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G . COMMANDERY OF CONNECTICUT . The 48 th annual conclave of this G . Corrtmandery was . leld in New Haven on the 17 th March last under the presidency of Sir Knight Eli Coe Birdseye , G . C . According to the G . Commander's address considerable activity has been shown during the past year by the Commanderies in the

jurisdiction , while , financially , there seems to be a fair degree of prosperity , the total fund amounting to over 1220 dollars and the disbursements to nearly 536 dollars . The membership is set down as 145 S . Sir Knicfht W . Elmer Seeley was elected G . Commander , and Sir Knight Joseph Kellogg Wheeler , of Hartford , re-elected G . Recorder and Committee on Correspondence .

G . LODGE OF INDIANA . From the annual reports of the G . Treasurer , G . Secretary , and Board of Trustees to the 20 th May , 1 SS 5 , which , from the fact of this G . Lodge meeting only in alternate years , have been presented to M . W . Bro . Albert P . Charles , G . M ., it appears that the general receipts slightly exceeded

the disbursements , the former amounting to 38 , 701 dollars and the latter to 38 , 132 dollars . The receipts in respect of the Masonic Hall were 6052 dollars and the expenditure 4110 dollars , while the debt has been reduced by iS , ooo dollars , leaving a balance still unpaid of 14 , 000 dollars . There are 402 lodges on the roll of G . Lodge .

G . CHAPTER OF CONNECTICUT . The 87 th annual convocation of the Grand R . A . Chaptei of Connecticut was held in New Haven on the 12 th Maj last . M . E . Comp . Charles Tilden , G . High Priest , pre sided , and 37 chapters were represented . Among the distinguished visitors present were M . E . Comps . Alfred F . Chapman , General G . High Priest of R . A . Masons oE the

United States ; W . H . S . Whitcomb , G . Secretary ; and W . H . S . Whitcomb , G . Asst . Secretary of the G . R . A . Chapter of Vermont . It appears from the different reports handed that the total number of R . A . Masons in the jurisdiction is 4244 , or 130 more than the previous year , and the total fund 1737 dollars as against expenditure amounting to only 725 dollars . Comp . James McCormick was elected G . High Priest and Comp . Joseph K . Wheeler te-elected G . Secretary .

G . COUNCIL OF CONNECTICUT . The 67 th annual assembly of the Grand Council was held the same day as the G . Chapter , the Grand Master , Thrice 111 . Comp . Alexander B . Shumway presiding , and there being present , in addition to the Grand Officers , the

representatives of nineteen councils . There are reported to be 22 S 3 members on the roll , and as regards funds , the balance is on the right side of the account . Comp . Job F . Seamens was elected G . Master and Comp . Joseph K . Wheeler reelected G . Recorder .

G . LODGE OF NEW YORK . The G . Lodge of New York held its 104 th annual communication at the Masonic Hall on the 2 nd to 4 th June . Bro . William A . Brodie , M . W . G . M ., presided , and among the Grand and Past G . Officers present were Bros . Frank R . Lawrence , D . G . M . ; John W . Vrooman , G . S . W . ; Jas . Ten Eyck , G . J . W . ; Edward M . L . Ehlers , G . Secretary ;

John Boyd , G . Treasurer ; Geo . H . Raymond , G . Lecturer ; Herman G . Carter , G . Librarian ; and Past G . Masters Bros . J . E . Simmons , Charles Roome , Edward L . Judson , Jesse B . Anthony , Benjamin Flagler , Joseph J . Couch , Ellwood E . Thome , Isaac Phillips , John \ V . Simons , James Gibson , John L . Lewis , Clinton F . Paige , and John L . Evans . There were also present , among others , Bros .

Albert E . Goodall and Frederick Smyth , respectively representatives of the Grand Lodges of England and Ireland . Grand Lodge having been opened , and an ode specially composed by Bro . Rob . Morris , P . G . M . Kentucky , sung , the _ Grand Master delivered his address , in the course of which he laid the greatest possible stress on the importance of belief in God as a fundamental article of Masonry , and

pointed out that while there was room for men of all creeds in our Society , there was none for the Atheist . The reports were of a favourable character , all but two of the 715 daughter lodges having sent in their returns , while the debt on the Hall had been reduced during the year to the very substantial extent of 72 , 424 dollars . It was announced that by the action of the State Legislature Grand Lodge now

possessed full powers over the trustees of the Hall and Asylum Fund , the latter being now at all times responsible to the former . The number of members in the jurisdiction is given as 72 , 31 s , the receipts for the year as 141 , 105 dollars , and the expenditure as 113 . 03 7 dollars . The following are the the principal Grand Officers for the current year , namely : Bros . Frank R . Lawrence , G . M . ; John VV .

