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other necessary compartments at the rear . The cultivated land is in large fields , one of which is three miles long , and contained , in 1876 , 4250 acres of wheat , besides 40 acres of peas grown for horse food , and a quantity of barley , and 180 acres new land turned up for fallow . Then follows a description of the farming operations , and then of tho results achieved , which are stated as follows : —" The

land under wheat last year was 3050 acres , which yielded at the rate of fifteen bushels , thirty-five acres of peas yielding forty bushels per acre , and sixty acres of bailey giving thirty bushels . The quantity of wheat cut for hay last year for homo consumption was 600 tons , and this year 800 tons will be required . The wheat grown on this farm took the Challenge Cup , value £ 50 , in Adelaide , for the best

100 bushels m 1873 ; the prize at the late show for the best bushel , with a sample of purple straw weighing sixty-eight pounds- and the present harvest , at tho time of my visit , promised to eclipse any former effort . " Further particulars of the farm are given , and of what it is intended to procure ; and lastly come the rules of the establishment , to which every man binds himself to conform . Those

relating to the hours aud wages of labour are , " Working hours : all hands to rise at 5 a . m ., when the bell rings ; horses to be fed , watered and oleaned ; breakfast at six ; all teams to be afield at seven ; dinner hour at noon ; work to commence again at 1 p . m ., to continue to six in summer and five in winter ; supper at seven ; horses to be fed and watered at half-past eight , and the dining room to be cleared and

locked up at 10 p . m . Wages : first class men will be paid at tho rate of 20 s per week ; second class at 18 s ; third class at 16 s . Any one , by good and industrious conduct , can raise himself to the highest class . Wages paid every fourth week and at no other time . " Strict regulations are added as to disobedience , drunkenness , and smoking near stables or stacks .

Chapter XIT . is devoted to an illustration of the merits of the Eeal Property Act , for which the Colony is indebted to the persistent energy of Sir R . R ., then Mr ., Torrens . The chief excellence lies in the wonderful simplicity with which titles are registered , and the security it affords to owners of real property when once their titles have been registered . Then come accounts of roads and railways ,

and the various schemes , past and present , which havo been , or are under contemplation , while the whole of Chapter XVI . is occupied with the highly important subject of " Mines and Mining . " Several instances are mentioned of the success of some of these speculations . Thus , as to the Moonta Mines , we read : " From the time that ore was first found , the mine was sufficiently remunerative to pay all

expenses of working . Not a penny of capital was ever subscribed ; and within two years a dividend was paid . Tho Company is a public one , and the property is divided into 32 , 000 shares . Their price is now quoted at £ 19 per share . Thus a property , which cost tho shareholders nothing , is now valued at over £ 500 , 000 . On these mines dividends have been paid , amounting to £ 728 , 000 ; and last year "

( i . e ., in 1875 ) " six dividends were paid—two of 20 s , one of 15 s , and three of 10 s , amounting for tho year to £ 136 , 000 . In addition to this , very expensive buildings and machinery havo been constructed out of the profits , and at the present time a very large population is employed on the mines . " As to tho Wallaroo mines , we are told , " Fifteen years ago Wallaroo was an almost uninhabitable sheep run ,

on which there wero only a few shepherds' huts ; now it has largo smelting works , railways , jetties , three largo and increasing townships , a whole fleet of colliers carrying coals from Newcastle , New South Wales , to the smelting works , churches , schools , reading-rooms and libraries , two newspapers , and a population of about 20 , 000 Bonis . " On the previous page wo had read that the latter was a

property of immense value , and that " only throe years ago tho proprietors agreed to pay a fine of £ 18 , 000 to tlie Government for the renewal of two of their leases , and it said that the profits of one year more than covered the amount of the fine . " These and the principal mines which aro enumerated produce copper , bnt gold has been found , and Mr . Harcus believes that it will be found in large quantities , and

yield abundantly . Bismuth , also , has been found at Balhanuah , some twenty miles from Adelaide , and the property is likely to become valuable . There are , further , "iron ores of a rich per centage of the best iron" in great abundance " within an easy distance of the seaboard ; " and what is of great importance , " in many places the ironstone is found in tho midst of large timber , from which charcoal for

smelting purposes could be obtained without stint . " Having discussed the difficulties of navigating the Murray and Darling Rivers , showing what was done by Sir H . Young , what has been done since , and the different proposals now before the public , Mr . Harcus furnishes a most interesting chapter on the Trans-Australian Telegraph , the difficulties in completing which sorely taxed the energy and powers

of this colony , aud of which alone , if they had done nothing else , they have every reason to be proud . The work was terribly trying . Accidents of various kinds befel the adventurers , to whom the work of erecting the line was entrusted , and many of these bravo fellows suffered severely for their daring . But though this Telegraph was not completed within the time specified in the contract , it was completed

