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(c) Emigration of children to Australia and British Columbia. 

 {d) The action of Boards of Guardians as to the success attending the emigration 

 of Poor-Law children. 



(e) The charges on emigrants, and steamship accommodation. 



(f) The contributions made under the National Insurance Act, 1911, by emigrants 



to Approved Societies in this country, and the transfer value to Colonial 

 Societies. 

 {g) The drafting of a scheme for the establishment of a Royal Colonial Institute 

 Bureau of Migration. 



The Standing Emigration Committee is consultative and not executive. It aims 

 at co-ordinating the work of all Emigration Societies and is prepared to act in an 

 advisory capacity when matters are referred to it. It looks to some form of 

 co-operation being secured between the Home Government and the Dominions, and 

 it is in a position to approach the different departments of the former in all matters 

 relating to emigration. 



XXI.— LODGE OF FREEMASONS. 



The Royal Colonial Institute Lodge No. 3556 — membership of which is restricted to 

 Fellows of the Institute — was consecrated by Lord Ampthill at Freemasons' Hall on 

 January 10, 1912, in the presence of some two hundred Founders and their friends. 

 The President of the Institute, Field-Marshal H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught, K.G., 

 G.C.M.G., is the Permanent Master of the Lodge. The Hon. Sir John A. Cockburn, 

 M.D., K.C.M.G., acted in the capacity of Deputy Master for the first year, Col. the 

 Hon. Sir Newton J. Moore, K.C.M.G., lor the second year. 



The Lodge, which has now a membership of 105, held seven meetings in 1913. At 

 the Installation Meeting, held on January 14, 1914, Mr. F. Faithfull Begg, Chairman 

 of the London Chamber of Commerce, was appointed by His Royal Highness to the 

 chair as Deputy Master in succession to Sir Newton Moore. He appointed as his 

 Of&cers : — 



Col. the Hon. Sir Newton J. Moore, K.C.M.G., I.P.M. ; The Hon. J. Greeley 

 Jenkins, Senior Warden ; M. S. Runchman, Junior Warden ; Ralph S. Bond, 

 Treasurer ; Major G. S. Beeching, V.D., Secretary ; Col. G. M. Weekley, V.D., Senior 

 Deacon ; Major A. J. N. Tremearne, M.A., LL.M., Junior Deacon ; T. Boevey 

 Barrett, L.R., Director of Ceremonies ; Edward S. Odell, Assistant Director of 

 Ceremonies ; T. A. BayUss, J. P., Almoner ; D. F. TuffiU, Organist ; Major J. R. Boose 

 V.D., Assistant Secretary ; Arthur Ross, Inner Guard ; Alfred Holdsworth, Gilbert 

 Taylor, A. H. Moreing, and Capt. T. A. Glenny, Stewards ; Joseph Taylor, Tyler. 



The Royal Colonial Institute Chapter was consecrated on December 18, 1913, by 

 the Grand Secretary, Sir Edward Letchworth, F.S.A., the first Principals being the 

 Hon. Sir John A. Cockburn, M.D., K.C.M.G., Major George S. Beeching, V.D., and 

 Col. the Hon. Sir Newton J. Moore, K.C.M.G. The Scribe E is Capt. T. A. Glenny. 



The Lodge and Chapter Meetings are both held at Freemasons' Hall. The Lodge 

 on the second Wednesdays in the months of January, March, June, August and 

 October. The Chapter on the first Tuesdays in November, February and May. 

 Correspondence should be addressed to the respective Secretaries at the Institute. 



