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Africa , while India has also received sundry accessions of strength . Tho S . African Republic , by the consecration of tlio Germiston Lodge , No . 2498 . and tho Ernielo Lodge , No . 2516 , meeting in the towns after which they arc respectively named , has raised the •number of its lodges from nine to 11 , and there are new lodges in the . Orange Free State and British Bcchuanaland , the Star of
Bethlehem . No . 2522 , being located at Bethlehem in the former , and tho Austral Lodge , No . 2534 , at Mafeking in thc latter . Thc St , George ' s and the Metropolitan Lodges , Nos . 2537 and 2538 , have been added to the Dist . G . Lodge of the Western Division of South Africa , raising the number of lodges in the District , to 1 * 2 , and the number in Cape Town—in which thoy meet—to four ; while the 16
lodges in the District of Nalal have been increased to 17 b y the consecration of the Ixopo Lodge , No . 2515 , at Stuavtstown . There has also been created a , new lodge on the AVest Const , of Africa , namely , tho St . George ' s , No . 2506 , meeting at Freetown , Sierra Leone . The following have been placed in the East Indies , namely : the Dharwar Lodge , No . 2527 , Dharwar , and the Khan Bahador
Lodge , No . 2531 , Karachi , Sind . under the Dist . G . Lodge of Bombay ; the Zuriel Lodge , No . 2507 , Narninguiige , under that of Bengal ; the Irrawaddy , No . 2526 , Myingynu , in that of Burmah ; and the St . George Lodge , No . 2532 , Madras , in the District of the same name . Queensland is the richer by the Constitution of the Cleveland Lodge , No . 2503 , Townsville , and the Meteor Lodge , No . 2510 , Long-reach , and now has 42 lodges on its roll . The remaining lodges
are the Moore-Keys , No . 2519 , meeting at Kingston , Jamaica , which l'aises the number on the roll of Dist . G . Lodge to 11 , and the number in Kingston to eight ; and the St . John ' s Lodge , No . 2517 , Lomas de Zamora , in the Argentine Republic , wliere there are now scven lodges under the rule of Bro . George J . R y * n , as Dist . G . Master . AVe may add , that so far as our information goes , the prospects in view of these 17 lodges abroad are as hopeful as those which have just been warranted in London and the Provinces .
Let ns now give our attention to the proceedings of Grand Lodge , the sessions of which have been held at the usual periods , with a special meeting , io which we shall have occasion to vefev later . The Quarterly Communication on the 7 th March was far more numerously attended than any previous meeting of an ordinary character . This is , oi * rather , since the custom has been adopted of choosing a new
Grand Treasurer every year , has been the case for some time past , but ou this particular occasion excitement ran high over the struggle for the Grand Treasurership , and steps were accordingl y taken with a view to oil ' ering fo the very large number of brethren who were expected to attend every possible facility for recording their votes . Grand Lodge was therefore opened at the unusual hour of 2 p . m ., and thence
forward till 7 p . m . the stream of brethren entitled io vote vvas continuous , the excitement in Great Queen Street and its vicinit y caused b y the constant arrival of cabs and carriages being far beyond anything ever previousl y witnessed . The competitors for the much coveted otlice were three in number , Bro . Alderman Dimsdale , P . M . No . ] ., Bro . AV . M . Stiles , P . M . No . 1987 and other Lodges , and Bro .
