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The Province Of Middlesex.
THE PROVINCE OF MIDDLESEX .
It will not be very long- before Middlesex is restored to the position it occup ied at the beginning of last year . Then it vvas under the rule of an able , genial , and popular ruler . A month hence and it will be under the guidance of a brother who has already won for himself the character of an able , genial , and popular Craftsman , and vvho vvill only need the requisite
opportunities in order to win for himself the same measure of esteem and respect as his predecessor , the late lamented Bro . Sir FRANCIS BURDETT , enjoyed . Bro . Lord GEORGE HAMILTON , vvho was appointed to the Provincial Grand Mastership of Middlesex in July , 1 S 92 , and who will undergo the ordeal of installation at Teddington on the 6 th prox ., has already done
good service to our Masonic state . In 1889 , his Royal Highness the M . W . Grand Master was pleased to confer on him the office of Senior Grand Warden of England , and the year following he presided at the Anniversary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . His lordship , moreover , may be said to have strong claims on thc consideration of
the Craft , apart from those arising out of his own personal qualities . His father , the first Duke of ABERCORN , was for many years Grand Master of Ireland ; his elder brother , the present Duke , novv holds that office , and there are other members of the HAMILTON family who have at divers times held offices of distinction under one or other of the Grand Lodges of the
I ' niled Kingdom . In addition to these claims , vvhich vvill undoubtedly have the effect of establishing him firmly from thc very outset in the estimation of those over whom hc has been chosen to preside , it must be stated that , as one of the representatives in Parliament for many years of thc great Metropolitan county , he is already well known throughout the community .
Our Middlesex brethren , therefore , may esteem themselves fortunate in having such a ruler , nor from vvhat vve know of the Province do vve think his lordship will experience any other feeling than that of pleasure that he should have been called upon to preside over them Masonically . They
were a well-ordered Province under their late chief , and whenever he had occasion to call upon them for any special exertions , or to make any special sacrifice of time or means , they loyally responded to his appeal , and it is not hazardous to predict that under the new reeime the same loyalty will be
conspicuous . As a Province , Middlesex is of comparatively modern organisation . Prior to the year 1 S 09 , such lodges as were established within its limits , but outside the Metropolitan district , vvere under the direct control of Grand Lodge . In that year , however , Masonry was held to have attained to such
importance as to justify its being organised as a Province , and thc late Bro Sir FRANCIS BURDETT was chosen to preside over it as Provincial Grand Master . His installation took place in the early part of 1 S 70 , and thenceforward the Craft may bc said to have increased by leaps and hounds . Then there vvere but 10 lodges , novv there are 39 , so that
in the 22 years of the late Provincial Grand Master ' s rule the Province had as nearly as possible quadrupled its strength . The list of lodges in existence at thc beginning of 1870 included , firstly , the Royal I ' nion , No . 3 82 , I ' xbridge , vvhich vvas warranted in 1825 . Thc second in order of seniority was the Carnarvon Lodge , No . 708 , Hampton Court , which vvas constituted
1 , 1 18 57 , and the third , the Bard of Avon Lodge , No . 778 , which novv meets fit Hampton Court , but which was at the outset of its career located at Stratford-on-Avon . ' In 1872 it removed to Staines , in the following year to Mushey Park , and in 187 S to Hampton Court , the change of quarters from Warwickshire to Middlesex having been brought about mainly through the
mstriimentality of Bro . J . C . PARKI . VSO . V , P . G . D ., who novv ranks as its senior ' ' -VI . In 1859 , the Crescent Lodge , No . 788 , was consecrated at Tvvickenhan , where it remained till the year 18 S 3 , when it obtained the sanction of the ¦ ' iiithnriiies Vu remove to Hampton Court . In iSfii the DaUnmsie Lodge , No . ™ ' 5 i was founded at Hounslow , and Ivvuyears later , the Strawberry Hill Lodge ,
