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Marshal H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, H.E.H. the Duke of Cambridge, The Right 

 Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, the Earl of Rosebery, the Duke of Argyll, Lord North- 

 cote, the Earl of Onslow, the Right. Hon. Alfred Lyttelton, the Earl of Crewe, Lord 

 Avebury, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Dunraven, the Earl of Jersey, Earl Grey, 

 Lord Strathcona, and the Earl of Elgin. At these gatherings distinguished men of 

 affairs gather together from all parts of the Empire, and the speeches delivered are 

 valuable additions to the archives of the Institute. 



The annual conversazione mostly takes place in the month of June, and for the 

 past few years has been held in the Natural History Museum, which has been lent by 

 the Trustees of the British Museum. The guests usually number between tv/o and 

 three thousand. 



XVI.— LODGE OF FREEMASONS. 



The Royal Colonial Institute Lodge No. 3556 — membership of which will be 

 restricted to Fellows of the Institute — was consecrated by Lord Ampthill at 

 Freemasons' Hall on January 10th, 1912, in the presence of some two hundred 

 Fomiders and their friends. The President of the Institute, Field-Marshall H.R.H. 

 The Duke of Connaught, K.G., G.C.M.G., is the First Master of the Lodge, and 

 the Hon. Sir John A. Cockburn, M.D., K.C.M.G., acts in the capacity of Deputy 

 Master. The other first Officers of the Lodge are : — 



Alderman Sir Walter Vaughan Morgan, Bart., acting as I. P.M. ; Lieut.-General 

 Sir J. Bevan Edwards, K.C.M.G., C.B., Senior Warden ; Sir Frederic M. Hodgson, 

 K.C.M.G., Junior Warden ; Rev. R. T. Gardner, M.A., Chaplain ; F. FaithfuU Begg, 

 Treasurer ; Major G. S. Beeching, V.D., Secretary ; E. Luxmore Marshall, Senior 

 Deacon ; M. S. Rimchman, Junior Deacon ; T. Boevey Barrett, Director of Cere- 

 monies ; Col. G. M. Weekley, V.D., Asst. Director of Ceremonies ; T. A. Bayhss, J. P., 

 Almoner ; Major A. J. N. Tremearne, B.A., Organist ; J. R. Boose, Asst. Secretary ; 

 Ralph S. Bond, Inner Guard ; Alfred Holdsworth, E. S. Odell, W. F. Preedy A, Boss, 

 Stewards \ J. Taylor, Tijler. 



The following is a complete list of the Founders : — 



Field-Marshal H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught, E.G., G.C.M.G., &c., Robert 

 a-Ababrelton, Tom Boevey Barrett, Thomas A. Bayliss, J.P., Major G. S. Beeching, 

 V.D., F. FaithfuU Begg, Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., M.P., 

 W. J. Berrill, Ralph Stuart Bond, Major James R. Boose, V.D., Earl Brassey, 

 G.C.B., Rev. Arthur C. Buss, M.A., Henry Clarke, J.P., Hon. Sir John A. Cockburn, 

 M.D., K.C.M.G., Charles Hayter Dewey, R. Langton Douglas, Lt.-General Sir J. 

 Bevan Edwards, K.C.M.G., C.B., Frederick Elder, George L. Eyles, C.M.G., 

 M.Inst.C.E., William Horace Friend, Rev. R. T. Gardner, M.A., Thomas J. Hanley, 

 Sholto Hare, David Hills, Charles A. Hoather, Sir Frederic M. Hodgson, K.C.M.G., 

 Alfred Holdsworth, Henry Lyster Jameson, M.A., D.Sc, Ph.D., The Hon. John 

 Greeley Jenkins, H. F. Kingdon, Sir WiUiam H. Lever, Bart., Lord Lilford, E. 

 Luxmore Marshall, E. H. Miller, Col. The Hon. Sir Newton J. Moore, K.C.M.G., 

 C. Algernon Moreing, Aid. Sir Walter Vaughan-Morgan, Bart., Rev. J. D. 

 Mulhns, M.A., Joseph Oscar Neumann, Vincent Chester Newman, Edward S. Odell, 

 James Pescod, The Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick Pollock, Bart., Wm. Frederick Preedy, 