C . W . Hudson , P . M . No , 315 , Brighton , and Past Prov . G . AVarden of Sussex . AVhen the poll was closed and the votes counted , it was found thet Bro . Dimsdale had obtained 1317 votes , Bro . Stiles 1200 votes , and Bro . Hudson 568 votes , and Bro . Dimsdale was declared fo have been duly elected Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year . The one other matter of importance which was brought to the notice of
Grand Lodge on this occasion was lhc appeal of two brethren against the decision ofthe Board of General Purposes suspending ( hem from all their Alasonic rights and privileges for six moulds for having violated mie of the laws of Graud Lodge . These brethren , who , af the time lhc olTcnco was committed had been W . M . and Acting AV . M . of a Lodge , had displaced a Urother from ofiice , such displacement
having been supported by a majority of the members of Ihe Lodge who voted , but not as required by Article 110 B . off ! . " by a majority of Ihe brethren present" in Lodge when the question of such displacement was considered . Thebrethren acknowledged the justice of their sentence , hut pleaded , in mitigation , that they had not erred intentionally , and threw themselves on lhc mercy of Grand
Lodge . lhc I resident ofthe Board of General Purposes having pointed < mi Unit Hie Hoard had acted within ils powers , Grand Lodge having taken nolo of Ibis facf , was pleased to remit thc remainder of the sentence that was slill due . in April the Annual Grand Festival was held as usual , and the Grand Ollicers for the ensning year appointed and invested . At the June Communication , after a number
of Lodges , which had made no returns for several years , had been ordered to be erased , Grand Loi Ige , on tho recommendation of the Board of General Purposes , accepled the offer of Bro . . Iohn Lane , P . M ., of Torquay , of Ihe copyright of the . second edition of his invaluable " . Masonic Records , " and agreed lhat 500 copies of the work
should bc printed and sold af ihe price of one guinea each . It was then announced in the course of ihe Report of Ihe Board that liro . Thomas fenn had resolved on declining re-noniinat ion to the oilice hc had held I ' or the last 10 years of President , and fhc i ( . •solution of thanks fo Bro . Fenn I ' or his eminent
services in that capacity , as passed unanimously by ihe Hoard , vvas pul by Hro . the Karl of Alount Edgcunibc , ' D . G . AI ., Acling Grand Muster in the chair , as a separate niolion and carried by acclaiuafion . Hro . lAiu having briefly , but gracefully
acknowledged the vote , his successor , in ( he person of Bro . R . Loveland Luvelaiid , vvas invested and conducted to the seat vacated by his predecessor . The business concluded with a notice of appeal given by Hro . Richard Eve , P . G . Treasurer , against the action of the Coiiiniitlec of . Masters in rejecting a notice of motion of his relating
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to sv resolution passed by Grand Lodge in 1893 , and the position of the Cambrian Lodge , No . 656 , N . S . AV . On Friday , tho 6 th July , a Special Communication was held , under the presidency of Bro . the Earl of Lathom , Pro G . AL , when in the presence of a considerable number of brethren , addresses of congratulation to Her Majesty the Queen
and thc Prince of AVales , M . W . G . M ., on the recent birth of a princeson of H . R . H , the Duke of York—in the direct line of succession to the throne , was passed by acclamation amid every possible demonstration of enthusiasm . In September , after letters had been read from the Home Secretary in behalf of the Queen , and Bro . Sir Francis Knollys , the Private Secretary of the Prince of AVales , M . AV . G . M ., in acknowledgment of these addresses , and when
the reports of the Boards of Benevolence and General Purposes and the Colonial Board had been received and ordered to he recorded on the minutes , a , resolution by Bro . AV . F . Lamonby , P . M ., for the alteration of Article 126 " of the Book of Constitntions , in such a , manner as . would enable the Grand Master to issue a , new Warrant or AVarrant of Confirmation to Lodge Otago ,
No . 844 , Dunedin ( N . Z . ) , and all other lodges that might he placed in similar circumstances , was carried , the President of the Colonial Board offering no objection to its acceptance . The appeal of Bro . Eve , P . G . Treas ., against the decision of the Board of Masters in excluding a notice of motion he had given in accordance with the
law from the Agenda for the June Communication , was carried b y an overwhelming majority , in spite of the opposition offered by the authorities . At the December Communication the usual nominations for the offices of Grand Master and Grand Treasurer were made , the brethren who are competitors for the latter office being Bros . Alderman Vaughan Morgan , W . M . Stiles , and C . AA . Hudson . It was subseniifiiitlv * nrmoimoed that Bro . A . A . Pendlebury . Assistant
Grand Secretary and Chief Clei'k to the Grand Secretary , had been compelled by the serious state of his health to retire after thirt y years' service , ancl on the recommendation of the Board of General Purposes he was assigned a pension of £ 400 per annum , Bro . AV . Tnl .-f . PAT PPG . Rpo- Pnrnwnll . hein <» annointed to tho Chinf
Clerkship thus rendered vacant , at the prescribed salary . A proposed addition to the laws of the R . M . Benevolent . Institution , as to the voting privileges of subscribing Lodges , Chapters , and other Masonic Bodies , was adjourned , while a motion by Bro . R . Eve , Past Grand Treas ., relating to the Cambrian Lodge , No . 656 , N . S . AV ., was defeated .
