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The Masonic Year 1877.
Forfarshire , and forms a distinct Province m itself , and the month following , Bro . John Clark Forrest was formally inducted into the Provincial Grand Mastership of the Middle Ward of Lanarkshire . Bro . William Boyd , who has been appointed Provincial G . Master of Aberdeenshire ,
will be installed by Bro . Lord Inverurie , while Bro . Hislop , who has resigned tho Prov . Grand Mastership of New Zealand , will be succeeded by Bro . Judge Drury . At the Communication held on tho 5 th November , the Grand Officers for the ensuing year were appointed . Grand Master Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart will remain in office another
year , in order that he may witness tho completion of the alterations which have been inaugurated during his term of office . Among the new Grand Officers will be found Bro . Henry Inglis of Torsonce , Deputy Grand Master , Bro . Col . A . C . Campbell of Blythswood , Substitute Grand
Master , Bros . F . A . Barrow and Lord Inverurie Senior and Junior Grand . Wardens respectively , Bro . David Kinnear Grand Cashier , and Bros . R . F . Shaw-Stewart and Sir Douglas Clark Bart ., of Penicuik , Senior and Junior Grand Deacons . Sir M . Shaw-Stewart presided at the
annual celebration of St . Andrew ' s Festival , the usual installation preceding the banquet . The gathering was both numerous and enthusiastic , and we have every reason to congratulate our Scottish brethren on the success of the day ' s proceedings . Of other public events associated
with the Craft , wo must mention that on the 20 th May Lord Inverurie laid the foundation stone of the New Town Hall , Stonehaven , with Masonic ceremonial . There was a strong muster of tho brethren belonging to the local Lodges , and tbe day was kept as one of great public
rejoicing , his Lordship being heartily thanked for his services . On the 16 th November the new Masonic Hall at Galashiels , the first stone of which was laid by Bro . Henry Inglis of Torsonce—at the time Deputy Grand Master and Prov . Grand Master of Peebles and Selkirkshire—was , in
the absence of that distinguished brother , solemnly dedicated to Freemasonry by Bro . Dr . Middleton , the Prov . G . Senior Warden , in the presence of a large number of Galashiel ' s brethren , and also of deputations from several other Lodges , among the most eminent of those present being
Bro . Murray Lyon , Grand Secretary . The ceremony was ably and impressively rendered , and the occasion will always be regarded as a red-letter clay in the annals of Galashiels Freemasonry . On the 4 th October , there was a large gathering of brethren in the Pillar Room of the
Queen ' s Rooms , Glasgow , the occasion being the consecration of the Prince ' s Lodge , No . 1607 . The ceremony was performed by Bro . W . M . Nelson , the Grand Master of the Province , in presence of over one hundred brethren , and subsequently Bro . Francis W . Clark was installed as
Worshipful Master , Bro . Lord Provost Bam Deputy Master , and . Bro . Will . J . Easton Substitute Master . This Lodge is located in the west-end of the great northern city , and by fixing the fees at a higher figure than usual , will be very select . On the 16 th August , Comp .
F . A . Barrow , Prov . G . Superintendent of Lanarkshire , consecrated the Hamilton R . A . Chapter , No . 172 , Hamilton , and on the 31 st May , Lord Inverurie , the successor of the late Major Hamilton Ramsay , as Grand Viceroy of the Red Cross of Rome and Constantino in Scotland ,
consecrated the Inverurie Conclave , No . 9 , at Dundee . The losses which the Craft in Scotland has sustained are happily but few in number , and we shall only refer to the death of Bro . Geo . W . Wheeler , of Glasgow , whose sudden decease was one that affected us immediately , as we had been for
a long time chiefly indebted to him for our budget of Scotch news . He was an able and conscientious assistant ; and though our interviews with him were necessarily few and far between , they were always productive of much , and we feel wc are justified in saying , of mutual pleasure . Another
most worthy and respected Glasgow brother has gone to his last rest—Bro . Thomas Ramsay of St . John ' s Lodge , No . 3 Us . Bro . Ramsay ' s career had been a most exemplary one , both as a member ancl as Master of his Lodge , and to such an extent was his death regretted that a funeral
Lodge was held in memonam , the oration being delivered by Bro . Dobie . Bro . Ramsay , about three years since , went to Canada , and was only fifty-seven years of age at the time of his death , which occured at Montreal , on the 4 th June .
It is now our duty to look to the colonies and dependencies of our empire , and the picture we shall unfold of Freemasonry as existent there will be in all respects satisfactory . 4 s our readers are aware , Lodges holding \\ n . # er all three
The Masonic Year 1877.