•945 i which , with ihe exception of a brief interval of two years , when it met at leddington , has had its home at Twickenham . The Villiers Lodge , No . '" Mi dates from 1867 , and having met at divers times at Hampton Court 'Mevvurih , and Twickenham , has , for the last 10 years , been held at the | " ' st named place . The Enfield Lodge , No . 1237 , was founded at Enlield
ln ' 868 , no doubt to ( ill the void created by the removal of lhc Salisbury Lod ge , No . 435 , from that town into the London District ; while thc Gooch Lod ge , No . 123 S , Twickenham , and the Burdett Lodge , No . 1293 , Hampton , * cre warranted in 1868 , and 1 S 60 respectively , thc late Prov . G . Master
' •'iving | JCen t ) lc pr jncj p ai founder and first VV . M . of the latter lodge . Thc Iges which have been warranted since January , 1870 , comprise the Acacia , ' ° * * 3 > 9 , which started on its career at VVest Barnet , and ^ having visited ° 'tcr ' s Bar , Southall , Shepperton , and Halliford , appears to havc settled ° iat all events , for the present , at Hampton Court ; the Harrow . Lodge ,
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No . 1310 ; and the Lebanon Lodge , No . 1326 , which vvere warranted the same year , and the latter of vvhich meets at Feltham . The Campbejl and Era Lodges , Nos . 1415 and 1423 respectively , belong to the year 1872 , and meet , the former at Hampton Court , and thc latter at Twickenham . The Thames Valley Lodge , No . 1460 , dates from 1873 , and meets at Halliford ,
while the helix Lodge , No . 1494 , the Sir Francis Burdett , No . 1503 , and the Hemming , No . 1512 , were constituted in 1874 , and meet—the first and third at Hampton Court , and the second at Twickenham . In 1 S 75 , there vvere warranted the Abercorn , No . 1549 , Great Stanmore ; the Elliot , No . 1567 , Feltham ; and the St . James ' s , No . 1579 , Enfield ; in 1876 , the Musgrave ,
No . 1597 , Hampton Court ; the Unity , No . 16 37 , Harrow ; and the VVolsey , No . 165 S , Hampton Court . Three lodges also first saw the light in the following year , namely , the Quadratic , No . 1691 , Hampton Court ; the Sub-Urban , No . 1702 , Great Stanmore ; and the Sunbury , No . 1733 , Sunbury ; and thc Royal Hanover , No . 1777 , Twickenham , and the Sir Charles
Bright , No . 1793 , Teddington , in 187 S . The Gostling Murray Lodge , No . 1 S 71 , Hounslow , dates from the year 1 S 80 ; the Citadel , No . 1897 , Harrow , from 1 SS 1 ; and the Raymond Thrupp , No . 2024 , Hampton Court , from 1 SS 3 . The Henry Levander Lodge , No . 2048 , Harrow , was founded in 1 SS 4 , and the Electric , of Hampton Court , the Elthorneand Middlesex , of Southall , and
the Cama Lodge , Hampton Court , ranking as Nos . 20 S 7 , 2094 , and 2105 respective !)' , in 1 SS 5 . The remaining lodges were constituted—the Jersey , No . 2163 , Southall , and the Royal Hampton Court , No . 2183 , in 1886 , and the Bushey Park Lodge , No . 2381 , Hampton Court , in 1 S 91 . These then are the lodges which constitute the Province of Middlesex as it vvas under
thc late and as it will be under the new Provincial Grand Master , nor do vve doubt that before long the number will bc increased , or that the degree of prosperity enjoyed by the lodges novv in existence vvill be lessened , but rather enhanced to a very appreciable extent . Most of them are too firmly established to be otherwise than favourably alTected by passing changes .
Centenary Festival Of The Domatic Chapter, No. 177.
CENTENARY FESTIVAL OF THE DOMATIC CHAPTER , No . 177 .
The centenary of the above chapter was celebrated on the 23 rd ult ., at Anderton ' s Hotel , when the following were present : Comps . Harry Nelson Price , John Hattersley , W . Bailey , C . A . Cottebrune , S . E . ; N . Salmon , S . N . ; R . A . Moody , P . S . ; Ernest G . Smith , 1 st A . S . ; Thos . H . Hobbs , 2 nd A . S . ; J . T . Briggs , PA / .., Treas . ; F . C . Austin , P . Z . ; Arthur Kubbard , P . Z ., Wm . Thomas , P . Z . ; Geo . Everett , P . G . Treas ., P . Z .: F .
