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India.
practice of making the Friend-in-Need Society the Almoner of the collections on St . John ' s Day . Fiiii . Nu- [ N-Ni- ; i-: n SOCIETY . Balance in favour of the Society on the 30 th of November 1810 - - rupees 516 1 1 Subscriptions collected in Dec 1 S 40 1078 12 ( i
. rupees , Donations - - - ___ ' 555 \ c Amount collected after a Sermon preached by the Rev . R . K . Hamilton , on behalf of the Society , before the Masonic Lodges and others , at St . Andrew ' s Church" - 1 , 2 . 58 7 0
2 , 902 15 6 rupees 3 , 449 0 10 Payments in December , 1840 - - - „ 1 , 189 8 6 Balance in favour of the Society on the 31 st ' ( _ of December , 1840 - - - - ) " " 2 > 8 *
BOMBAY . —It would be but an indifferent compliment to our Prov . G . M . Dr . Burnes , to say that we reward his attention to us when he is present , by being indifferent to his precepts while absent . No ; we cherish with too fond a recollection his inestimable example , and do not unjustly envy our Brethren in Calcutta the advantages which his visit there have so effectuall y secured for them . AVe look for his return , however , with anxious interest , promising him a warm welcome and an
enthusiastic greeting . The Lod ge of Perseverance have addressed a very grateful memorial to the M . AV . Brother , to which a reply has been returned replete with Masonic sentiments .
Postscript.
POSTSCRIPT .
A pleasant meeting of Brethren took p lace on AVednesday evenin" -, the 24 th of March , in the Freemasons' Hall , " to celebrate the anniversary of the Grand Master ' s birthday . The Marquis of Salisbury was to have taken the chair on the occasion ; but , being prevented , his place was ably filled by Brother Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis , who ' presided much to the satisfaction of the company , numbering altogether one hundred and sixty-seven . °
The gallery was filled with the wives anti-daughters of Masons ; Brother Sir George Smart presided at the pianoforte , and Brothers T . Cooke , Fitzwilliam , Chapman and Francis , assisted by some of the boys from the Queen ' s school , heightened the pleasures of the evening by the perfect manner in which they performed a variety of songs and glees . As soon as the cloth had been withdrawn , and the Sanctus had been sung by the musical Brethren present
, The R . AV . CHAIRMAN rose , and expressed his great regret that the most noble the Marquis of Salisbury had not been able to fill that post which it was his honour at present to occupy . Their Rj AV Brother had been prevented from taking the chair on this occasion by
* St . John ' s Day .
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India.
practice of making the Friend-in-Need Society the Almoner of the collections on St . John ' s Day . Fiiii . Nu- [ N-Ni- ; i-: n SOCIETY . Balance in favour of the Society on the 30 th of November 1810 - - rupees 516 1 1 Subscriptions collected in Dec 1 S 40 1078 12 ( i
. rupees , Donations - - - ___ ' 555 \ c Amount collected after a Sermon preached by the Rev . R . K . Hamilton , on behalf of the Society , before the Masonic Lodges and others , at St . Andrew ' s Church" - 1 , 2 . 58 7 0
2 , 902 15 6 rupees 3 , 449 0 10 Payments in December , 1840 - - - „ 1 , 189 8 6 Balance in favour of the Society on the 31 st ' ( _ of December , 1840 - - - - ) " " 2 > 8 *
BOMBAY . —It would be but an indifferent compliment to our Prov . G . M . Dr . Burnes , to say that we reward his attention to us when he is present , by being indifferent to his precepts while absent . No ; we cherish with too fond a recollection his inestimable example , and do not unjustly envy our Brethren in Calcutta the advantages which his visit there have so effectuall y secured for them . AVe look for his return , however , with anxious interest , promising him a warm welcome and an
enthusiastic greeting . The Lod ge of Perseverance have addressed a very grateful memorial to the M . AV . Brother , to which a reply has been returned replete with Masonic sentiments .
Postscript.
POSTSCRIPT .
A pleasant meeting of Brethren took p lace on AVednesday evenin" -, the 24 th of March , in the Freemasons' Hall , " to celebrate the anniversary of the Grand Master ' s birthday . The Marquis of Salisbury was to have taken the chair on the occasion ; but , being prevented , his place was ably filled by Brother Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis , who ' presided much to the satisfaction of the company , numbering altogether one hundred and sixty-seven . °
The gallery was filled with the wives anti-daughters of Masons ; Brother Sir George Smart presided at the pianoforte , and Brothers T . Cooke , Fitzwilliam , Chapman and Francis , assisted by some of the boys from the Queen ' s school , heightened the pleasures of the evening by the perfect manner in which they performed a variety of songs and glees . As soon as the cloth had been withdrawn , and the Sanctus had been sung by the musical Brethren present
, The R . AV . CHAIRMAN rose , and expressed his great regret that the most noble the Marquis of Salisbury had not been able to fill that post which it was his honour at present to occupy . Their Rj AV Brother had been prevented from taking the chair on this occasion by
* St . John ' s Day .