G . Lodges will be found distributed about our colonies and dependencies , ancl wherever they muster in sufficient strength there will be found English District , ancl Scotch or Irish Provincial , Grand Lodges . Thus there aro no less than thirtytwo District Grand Lodges under the G . Lodge of England ,
fourteen foreign Provincial Grand Lodges under theG . Lodge of Scotland , and five foreign Provincial Grand Lodges under the G . Lodge of Ireland ; but where rival fraternal jurisdictions are established in the same colony , it does not follow by any means that they include the same area .
Thus we have five District Grand Lodges in India , whilo under the Scottish Constitution there is one Grand Lodgo for the whole of India , including Aden and some other outlying Lodges . In Australasia there are five English District Grand Lodges , and four Scotch and four Irish
Provincial Grand Lodges ; in New Zealand , five English District Grand Lodges , one Scotch , and one Irish . It will not be possible , therefore , nor indeed , is it , in our opinion necessary , to institute a comparison between these jurisdictions . Moreover , it would require far more time and space
than we can possibly devote , to follow exactly the ramifications of English , Scotch , and Irish Masonry through our colonial possessions . As far as we can , we have endeavoured to trace the numbers , and as accurately as possible . We find there are in Districts Abroad 415 English , about 150
Scotch , and 70 Irish . And to proceed with our figures ; In many districts under the Grand Lodge of England , no changes have taken place in the number of Lodges . Thus there are this year , as last , three Lodges in that of Gibraltar , nine in Egypt , of which three are located in Alexandria ,
and five at Cairo ; eleven in Turkey , four of which are in Constantinople , and six in Smyrna ; four in China and four in Northern China , which has now been erected into a District , with Bro . Cornelius Thorne as the first District Grand Master ; four in Japan , seven in Jamaica , two in the
Bahamas , four in Trinidad , four in Montreal , and three in the Argentine Republic , South America . In the District of Malta there are now four Lodges instead of three , the additional ono being located at Tunis in North Africa . In the East Indies there are , as we have said , five , or if we
add thatj of the Eastern Archipelago , six Districts , and four Lodges in Ceylon and the Mauritius which are nofc under a District Lodge . Thus in India there are altogether ninety-six as against ninety-two Lodges last year ; namely , thirty-two in the district of Bengal , including one new one
at Allahabad ; seventeen in Bombay , ancl as one Lodge has disappeared from the roll , and two been added to it , there is a net increase of one Lodge ; eight in British Burmah , fourteen in the Madras District ; eighteen in the Punjaub , of which one is a new creation ; three
m the Eastern Archipelago , and one in Ceylon , ancl three in the Island of Mauritius , one of these latter being newly-wan-anted . Under the Grand Master of Scottish Freemasonry in all India , there are over thirty Lodges ; ancl there are four Irish in Ceylon , so that in this portion of our
Empire there are in the three jurisdictions over 130 Lodges . Of our English Lodges there are twelve in Calcutta , eight in Bombay , three in Rangoon , four in Madras , and two in Lahore . We have already referred to the retirement of Bro . Captain Moreland from the headship of Scottish
Freemasonry . The changes in the government of the English are two , Bro . J . Blessington Roberts having been succeeded by the Hon . John Pitt Kennedy as District Grand Master of Bengal , and Bro . Lieut .-Colonel Duncan having resigned , and been succeeeded by Bro . Henry Krauas as District
Grand Master of British Burmah . Lieut .-Colonel Duncan , on his resignation of office , very handsomely presented his clothing ancl regalia to the District Grand Lodge . In South Africa , there are thirty-nine English Lodges , thus distributed ; twenty in the Eastern Division , with Bro . Charles
J . Eden , M . D ., as District Grand Master ; five in the Western Division , including three in Cape Town , three in Griqualand , and eleven which are not under a District Grand Lodge . In 1876 , there were thirty-six Lodges , so
that there is an increase of three , of which two arc located at Pietermaritzburg , ancl one at Richmond , both places being situate in Natal . There are likewise a fow Scotch Lodges , but no Irish . There has been no increase in the number of Ensrlisli Lodores in tho West Indies ancl
Central America , there being , as iu 1876 , twenty-four , of which seven are in the island of Jamaica , two in the Bahamas , four in Trinidad , and eleven under no District G . Lodge . Two of the last are in Antigua , two in Barbadoes , and three in Bermuda . There are likewise five Scotch Px'oyiucial Grand Lodges , -with some seventeen or eighteen
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The Masonic Year 1877.