Vrooman , D . G . M . ; James Ten Eyck , G . S . W . ; John Hodge , G . J . W . ; John Boyd , G . Treasurer ; and E . M . L . Ehlers , G . Secretary . Bro . Brodie , the Immediate Past G . Master , was presented with a handsome Past G . Master ' s jewel , set with brilliants , in recognition of his eminent services to G . Lodge , his portrait in oils being presented to G . Lodge , while in his further honour he was entertained at a splendid

banquet at Delmonics's . The Freemasons' Repository , of Providence , R . I ., gives a finely executed engraving of Bro . Brodie , accompanied by a brief sketch of his career , from which we learn that this distinguished American brother was initiated in Genesis Lodge , No . 214 , of this jurisdiction , in September , JS 63 ; was W . M . for the first time in i 860 .

and has been repeatedly re-elected since ; was a D . D . G . M . 'n 1872 , 1873 , 1875 , 1 S 7 C , and in G . Lodge successively G , Steward , G . J . and G . S . Warden , and Deputy G . Master and G . Master in 1 SS 4 , He is also a R . A . and Templar 'Mason , and a member of the A . and A . Scottish Rite , having been elected to the 33 recently .

G . COMMANDERY OF MICHIGAN . The accounts we have seen of this Templar body are in j * ll respects satisfactory . The 29 th annual conclave was held in Detroit , on the 13 th and 13 th May , under the presidency of Sir Knight Heman N . Moore , G . C , 33 Comnjandaries being represented . The address was principally local

° f interest , but it is noteworthy that recognition was extended to the Grand Commandery of Dakota . It appears 'hat the number of members is 34 69 , while the receipts for me past year were 2714 dollars , making the total fund 225 dollars , the disbursements being 2463 dollars . The "ew Grand Commander is Sir Knight R . Allen Hall , and 3 'r William P . Innes , is again Grand Recorder .

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G . LODGE AND G . CHAPTER WASHINGTON TERRITORY M . W . Bro . W . H . White , G . M ., presided at the 28 H annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Washingtoi Territory held in Tacoma , on the 3 rd and 4 th June , then being a fair attendance of Grand Officers and lodge representatives . The Grand Master ' s address presents no features of interest to those outside the jurisdiction , but il is gratifying to learn that the spirit with which the brethrer

of the jurisdiction are imbued is of a healthy character , The following are the principal Grand Officers for the current year : Bros . Louis Ziegler , M . W . G . M . ; Joseph Smith , D . G . M . ; W . R . Andrews , G . S . W . ; N . S . Porter , G . J . W . ; Benjamin Harned , G . Treasurer ; and Thomas M . Reed , G . Secretary . The Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons was held aboul

the same time under the presidency of M . E . Comp . Louis Ziegler , G . H . P ., who was ably assisted by Comp . Andrew McCalley , Dep . G . H . P ., and others , this being its second annual Convocation . The new G . H . Priest is Comp . Mc Calley ; Comp . Thomas M . Reed of Olympia being the Grand Secretary .

KNIGHTS TEMPLAR , UNITED STATES . The following is a list of those who have served as Grand Masters of the Knights Templar of the United States , I with the years of their several appointments to office , and the States to which they severally belonged : — ! 1 S 16 Sir Knight De Witt Clinton , New York . 1829 „ „ Jonathan Nye , New Hampshire . ' 835 „ » James M . Allen , New York . 1844 „ „ Archibald Bull , New York .

'S 47 „ „ Wm . B . Hubbard , Ohio . ' § 59 „ „ Benj . B . French , District of Columbia . ' 865 „ „ Henry L . Palmer , Wisconsin . 1 S 6 S „ „ Wm . S . Gardner , Massachusetts . ' 871 „ „ John Q . A . Fellows , Louisiana . 1 S 74 ,, ,, James H . Hopkins , Pennsylvania . ¦ 8 77 ,, ,, Vincent L . Hurlburt , Illinois . 18 S 0 „ „ Benjamin Dean , Massachusetts . ' 883 „ „ Robert E . Withers , Virginia ( present G . M . )

G ENERAL G RAND H . P . OF THE G ENERAL GRAND CHAPTER R . A . MASONS , UNITED STATES . The following is a list of the General Grand High Priests of the General Grand Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons of the United States since 1 S 33 , with the dates of their several appointments to office , and the States to which they severally belonged : — 1 S 33 M . E . Comp . Paul Dean , Massachusetts . 1 S 47 ,, „ Robert F . Uunlop , Maine .

