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GRAND LODGE . The installation of office bearers and Festival of St . Andrew ' s was celebrated in Edinburgh , on Monday , the 2 nd inst . The installation ceremony took place in the Hall of the Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter , when Bro . Lord Saltoun acted as Installing Master . Bro . James Hozier , M . P ., was introduced with a fanfare of trumpets , and duly obligated as Most Worship ful Grand Master of Scottish Masonry . The other office bearers were then installed as follows :

Bro . Ihe Right Hon . Lord Saltoun ... ... Past G . Master . „ the Hon . Charles Maule Ramsay ... G . Master Depute . „ J . D . G . Dalrymple of Woodhead ... Substitute G . Master . „ W . Munro Denholm ... ... S . G . W . - „ R . King Stewart of Murdostoun J . G . W . „ David Reid ... ... ... G . Sec . ... Edward A . Chisholm ... ... G . Treas .

„ Rev . George S . Anderson ... ... Senior G . Chap . „ Rev . David Watson ... ... Junior G . Chap .

,, James Orr Sinclair ... ... S . G . D . ,, George Crawford ... ... ... J . G . D . ,, Frank W . Simon ... ... ... G . Architect . „ Arthur J . Ramsay ... ... ... G . Jeweller . „ John O . Stewart ... ... ... G . Bible-Bearer .

,, Andrew Fergus ... ... ... G . D . C . „ William Falconer ... ... ... G . Bard . „ Robert Bathgate ... ... ... G . S . B . „ J . Kenyon Lees ... ... ... G . Dir . of Music . „ Arthur J . Curie ... ... ... G . Org .

„ Captain Alexander M'Rae ... ... G . Marshal . „ James Grifrs-m ... ... ... G . I . G . „ George Hay ... ... ... G . Tyler .

At the conclusion of the installation , the M . W . GRAMI MASTER thanked the brethren for again doing him the honour of re-election to the throne ( f the Grand Lodge of Scotland . He thanked them most cordially for having given him , this time last year , such valued brethren as Bros . D . vid Reid and Edward Chisholm . Bro . Reid had anticipated his every want , and by the energy and untiring attention he had given to the work of the office of Grand Secretary , his duties as Grand Master had been most crnsidcrably lightened . He was a man on whom he could thoroughly rely ,

and he again thanked the brethren from the bottom of his heart for hazing fleeted Bro . Reid to the position of Grand Secretary . He always considered ihe Grand Treasurer as a sort of Chancellor of the Exchequer , and he would , later on , prove what an excellent Chancellor they had in the person of Bro . Chisho ' m . He asked those two brethren to accept his personal thanks for their blows . He also thanked Bros . C . Maule Ramsay and J . D . G . l ) alr ) inple ( until lately and better known as Bro . J . Dalrymple Duncan ) for accepting the offices of Grand Master Depute and Substitute Grand Master ; and also Lord Saltoun for coming , at some considerable inconvenience ,

lo act as Installing Master . The brethren afterwards celebrated the Festival of St . Andrew in the Frerms ! ons' Hall . The chair was occupied bythe Hon . James Hozier , M . P ., M . W . G . M ., who was supported by a large number of inllucntial brethren , among whom were Bros . Lord Saltoun , P . G . M . ; Lord Haddington , P . G . M . ; Ihe lion . C . Maule Ramsay , G . M . IX ; J . D . G . Dalrymple , G . S . M . ; | . Parker Smith , M . P . ; Lord Newlands , and James Reid , M . P .

The GT . AND M ASTICR said that at the opening of a new century , and at the opening of a new reign , he rose , for the third and last time —( cries of N , " )—as ihe Grand Master Mason of their choice , to thank them , with all his heait , for the very high honour which they had thus thrice unanimously conferred upon him . ( Applause . ) He received a telegram from Captain Towse , V . C ., from Goring Redding , as follows : " Fraternal

