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WANTED to Purchase the FURNITURE of a Royal Arch Chapter . State price , which must be low ; also where to be seen . —Apply to I . Payne Hall , Uttoxeter .
Ad00506
CRAFT . —Wanted by a small Country Lodge Second Hand set of TRACING BOARDS . State price and particulars to "M ., " care of Advertising Offices , 150 , Oueen Victoria-street , London .
Ad00507
A Brother earnestly desires employment as Confidential CLERK , Traveller , or any ituation lof Trust . Aged 50 , very active , persevering and sober . —J . F ., 16 , Great Oueen-street .
Ad00508
A Brother an Engineer , who holds a " Board of Trade Certificate , " would be glad with a SITUATION to take charge of and run the machinery of a gentleman ' s yacht , factory machinery , machinery on an estate , or elsewhere . Has had sea and river experience . — Address Engineer , Freemason Office , 16 , Great Queenstreet , Bloomsbury , London , W .
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MARRIED Gentleman ( Master Mason ) urgently needs immediate EMPLOYMENT in any capacity , has lately followed the profession of a vocalist , but has also had commercial experience . Concerts and banquets attended . —address C . O ., 30 , Newcastle Street , W . C .
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ORGANIST AND CHOIRMASTER . Advertiser , P . G . O ., and of the English Cathedral Church , contemplates returning to United Kingdom on account of wife ' s health , and would be glad to hear of a good post , with teaching . Thirty years of age , an accomplished performer , formerly diocesan choir trainer . With high references and testimonials for 10 years past . —G . H ., 136 , Strada Fomi , Valetta , Malta .
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EDUCATION . —H AMBU RG . BRO . JOHN A . NEECK , 9 , Bundesstrasse , Hamburg , is prepared to receive into his family two or three English Youths as BOARDERS during the time they attend school in this city . Careful supervision , kind treatment , best bodily and mental care . High references in England and Hamburg . Prospectuses free .
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EDUCATION . —A Brother , who is a Master in a First-grade Public School , has VACANCIES for a few BOARDERS . Inclusive terms , 35 guineas per annum . For particulars and prospectus address D . C . L ., Office of Freemason , 16 , Great Queen - street , London , W . C .
Ad00513
BRO . KRUMBACH receives five or six young Englishmen as BOARDERS of his establishment , which is frequented by about 20 German boys of the best families . All Grammar School subjects taught , especially German and French . Good references in England and Germany . Prospectus sent on application to Oberlehrer Krumbach , Wiirzcn , near Leipzig .
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COMPANION DI CASTIGLIONE ( of the Holy Royal Arch ) . PRESTIDIGITATEUR , MAGICIAN ; from the Great Theatre , Alexandra Palace , London . Parties attended , Masonic Banquets , Theatres , Halls , & c . From one to two hours' complete entertainment . —6 , Montpellier-road , Tufnell Park , London , N .
Ad00515
AGENTS WANTED for the Sale of our celebrated Black TEAS in packets . For terms apply to T . Foster & Co ., 45 , Cheapside , London .
Ad00516
ANY Gentleman who is a Freemason , having SPARE TIME at his disposal , and wishing to occupy it profitably , will do well by applying by letter to Mr . M . Underwood , 45 , Ludgate-hill , London .
Ad00517
WANTED a few good AGENTS , very liberal salary and commission . Master Masons and " others having a good social position , and a fair connection will find this a rare opportunity to make a good annual income . —Apply W . J . Thompson , 39 , Lombard Street .
