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Pifp /^ i ^ i ^^ Vc T ^^ iiStf ^ " - ^^^^^ ^^^ K & Sfc Ajjs . ' " ' " i ^ fa ^ . ite !iyfcit*Ptpiiinsouls! S ATURDAY , F EBRUARY 6 , 1897 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The O larterl y Convocation of Supreme Grand Ciapter was held at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday , the chair of Grand Z . being occupied by Comp .

Earl Amherst , G . H . The business , as announced in our columns last week , was transacted , ami as it was for the most part of a formal character , it is almost needless to say that the time it occupied was not of an inordinate length .

Masonic Notes.

It does not often happen that a number of com panions unite together with the intention of establishing a chapter , and having gone through all the necessary formalities and obtained their warrant , refrain from taking any steps for the consecration of the chapter under its authority . A case of this kind ,

however , will be found reported in Wednesday s Agenda , namely , that of the Albion Chapter , No 2220 , to meet at Woodstock , in South Africa , West Division . The warrant was granted in 1 S 593 , but it has never been consecrated , and repeated applications from Grand Chapter have failed to elicit any reply

from those who applied for the charter . Albion , No . 2220 , which would have met in Woodstock , in the Western Division of South Africa , had it , in the ordinary course of things , been constituted , has , therefore , been very properly struck off the roll of Grand Chapter .

Last week we had the pleasure of announcing that the Right Hon . Lord Llangattock , Prov . G . Master of South Wales , Eastern Division , had very kindly consented to preside as Chairman at the 109 th Anniversary

Festival on behalf of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . This week we are in a position to add that the day appointed for the celebration will be , as usual , the second Wednesday in May , that is , the 12 th of that month .

* * * The agreeable duty devolved upon us last week of announcing that at the Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge , which will be held on Wednesday , the 3 rd of Alarch , it will be proposed , at the instance of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , Jl . W . Grand . Master , that a sum of 1000 guineas shall be voted

towards the Indian Famine Relief Fund , now being raised at the Mansion House . This will be the third time a grant has been made by Grand Lodge in aid of our distressed Indian fellow subjects . In 1874 , a sum of jfs °° was voted to the " Bengal Famine Relief Fund , " while in 1877 , . £ 1050 was voted to the " Indian Famine Relief Fund . "

* Wc call the attention of OUT readers to a letter we publish elsewhere from Bro . James Terry , Secretary Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , from which it appears that with a view to the celebration of the Queen ' s Diamond Jubilee , a lodge , which he is not at

liberty to name , has voted a donation of 100 guineas to that Charity . We commend this very sensible and very generous act to the lodges generally , in the hope that others may be disposed to follow so good an example and adopt this mode of commemorating so auspicious an event .

* At the meeting of the Committee of the West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution , which will be held at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool , this ( Friday ) evening , there will be

considered a number of applications to be placed on the list of candidates for election at the next Court of Goven . ors , the number of applicants for the benefits of the Educational Fund being five , and for the AJvancement Fund four .

Bro . J . S . Cumberland , P . D . G . S . B . of England , has been atthe pains of compiling what is a unique , and , even if others have preceded him , unquestionably a very useful list of the members of the United Northern Counties Lodge , No . 2128 , which was consecrated on the 14 th December , 188 s , and of which he was a

founder and the first W . M . The list represents the strength of the lodge on the 31 st December , 1896 , but at the same time it covers the whole period during which it has been in existence . First there is a list of the founders , then one of the Worshipful Masters , and then a third of the members generally , with their

addresses and dates of initiation , joining , resignation , death , & c . This is followed by a list of Honorary Members , while a page is devoted " in memoriam " to those members who have died . A full list of the present officers completes the information which Bro . Cumberland has so neatly and methodically complied .

* Bro . J . Ross Robertson , Past Grand Master of Canada ( Province of Ontario ) , has lately been giving in practical form a further proof of the interest he takes in whatever befalls the Masonic Fraternity . Not long since thc Masonic Hall in Ottawa was burned to

the ground , and with it the regalia , furniture , & c , of the lodges that met there . On the 22 nd December , Bro . Aid . Cook , of that city , presented the Chairman and Secretary of the Masonic Hall Committee with a magnificent Volume of the Sacred Law , a box of working tools , and three gavels , as a gift from our distinguished brother .