Harrison , P . Z . ; Thomas Noton , P . Z . ; Charles G . Kilton , P . Z . ; J . A . Thomas , VV . G . Wynne , John Simpson , R . Ferguson , Arthur VV . Thomas , Thos . Morris , J . Hill , J . H . Lewis , Alfred Pipe , J . G . Anthony , Waller F . Bull , T . Covill , F . C . Thomas , Raymond Tucker , H . W . Lofts , Arthur Grace , H . Sadler , John Rolfe , Henry G . Woodd , W . Murrell , W . Vagdt , J . Pullen , C . F . Williams , E . P . Worbridge , T . AL Alorris , Wm . Wain , and Edward White . Visitors : Bros . C . E . Piper , 25 i R . W . Forge , P . Z . 1793 ; VV . M . Stiles , P . Z . 19 ; E . J . Khory , P . P . Z .
Dalhousie , Singapore ; Will . E . Chapman , M . E . Z . 1615 ar , d 2190 ; J . W . Alurray , 1 st A . S . 145 ; S . Vallentine , P . Z . 9 , H . 1716 ; W . J . Furgusoii , P . Z . 1507 , 2056 ; F . J . Eedle , PZ . 141 ; George Elkington , 1706 ; H . Black , ' P . Z . 1273 ; Henry Alorris , P . Z . 1273 ; Edward Hire , P . Z . 555 ; Edward Home , P . Z . 340 ; H . Ponking , 340 ; Robert Alaund , Z . 1196 ; S . T . H . Saunders , P . Z . 1503 , P . P . G . J . Middx . ; Alfred Harvey , 1216 ; John Spiller , J . elect 2256 ; Edwin W . Lew- * cock , Z . 72 ; R . C . Davis , H . 1316 ; W . Rest , P . Z . 1 S 5 ; Corrie Jackson , P . Z .
Polish National ; F . VV . Rath , 185 ; T . C . Edmonds , P . Z , 1507 ; W . Meatham , Dagmar ; M . Tulford , St . Marylebone ; T . H . Duff , J . 145 ; W . A . Brown , Duke of Cornwall ; D . Haslett , P . Z . 145 ; R . Whiting , 1507 ; j . W . Ryan , 24 S ; Alfred A . Pendlebury , A . G . S . E . ; J . Lewis Thomas , P . G . S . B . ; W . Cleghorn , P . Z . 185 ; Robert E . W . Goffin , Carnarvon ; Edward Cole , S . N . 1604 ; Saml . Wright , P . S . Ebury ; James W . Cain , S . E . Alanchester ; H . Sapsworth , P . Z .
Strawberry Hill ; Geo . S . Weirs , 101 ; W . A . Scurrah , Al . E . Z . St . Pancras ; George M . Atkinson , 3 ( I . C ); H . W . Davie , P . Z . 173 ; | . Blundell , S . N . 507 ; W . G . Cameron , J . 25 ; C . R . Williams , P . Z . 72 ; T . C Walls , P . Z . 3 , 185 , and 1381 ; W . Harris , 19 ; Thomas Fenn , P . P . C . G . P . ; George Davis , P . Z . 185 ; J . E . F . Tower , 1591 ; J . Youldon , P . Z . 548 ; Fred . Carr , Z . 1185 ; E . Letchworth , G . S . E . ; VV . VV . B ' . Beach , G . J . ; Alanuel Hyman , 188 ; John Kent , 192 ; John Hyman ; and H . Massey , P . Z . 619 and 1928 .
Comps , Harry Nelson Price , MA ' .. / .. ; John Hattersley , H . ; and Win . Bailey , J ., presided ; and Comp . Price exalted Bros . Henry Sillick VVood , Thomas Nixon Morris , VV . Murrell , and William VVard to the Royal Arch Degree . Afterwards Comp . Price installed Comps . Hattersley as M . E . Z . ; VV . Bailey , as II . ; and Nathan Salmon , as J ., doing the whole of the work in a super-excellent manner . Before the investiture of the other ollicers vvas performed ,
Comp . VV . B EACH , M . P ., Grand J ,, addressing the M . E . Z ., said : 1 have very great pleasure in performing the duty assigned to mc , to present the centenary warrant of the chapter . It marks a most interesting epoch in the annals ol the chapter when it has attained 100 years' existence . During that period no doubt much useful and valuable work has been performed . Through the agency of this chapter many brethren have been exalted into Royal Arch Masonry , and obtained greater eminence in the Craft , and I
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The Province Of Middlesex.