Ad00503
OPECULATION & INVESTMENT JN STOCKS AND SHARES WITH A MINIMUM RISK nrO operate on the Stock Exchange profitably or , in other words , increase one's capital , limited though it be , may suggest itself as not very easy of accomplishment . Quick perception , however , tempered with experience anda true knowledge of the influences in force , will , in many cases , render the process comparatively simple . To purchase a stock or security of any description mi g ht not always prove judicious and safe , even were the position and prospects in the particular case the most sound and promising , because an immediate improvement , or , indeed , the maintenance of the prevalent market value would be improbable , if not impossible , so long as the account remained a weak one , or one showing a heavy preponderance of weak operations for the rise . In like manner a stock might be intrinsically worth little or absolutely nothing , but from the fact of it having been largely oversold the price remains apparently firm . "EXPLANATORY BOOK sent post free on application . ¦ p EAD OPINIONS OF THE PRESS . WEEKLY and MONTHLY REPORT sent regularly to clients . SPECULATIVE ACCOUNTS opened on the most favourable terms . W GUTTERIDGE AND CO ., STOCK AND . SHARE BROKERS , 7 , DRAPERS ' -GARDENS , THROGMORTON-STREET , LONDON , E . C .
Ad00504
ACCIDENT INSURANCE COM PANY / LIMITED . 7 , BANK BUILDINGS , LOTHBURY , E . C . General Accidents . I Personal Injuries Railway Accidents , I Deaths by Accident . C . HARDING , Manager
Ad00518
TO ADVERTISERS . THE FREEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe . In it the official Reports of the Grand Lodges of England , Ireland , and Scotland are published with thc special sanction of thc respective Grand Masters , and it contains a complete record of Masonic worK in this country , our Indian Empire , and the Colonies . The vast accession to thc ranks of the Order during the past few years , and thc increasing interest manifested in its doings , has given thc Fra . m _ . jo .. a position and influence which few journals can lay claim to , and the proprietor can assert with confidence that announcements appearing in its columns challenge the attention of a very large and inHuential body of readers . Advertisements for the current week ' s issue are received up to Six o ' clock on Wednesday evening .
Ad00519
TO OUR READERS . THE FREEMASON is published every Friday morning , price 3 d ., and contains thc fullest and latest information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscriptions , including Postage : — United States , Unitrd Kinmlnm Canada , the Continent , India , China , Ceylon , United Kingdom . the Colonies & c . Arabia ,, & c . 13 s . 6 d . 15 s . 6 d . 17 s . 6 d . Remittances may be made in Stamps , but Post OHicc Orders of Cheques are prefer-ed , thf former payable to GEORGE K ENNING , Chief Office , London , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank .
To Correspondents.
To Correspondents .
"MATTER OK FACT" has not complied with our invan able rule requiring the name to be sent with all correspond ence . ¦
BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . "The Broad Arrow , " "Allen ' s Indian Mail , " "The Court Circular , " "The Hebrew Leader , " "The New York Dispatch , " "The Geelong Advertiser , " "The Royal Cornwall Gazette , " " The New Zealand Herald , " " The
New Zealand Freemason , " "The Keystone , " "Sewell and Crowther ' s Monthly Shipping List , " "A History of Freemasonry in Oxfordshire , " " The Canadian Craftsman , " "Annual Report of the German Hospital of Philadelphia , " "The Citizen , " "The Hull Packet , " "The Freemason" ( Sydney ) .
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SATURDAY , APRIL 14 , 1883 . »
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ Wc do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinions expressed by ourcorrcspondents , but we wish in aspirit of fairplay to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . !
THE COMING ELECTIONS . Dear Bro . Kenning , — Many brethren have sent me kindly their votes that I beg to remind them of the fact that I can receive proxies both on the 14 th and 16 th . Some reached me last year , a fair number on the last occasion by the late post on
the Monday . May I ask brethren who send votes to look carefully to the envelopes they put them in , as I have received the " envelopes " but not the " votes" in more case than one . I may add that I should esteem it a very great favour if any brother could kindly lend me a list of
Subscribers to the R . M . B . Institution for 1 SS 2-3 . Owing to the great demand the issue is now exhausted , and it is impossible at the office to obtain a copy , neither , curiously enough , is it possible either to obtain there a copy of the list ol 1 SS 1-2 . —Fraternally yours ,
A . F . A . WOODFORD 25 a , Norfolk-crescent , Hyde Park , W ., April 7 th .