The GRAND MASTER proposed the toast of " The King and the Craft " in most felicitous terms , and referred with great pleasure to the fact that his Majesty the King had again consented to become Patron of Sottish Masonry . In reply to the toast of "The Grand Lodge of Scotland , " most ilonuently proposed by Bro . P \ RKP . R SMITH ,

greetings ; many regiets for umvoidable absence . 1 hey all knew the heroic manner in which Captain Towse won his Victoria Cross , and he truster ! they would empower him to send a suitable reply to their dear brother . ( App lause . ) The Masonic year just ended had been indeed a record jear in the annals of Scottish Freemasonry . The grand total of Scottish Freemasons had been increased during the past year by the

unprecedented number of 9320 new members , as compared with 7 6 ns in the year lono , ; , nd with 7513 in 1 S 90 , then the hig hest point ever reached . ( Applause . ) the ircome of Grand Lodge during the past year had been £ 843 ^ , as agaii st £ 73 < V ( in the previous yeai— -an increase of £ 1074 . Durug 1901 the grams from the Benevolent Fund had amounted to £ S . v > , and ttic Annuities 10 £ 1 420 . Since the formation of the Annuity Fund m

ISSIJ the sum of £ i : > 700 had been paid in annuities . ( App lause . ) Charters had been issued during the year to lodges : Hozier Djngl . is Water , I'pper Ward of Lanarkshire , No . tji 2 ; Leonora , Leonora , Western Australia , No . 913 ; Gwalia , Leonora , Western Australia , No . 91 . 1 ; N on ham , Northam , Western Australia , No . 915 ; Ionic of Gingin . Gmgin , Ojeensland , No . 910 ; Odin , Dounby , Kirkwall , NJ . 917 ; Alexandra , bmsrald ,

( hnensland , No . 91 S ; The Robsit King . Stewart , New S ' . evenston , Holytown , No . 919 ; and Fmgal , Day Davn , Western Australia , No . ( po . The General Fund amounted to £ 21 , 101 ; the Benevolent Fund to £ Kny ); and the Annuity Fund to £ 31 . 31 ( 1 ; making a grand total ( or the three hinds of £ 00 , 71 , 0 exclusive of ttie heritable and movable property , w tich was valued at £ 25 40 , ) . Altogether the Grand Lodge of Sjoll . md and the Scottish C . inti were in a position of unprecedented prosperity . ( Applause . )

Bro . the Hon . C . M . RAMSAY , in proposing " The City of Edinburgh , " referred to various municipal improvements carried out in the capital , and humorously touched upon the Sunday car question , which he said was a sign of progress . It had come suddenly , but it was bound to come . ( Applause . ) lie would not dwell on the great growth Edinburgh had witnessed during the last century , for it was a mere matter of figures that within the last 60 \ ears Ed ic . u g h had more than doubled in its population and more than

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doubled in its rateable value . Meeting to celebrate the annual festival of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , he might properly congratulate Edinburgh upon the good choice it had made ' m its municipal representatives , by apparently , in recent years at any rate , considering it a necessity on the part of its chief magistrate that he should be . 1 member of their Fraternity . ( Applause . ) Asa Mason , he looked upon that as a healthful sign , and showing good sense on the part of the citizens of Edinburgh . ( Applause . )

Craft Masonry.

Craft Masonry .

Moira Lodge , No . 92 . INSTALLATION OF HRO . J . NORMAN NOAKES . The anniversary meeting of this old and distinguished bdge was held at the Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street , E . C ., on Thursday , the 5 th instant , and , hy a curious coincidence , two of the Past Masters were present for the lirst tima since their promotion to Grand office . The senior of these , Hro . Cornelius Thorne , who has been a subscribing member for nearly half a century , was initiated in the lodge in March , 1 S 52 , and served the office of Master in iSfiS , and again in iSoo , a position he would dubtless hive

occupied at a far earlier date had it not been for his absence in China from 1 S 55 to 1 SC 4 . Ten years he then spent in England , returning to Shanghai in 1 S 74 . In 1 S 77 he became the first District Grand Master of Northern China , an appointment which he retained until 1 RS 6 , but continued to reside in Shinghai until a few minths asp , when , after receiving the warmest tokens of regard ever conferred on any foreign residing when departing from the Far Fast , he embarked for his native land . The junior of the tvi brethren is Bro . Gotthelf Greiner , who was initiated in the Moira Lodge in 1 SS . 1 . and

tilled its chair in iSni . lie is also a member of the Pilgrim Lodge , No . 25 S , and W . M . of ( he IJuattmr Coronati , No . 207 ( 7 , to the '/' raniac / ions of which latter ludy he contributed ( in 1 X 1 . 6 ) a remarkable essay on " German Freemasonry in the Present Era , " that lias been universally acclaimed as the standard authority , in the English language , upon the subject of which it treats . At the last ( Junterly Communication of Grand Lodge , Bro . ) Gieinerwas invested as Assistant Grand [ Secretary for German Correspondence , in succession to the late Bro . C . Kupferfchmidl

