Dalry Gravitation Water Works.

waters of many of these wells , on analysis , were found to be defective in quality , and in some cases so tainted as to be altogether unsuited for domestic use . " After considerable discussion as to the best method of supplying Dairy with water , the parochial board of the parish , as constituted local authority under thc Public Health ( Scotland ) Act , 1867 , resolved , on the 4 th day of

December , 1873 , to provide a supply of gravitation water according to a scheme proposed by Messrs . J . and A . Leslie , civil engineers , Edinburgh , whereby thc waters of the south-western slopes of Baidland Hill should be impounded and stored in this reservoir , which is formed partly on the lands of Thirdpart , belonging to James Motion , Esq . Hapland , West Kilbride ; and partly on the lands of

, Little Auldmuir , the property of William Wyllic , Esq ., of Doggartland . This reservoir is capable of holding about twenty million gallons of water . From the reservoir the water is to run in iron pipes through the said lands of Little Auldmuir and the lands of Bendlavo , the property of Theo . Paton , Esq ., of Swinlees , to the parish road at Baidlandhowe , thence down the side of the old parish road

to filters and a covered store cistern on the lands of the Earl of Glasgow near Flashwood . From the store cistern the water will be conveyed by an 8-inch iron pipe to the town , and distributed in pipes of various sizes throughout the water supply district . " Thc works were commenced in the beginning of March , 1871 ; , and are expected to be completed early in

the spring , 187 6 . The expense of thc works will be about , £ 8 , 500 , and it is supposed they will provide an ample supply of water for the district for many years to come . "The following are the names of the committee of the local authority charged with the execution of the works : —Theophilus Paton , of Swinlees , Dairy , chairman and convener ; Thomas Biggart , of Baidland , Dairy ;

John Gow , of Highgate , banker , etc , Dairy ; Andrew Blair Aitken , of Carsehead , Dairy , Robert Gray , of Keyshill , Stanley Cottage , Dairy , and William Alexander , merchant , Dairy . Engineers—Messrs . J . and A . Leslie , Edinburgh . Contractor—John Scott , Middleton , Dairy . Inspector of works—Walter Young , Edinburgh .

" A description of the ( town and parish of Dairy appears in the Sketch of Cuningham , deposited herewith . " Sealed with the seal of the lodge , and subscribed by the Right Worshipful Grand Master , and also

by the clerk of the local authority , Brother Al . exander Comric , this second day of August , 1875 . ( Signed ) " J . M . M'COSH , R . W . M . Al . EX . CoMRIE , Clerkto Local Authority . "

The advantages offered by the National Safe Deposit Company , 1 , Victoria-street , Mansion I louse , cannot be too overrated . To the brotherhood it not only offers absolute security for jewels , lodge property , etc ., but also affords protection from burglars and fire for general securities and valuables . Travellers , and families leaving home for a season , can do so without anxiety . This massive building , completely isolated , is the most perfect of its kind .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

For the Week ending Friday , August 27 , 1875 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Preceptories , Conclaves , & c , of any change in place or

time of meeting . SATURDAY , AUGUST 21 . Lodge 1326 , Lebanon , Lion Hotel , Lion Square , Hampton . „ 1364 , Eail of Zetland , Old Town Hall , Hackney . Manchester Lodge of Instruction ( 179 ) , Yorkshire Grey ,

77 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq ., at 8 ; Bro . H . Ash , Prec . Lily Lodge of Instruction ( 820 ) , Greyhound , Richmond . Star Lodge of Instruction ( 1275 ) . Marquis of Granby , New Cross-road , at j ; Bros . Macdonald and Griffin , Preceptois .

MONDAY , AUGUST 23 . Prince Leopold Lodge of Instruction ( 1445 ; , Lord Stanley Tavern , Sandringham-road , Kingsland , at 7 ; Bro . T . Austin , Preceptor . Strong . Man Lodge of Instruction ( 45 ) , Crown Tavern ,

Clerkenwell Green , at 8 ; Bro . Beckett , Preceptor . Sincerity Lodge of Instruction ( 174 ) , Railway Tavern , Fenchurch-street Station , at 7 . Camden Lodge of Instruction ( 704 ) , Adelaide Tavern , Haverstock-hill , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptc r . Eastern Star Lodge of Instruction ( 95 ) , Royal Hotel ,

Mileend-road , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . E . Gottheil , Preceptor . British Oak Lodge of Instruction ( 813 ) , Bank of Friendship Tavern , Mile-end , at 7 for 8 . St . James ' s Union Lodge of Instruction ( 180 ) , Union Tavern , Air-st ., Regent-st ., at 8 ; Bro . J . R . Stacey , Preceptor .