THE CHARITY JEWEL . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Having had the honour to represent my Lodge ( No . 276 ) , as Steward for each of the Masonic Charities , 1 applied and in due time received the charity jewel but , I
was somewhat astonished to find it had to be paid for , which as far as I was concerned took off all the charm there should be in wearing it . On the other hand as regards bulk there was perhaps too much for the money . I wish to suggest through your paper , with all due deference to those
in power , that a small silver jewel freely given without application to all those who may serve the office of Steward to the three charities , would meet the views of many and not cost more than the Stewards' jewel given on the festival days . —Yours fraternally , EBENEZAR SHEDD , Writtle , April gth . I . P . M . 276 , P . M . 1 543
GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — The readers of the Freemason are all greatly obliged to its distinguished correspondent , Bro . Neilson , of Dublin , for thc interesting communications he has written
as to the institution of Provincial Grand Lodges . I regret , however , that I cannot agree with his theories . There is nothing to shew that the Kilwinning Lodge was ever a Provincial Grand Lodge . In 1807 by an agreement with the Grand Lodge of Scotland , its Mastcr became ex-oj / icio
Provincial Grand Master of Ayrshire , which province according to Bro . Murray Lyon , was only created in 1792 . Indeed , there being no Grand Lodge in Scotland prior to 173 O it necessarily follows that there could not have been a Provincial Grand Lodge in Ayrshire or elsewhere in Scotland before that date .
Original Correspondence.
At the meeting of the Scotch Lodges at which they resolved to form a Grand Lodge for Scotland , Kilwinning appeared along with the other sister lodges in Scotland , convened for the purpose , simply as one of themselves . It claimed no superiority over them ; and it was a party to the agreement come to in the following year that lodges
should be enrolled according to their seniority , which should be determined from the authentic documents they produced . Prior to the formation of the Grand Lodge of Scotland it was customary for lodges to authorise the formation of other lodges . We have evidence of this practice in various quarters . There is some doubt as to when the Grand Lodge of
Scotland first created Provincial Grand Lodges . The elder Lawrie in his history states that it was in 173 S , and Bro . Murray Lyon makes a similar statement ; but he in another part of his history states that a Provincial Grand District of Edinburgh was created in 1736 , two years before . Lawrie again in a subsequent part of his works states that Provincial Grand Districts were first created in 1 S 00 . One would like to know which of these
statements is correct . The minutes of the Grand Lodge for a few years about 1 S 00 are unfortunately missing , and so the second point raised in Bro . Neilson's letter cannot be solved by them . The elder Lawrie states that in the year 1796 " a correspondence was opened with the Grand Lodgeof Ireland . "
This statement was written within a few years ot the occurrence and was a fact within his own knowledge , and may therefore be taken as correct . It does not appear from it that any request for " recognition" was made . Perhaps Bro . Neilson will kindly favour your readers with an extract of the minutes of the Grand Lodge of Ireland on this subject , as the question is important and should be set at rest .
As regards the insertion of the seal of the Kilwinning Lodge in Bro . Murray Lyon ' s " Freemasonry in Scotland , " at page 410 , having had somethingto do in assisting Bro . Murray Lyon in the publication of his valuable work , I may state that the seal is placed on that page simply for
typographical convenience and is merely an illustration It has nothing to do with the minute there printed . — Yours fraternally , WILLIAM OFFICER . Past Grand Senior Deacon of Scotland Edinburgh , April nth .
EXCHANGES . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I am happy to be able to state in your columns that many of the leading provinces as well as many
London brethren are stoutly resisting this absurd mania of bolstering up a high exchange of votes , as to Girls for Boys , & c , and are positively refusing to exchange Girls for Boys except " at par , " the money value . This in my opinion is a sensible and seasonable resolution . —Yours fraternally , A . VOTER .