I he following- were present at the anniversay meeting on the sth instant : Bros . Sir Norrran R . l ' ringle , Bart ., W . M . ; C . E . Russell , I . P . M .: } . Norman Noakes , S . W ., W . M . elect ; the Rev . R . I . Wcodhousc , P . M ., Chap . ; T . L . Wilkinson , P . M ., P . D . G . Reg ., Treas . ; R . F . Gould , P . M ., P . G . I ) ., -Sec . ; F . A . Donnison , S . I ) . ; C . A . Elgood , J . D . ; A . B . Wn'ters , 1 G . ; Wickham Noakes , P . M ., Stwd . ; J . Webb , P . M . ; S . Shorter , P . M . ; A . P . inple , P . M . ; G . Greiner , P . M ., Asst . G . Sec . for German Correspondence ; G . C . Andrew , P . M . ; E . Greiner , P . M . ; W . F . Noake ? , P . M . Cornelius Thorne , P . M ., P . Dist . G . M . Northern China ; W . S . Greves , A . W . Smith ,

and W . S . Horlock . Visitors : Bros . Ilamon Le Strange , Prov . G . M . Norfolk ; F . H . Goldney , P . G . D . ; G . Cowell , P . G . I ) . ; T . II . Gardiner , P . A . G . D . C ; F . G . Robinson , 1 S 26 ; W . G . West , 2741 ; J . C . Hayes , P . M . and Treas . fiio ; B . C . Frith , 1656 ; G . T . Langiidge , S . W . 20 ; T . Mellish , late 92 ; G . T . N . Harrison , 419 ; F . C . Hobrow , W . M . s . iSy ; . Hamilton Scott , W . M . 274 1 ; John Clark , W . M . 222 S ; II . N . Clark , S . W . 222 S ; M . Davis , P . M . 1159 ; W . G . Poole , P . M . SCo ; J . R . llrough , P . M . 2397 ; J . Peekc Richards , 15 S 4 ; C . F . Stoetzcr , W . M . 2-1 S ; G . I .

Goodhart , P . M . 1506 ; F . Hallows , P . M . Sfu ; John Dives , S . W- 2744 ; A . A . Krauss , 570 ; Oscar Timme , 1 S 27 ; Percy Bradford , 2 S 34 ; E . Henderson , 40 , 3 ( S . C . ); C . F . II . Beardmore , S 57 ; Attwood Thorne , 27 . 10 ; Edward Macbean , P . M . 207 ( 1 ; C . W . Skinner , 2000 ; G . Humphreys , 259 . 7 : R . Hummiel , 2047 ; T . W . Ockenden , 1512 ; Henry Times , P . M . 1 G 5 ; W . Candy , 10 ; the Rev . J . II . Smith , 270 ; W . Slark , P . M . 201 ) 5 ; Luke Hansard , 150 ( 1 ; C . King / . ett , Kyi ¦ and R . II . liar land , 1716 .

The minutes of the previous meeting having been confirmed , Mr . Alexander Coldstream Robinson , who had been elected in October last , being in attendance , was initiated into the mysteries and privileges of Ancient Freemasonry by Bro . John Webb , P . M . Shortly afterwards the Father and senior ' jPast Master of the lodge , R . W . Bro . C . Thorne , was announced and admitted . The W . M . having slid a few courteous words , then requested Bro . Thorne to take the chair , which he did , and proceeded to open the lodge in the Second Degree . The Secretary next presented the W . M . elect , Bro . J . Norman Noakes , who was duly installed in the chair of King Solomon by Bro .