Forfarshire , and forms a distinct Province m itself , and the month following , Bro . John Clark Forrest was formally inducted into the Provincial Grand Mastership of the Middle Ward of Lanarkshire . Bro . William Boyd , who has been appointed Provincial G . Master of Aberdeenshire ,
will be installed by Bro . Lord Inverurie , while Bro . Hislop , who has resigned tho Prov . Grand Mastership of New Zealand , will be succeeded by Bro . Judge Drury . At the Communication held on tho 5 th November , the Grand Officers for the ensuing year were appointed . Grand Master Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart will remain in office another
year , in order that he may witness tho completion of the alterations which have been inaugurated during his term of office . Among the new Grand Officers will be found Bro . Henry Inglis of Torsonce , Deputy Grand Master , Bro . Col . A . C . Campbell of Blythswood , Substitute Grand
Master , Bros . F . A . Barrow and Lord Inverurie Senior and Junior Grand . Wardens respectively , Bro . David Kinnear Grand Cashier , and Bros . R . F . Shaw-Stewart and Sir Douglas Clark Bart ., of Penicuik , Senior and Junior Grand Deacons . Sir M . Shaw-Stewart presided at the
annual celebration of St . Andrew ' s Festival , the usual installation preceding the banquet . The gathering was both numerous and enthusiastic , and we have every reason to congratulate our Scottish brethren on the success of the day ' s proceedings . Of other public events associated
with the Craft , wo must mention that on the 20 th May Lord Inverurie laid the foundation stone of the New Town Hall , Stonehaven , with Masonic ceremonial . There was a strong muster of tho brethren belonging to the local Lodges , and tbe day was kept as one of great public
rejoicing , his Lordship being heartily thanked for his services . On the 16 th November the new Masonic Hall at Galashiels , the first stone of which was laid by Bro . Henry Inglis of Torsonce—at the time Deputy Grand Master and Prov . Grand Master of Peebles and Selkirkshire—was , in
the absence of that distinguished brother , solemnly dedicated to Freemasonry by Bro . Dr . Middleton , the Prov . G . Senior Warden , in the presence of a large number of Galashiel ' s brethren , and also of deputations from several other Lodges , among the most eminent of those present being
Bro . Murray Lyon , Grand Secretary . The ceremony was ably and impressively rendered , and the occasion will always be regarded as a red-letter clay in the annals of Galashiels Freemasonry . On the 4 th October , there was a large gathering of brethren in the Pillar Room of the
Queen ' s Rooms , Glasgow , the occasion being the consecration of the Prince ' s Lodge , No . 1607 . The ceremony was performed by Bro . W . M . Nelson , the Grand Master of the Province , in presence of over one hundred brethren , and subsequently Bro . Francis W . Clark was installed as
Worshipful Master , Bro . Lord Provost Bam Deputy Master , and . Bro . Will . J . Easton Substitute Master . This Lodge is located in the west-end of the great northern city , and by fixing the fees at a higher figure than usual , will be very select . On the 16 th August , Comp .
F . A . Barrow , Prov . G . Superintendent of Lanarkshire , consecrated the Hamilton R . A . Chapter , No . 172 , Hamilton , and on the 31 st May , Lord Inverurie , the successor of the late Major Hamilton Ramsay , as Grand Viceroy of the Red Cross of Rome and Constantino in Scotland ,
consecrated the Inverurie Conclave , No . 9 , at Dundee . The losses which the Craft in Scotland has sustained are happily but few in number , and we shall only refer to the death of Bro . Geo . W . Wheeler , of Glasgow , whose sudden decease was one that affected us immediately , as we had been for
a long time chiefly indebted to him for our budget of Scotch news . He was an able and conscientious assistant ; and though our interviews with him were necessarily few and far between , they were always productive of much , and we feel wc are justified in saying , of mutual pleasure . Another
most worthy and respected Glasgow brother has gone to his last rest—Bro . Thomas Ramsay of St . John ' s Lodge , No . 3 Us . Bro . Ramsay ' s career had been a most exemplary one , both as a member ancl as Master of his Lodge , and to such an extent was his death regretted that a funeral
Lodge was held in memonam , the oration being delivered by Bro . Dobie . Bro . Ramsay , about three years since , went to Canada , and was only fifty-seven years of age at the time of his death , which occured at Montreal , on the 4 th June .
It is now our duty to look to the colonies and dependencies of our empire , and the picture we shall unfold of Freemasonry as existent there will be in all respects satisfactory . 4 s our readers are aware , Lodges holding \\ n . # er all three
The Masonic Year 1877.