Masonic Notes.

It is gratifying to know that Freemasonry in Cyprus , which was established so recently as 1 S 8 S , is in such a flourishing condition in that island . There are two Craft lodges—the St . Paul ' s , No . 2277 , Limassol , and the St . George ' s , No . 2 4 02 , Larnaca—the former

dating from the year iSSS and the latter from 1891 . There is also a St . Paul ' s Royal Arch Chapter attached to the senior lodge , and also a St . Paul ' s Lodge , No . 455 , Limassol , of the Mark Degree , holding under the Mark Grand Lodge of England , and it is possible there may be other Masonic bodies under the Scottish or

Irish Constitutions . At all events , as regards those of whose existence we are certified , there is no doubt the English residents in the island who are members of the Craft have been doing excellent service since 188 S , while apparently thc Cypriotes take very kin liy to our Society .

* + * Last week we reported the installation meeting of the St . George ' s Lodge , No . 2402 . which was held a t Larnaca , on the 14 th November of last year , and from the account we then published it is clear that the

proceedings passed off mostsuccessfully , and that the leading members of the lodge not only take great interest in Freemasonry , but are anxious that their working should be as nearl y perfect as possible . It is also evident that the lodges in the island are loyal to the

fundamental principles of the Craft , and do what lies in their power to support our Central Masonic Institutions . The Festival Stewards' Lists have of late years included more than one representative of the lodges in Cyprus , and from what the Installing Master Bro .

F . O . Harvey , P . M ., said at this meeting , there is an evident determination on the part of the brethren in the island to continue their generous support . We congratulate the lodges and members generally on the progress they have made in Masonic work , and the prosperity they so deservedly enjoy .

We have been favoured with a copy of the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of all Scottish Freemasonry in India at the Quarterly Communication , held in Freemasons' Hall , Byculla , Bombay , on the 24 th October last . Bro . J . W . Smith , M . W . G . M .,

presided , and , in the course of his address , referred to the principal events that had occurred in his jurisdiction since the preceding month of April . Two new lodges—the Clair , No . 831 , and the Peace and Harmony , No . 834—had been consecrated , the former at Meerut on the 1 st October by Bro . Captain C . D .

Wise , G . Secretary , and the latter at Rangoon on the 20 th ofthe same month by Bro . Pitt , P . M . 401 . The funds of Grand Lodge were shown to be in a prosperous state , and the Grand Master also spoke of the harmony existing between the lodges and brethren of the English and Scottish Constitutions throughout India . ,

The NeiD Zealand Craftsman for December last publishes a brief account of the consecration , on the preceding 5 th November , of Lodge Manuherikii Kilwinning , which meets at Alexandra , and ranks as No . 109 on the register of the Grand Lodgeof New

Zealand . The ceremony was performed by Bro . J . A . Kirby , Acting Deputy G . Alaster , assisted by other brethren . The proceedings passed off to the gratification of all present , and as there appears to be a full list of members , the new lodge will doubtless soon find itself firmly established .

But what it more immediately concerns us to notice is the increasing strength of the New Zealand Constitution , which was irregularly established only some seven years ago , with 32 lodges on its roll , out of a total of close on 150 English , Irish , and Scotch lodges

in the Colony . Thus , in that brief interval , this Grand Lodge has augmented its array of lodges by 75 , of which some have been acquired by secession from the other Constitutions , and others by constitution with the sanction and authority of the New Zealand Grand

Lodge . What the number of lodges under the three old Constitutions may be we are unable to say , though the English section is still formidable , with 64 lodges scattered throughout New Zealand , and all but six ot them organised under District Grand Lodges . But

whatever the total number for the three Constitutions , it is clear that the New Z .-aland Grand Lodge now outnumbers them , and is still increasing , while they are stationary at best , and in all probability will go on diminishing in numbers .

LADY LOUISA CAROLINE EGERTON , of St . George s Hill , Weybridge , only sister of Bro . the Dakeof Devonshire , and widow of Admiral the Hon . F . ancis Egertoi , M . P ., has been elected an additional guardian of the poor for the Chertsey Union .