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^ Ke ^^^ S j SATURDAY , DECEMBER IS , 1 S 94 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

According to the statement made by thc Acting G . Superinlemlantof the District G . Chapter of Bengal at its half-yearly convocation on the 30 th August , there were 12 chapters on the roll—of which , however , three are in abeyance - and a warrant had been granted for the

constitution of another . The aggregate of the subscribing members to the nine svorking chapters svas 330 , as compared svith 280 for the previous half year , so that the reduction in thc qualifying period as confirmed by Supreme G . Chapter at its convoe : atioii in

February appears to have been attended svith satisfactory results in the District , an increase at the rate ot nearly iS per cent , being in so short a time very considerable . We trust the additional interest in Royal Arch Masonry , svhich this progress indicates , svill be maintained .

The Transactions of the Provincial Granel Loelge and Grand Chapter of Durham during the year 1894 show that Freemasonry in both these branches has tully maintained its strength and efficiency during the

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past 12 months . The Provincial Grand Treasurer ' s report shosvs an increased balance in bank at the close of the account , svhile the report of the Charities Fund svas similarly satisfactory . The returns showed a slight increase in the number of subscribing members , svhich nosv stands at 2695 , as compared svith 2682 thc

year previous , and 257 6 in the year preceding that , the number of lodges on the roll being 36 . In Royal Arch Masonry the number of chapters is 12 , and the number of members 43 6 , for the year ending ist February , 1 S 94 , as compared svith 409 for the previous year . We

must add that the number of children on the Education Fund , svhich has been in existence for 17 years , was 23 in svhose behalf the sum of . £ 16 7 10 s . svas expended during the past year , the number remaining on the establishment at the close being 17 , and thc amount assigned for distribution amongst them ^ 150 .

* The proceedings at the regular communication of the District Grand Lodge of Northern China , svhich svas held in thc Masonic Hall , Shanghai , under the presidency of Bro . J . I . Miller , D . G . M ., on the 22 nd September , appears to have been uneventful . The

D . G . M . delivered his usual adelress , in the course of vvhich he described how , during a visit to Hong Kong some months previously , he svas shosvn some Masonic property for svhich no osvner could be found , but which from certain indications he judged to have belonged

to the Royal Sussex Lodge , svhich had met in Canton prior to 1 S 59 . This turned out to be the case , and he had since had the pleasure of returning it—a service of plate of 16 3 pieces—to the successors of its former osvners , and this after the lapse of 35 years .

# # # Bro . Miller also alluded in feeling terms to the sudden and unexpected death in May last of Bro . C . H . Dallas , Past District Grand Master of Japan , svho had been a Mason since 1 S 62 , and svas initiated in the Royal Sussex Lodge , No . 501 . Beyond this , however

there is nothing in the report svhich calls for comment , unless , indeed , sve offer a word or two of commendation in respect of the tabular statements appended , of which one shows numerically the state of the lodges in the District during the 17 years from 1 S 77 to 1 S 93 ,

both inclusive , svhile the other contains a nominal list , arranged alphabetically , of the Present and Past members of the District Grand Lodge , with Iheirslalus in lodge and District Grand Lodge respectively . These returns' appear lo have been compiled svith the greatest care .

Scotland.

Scotland .

INSTALLATION OF P . G . M . OF RENFREWSHIRE WEST . An event of great importance , Masonically speaking , took place on the 23 rd ult ., in the Tosvn Hall , when Bro . Michael Hugh Shasv Stesvart , of Carnock , M . P ., was , svith lilting and impressive ceremony , installed as Provincial Grand Master of Renfrewshire West , by the

Most Worshiplul the Grand Master Mason of Scotland , Bro . Sir Charles Dalrymple of Newhailes , Bart ., M . P . The solemn ceremony , in accordance svith the ancient ritual , was carried out in the Saloon of the Tosvn Hall , svhere thc brethren of the Provincial Grand Lodges had assembled . Bro . SIR CHARLES DALRYMPLE , in addressing the

nesvly-installed Provincial Grand Master of Renfresvshire West , in graceful language referred to the fact thai Bro . Slesvart occupied the unique and proud position of succeeding his father , svho had so svorthily occupied the chair of the Provincial Grand Master of Renfresvshire West for the lengthy period of forty-six years . To Bro . Sir Michael Shasv Stewart , Scottish Freemasonry was under the most profound obligations ,

and he trusted that the nesv Provincial Grand Master svould continue lo gain and retain , as his father had done , the respect and attachment of every brother of the cralt . In a fesv words , the newly-installed Provincial Grand Masier remarked that he accepted the acclamation ot the brethren as a tribute of the kindly feeling entertained tosvards his father . The loelge svas then duly closed , and an aeljournment made to Ihe large hall where dinner svas served .

A " FUNERAL i . oue'K" of Lod ^ e Livingstone , No . 559 ( S . C ) , Slonelield , was held last sveek in memory oi 23 members of the lodge svho had died during the year . Bro . Major Ness , V . D ., R . W . M ., presided . After " Ihe Dead March in Saul" by the Organist , Bro . Herbert W . Jones , A . R . C . O ., the eleath roll svas read in solemn silenc ; , the members upstanding . Prayer liy the Chaplain , liro . the Rev . David Ness , M . A ., of Whiteinch parish , Glasgow ,

follosved , and the usual psalms , hymns , and Scripture readings , svith the other appurtenances of a funeral ludge ceremonial took place , in the course of svhich the Uuplain delivered an oiati'iti , and an eloquent address svas delivered by the R . W . M . Alter the lodge svas closed , "Chopin ' s Funeral . March " svas impressively rendered by Bro . Jones , during which time the office-bearers retired . Bro . William Steven acted as conductor .