1 S 56 „ „ Charles Gilman , Maryland . lS 59 » » Albert G . Mackey , South Carolina . , So 5 „ „ John L . Lewis , New York . 1 S 6 S „ „ James M . Austin , New York . 1 S 71 ,, „ Josiah H . Drummond , Maine . ' 874 „ „ Elbert H . English , Arkanas . ' § 77 ,, „ John Frizzel , Tennessee . 1 SS 0 „ „ Robert F . Bower , Iowa . 1 SS 2 „ „ Alfred F . Chapman , Massachusetts ( present G . G . H . P . )

GRAND LODGE OF IOWA . The following is a list of the principal officers of the Grand Lodge of Iowa as appointed for the current year at its recent annual communication : Bro . Charles P . Granges ( re-elected ) Grand M . W . M . „ Edwin C . Blackmar ... ... Grand D . M . „ Geo . M . Van Leuven ... ... Grand S . W . „ Geo . P . Wilson ... ... Grand J . W .

„ Rev . Sam . Ringold ... ... Grand Chap . „ Geo . B . Swan ... ... ... Grand Treas . „ Theo . S . Parvin ( re-elected ) ... Grand Sec . „ N . R . Parvin ... ... ... Grand A . Sec . „ Richard Hermann ... ... Grand S . D . „ Jacob Butler ... ... ... Grand J . D .

„ Harley Day ... ... ... Grand Marshal . „ Fred . Merck ... ... ... Grand Swd . Br . „ F . VV . Snow ... ... ... Grand Purst . „ E . R . Greene ... ... ... 7 ^ . r . , ,, J . Crowley j Grand Stwds . „ Thos . Schreiner ... ... Grand Tyler .

DEDICATION OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT , WASHINGTON , D . C . M . W . Bro . Myson M . Parker , Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia , in his address at the dedication of the monument erected in the City of Washington to perpetuate the memory of Bro . Gen . George Washington , Commander-in-Chief of the American Army during the War of Independence , and first President of the

United States , referred at some length to some of the numerous mementoes of that distinguished brother ' s career , both public and Masonic , which still existed , and were especially associated with the important function itself by the M . W . G . M . These were as follow : — The gavel presented to Washington and used by him as President of the United States and Grand Master pro tern ., at the laying of the corner-stone of the Capitol ,

Washington , 18 th September , 1793 . The same had been used on various occasions since , but notably at laying the cornerstone of the Yorktown Monument 1 SS 1 . It was presented by Washington immediately after he had used it as stated to Potomac Lodge , No . 9 , and has ever since been most religiously preserved by it . The volume of the Sacred Law , belonging to Fredericksburg Lodge , No . 4 , Grand Lodge of Virginia , on which

Washington , at the time a minor , was initiated 4 th December , 1752 ; and the Constitution of that lodge , with Washington's signature appended . The volume of the Sacred Law , the property of St . John's Lodge , No . 1 , New York , on which Washington , on the 30 th April , 17 S 9 , took the oath as first President of the United States . Washington ' s apron , made and presented to him by Madame De la Fayette , wife of his distinguished

comradein-arms , Bro . General De la Fayette . A gold urn containing a lock of Washington's hair , presented to the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts , in 1800 , by Mrs . Washington . The volume of the Sacred Law , the property of the Alexandria-Washington Lodge , No . 22 , Alexandria , Virginia , on which Washington , as W . M , of the lodge , received the vows of the initiates as made by him . One of the three lesser lights , or candles , borne in Washington's funeral procession by the Alexandria-

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Washington Lodge , No . 22 , and taken into the tomb at Mount Vernon , where his remains were , on 18 th December 1799 , first deposited .

G . CHAPTER OF NOVA SCOTIA . The recent annual convocation of this Gran d Chapter was most successful , onl y one of the subordinate chapters being unrepresented , while the reports as regards its financial position and the strength of its membership were of a

most encouraging character . The following are the principal Grand Officers for the year , namely : Comps . Rev . H . D . De Blois , Grand High Priest ; L . B . Archibald , G . King ; James Dumpster , G . Scribe ; Rev . D . C . Moore , G . Chaplain ; W . A . Herron , G . Treasurer ; and George T . Smithers , G . Secretary .

G . LODGE LIBRARY , IOWA . , } ne new building erected for the reception of the valuable library be onging to the Grand Lodge of Iowa cost 32 , 000 dollars ( £ 6400 ) , the site on which it stands having been presented by citizens of Cedar Rapids . The report ot the Grand Librarian is embellished with an illustration of the structure , while visitors speak of itas being extremely

beautiful as regards style , appointments , and decoration . Ut the contents of the library , many are almost priceless , and there are few , if any , Grand Lod ges elsewhere which can point with justifiable pride to a finer or more valuable collection , thanks to the care and generosity bestowed by tiro . lheo . S . Parvin , G . Sec , who has taken the leading part in its establishment .