G . Lodges will be found distributed about our colonies and dependencies , ancl wherever they muster in sufficient strength there will be found English District , ancl Scotch or Irish Provincial , Grand Lodges . Thus there aro no less than thirtytwo District Grand Lodges under the G . Lodge of England ,
fourteen foreign Provincial Grand Lodges under theG . Lodge of Scotland , and five foreign Provincial Grand Lodges under the G . Lodge of Ireland ; but where rival fraternal jurisdictions are established in the same colony , it does not follow by any means that they include the same area .
Thus we have five District Grand Lodges in India , whilo under the Scottish Constitution there is one Grand Lodgo for the whole of India , including Aden and some other outlying Lodges . In Australasia there are five English District Grand Lodges , and four Scotch and four Irish
Provincial Grand Lodges ; in New Zealand , five English District Grand Lodges , one Scotch , and one Irish . It will not be possible , therefore , nor indeed , is it , in our opinion necessary , to institute a comparison between these jurisdictions . Moreover , it would require far more time and space
than we can possibly devote , to follow exactly the ramifications of English , Scotch , and Irish Masonry through our colonial possessions . As far as we can , we have endeavoured to trace the numbers , and as accurately as possible . We find there are in Districts Abroad 415 English , about 150
Scotch , and 70 Irish . And to proceed with our figures ; In many districts under the Grand Lodge of England , no changes have taken place in the number of Lodges . Thus there are this year , as last , three Lodges in that of Gibraltar , nine in Egypt , of which three are located in Alexandria ,
and five at Cairo ; eleven in Turkey , four of which are in Constantinople , and six in Smyrna ; four in China and four in Northern China , which has now been erected into a District , with Bro . Cornelius Thorne as the first District Grand Master ; four in Japan , seven in Jamaica , two in the
Bahamas , four in Trinidad , four in Montreal , and three in the Argentine Republic , South America . In the District of Malta there are now four Lodges instead of three , the additional ono being located at Tunis in North Africa . In the East Indies there are , as we have said , five , or if we
add thatj of the Eastern Archipelago , six Districts , and four Lodges in Ceylon and the Mauritius which are nofc under a District Lodge . Thus in India there are altogether ninety-six as against ninety-two Lodges last year ; namely , thirty-two in the district of Bengal , including one new one
at Allahabad ; seventeen in Bombay , ancl as one Lodge has disappeared from the roll , and two been added to it , there is a net increase of one Lodge ; eight in British Burmah , fourteen in the Madras District ; eighteen in the Punjaub , of which one is a new creation ; three
m the Eastern Archipelago , and one in Ceylon , ancl three in the Island of Mauritius , one of these latter being newly-wan-anted . Under the Grand Master of Scottish Freemasonry in all India , there are over thirty Lodges ; ancl there are four Irish in Ceylon , so that in this portion of our
Empire there are in the three jurisdictions over 130 Lodges . Of our English Lodges there are twelve in Calcutta , eight in Bombay , three in Rangoon , four in Madras , and two in Lahore . We have already referred to the retirement of Bro . Captain Moreland from the headship of Scottish
Freemasonry . The changes in the government of the English are two , Bro . J . Blessington Roberts having been succeeded by the Hon . John Pitt Kennedy as District Grand Master of Bengal , and Bro . Lieut .-Colonel Duncan having resigned , and been succeeeded by Bro . Henry Krauas as District
Grand Master of British Burmah . Lieut .-Colonel Duncan , on his resignation of office , very handsomely presented his clothing ancl regalia to the District Grand Lodge . In South Africa , there are thirty-nine English Lodges , thus distributed ; twenty in the Eastern Division , with Bro . Charles
J . Eden , M . D ., as District Grand Master ; five in the Western Division , including three in Cape Town , three in Griqualand , and eleven which are not under a District Grand Lodge . In 1876 , there were thirty-six Lodges , so
that there is an increase of three , of which two arc located at Pietermaritzburg , ancl one at Richmond , both places being situate in Natal . There are likewise a fow Scotch Lodges , but no Irish . There has been no increase in the number of Ensrlisli Lodores in tho West Indies ancl
Central America , there being , as iu 1876 , twenty-four , of which seven are in the island of Jamaica , two in the Bahamas , four in Trinidad , and eleven under no District G . Lodge . Two of the last are in Antigua , two in Barbadoes , and three in Bermuda . There are likewise five Scotch Px'oyiucial Grand Lodges , -with some seventeen or eighteen