Wellington Lodge of Instruction ( 548 ) , White Swan , Deptford , at 8 ; Bros . Shaw and Griffin , Preceptors . West Kent Lodge of Improvement ( 1297 ) , St . Saviour ' s Col . lege , Stansted-road , Forest-hill , at 7 . 30 ; Bro , H . W . Lindus , Preceptor . Metropolitan Mark Lodge of Instruction , Coach and Horses Hotel , 323 , Strand , at

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Perfect Ashlar Lodge of Instruction ( 1178 ) , Victoria Tavern , Lower-road , Rotherhithe , at 8 ; Bro . C . W . Kent , Precentor .

TUESDAY , AUGUST 24 . Yarborough Lodge of Instruction ( 554 ) , Green Dragon , Stepney , at 8 ; Bro . Barnes , P . M ., Preceptor . Domatic Lodge of Instruction , Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell New-road , at 8 ; Bro . Larlham , Precep . Faith Lodge of Instruction ( 141 ) , Refreshment Rooms , Victoria-st . ( opposite Westminster Palace Hotel ) , at 8 ;

jiro . C . A . Cottebrune , Preceptor . Prince Fredk . William Lodge of Instruction ( 733 , ) , Lord ' s Hotel , Lord's Cricket Ground , St . John ' s Wood , at 8 ; Bro . F . G . Baker , Preceptor . Dalhousie Lodge of Instruction ( 860 ) , King Edward , Triangle , Hackney , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Crawley , Preceptor , Prosperity Lodge of Instruction ( 65 ) , Gladstone Tavern ,

Bishopsgate-st . Within , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . J . L . Mather . P . M . 63 and 1227 , Prereptor . St . Marylebone Ledge of Instruction ( 1303 ) , British Stores Tavern , New-street , St . John ' s Wood , at 8 j Bro . T A . Adams , Preceptor . Constitutional Ledge of Instruction ( 35 ) , Wheatsheaf Hotel , Hand-court , Holborn , at 7 ; Bro . J . R . Stacey , P . M . 180 , Preceptor .

Percy Lodge of Instruction , Grapes Tavern , Little Windmill-street , W . Israel Lodge of Instruction , Rising Sun Tavern , Globe-road , at 7 . 30 . Sydney Lodge of Instruction , White Hart Hotel , Upper Norwood ; Bro . H . Frances , Preceptor . Royal Arthur Lodge of Instruction ( No . 1360 ) , Prince ' s Head , York-road , Battersea , at 8 ; Bro . G . King , P . M ., Preceptor .

WEDNESDAY , AUGUST 23 . Lodge 754 , High Cross , Seven Sisteis Tavern , Tottenham „ 778 , Bard of Avon , Greyhound , Hampton Court . „ 898 , Temperance in thc East , 6 , Newbj-pl ., Poplar Chap . 13 , Union of Waterloo , Freemasons' Hall , Wil

liam-st ., Woolwich . Mount Lebanon Lodge of Instruction ( 73 ) , Windsor Castle Tavern , Southwark-bridge-road , at 8 ; Bro . Noke , P . M ., Preceptor . Pythagoiean Lodge of Instruction ( 79 ) , Prince of Orange ,

Greenwich , at 8 ; Bro . J . Robt . Nash , Preceptor . New Concord Lodge of Instruction , Rosemary Branch Tavern , Hoxton , at 8 . Royal Union Lodge of Instruction , Horse and Groom , Winsley-st ., Oxford-st ., at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Prec . Confidence Lodge of Instruction , White 1 lart Tavern , Abchurch-lar . e , at 7 . 30 .

Peckham Lodge of Instruction , Maismore Arms , Paik-road , Peckham , at 8 ; Bro . David Rose , Preceptor . Stanhope Lodge of Instruction , Thicket Hotel , Anerley , at 7 . 30 p . m . ; Bro . H . W . Lindus , Preceptor . Finsbury Park Lodge of Instruction ( 1288 ) , Finsbury Paik Tavern , Seven SisN * rs ' -rnad , N ., at 8 . Bro . P . Dickinson , Preceptor .

Southwark Lodge of Ins'ruciion ( 879 ) , Southwark Park Tavern , Southwark Park . Dalston Lodge of Instruction ( 975 ) , Havelock Tavern , Albion-road , Dalston , E . United Strength Lodge of Instruction ( 228 ) , the Grafton Arms , Prince of Wales ' s-road , Kentish-town , at 8 ; Bro . J . N . Frost , Preceptor . Mount Edgcumbe Lodge of Instruction ( 144 ( 1 ) , 19 , Jermyn-Strect , St James ' s , at 8 ; Bro . Marnier , Preceptor .