THE GIRLS' SCHOOL . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I hope that I may be permitted to say a word in respect of a certain idea which I gather from frequent conversation is floating about in our lodges that the Girls '
School does not require earnest efforts or wonted subscriptions . This fiction , foolish and unfounded as it is , seems to rest on two things ; firstly , remarks that have been made as to the School itself , and , secondly , its undoubted financial prosperity . But what I wish , if permitted , to point out to-day is this ,
that if the School is to be kept up at its present high standard of efficiency , utility , and thoroughness , it can only be effected by large annual support from a ready and willing Fraternity . The Girls' School is undoubtedly one of the very first institutions of its kind in this or in any other country ; first I mean in the practical results it embodies and the living reality it displays , and I feel sure that now ,
as ever , not only the best wishes , but the hearty efforts of English Freemasons will strengthen thc hands of the governing body by showing unmistakably the great value set upon its prosperous management and beneficial developement as illustrated daily before our eyes in its present happy and striking exemplification of good management and undoubted efficiency . —I am , sir and brother , fraternally
yours , A MEMBER OF A PROVINCIAL LODG 1
THE INTRODUCTION OF FREEMASONRY INTO SCOTLAND . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — In the Mirror of Saturday , Sth May , 1 S 30 , the followingappeared : "Freemasonry in Scotland first made its appearance at Kilwinning , in Ayrshire , when a party of en »
thusiasts having landed from thc Continent in the twelfth century , spreading the knowledge of their mysteries gradually over thc rest of the country by colonies termed lodges . " Can you state what foundation the writer had for this assertion ? If you have no information on the subject will you kindly insert my letter with a view to obtain knowledge on the subject . —I am , sir , yours truly and fraternally , Auberge de Castille , Malta , April 4 th . 1926 .
LODGE RECEIPTS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — May I ask through your next publication if ft is incumbent or not to affix a stamp to a receipt given to a
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Ad00505
WANTED to Purchase the FURNITURE of a Royal Arch Chapter . State price , which must be low ; also where to be seen . —Apply to I . Payne Hall , Uttoxeter .
Ad00506
CRAFT . —Wanted by a small Country Lodge Second Hand set of TRACING BOARDS . State price and particulars to "M ., " care of Advertising Offices , 150 , Oueen Victoria-street , London .
Ad00507
A Brother earnestly desires employment as Confidential CLERK , Traveller , or any ituation lof Trust . Aged 50 , very active , persevering and sober . —J . F ., 16 , Great Oueen-street .
Ad00508
A Brother an Engineer , who holds a " Board of Trade Certificate , " would be glad with a SITUATION to take charge of and run the machinery of a gentleman ' s yacht , factory machinery , machinery on an estate , or elsewhere . Has had sea and river experience . — Address Engineer , Freemason Office , 16 , Great Queenstreet , Bloomsbury , London , W .
Ad00509
MARRIED Gentleman ( Master Mason ) urgently needs immediate EMPLOYMENT in any capacity , has lately followed the profession of a vocalist , but has also had commercial experience . Concerts and banquets attended . —address C . O ., 30 , Newcastle Street , W . C .
Ad00510
ORGANIST AND CHOIRMASTER . Advertiser , P . G . O ., and of the English Cathedral Church , contemplates returning to United Kingdom on account of wife ' s health , and would be glad to hear of a good post , with teaching . Thirty years of age , an accomplished performer , formerly diocesan choir trainer . With high references and testimonials for 10 years past . —G . H ., 136 , Strada Fomi , Valetta , Malta .
Ad00511
EDUCATION . —H AMBU RG . BRO . JOHN A . NEECK , 9 , Bundesstrasse , Hamburg , is prepared to receive into his family two or three English Youths as BOARDERS during the time they attend school in this city . Careful supervision , kind treatment , best bodily and mental care . High references in England and Hamburg . Prospectuses free .
