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India.
Bro . Boileau , the G . S , is on his way to the hills ; and he carries with him a power to visit and reform all country Lodges . This has been done at the request of the D . G . M ., who cannot personally visit the most northern and westerly Lodges . Bro . B . hopes to be able to revive the Lodge of the Himalayan Brethren at Simla .
NORTH WESTERN PROVINCES . —The repeated and continuous movements of corps , which it was hoped would partially cease , on the return of troops from Cabul , but which the secret orders for the formation of an army of reserve ( for what purpose , except to gratify a childish vanity ) have dissipated , have also greatly contributed to unsettle Masonry in these parts .
CAWNPOOR . —Lodge Sincerity has ceased to work , and the Chapter is wholl y in abeyance . KURNAUL . —The abolition of this station has actually destroyed that excellent Lodge , " Light of the North , " which , under the auspices of Bro . Tottenham and others , was in a flourishing condition . It is hoped the warrant will be transferred to the new station , and thus the " Sacred Fire " may be preserved .
BOMBAY , Dec . —The Provincial Grand Lodge of AVestern India was held on St . John ' s-day with much eclat , under that zealous Mason Dr . James Burnes , K . IL , who presided . The proceedings in the Grand Lodge were marked by the usual attention being paid to the instructive observations of the Prov . G . M . The officers were continued as last year , except that the vacant office of Prov . S . G . Deacon was supplied by the appointment of Bro . AV . A . Purnell , Member of the Medical Board , and Inspector-General .
Dec . 3 . —Dr . Burnes , assisted by the Fraternity of Masons , and public authorities , laid the first stone of the Jamsetjee Jeejeeboy Native Hospital , with customary honours , and amid the enthusiastic cheers of a vast concourse of spectators . The contemplated Hospital , is the offering of "Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeeboy , " the first native East Indian who has received the honour of knighthood from the British Sovereign . It is with much regret , that the late arrival of the papers prevents our giving the splendid addresses of Dr . Burnes on the occasion .
The zeal of Dr . Burnes has , however , we regret to state , been visited by discourtesy , from a quarter where the most generous construction of that zeal would have been more creditable ; the consequence has been the surrender of a warrant . Masonry will , however , triumph over all circumstances .
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India.
Bro . Boileau , the G . S , is on his way to the hills ; and he carries with him a power to visit and reform all country Lodges . This has been done at the request of the D . G . M ., who cannot personally visit the most northern and westerly Lodges . Bro . B . hopes to be able to revive the Lodge of the Himalayan Brethren at Simla .
NORTH WESTERN PROVINCES . —The repeated and continuous movements of corps , which it was hoped would partially cease , on the return of troops from Cabul , but which the secret orders for the formation of an army of reserve ( for what purpose , except to gratify a childish vanity ) have dissipated , have also greatly contributed to unsettle Masonry in these parts .
CAWNPOOR . —Lodge Sincerity has ceased to work , and the Chapter is wholl y in abeyance . KURNAUL . —The abolition of this station has actually destroyed that excellent Lodge , " Light of the North , " which , under the auspices of Bro . Tottenham and others , was in a flourishing condition . It is hoped the warrant will be transferred to the new station , and thus the " Sacred Fire " may be preserved .
BOMBAY , Dec . —The Provincial Grand Lodge of AVestern India was held on St . John ' s-day with much eclat , under that zealous Mason Dr . James Burnes , K . IL , who presided . The proceedings in the Grand Lodge were marked by the usual attention being paid to the instructive observations of the Prov . G . M . The officers were continued as last year , except that the vacant office of Prov . S . G . Deacon was supplied by the appointment of Bro . AV . A . Purnell , Member of the Medical Board , and Inspector-General .
Dec . 3 . —Dr . Burnes , assisted by the Fraternity of Masons , and public authorities , laid the first stone of the Jamsetjee Jeejeeboy Native Hospital , with customary honours , and amid the enthusiastic cheers of a vast concourse of spectators . The contemplated Hospital , is the offering of "Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeeboy , " the first native East Indian who has received the honour of knighthood from the British Sovereign . It is with much regret , that the late arrival of the papers prevents our giving the splendid addresses of Dr . Burnes on the occasion .
The zeal of Dr . Burnes has , however , we regret to state , been visited by discourtesy , from a quarter where the most generous construction of that zeal would have been more creditable ; the consequence has been the surrender of a warrant . Masonry will , however , triumph over all circumstances .