THURSDAY , AUGUST 26 . General Committee Girls' School , at 4 . Egyptian Lodge of Instruction ( 27 ) , Hercules Tavern , Leadenhall-st ., at 7 . 30 ; J , Crawley , Preceptor . Fidelity Lodge of Instruction ( 3 ) , Yorkshire Grey , Londonst ., W ., at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Finsbury Lodge of Instruction , Jolly Anglers' Tavern , Bath . street , City-road ; Bro . Stean , Preceptor . United Mariners' Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes ,

Mile-end-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . J . Barnes , Preceptor . Whittington Lodge of Instruction ( 862 ) , Crown Tavern , Holborn , at 8 ; Bro . L . Alexander , P . M . 188 , Preceptor . Temperance in the East Lodge of Instruction , ( 898 ) , George the Fourth , Catherine-street , Poplar , at 8 ; Bro . S . T . Finch , Preceptor . Doric Chapter of Instruction , Three Cranes Tavern ,

Mileend-ioad , at 8 ; Comp . T . J . Barnes , Preceptor . Ebury Lodge of Instruction , 12 , Ponsonby-st ., Millbank . Highgate Lodge of Instruction ( 1366 ) , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town , at 8 ; Bro . J . N . Frost , Preceptor . The Great City Lodge of Instruction ( 1426 ) , 111 ,

Cheapside , at O . 30 . High Cross Ledge of Instruction ( 754 ) , Coach & Horses , High-road , Tottenham . Salisbury Lodge of Instruction , Union Tavern , Air-st ., Regent-st ., at 8 ; Bro . Mander , Preceptor .

FRIDAY , AUGUST 27 . Chap . 134 , Caledonian , Ship and Turtle , Leadenhall-st . St . George ' s Lodge of Instruction ( 140 ) , Globe Tavern , Royal-hill , Greenwich . Robert Burns Lodge of Instruction , Union Tavern , Air-st ., Regent-sf ., at 8 . Belgrave Lodge of Instruction , ( 749 ) , Lyceum Tavern , 354 ,

Strand , at 8 ; Bro . Pulsford , Preceptor . Panmure Lodge of Instruction ( 720 ) , Balham Hotel , Balham , at 7 . 30 . Unions Emulation Lodge of Improvement for M . M . ' s , Freemasons' Hall , at 7 . Temperance Lodge of Instruction , Victoria Tavern , Victoria-road , Deptford , at 8 . Clapton Lodge of Instruction ( 1365 ) , White Hart , Clapton ,

at 7 . 30 ; Bro . James Brett , P . G . P ., & c , Preceptor . Royal Standaid Lodge of Instruction ( 129 S ) , the Castle Tavern , Holloway , at 8 ; Bro . W . F . Rogers , Preceptor .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Pythagorean Chapter of Instruction ( 79 ) , Prince of Orange , Greenwich-rd ., at 8 ; Comp . W . Smith , Precep . Metropolitan Lodgcof Instruction ( 1036 ) , Portugal Hotel ' Fleet-street ; Bro . Stacey , P . M . 180 , Preceptor . Westbourne Lodge of Instruction ( 733 ) , Horse and Groom , Winsley-street , Oxford-street , at 8 . Metropolitan Lodge of Instruction , 26 9 , Pentonville-road ,

at 7 ; Bro . T . Adams , P . G . P ., Preceptor . United Pilgrims Lodge of Instruction , Surrey Masonic Hall , Camberwell New Road , at 7 ; Bro M . S . Larlham , Preceptor . St . James ' s Lodge of Instruction , New Tanners' Arms , , Grange-road , Bermondsey , at 8 ; Bro . Joshua Howes ,

P . M . 763 , 879 , Preceptor . Duke of Edinburgh Lodge of Instruction , Silver Lion _ Penny-fields , Poplar , at 7 ; Bro . D . S . Potts , Preceptor Doric Lodge of Instruction , Earl Grey Tavern , Mile-endroad , at 8 ; Bro . P . M . Austin , Preceptor . Burgoyne Lodge of Instruction , Grafton Arms , Prince of Wales ' s-road , N . W ., at 8 ; Bro . P . M . Wuest ,

Preceptor . St . Luke ' s Lodge of Instruction ( 144 I , Rose Tavern , Fulham-road , S . W . Chigwell Lodge of Instruction , Bald-faced Stag Hotel , Buckhurst-hill , at 8 . Burdett Coutts Lodge of Instruction ( 1278 ) , Approach Tavern , Approach-road , Victoria Park , at 8 ; Bro . J . Crawley , Preceptor .