Ad00512
EDUCATION . —A Brother , who is a Master in a First-grade Public School , has VACANCIES for a few BOARDERS . Inclusive terms , 35 guineas per annum . For particulars and prospectus address D . C . L ., Office of Freemason , 16 , Great Queen - street , London , W . C .
Ad00513
BRO . KRUMBACH receives five or six young Englishmen as BOARDERS of his establishment , which is frequented by about 20 German boys of the best families . All Grammar School subjects taught , especially German and French . Good references in England and Germany . Prospectus sent on application to Oberlehrer Krumbach , Wiirzcn , near Leipzig .
Ad00514
COMPANION DI CASTIGLIONE ( of the Holy Royal Arch ) . PRESTIDIGITATEUR , MAGICIAN ; from the Great Theatre , Alexandra Palace , London . Parties attended , Masonic Banquets , Theatres , Halls , & c . From one to two hours' complete entertainment . —6 , Montpellier-road , Tufnell Park , London , N .
Ad00515
AGENTS WANTED for the Sale of our celebrated Black TEAS in packets . For terms apply to T . Foster & Co ., 45 , Cheapside , London .
Ad00516
ANY Gentleman who is a Freemason , having SPARE TIME at his disposal , and wishing to occupy it profitably , will do well by applying by letter to Mr . M . Underwood , 45 , Ludgate-hill , London .
Ad00517
WANTED a few good AGENTS , very liberal salary and commission . Master Masons and " others having a good social position , and a fair connection will find this a rare opportunity to make a good annual income . —Apply W . J . Thompson , 39 , Lombard Street .
Ad00503
OPECULATION & INVESTMENT JN STOCKS AND SHARES WITH A MINIMUM RISK nrO operate on the Stock Exchange profitably or , in other words , increase one's capital , limited though it be , may suggest itself as not very easy of accomplishment . Quick perception , however , tempered with experience anda true knowledge of the influences in force , will , in many cases , render the process comparatively simple . To purchase a stock or security of any description mi g ht not always prove judicious and safe , even were the position and prospects in the particular case the most sound and promising , because an immediate improvement , or , indeed , the maintenance of the prevalent market value would be improbable , if not impossible , so long as the account remained a weak one , or one showing a heavy preponderance of weak operations for the rise . In like manner a stock might be intrinsically worth little or absolutely nothing , but from the fact of it having been largely oversold the price remains apparently firm . "EXPLANATORY BOOK sent post free on application . ¦ p EAD OPINIONS OF THE PRESS . WEEKLY and MONTHLY REPORT sent regularly to clients . SPECULATIVE ACCOUNTS opened on the most favourable terms . W GUTTERIDGE AND CO ., STOCK AND . SHARE BROKERS , 7 , DRAPERS ' -GARDENS , THROGMORTON-STREET , LONDON , E . C .
Ad00504
ACCIDENT INSURANCE COM PANY / LIMITED . 7 , BANK BUILDINGS , LOTHBURY , E . C . General Accidents . I Personal Injuries Railway Accidents , I Deaths by Accident . C . HARDING , Manager
Ad00518
TO ADVERTISERS . THE FREEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe . In it the official Reports of the Grand Lodges of England , Ireland , and Scotland are published with thc special sanction of thc respective Grand Masters , and it contains a complete record of Masonic worK in this country , our Indian Empire , and the Colonies . The vast accession to thc ranks of the Order during the past few years , and thc increasing interest manifested in its doings , has given thc Fra . m _ . jo .. a position and influence which few journals can lay claim to , and the proprietor can assert with confidence that announcements appearing in its columns challenge the attention of a very large and inHuential body of readers . Advertisements for the current week ' s issue are received up to Six o ' clock on Wednesday evening .