THE PROVINCE OF MIDDLESEX .
It will not be very long- before Middlesex is restored to the position it occup ied at the beginning of last year . Then it vvas under the rule of an able , genial , and popular ruler . A month hence and it will be under the guidance of a brother who has already won for himself the character of an able , genial , and popular Craftsman , and vvho vvill only need the requisite
opportunities in order to win for himself the same measure of esteem and respect as his predecessor , the late lamented Bro . Sir FRANCIS BURDETT , enjoyed . Bro . Lord GEORGE HAMILTON , vvho was appointed to the Provincial Grand Mastership of Middlesex in July , 1 S 92 , and who will undergo the ordeal of installation at Teddington on the 6 th prox ., has already done
good service to our Masonic state . In 1889 , his Royal Highness the M . W . Grand Master was pleased to confer on him the office of Senior Grand Warden of England , and the year following he presided at the Anniversary Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . His lordship , moreover , may be said to have strong claims on thc consideration of
the Craft , apart from those arising out of his own personal qualities . His father , the first Duke of ABERCORN , was for many years Grand Master of Ireland ; his elder brother , the present Duke , novv holds that office , and there are other members of the HAMILTON family who have at divers times held offices of distinction under one or other of the Grand Lodges of the
I ' niled Kingdom . In addition to these claims , vvhich vvill undoubtedly have the effect of establishing him firmly from thc very outset in the estimation of those over whom hc has been chosen to preside , it must be stated that , as one of the representatives in Parliament for many years of thc great Metropolitan county , he is already well known throughout the community .
Our Middlesex brethren , therefore , may esteem themselves fortunate in having such a ruler , nor from vvhat vve know of the Province do vve think his lordship will experience any other feeling than that of pleasure that he should have been called upon to preside over them Masonically . They
were a well-ordered Province under their late chief , and whenever he had occasion to call upon them for any special exertions , or to make any special sacrifice of time or means , they loyally responded to his appeal , and it is not hazardous to predict that under the new reeime the same loyalty will be
conspicuous . As a Province , Middlesex is of comparatively modern organisation . Prior to the year 1 S 09 , such lodges as were established within its limits , but outside the Metropolitan district , vvere under the direct control of Grand Lodge . In that year , however , Masonry was held to have attained to such
importance as to justify its being organised as a Province , and thc late Bro Sir FRANCIS BURDETT was chosen to preside over it as Provincial Grand Master . His installation took place in the early part of 1 S 70 , and thenceforward the Craft may bc said to have increased by leaps and hounds . Then there vvere but 10 lodges , novv there are 39 , so that
in the 22 years of the late Provincial Grand Master ' s rule the Province had as nearly as possible quadrupled its strength . The list of lodges in existence at thc beginning of 1870 included , firstly , the Royal I ' nion , No . 3 82 , I ' xbridge , vvhich vvas warranted in 1825 . Thc second in order of seniority was the Carnarvon Lodge , No . 708 , Hampton Court , which vvas constituted
1 , 1 18 57 , and the third , the Bard of Avon Lodge , No . 778 , which novv meets fit Hampton Court , but which was at the outset of its career located at Stratford-on-Avon . ' In 1872 it removed to Staines , in the following year to Mushey Park , and in 187 S to Hampton Court , the change of quarters from Warwickshire to Middlesex having been brought about mainly through the
mstriimentality of Bro . J . C . PARKI . VSO . V , P . G . D ., who novv ranks as its senior ' ' -VI . In 1859 , the Crescent Lodge , No . 788 , was consecrated at Tvvickenhan , where it remained till the year 18 S 3 , when it obtained the sanction of the ¦ ' iiithnriiies Vu remove to Hampton Court . In iSfii the DaUnmsie Lodge , No . ™ ' 5 i was founded at Hounslow , and Ivvuyears later , the Strawberry Hill Lodge ,