in two years , and this must be regarded as an unexampled feat , when we remember that the greater part , of the country it traverses was previously unexplored . Mr . Todd , who carried the work out , says , "Ibus the great work , notwithstanding all disasters and mishaps , was successfully completed within two years , and he thought he might with confidence assert that no line passing through a similar extent

of uninhabited country , where the materials had to be imported and erecttd over such long distances , or country representing similar natural obstacles , had been constructed in tho same short space of time . " And the work was undertaken at the sole cost of a people numbering at the time less than 200 , 000 souls . Well may Mr . Harcus add , " The audacity of the enterprise was no less than the success with which it was carried out . " ( To be continued . )

The installation meeting of the Burdett Coutts Lodge , No . 1278 , took place on Thursday Bro . G . Ward Yony is the new W . M . Full yepoit in wjy next .

Provincial Grand Lodge Sussex

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE SUSSEX

THE annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex was held ou Tuesday afternoon in the Music-room , Royal Pavilion , Brighton . The R . W . Prov . G . M . Sir Walter Wyndham Burrell , Bart . M . P . presided , while among the members present of tho Grand Lodge were Bros . AV . John H . Scott Dep . Prov . G . M .. T . Trollope P . M . 40 Prov . S . G . Warden , C . J . Pocock P . M . 271 Prov . J . G .

Warden , Rev . E . Walker W . M . 811 Pror . G . Chaplain , C . A . Woolley P . M . 311 Prov . G . Registrar , V . P . Freeman P . M . 732 Prov . Grand Secretary . R . Bramwell P . M . 271 Prov . J . G . Deacon , Joseph Dixon P . M . 271 Prov . G . Dir . of Ceremonies , T . H . Cole P . M . 40 P . G . Assistant Director of Ceremonies , Walter Smith P . M . 732 Prov .

G . Sword Bearer , Alfred King 271 Prov . G . Organist , J . Eberall P . M . 315 Prov . G . Pursuivant , C . Sandeman P . M . 315 , J . M . Kidd P . M . 732 , Byass P . M . 1465 Prov . G . Stewards , T . Hughes Prov . G . Tyler , Hyde Pullen P . G . S . B ., R . W . H . Giddy Dist . G . M ., XV . Challen P . M . 315 and 1141 P . P . G . S . B ., George Smith P . M . 18 P . P . S . G . D .,

W . Dawes P . M . 341 P . P . G . R ., W . Marchant P . P . G . D . C , J . W . Stride P . M . 315 P . P . J . G . W ., J . Tony Secretary R . M . B . Institution G . D . C ., Thomas Prico P . M . and Secretary 56 P . P . J . G . D ., Edward Carpenter P . P . S . G . D ., George Smith P . P . G . P ., Robert Crosskey P . P . J . G . D ., W . R . Wood P . P . S . G . W ., W . Hudson P . P . J . D ., R . R . Wilkinson

P . P . S . D ., W . H . Hallett P . P . S . G . W ., W . Smeed P . P . G . J . W ., C

Horsley G . Reg . and P . G . Secretary , Geo . de Paris P . P . G . S . D ., J . M . Cunningham P . P . G . S . W ., S . R . Legg P . P . G . S . B ., Richard Fidcook P . P . Assist D . C . Among the visiting brethren present were Bros . Edward Bright P . M . 271 , C . J . Smith P . M . 1466 , R . H . Ellman P . M . 1303 , S . T . Foat W . M . 315 , W . H . Hook W . M . 1619 , W . Styles Sec . 38 , Edw . Taylor S . W . 1141 , H . Alex . Doweil S . D . 1466 , C . H . Henty W . M . 38 , C . W . Hudson J . W . 315 , W . Read P . M . 56 , G . MoWhinnie W . M . 1466 , H . Whally Nicholson 38 , E . Wickers

S . W . 811 , J . P . M . Smith Sec . 271 , W . B . Philpot 38 , C . P . Hall 1636 ,

G . XV . Clements 1636 , L . W . D . Williams J . W . 1465 , Richard Mead W . M . 1465 , E . E . Sanders 27 ; Mark Tanner P . M . 811 , Arthur Smith S . D . 38 , R . Turner 38 , H . Hauxwell I . G . 731 , E . Histed 732 , S . Tanner J . W . 311 , R . B . Higham 217 , E . Bridgers 311 , Gerard Ford P . M . 271 , G . AV . Argliffe 916 , B . Bennett J . W . 732 , H . M . Levy P . M . 188 , J . Curtis P . M . 315 , S . R . Ade P . M . 315 , G . Colway 1619 , E .