GRAND LODGE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA . We learn from a copy of the proceedings of this newlyestabnshed Grand Lodge , at its Quarterly Communication Freemasons' Hall , Flinders-street , Adelaide , on the 15 th April last , that great and satisfactory progress has been made since its constitution in April , 1 SS 4 . There was a full attendance , M . W . Bro . Chief Justice the Hon . S . J . Way , G . Master , presided , and among the principal Grand er

H ^ ?^ , . nt t 0 , PP ° him were Bros . H . E . Downes , M . P ., D . G . M . ; Harold M . Addison , P . D . G . M . ; A . M Simpson , J P ., G . S . W . ; J . Wallace , P . G . S . W . ; John u ? rf & A ?" , G -i- .- ' •the Rev - F - - Poole - G . Chap . ; W . B . Webb , G . Registrar ; J . R . Gurner , P . G . Registrar ; Saul Solomon , Pres . Board of Gen . Purposes ; J . H Cu " l . h m G . Sec ; James C . Kaufmann , G . S . D . ; ' J . G . Williams , P . G . S . D . ; F . H . WiggGJD 1 A

, ... ; . . Lockburn , J . ., G . J . D . ; J . P . Bedfortb , G . S . of Wks . ,-Edwin Saint , G . D . C ; T . G . Brown , D . G . D . C . ; G . C . w' ^ i i ^ -R- ' cH k G Madley , J . P ., G . Swd . Br . ; W . Baldwin , G . Std . Br . ; Harry Turner , G . Asst . Sec . ; W . M . Hugo , G . Purst . ; and others . The Grand Master ' s address contained a full description of the principal events of the past year , and hopefully anticipated that recognition of the independence of the G .

Lodge he presides over by the United Grand Lodge , which the latter has since so gracefully accorded , as well as by the Grand Lodges of Ireland and Scotland . Four new lodges , raising the number on the roll to 34 , had been constituted , and were in good working order , the greatest care being ; taken by their members , as well as by those of the other lodges , in accepting only reputable persons as candidates for admission into the Orderwhile notwithstanding

, that several brethren had died , and others been struck off the roll for various reasons , the total membership had increased from 206 4 on the 17 th April , 1 SS 4 , to 2241 on 30 th September following . The finances were , all things considered , 111 a satisfactory position , the Benevolent Fund having a balance in hand of £ So , and the G . M . hoped to see established at no distant date a fund " for charitable and educational purposes , which will be of lasting benefit

to the poor and aged , the widows and orphans in our midst , and a credit to our honourable institution . " The hope was also expressed that as Grand Lodge already possessed the nucleus of a library , one that would be accessible to the brethren , and contain all Masonic works of value for reference and study , would soon be founded . The address concluded with the announcement that the G . M ., in deference to the wishes of many of the leading members

of Grand Lodge , had consented to be re-elected for another year , and a vote of thanks for his services having been passed by acclamation and acknowledged , the report of the Board of General Purposes was submitted and agreed to , after which the following were invested as Grand Officers for the year , namely : Bro . H . E . Downes , M . P D . G M .

„ A . AI . bimpson , J . P G . S . W . „ John Ramsay , j . P , G . J VV . „ The Rev . C . G . Taplin G . Chap . „ S . Solomon p . B . of G . P . „ W . L . Ware G . Treas . „ W . B . Webb G . Reg . „ J . H . Cunningham G . Sec .

„ J . C . Kaufmann , LL . D j G . Inspector of „ Rev . F . S . Poole , M . A G . Lecturer . ' „ Philip Sansom G . S . D " ^ . -W . Wigg G . S ' . D ' , „ F . Oliphent G . J . D . „ F . C . Bowen G . J . D " fc ' T- Carter G . Sunt , of Wks .

" £ dw , n Saint G . D . of C . " £ ' w H f , , G . D . D . ofC . " Y' X V- £ u J ? ck , G . A . D . ofC . " V- G . Madley , J . P G . Swd . Br . „ J . R . Gurner G . Std . Br . „ G . G . Martin G . Std . Br . „ J . Shakespeare G . Org . „ Harry Turner , J . P G . Asst . Sec .

„ Andrew Simpson G . Purst . „ J . VV . Ehincke G . Asst . Purst . „ N . Kildael G . Tyler . Bros . Harry ingleby , J . H . WeidenO hofer , G . M . Turnbull , T . de Cean , F . W . Gardiner , J . C . Bleechmore , Lr- ct ¦ B , H . Laker , 1 . Le M . F . Roberts f Gl Stewards .

A . Kemp , W . E . Pickels , Berry Smith , and C , R . Goode - The elective members of the Board of General Purposes having been chosen by ballot , and Bros . Ebenezer Cooke and F . VV . Gardiner re-elected Auditors , Grand Lodge was closed in ample form , and the festival was afterwards celebrated .