•945 i which , with ihe exception of a brief interval of two years , when it met at leddington , has had its home at Twickenham . The Villiers Lodge , No . '" Mi dates from 1867 , and having met at divers times at Hampton Court 'Mevvurih , and Twickenham , has , for the last 10 years , been held at the | " ' st named place . The Enfield Lodge , No . 1237 , was founded at Enlield
ln ' 868 , no doubt to ( ill the void created by the removal of lhc Salisbury Lod ge , No . 435 , from that town into the London District ; while thc Gooch Lod ge , No . 123 S , Twickenham , and the Burdett Lodge , No . 1293 , Hampton , * cre warranted in 1868 , and 1 S 60 respectively , thc late Prov . G . Master
' •'iving | JCen t ) lc pr jncj p ai founder and first VV . M . of the latter lodge . Thc Iges which have been warranted since January , 1870 , comprise the Acacia , ' ° * * 3 > 9 , which started on its career at VVest Barnet , and ^ having visited ° 'tcr ' s Bar , Southall , Shepperton , and Halliford , appears to havc settled ° iat all events , for the present , at Hampton Court ; the Harrow . Lodge ,
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No . 1310 ; and the Lebanon Lodge , No . 1326 , which vvere warranted the same year , and the latter of vvhich meets at Feltham . The Campbejl and Era Lodges , Nos . 1415 and 1423 respectively , belong to the year 1872 , and meet , the former at Hampton Court , and thc latter at Twickenham . The Thames Valley Lodge , No . 1460 , dates from 1873 , and meets at Halliford ,
while the helix Lodge , No . 1494 , the Sir Francis Burdett , No . 1503 , and the Hemming , No . 1512 , were constituted in 1874 , and meet—the first and third at Hampton Court , and the second at Twickenham . In 1 S 75 , there vvere warranted the Abercorn , No . 1549 , Great Stanmore ; the Elliot , No . 1567 , Feltham ; and the St . James ' s , No . 1579 , Enfield ; in 1876 , the Musgrave ,
No . 1597 , Hampton Court ; the Unity , No . 16 37 , Harrow ; and the VVolsey , No . 165 S , Hampton Court . Three lodges also first saw the light in the following year , namely , the Quadratic , No . 1691 , Hampton Court ; the Sub-Urban , No . 1702 , Great Stanmore ; and the Sunbury , No . 1733 , Sunbury ; and thc Royal Hanover , No . 1777 , Twickenham , and the Sir Charles
Bright , No . 1793 , Teddington , in 187 S . The Gostling Murray Lodge , No . 1 S 71 , Hounslow , dates from the year 1 S 80 ; the Citadel , No . 1897 , Harrow , from 1 SS 1 ; and the Raymond Thrupp , No . 2024 , Hampton Court , from 1 SS 3 . The Henry Levander Lodge , No . 2048 , Harrow , was founded in 1 SS 4 , and the Electric , of Hampton Court , the Elthorneand Middlesex , of Southall , and
the Cama Lodge , Hampton Court , ranking as Nos . 20 S 7 , 2094 , and 2105 respective !)' , in 1 SS 5 . The remaining lodges were constituted—the Jersey , No . 2163 , Southall , and the Royal Hampton Court , No . 2183 , in 1886 , and the Bushey Park Lodge , No . 2381 , Hampton Court , in 1 S 91 . These then are the lodges which constitute the Province of Middlesex as it vvas under
thc late and as it will be under the new Provincial Grand Master , nor do vve doubt that before long the number will bc increased , or that the degree of prosperity enjoyed by the lodges novv in existence vvill be lessened , but rather enhanced to a very appreciable extent . Most of them are too firmly established to be otherwise than favourably alTected by passing changes .
Centenary Festival Of The Domatic Chapter, No. 177.
CENTENARY FESTIVAL OF THE DOMATIC CHAPTER , No . 177 .
The centenary of the above chapter was celebrated on the 23 rd ult ., at Anderton ' s Hotel , when the following were present : Comps . Harry Nelson Price , John Hattersley , W . Bailey , C . A . Cottebrune , S . E . ; N . Salmon , S . N . ; R . A . Moody , P . S . ; Ernest G . Smith , 1 st A . S . ; Thos . H . Hobbs , 2 nd A . S . ; J . T . Briggs , PA / .., Treas . ; F . C . Austin , P . Z . ; Arthur Kubbard , P . Z ., Wm . Thomas , P . Z . ; Geo . Everett , P . G . Treas ., P . Z .: F .