Dumsday 1465 , J . H . Farncombo P . M . 311 , C . Vaughan S . D . 732 , J . Head AV . M . 1110 , A . Taylor S . W . 1110 , AV . Smithers 1636 , Frank Holford W . M . 811 , S . H . Soper 732 , AV . G . Sharp P . M . 1141 , AV . T . Nell P . M . 315 , J . A . Newman 732 , J . C . D'Albiac 271 , T . H . Crouch P . M . 851 , W . H . Hughes Assist . Tyler 811 , S . Solomon AV . M . 732 , C . Lloyd , H . Davey S . AV . 732 , AV . Roe 1636 , W . T . Almond 180 , T . Chandler D . C .

315 , S . Ridley Treasurer 732 , J . T . Chappell 732 , H . M . Jenner 732 , AV . R , Wood juu . 1636 , R . T . Nye I . G . 1636 . The minutes of tho June meeting were read and confirmed . A letter was read from Bro . Fnrner P . P . D . G . M . in acknowledgment of the vote of thanks accorded to him at the last meeting for his past services . Tbe roll of the Lodges in the Province having been called , the report of the

Committee appointed to revise the bye-laws was presented and adopted . The report of tho Finance Committee was also presented , and it was resolved to grant the sum of £ 100 towards the fund established for tho relief of the sufferers by the Indian famine . The Provincial Grand Secretary read statistics relative to the strength of Freemasonry in Sussex . This was followed by a short address from tho

R . W . Provincial Grand Master , who congratulated the brethren present upon the prosperous condition of the Sussex Lodges , each of which ho hoped soon to visit personally . The following wero appointed the Provincial Grand Officers for tbe ensuing year : —Bros . Joseph Dixon P . M . 271 Prov . S . G . AV ., C . P . Henty W . M . 38 Prov . J . G . W ., R . Crosskey P . M . 1303 P . P . G . D . Prov . G . Treasurer , Rev . H . M .

Davoy J . W . 39 Prov . G . Chaplain , C . A . Woolley P . M . 311 P . P . G . R . Piov . G . Kegistrar , V . P . Freeman P . M . 732 P . P . G . S . Prov . G . Secretary , T . S . Byass P . M . 1465 P . P . G . S . Prov . G . S . Deacon , T . H . Crouch P . M . 851 P . P . G . S . Prov . G . J . Deacon , G . A . AVallis P . M . 916 Prov . G . S . of AVorks , J . M . Kidd P . M . 732 P . P . G . Steward Prov . G . D . C ., C . Sandeman P . M . 315 P . P . G . Steward Prov . Asst . D . C , G . Moren

P . M . 91 G P . P . G . Steward Prov . G . Sword Bearer , A . King 271 P . P . G . O . Prov . G . Organist , W . Read P . M . 56 P . P . G . Steward Prov . G . Pursuivant , A . R . Comber AV . M . 40 , J . Farncombe P . M . 311 , XV T . Nell P . M . 315 , W . G . Sharp P . M . 1141 Prov . G . Stewards , aud Thomas Hughes Prov . G . Tyler . The meeting was followed by the usual banquet , supplied by Bros .

Sayers and Marks , caterers who never fail to give the utmost satisfaction . The Chairman ( Sir AV . AV . Burrell ) gave the toasts of the " Queen and the Craft , " " H . R . H . the Prince of Wales M . AV . G . M . of England , " "Tho Right Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon Pro G . M ., " " The Right Hon . Lord Skelmersdale Deputy G . M ., and Officers of Grand Lodgo , Past and Present . " Bro . Giddy proposed the health

of tho " R . W . Bro . Sir AV . VV . Burrell , Bart ., M . P ., Prov . G . M . of Sussex , " to which tho President responded . Bro . Hyde Pullen gave tho " AV . Bro . J . H . Scott , Dep . Prov . G . M . of Sussex , and Officers of Prov . Grand Lodge , Past and Present . " Bro . Scott responded . Bro . T . S . Byass proposed " The Visitors , " to which Bro . Terry responded . Bro . George De Paris gave " The AV . Masters of the Province of

Sussex . " Bros . Foat and Frank Holford responded . Bro . J . H . Scott proposed " The Stewards . " Bros . C Sandeman and J . M . Kidd responded . Tho Prov . G . Tyler's toast terminated the proceedings . During the evening the toasts wero agreeably interspersed with vocal selections given in excellent style by Bros . Frank Elmore , George Fox , and Henry Taylor , while Bro . W . Roe was a most efficient accompanyist .

Eboracum Lodge , 1611 . — At the duao of the regular meeting of this Lodge , ou last Monday week , the brethren opened amongst themselves a subscription list in aid of the Indian Famine Fund , and two of the brethren volunteered to canvass the members nob present for contributions to . this pressing call for charity ,