Ad00519
TO OUR READERS . THE FREEMASON is published every Friday morning , price 3 d ., and contains thc fullest and latest information relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscriptions , including Postage : — United States , Unitrd Kinmlnm Canada , the Continent , India , China , Ceylon , United Kingdom . the Colonies & c . Arabia ,, & c . 13 s . 6 d . 15 s . 6 d . 17 s . 6 d . Remittances may be made in Stamps , but Post OHicc Orders of Cheques are prefer-ed , thf former payable to GEORGE K ENNING , Chief Office , London , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank .
To Correspondents.
To Correspondents .
"MATTER OK FACT" has not complied with our invan able rule requiring the name to be sent with all correspond ence . ¦
BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . "The Broad Arrow , " "Allen ' s Indian Mail , " "The Court Circular , " "The Hebrew Leader , " "The New York Dispatch , " "The Geelong Advertiser , " "The Royal Cornwall Gazette , " " The New Zealand Herald , " " The
New Zealand Freemason , " "The Keystone , " "Sewell and Crowther ' s Monthly Shipping List , " "A History of Freemasonry in Oxfordshire , " " The Canadian Craftsman , " "Annual Report of the German Hospital of Philadelphia , " "The Citizen , " "The Hull Packet , " "The Freemason" ( Sydney ) .
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SATURDAY , APRIL 14 , 1883 . »
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ Wc do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinions expressed by ourcorrcspondents , but we wish in aspirit of fairplay to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . !
THE COMING ELECTIONS . Dear Bro . Kenning , — Many brethren have sent me kindly their votes that I beg to remind them of the fact that I can receive proxies both on the 14 th and 16 th . Some reached me last year , a fair number on the last occasion by the late post on
the Monday . May I ask brethren who send votes to look carefully to the envelopes they put them in , as I have received the " envelopes " but not the " votes" in more case than one . I may add that I should esteem it a very great favour if any brother could kindly lend me a list of
Subscribers to the R . M . B . Institution for 1 SS 2-3 . Owing to the great demand the issue is now exhausted , and it is impossible at the office to obtain a copy , neither , curiously enough , is it possible either to obtain there a copy of the list ol 1 SS 1-2 . —Fraternally yours ,
A . F . A . WOODFORD 25 a , Norfolk-crescent , Hyde Park , W ., April 7 th .
THE CHARITY JEWEL . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Having had the honour to represent my Lodge ( No . 276 ) , as Steward for each of the Masonic Charities , 1 applied and in due time received the charity jewel but , I
was somewhat astonished to find it had to be paid for , which as far as I was concerned took off all the charm there should be in wearing it . On the other hand as regards bulk there was perhaps too much for the money . I wish to suggest through your paper , with all due deference to those
in power , that a small silver jewel freely given without application to all those who may serve the office of Steward to the three charities , would meet the views of many and not cost more than the Stewards' jewel given on the festival days . —Yours fraternally , EBENEZAR SHEDD , Writtle , April gth . I . P . M . 276 , P . M . 1 543
GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — The readers of the Freemason are all greatly obliged to its distinguished correspondent , Bro . Neilson , of Dublin , for thc interesting communications he has written
as to the institution of Provincial Grand Lodges . I regret , however , that I cannot agree with his theories . There is nothing to shew that the Kilwinning Lodge was ever a Provincial Grand Lodge . In 1807 by an agreement with the Grand Lodge of Scotland , its Mastcr became ex-oj / icio
Provincial Grand Master of Ayrshire , which province according to Bro . Murray Lyon , was only created in 1792 . Indeed , there being no Grand Lodge in Scotland prior to 173 O it necessarily follows that there could not have been a Provincial Grand Lodge in Ayrshire or elsewhere in Scotland before that date .
Original Correspondence.