Thorne with a solemnity , earnestness , and ease of diction which could not be excelled . Among the visiting brethren who assisted in the ceremony were Bros . Ilamon Le Strange , Prov . G . M . Norfolk ; G . Cowell , P . G . D . ; S . P . Richards . P . M . 15 S 4 and Edward Macbean , P . M . 2076 , as S . W ., J . W ., I ) , of C , and i . G . respectively . The following officers were then invested by the W . Master ; Bros . Sir Norman R . Pringle , Bart ., I . P . M . ; F . A . Donnison , S . W . ; C . A . Elgood , l . W . ; Rev . R . 1 . Woodhouse , P . M ., Chap . ; T . L . Wilkinson , P . M ., P . D . G . R ., Treas . ; R . F . Gould , P . M ., P . G . D ., Sec . ; A . B . Walters , S . D . ; W . S . Horlock ,

J . D . ; G . Greiner , P . M ., A . G . S . G . C ., D . C ; W . S . Greves , I . G . ; Wickham Noakes , P . M ., Stwd . ; and G . Couchman , Tyler . It was proposed by Bro . T . L . Wilkinson , P . M ., seconded by Bro . R . F . Gould , P . M ., and resolved , "That the hearty congratulations of the lodge be presented to Bro . Gotthelf Greiner , P . M ., on his appointment to the office of Assistant Grand Secretary for German Correspondence , by H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , M . W . G . M . " The compliment having been

acknowledged by Bro . G . Greiner , P . M ., it a few well chosen words . it was proposed , seconded , and icsolved that the sum of £ 5 should be voted to the " Speth Memorial Fund . " Letters of regret at inability to accept the invitation of the lodge to be present at the meeting , were read from several brethren , and also letters and telegrams from other brethren , including the Grand Secretary , Bros . F . Richardson , P . D . G . R . ; P . de Lande Long , P . G . D . ; and Sir G . Harris , P . G . D ., who had hoped to be present , but were unavoidably prevented at the last moment from attending .

There being no further business , the lodge was then closed , and the brethren adjourned to an excellent banquet which had been provided for them . After the toasts of " The King and the Craft " and " The M . W . G . M , " had been duly honoured , I hat of ' ¦ The Pro and Deputy Grand Masters , and the Grand Officers , " followed , and-was gracefully acknowledged by R . W . Bro . Ilamon Le Strange , Prov . G . Master Norfolk .

Next came " The Memory of Eavl Moira , " which , in accordance with custom , was entrusted to Bro . T . L . Wilkinson , whose st ccch ( anil there can be no higher praise ) was wi 1 thy of himself and the occasion . The 1 . P . M ., in proposing " The Health of the W . M ., * ' said he should borrow a phrase from the admirable address of their Treasurer , nimely , "the continuity of events , " which he thought would apply to Bro . J . Norman Noakes , who was occupying a chair which had been previously filled by so many members of his family , and whom he wished a happy and prosperous year of office .

The W . M ., in reply , remarked that be was very proud to occupy the chair of his mother lodge . It was for him a record night , ami in some respects also for the lodge . They bad liro . Thorne with them alter an absenreof 7 years , and Ihe largest number of visitors that had been present for minyyciss . lie had not looked forward to the evening without misgiving , but was glad to state that , owing to the general kindness he had experienced , the nrdeal had been a less -.-vere one than he had anticipited . The next toast was a speciil one , and in proposing it the W . M . said Bro . Thorne is the Father of his Mother lodge , which is a curious relationship to ] work out . Having

been initiated in 1 S 52 , he has consequently been a subscribing number lor close upon 50 years , and would celebrate his juuilee very shortly , lie had been the first District Grand Master of Northern China , and was the recipient of numerous tcsliuunuli on leaving Shanghai . The W . M . concluded by saying that Bro . Thorn- ; had been absent 27 years , but prior ' o his departure from England he had initiated his father ( tiro . Wickham Noakes , P . M . ) . and the first occasion in which he hid been present in IjJgJ , after his return , lie had in , talled himself ( the speaker ) in the Master ' s chair . I he toast laving been very warmly received ,

Bro . C . Ihurne responded in the following terms : Worshipful Mister , Bro . Wardens , and brethren , I thank you most sincerely for the very kini in . nnjr in which this toast has been proposed and responded to , and for the hearty reception you have given tome on my return to my mother lodge . It is a very great pleasure to ma to be amongst you once again , but there is some slight sorrow when I lo > k around ini find