Harrison , P . Z . ; Thomas Noton , P . Z . ; Charles G . Kilton , P . Z . ; J . A . Thomas , VV . G . Wynne , John Simpson , R . Ferguson , Arthur VV . Thomas , Thos . Morris , J . Hill , J . H . Lewis , Alfred Pipe , J . G . Anthony , Waller F . Bull , T . Covill , F . C . Thomas , Raymond Tucker , H . W . Lofts , Arthur Grace , H . Sadler , John Rolfe , Henry G . Woodd , W . Murrell , W . Vagdt , J . Pullen , C . F . Williams , E . P . Worbridge , T . AL Alorris , Wm . Wain , and Edward White . Visitors : Bros . C . E . Piper , 25 i R . W . Forge , P . Z . 1793 ; VV . M . Stiles , P . Z . 19 ; E . J . Khory , P . P . Z .
Dalhousie , Singapore ; Will . E . Chapman , M . E . Z . 1615 ar , d 2190 ; J . W . Alurray , 1 st A . S . 145 ; S . Vallentine , P . Z . 9 , H . 1716 ; W . J . Furgusoii , P . Z . 1507 , 2056 ; F . J . Eedle , PZ . 141 ; George Elkington , 1706 ; H . Black , ' P . Z . 1273 ; Henry Alorris , P . Z . 1273 ; Edward Hire , P . Z . 555 ; Edward Home , P . Z . 340 ; H . Ponking , 340 ; Robert Alaund , Z . 1196 ; S . T . H . Saunders , P . Z . 1503 , P . P . G . J . Middx . ; Alfred Harvey , 1216 ; John Spiller , J . elect 2256 ; Edwin W . Lew- * cock , Z . 72 ; R . C . Davis , H . 1316 ; W . Rest , P . Z . 1 S 5 ; Corrie Jackson , P . Z .
Polish National ; F . VV . Rath , 185 ; T . C . Edmonds , P . Z , 1507 ; W . Meatham , Dagmar ; M . Tulford , St . Marylebone ; T . H . Duff , J . 145 ; W . A . Brown , Duke of Cornwall ; D . Haslett , P . Z . 145 ; R . Whiting , 1507 ; j . W . Ryan , 24 S ; Alfred A . Pendlebury , A . G . S . E . ; J . Lewis Thomas , P . G . S . B . ; W . Cleghorn , P . Z . 185 ; Robert E . W . Goffin , Carnarvon ; Edward Cole , S . N . 1604 ; Saml . Wright , P . S . Ebury ; James W . Cain , S . E . Alanchester ; H . Sapsworth , P . Z .
Strawberry Hill ; Geo . S . Weirs , 101 ; W . A . Scurrah , Al . E . Z . St . Pancras ; George M . Atkinson , 3 ( I . C ); H . W . Davie , P . Z . 173 ; | . Blundell , S . N . 507 ; W . G . Cameron , J . 25 ; C . R . Williams , P . Z . 72 ; T . C Walls , P . Z . 3 , 185 , and 1381 ; W . Harris , 19 ; Thomas Fenn , P . P . C . G . P . ; George Davis , P . Z . 185 ; J . E . F . Tower , 1591 ; J . Youldon , P . Z . 548 ; Fred . Carr , Z . 1185 ; E . Letchworth , G . S . E . ; VV . VV . B ' . Beach , G . J . ; Alanuel Hyman , 188 ; John Kent , 192 ; John Hyman ; and H . Massey , P . Z . 619 and 1928 .
Comps , Harry Nelson Price , MA ' .. / .. ; John Hattersley , H . ; and Win . Bailey , J ., presided ; and Comp . Price exalted Bros . Henry Sillick VVood , Thomas Nixon Morris , VV . Murrell , and William VVard to the Royal Arch Degree . Afterwards Comp . Price installed Comps . Hattersley as M . E . Z . ; VV . Bailey , as II . ; and Nathan Salmon , as J ., doing the whole of the work in a super-excellent manner . Before the investiture of the other ollicers vvas performed ,
Comp . VV . B EACH , M . P ., Grand J ,, addressing the M . E . Z ., said : 1 have very great pleasure in performing the duty assigned to mc , to present the centenary warrant of the chapter . It marks a most interesting epoch in the annals ol the chapter when it has attained 100 years' existence . During that period no doubt much useful and valuable work has been performed . Through the agency of this chapter many brethren have been exalted into Royal Arch Masonry , and obtained greater eminence in the Craft , and I