At the meeting of the Scotch Lodges at which they resolved to form a Grand Lodge for Scotland , Kilwinning appeared along with the other sister lodges in Scotland , convened for the purpose , simply as one of themselves . It claimed no superiority over them ; and it was a party to the agreement come to in the following year that lodges
should be enrolled according to their seniority , which should be determined from the authentic documents they produced . Prior to the formation of the Grand Lodge of Scotland it was customary for lodges to authorise the formation of other lodges . We have evidence of this practice in various quarters . There is some doubt as to when the Grand Lodge of
Scotland first created Provincial Grand Lodges . The elder Lawrie in his history states that it was in 173 S , and Bro . Murray Lyon makes a similar statement ; but he in another part of his history states that a Provincial Grand District of Edinburgh was created in 1736 , two years before . Lawrie again in a subsequent part of his works states that Provincial Grand Districts were first created in 1 S 00 . One would like to know which of these
statements is correct . The minutes of the Grand Lodge for a few years about 1 S 00 are unfortunately missing , and so the second point raised in Bro . Neilson's letter cannot be solved by them . The elder Lawrie states that in the year 1796 " a correspondence was opened with the Grand Lodgeof Ireland . "
This statement was written within a few years ot the occurrence and was a fact within his own knowledge , and may therefore be taken as correct . It does not appear from it that any request for " recognition" was made . Perhaps Bro . Neilson will kindly favour your readers with an extract of the minutes of the Grand Lodge of Ireland on this subject , as the question is important and should be set at rest .
As regards the insertion of the seal of the Kilwinning Lodge in Bro . Murray Lyon ' s " Freemasonry in Scotland , " at page 410 , having had somethingto do in assisting Bro . Murray Lyon in the publication of his valuable work , I may state that the seal is placed on that page simply for
typographical convenience and is merely an illustration It has nothing to do with the minute there printed . — Yours fraternally , WILLIAM OFFICER . Past Grand Senior Deacon of Scotland Edinburgh , April nth .
EXCHANGES . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I am happy to be able to state in your columns that many of the leading provinces as well as many
London brethren are stoutly resisting this absurd mania of bolstering up a high exchange of votes , as to Girls for Boys , & c , and are positively refusing to exchange Girls for Boys except " at par , " the money value . This in my opinion is a sensible and seasonable resolution . —Yours fraternally , A . VOTER .
THE GIRLS' SCHOOL . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I hope that I may be permitted to say a word in respect of a certain idea which I gather from frequent conversation is floating about in our lodges that the Girls '
School does not require earnest efforts or wonted subscriptions . This fiction , foolish and unfounded as it is , seems to rest on two things ; firstly , remarks that have been made as to the School itself , and , secondly , its undoubted financial prosperity . But what I wish , if permitted , to point out to-day is this ,
that if the School is to be kept up at its present high standard of efficiency , utility , and thoroughness , it can only be effected by large annual support from a ready and willing Fraternity . The Girls' School is undoubtedly one of the very first institutions of its kind in this or in any other country ; first I mean in the practical results it embodies and the living reality it displays , and I feel sure that now ,
as ever , not only the best wishes , but the hearty efforts of English Freemasons will strengthen thc hands of the governing body by showing unmistakably the great value set upon its prosperous management and beneficial developement as illustrated daily before our eyes in its present happy and striking exemplification of good management and undoubted efficiency . —I am , sir and brother , fraternally
yours , A MEMBER OF A PROVINCIAL LODG 1
THE INTRODUCTION OF FREEMASONRY INTO SCOTLAND . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — In the Mirror of Saturday , Sth May , 1 S 30 , the followingappeared : "Freemasonry in Scotland first made its appearance at Kilwinning , in Ayrshire , when a party of en »
thusiasts having landed from thc Continent in the twelfth century , spreading the knowledge of their mysteries gradually over thc rest of the country by colonies termed lodges . " Can you state what foundation the writer had for this assertion ? If you have no information on the subject will you kindly insert my letter with a view to obtain knowledge on the subject . —I am , sir , yours truly and fraternally , Auberge de Castille , Malta , April 4 th . 1926 .
LODGE RECEIPTS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — May I ask through your next publication if ft is incumbent or not to affix a stamp to a receipt given to a