Masonic Meetings In West Lancashire And Cheshire.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE .

For the Week ending Saturday , August 28 , 1875 . MONDAY , AUGUST 23 . Lodge 148 , Lights , Masonic Rooms , Warrington , at 6 . 30 . Chap . 241 , Friendship , Masonic Hall , Liverpool , at ; , so .

TUESDAY , AUGUST 24 . Lodge 1393 , Hamer , 92 , Everton-road , Liverpool , at 6 . Chap . 721 , Grosvenor , Masonic Rooms , Eastgate-row Chester , at 6 . 30 .

„ 823 , Everton , Masonic Hall , Liverpool , at 6 , Merchants' Lodge of Instruction ( 241 ) , Masonic Hall , Liverpool , at 6 . Downshire Lodge of Instruction ( 594 ) , Masonic Hall , Liverpool , at 7 .

WEDNESDAY , AUGUST 23 . Lodge 220 , Harmony , Garston Hotel , Garston , at 4 . 30 . „ 724 , Derby , Masonic Hall , Liverpool , at 6 . Chap . 1052 , Callender , Public Hall , Rusholme . St . John ' s Lodge of Instruction ( 673 ) , Masonic Hall ,

Liverpool , at 8 . Neptune Lodge of Instruction ( 1264 ) , Masonic Hall , Liverpool , at 8 . De Gray and Ripon Lodge of Instruction ( 133 ( 1 ) , 80 , North Hill-street , Toxteth Park , Liverpool , at 7 . 30 .

THURSDAY , AUGUST 26 . Lodge 394 , Downshire , Masonic Hall , Liverpool , at 0 . Chap . 216 , Sacred Delta , Masonic Hall , Liverpool , at 6 . „ 108 ( 1 , Walton , St . Lawrence ' s Schools , Kirkdale , at 6 . Duke of Edinburgh Lodge of Instruction ( 1182 ) , 150 , Parklane , Liverpool , at 7 .

FRIDAY , AUGUST 27 . Chap . 680 , Scfton , Masonic Hall , Liverpool , at 5 . SATURDAY , AUGUST 28 . Chap . 178 , Harmony , Royal Hotel , Wigan , at 3 .

Masonic Meetings In Glasgow And Vicinity.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN GLASGOW AND VICINITY .

For the week ending Saturday , August 28 , 1873 . All the Meetings take place at Eight o ' clock . TUESDAY , AUGUST 24 . Chap . 67 , Cathedral , 22 , Stvuthers-strcet .

WEDNESDAY , AUGUST 23 . Lodge 505 , Burns , St . Mary ' s Commercial Inn , Hurlford . „ j 10 , Maryhill , 167 , Main-st ., Maryhill . THURSDAY , AUGUST 26 . Lodge 334 , St . John , Castle Inn , New Cumnock . Chap . 117 , Govan , Poitland-buildings , Govan .

FRIDAY , AUGUST 27 . Lodge 118 , St . Bride ' s , Masonic Hall , Douglas . „ 123 , St . James ' s , Masons' Arms , Newton , Ayr . SATURDAY , AUGUST 28 . Lodge 303 , St . John Woodhall , Freemasons' Hall , Hollytown . Chap . 143 , Robert Burns , Freemasons' Hall , Hollytown .

Masonic Meetings In Edinburgh And Vicinity.

MASONIC MEETINGS IN EDINBURGH AND VICINITY .

For the Week ending Saturday , August 28 , 1875 . MONDAY , AUGUST 23 . Lodge 349 , St . Clair , Freemasons' Hall , George-st . TUESDAY , AUGUST 24 . Lodge 131 , Defensive Band , Freemasons' Hall , Blackfriars-street .

Chap . 40 , Naval and Military , Freemasons' Hall , George-st . WEDNESDAY , AUGUST 25 . Lodge 2 , Canongate , St . John ' s Chapel , St . John-st . „ 13 , Torphican Kilwinning , Freemasons' Hall , Bathgate . Chap . 1 , Edinburgh , Freemasons' Hall , George-st .

THURSDAY , AUGUST 20 . Lodge 392 , Caledonian , Freemasons' Hall , Georgestreet . FRIDAY , AUGUST 27 . Lodge 223 , Trafalgar , Freemasons' Hall , Salamandei ' street , Leith .