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Provincial.
Assistant Sojourners ; Bossom , D . C . ; Tipton , Janitor . The Prov . G . Sup . then presented Comp . Blake with a splendid gold Past Principal ' s jewel , which had been unanimously voted by the Chapter on his quitting the chair of Z ., " in grateful testimony , " as the inscription recorded , " of the valuable services rendered by him during several years of office . "
Comp . Blake acknowledged in feeling terms the great favour shewn to him by those with whom he had laboured happily for so many years , and trusted that opportunity would be afforded to him , in time to come , of evincing his gratitude , by assisting in promoting the prosperity of a Chapter which had so great a claim upon him . A Past Scribe ' s jewel was then presented to Comp . John Bossom , on his retiring from the office of Scribe E ., which he had filled for eleven years , and the duties of which , in a Chapter numbering so many members , were more onerous than usual , to which he replied in suitable terms .
After the financial report had been read , which presented a very favourable aspect , the subscriptions to the Masonic and local charities for the ensuing year were arranged , and the Chapter was adjourned . The banquet was appointed to take place at six o ' clock , and at this hour twenty-four Companions assembled around the festive board . It was presided over by the three Principals , M . E . Comps . Spiers , Thompson , and Wyatt , who were supported by the Prov . G . S . and several veteran P . P . ' s , including Comps . G . Hitchings , Musgrove , Furley , and Walker . The Vice-President ' s chair was occupied by the Rev . Edward Moore , P . S ., supported by his assistants , Tyrwhitt and Edward Brockliss .
The usual toasts were duly honoured , and the health of the Prov . G . S ., who had travelled two hundred miles , expressly to be present at this festival , was rapturously received . The perfect unanimity and good feeling prevailing throughout the province , is attributable in a great degree to his kind and paternal rule , and the great popularity which he enjoys affords the most gratifying proof of his fitness for the high post which he holds .
The Prov . G . S . in proposing the health of the newly installed First Principal of the Chapter , Comp . R . J . Spiers , dwelt upon the honourable distinction recently conferred upon him by the Earl of Zetland , of an office in the Supreme Grand Chapter of England . He congratulated him and the Province upon receiving this hi gh honour , but he reminded those around him that such distinctions were not conferred without much
deliberation , and that they were gained only by slow steps , and by steady perseverance in a course of usefulness . Their First Principal had had the advantage of an excellent education ; he had followed this up by much foreign travel , and the experience thus gained in the great world , combined with the high moral character which he possessed , rendered his services most valuable wherever they were given , and caused him to be held in high estimation no less among his fellow citizens , than among his companions in Masonry .
Comp . Spiers in reply acknowledged that much as he , in common with every Mason , must value the honours of Grand Chapter and Grand Lodge , still more highly did he prize the good opinion of those among whom he lived . Indeed , he confessed that if his appointments to office at head quarters were not , so to say , ratified by his friends and Brethren at home , they would lose much , if not all their value , in his estimation . II is election
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Provincial.
Assistant Sojourners ; Bossom , D . C . ; Tipton , Janitor . The Prov . G . Sup . then presented Comp . Blake with a splendid gold Past Principal ' s jewel , which had been unanimously voted by the Chapter on his quitting the chair of Z ., " in grateful testimony , " as the inscription recorded , " of the valuable services rendered by him during several years of office . "
Comp . Blake acknowledged in feeling terms the great favour shewn to him by those with whom he had laboured happily for so many years , and trusted that opportunity would be afforded to him , in time to come , of evincing his gratitude , by assisting in promoting the prosperity of a Chapter which had so great a claim upon him . A Past Scribe ' s jewel was then presented to Comp . John Bossom , on his retiring from the office of Scribe E ., which he had filled for eleven years , and the duties of which , in a Chapter numbering so many members , were more onerous than usual , to which he replied in suitable terms .
After the financial report had been read , which presented a very favourable aspect , the subscriptions to the Masonic and local charities for the ensuing year were arranged , and the Chapter was adjourned . The banquet was appointed to take place at six o ' clock , and at this hour twenty-four Companions assembled around the festive board . It was presided over by the three Principals , M . E . Comps . Spiers , Thompson , and Wyatt , who were supported by the Prov . G . S . and several veteran P . P . ' s , including Comps . G . Hitchings , Musgrove , Furley , and Walker . The Vice-President ' s chair was occupied by the Rev . Edward Moore , P . S ., supported by his assistants , Tyrwhitt and Edward Brockliss .
The usual toasts were duly honoured , and the health of the Prov . G . S ., who had travelled two hundred miles , expressly to be present at this festival , was rapturously received . The perfect unanimity and good feeling prevailing throughout the province , is attributable in a great degree to his kind and paternal rule , and the great popularity which he enjoys affords the most gratifying proof of his fitness for the high post which he holds .
The Prov . G . S . in proposing the health of the newly installed First Principal of the Chapter , Comp . R . J . Spiers , dwelt upon the honourable distinction recently conferred upon him by the Earl of Zetland , of an office in the Supreme Grand Chapter of England . He congratulated him and the Province upon receiving this hi gh honour , but he reminded those around him that such distinctions were not conferred without much
deliberation , and that they were gained only by slow steps , and by steady perseverance in a course of usefulness . Their First Principal had had the advantage of an excellent education ; he had followed this up by much foreign travel , and the experience thus gained in the great world , combined with the high moral character which he possessed , rendered his services most valuable wherever they were given , and caused him to be held in high estimation no less among his fellow citizens , than among his companions in Masonry .
Comp . Spiers in reply acknowledged that much as he , in common with every Mason , must value the honours of Grand Chapter and Grand Lodge , still more highly did he prize the good opinion of those among whom he lived . Indeed , he confessed that if his appointments to office at head quarters were not , so to say , ratified by his friends and Brethren at home , they would lose much , if not all their value , in his estimation . II is election