there , and it was not proposed to make an alteration .
Bro . Edward Cox observed that that was part of Col . Cceaton'sown argument , and he thought that a point was made of it . Col . Creaton said the only difference would be that it would be theit own instead ol not being their own , as now , Bro . Edward Cox replisd that whether it was the property of A B or C D if he had the undisputed right to it it answered all purposes . Bro . Griffiths Smith said thc School had no right there
Bro . Edward Cox did not want any by-play when he was answering the Chairman's remark that it was an excellent reason for the purchase being completed , that it would give that which did not exist . Col . Creaton said it did not exist as an entcance to the
School now , but it would if they bought it . Bro . Edward Cox said that was his point—that if they purchased it , it would be very little gain , and that , therefore , it was not necessary to give Mr . Evill £ 0500 for it . . They must either keep the house intact to make it an infant school and be contented with a side entrance , or pull the
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house down to make the entrance to the ground on thc other side . There vvas nothing in this to render it worth while to lay out £ 3000 , because the distance was so small from the railway to the present entrance . What vvas intended to be done with the house if purchased ? It was said they could take in twenty-five additional children . But at present they had as much burden as they could bear .
The Rev . A . Woodford , P . G . C , interposed the observation that the present vvas not a resolution to increase the School by twenty-five children , but there had only been a suggestion made * that the house would make a good probationary school . Bro . Ed . vard Cox remarked that Bro . Woodford was not present on the last occasion when the Chairman made the
observation , and it vvas vcry unjust that he should call him ( Bro . Cox ) to ortler when he attempted to reply to Col . Creaton , who had saitl that it was the intention to divide the School . An increased expenditure would be entailed on posterity which posterity would not thank them for . They had as many girls in the School now as the subscriptions justified them in having . It ought to be allowed
to lie fallow for a little time . They did not know what was in store for them . There might be such an increase in their funds as to enable them to give £ 0500 , but at present he thought they would want all their reserve fund . If at any time it might be thought necessary to increase the grounds his resolution would not prevent it . Bro . Freeman secontled the amendment .
Bro . J . M . Clabon , after eulogising the School buildings , with which he was well acquainted , said he was extremely pleased when he heard of the proposed purchase . He thought it was a wise step . As to the intrinsic value of the property , and the value to thc School , it was on two separate footings . As a house and ground for building purposes , and being near thc railway , £ 4- ; oo was a cheap
rate to buy it at . But its value to the Institution was a different question . The Institution vvas one of the finest in the country . Us access to St . John ' s Hill was now very meagre and bare for carriages , and it was deficient also for foot passengers . For a good access , therefore , hc should put £ 2000 as a fair figure -, but he should not stop there . They would not think of moving their Schools ,
and , therefore , they must look round and see if they could not get hold of any property . He heard now for the first time of an intended division of thc School , whicii he thought another advantage . Bro . Cox was wrong when he said they would not be precluded at a future time from purchasing thc property . In two years the opportunity would be gone . As to thc means of the brotherhood he could
not believe that the grantl Society of Freemasons could not raise £ 0500 if wanted . If they did not make the purchase now , in two years' time they would reget it . Bro . VV . Sutton Gover admitted thc price vvas high , but thc property would give a greatly increase ! value to thc Institution . He understood that the house had been much improved of ktc , and if so this was a material element in
the matter . The Committee were actuated by no other feelings than a desire to do thc best for the interests of thc Institution . He would like to ask the Chairman if £ 6500 was thc lowest price that would be taken . Col . Creaton wished the Court to understand lhat the offer to buy the land had not been made to Mr . Evill until they heard he was about to build on the ground . He
( Col . Creaton ) immediately saw him , when he ( Mr . Evill ) produced the plans . On making the offer to purchase Mr , Evill said he would think about it , and he did . Afterwards lie asked 8000 guineas , when he ( Col . Creaton ) said he could not think of laying such an offer before the Committee . After one or two interviews and some correspondence , Mr . Evill asked the Committee to make an offer . They offered £ 0 ooo , but Mr . Evill Would take no less
than £ 0500 . Bro . C . J . Perceval reminded the Court that the Benevolent Institution wanted some land some years ago which they could have bought for £ 1500 , but they let the opportunity slip , and had been sorry for it ever since . Bro . Cox's amendment was then put and lost , and the original motion was afterwards put and carried . A vote of thanks to the Chairman , proposed by the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , closed thc proceedings .
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
The General Committee of this Institution met last Saturday , at Freemasons' Hall , Bro . W . Roebuck in the chair . There were also present Bros . W . F . C . Moutrie , S . Rosenthal , Wm . Paas , George J . Row , Henry W . Hunt ,
J . G . Chancellor , Thomas Cubitt , Don . M . Dewar , Wm . Mann , C . F . Matier , John Constable , W . H . Ferryman , Charles Birch , A . Durrant , R . Warner Wheeler , Arthur E . Gladwell , Frederick Adlard , Charles F . Hogard , H . G . Buss , F . Binckes ( Secretary ) , and H . Massey ( Freemason ) . Eleven candidates were placed on the list for the April
election , and three ex-pupils had the outfit granted to them . The list for the April election was then settled as follows : seventy-eight already on the list , and three conditional on further particulars being supplied , making altogether eighty-one . Out of these twenty only can be ' elected . The CommitU-e then adjourned .
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