Among other events which if is necessary we should record in this summary are the installation at AVoverhampton , on the 6 th June , of Bro . the Earl of Dartmouth , as Prov . Grand Master of Staffordshire , in succession to the late Bro . A . Foster Gough , LL . D . ; . of Bro . Lord Llangattock , at Cardiff , on the 27 th September , as Prov . G . Master of the Eastern Division of South AA ales , in succession to the late Bro .
Sir George Elliot , Bart ., and of Lord Henry Bentinek , at Kendal , on the 2 nd October , as Proy . G Master of Cumberland and Westmoreland , iu succession io the lafe Bro . the Earl of Beotive . On all these occasions the duty of Installing Master was undertaken by the Pro Grand . Master , Bro . the Earl of Lathom , and from the reception
which each of tho new Prov . Grand Masters experienced , there is very little doubt that the Provinces affected by these events will fare as prosperously under the administration of their new chiefs as under that of the distinguished brethren they have succeeded . It is likewise our duly ( o announce that early in the year the Grand Master was pleased to accede to the prayer of the lodges in Guernsey and Alderney , that the \* might be constituted a Province , and in
July , liro . Dr . . 1 . Balfour Cockburn , on whom the choice of his Royal Highness had fallen , was solemnly installed iu office as Grand Master of ( be new Province , by Bro . the Earl of Euston , Proy . G . Masterof Northauls and 11 mils . The lodges in these islands , which alone
among the lodges af homo , were unprovided with a Provincial organization , now constitute tlio -Willi Prov . Grand . Lodge under the Grand Lodge of England , and we feel confident , the change will bring with if increased strength and good fortune . As for thc regular meetings of ( he different . Provincial Grantl Lodges , the reports which were presented as usual furnish satisfactory evidence that the Craft throughout thc country has been well administered in all things
essential ( o ils well-being , and it is only here and there that it has been found necessary by the principal executive ollicers to sound a note of warning against the repetition of slight irregularities and l <> renew the caution which has been so often and so wisely addressed to lodges to the effect that it is impossible for them lo be too careful in lhc acceptance of candidates i ' or the mysteries and privileges ^ liVumnnsniivir But the mcetiiio' . s of mil- Provincial brethren have not ¦
. ; t r , been confined to those which arc held regularly . Many others have been held iu different parts of the country , and amongst them wc may mention two that were held in Pontefract and Bidoford respectively in the month of January . At the forme ?* one onr respected Hro ' lhcr . T . W . Tew . P . Prov . ' G . Mnsler of West Yorkshire , laid with
the customary Alasonic formalities the foundation-stone of a new hall about to bc erected I ' or the St . Oswald Lodge , No . 910 . and look the opportunity of delivering one of those thoug htful addresses by which he made his name famous during his presidency over the lodges and brethren in West Yorkshire . Later in tin-* year , on the 10 th October , the same brother was present when tin- ' brethren of the lodge transferred their quarters to the new Half
and again our Bro . lew was as felicitous as ever in ins remarKS on the auspicious change , and in the sound practical advice he tendered to his younger brethren . At Bideford , Bro . Viscount Ebring ton , Past G . Alaster of Devonshire , formall y dedicated to Masoni - ' purposes the new Hall erected by the Lodge of Benevolence , No-
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Africa , while India has also received sundry accessions of strength . Tho S . African Republic , by the consecration of tlio Germiston Lodge , No . 2498 . and tho Ernielo Lodge , No . 2516 , meeting in the towns after which they arc respectively named , has raised the •number of its lodges from nine to 11 , and there are new lodges in the . Orange Free State and British Bcchuanaland , the Star of
Bethlehem . No . 2522 , being located at Bethlehem in the former , and tho Austral Lodge , No . 2534 , at Mafeking in thc latter . Thc St , George ' s and the Metropolitan Lodges , Nos . 2537 and 2538 , have been added to the Dist . G . Lodge of the Western Division of South Africa , raising the number of lodges in the District , to 1 * 2 , and the number in Cape Town—in which thoy meet—to four ; while the 16
lodges in the District of Nalal have been increased to 17 b y the consecration of the Ixopo Lodge , No . 2515 , at Stuavtstown . There has also been created a , new lodge on the AVest Const , of Africa , namely , tho St . George ' s , No . 2506 , meeting at Freetown , Sierra Leone . The following have been placed in the East Indies , namely : the Dharwar Lodge , No . 2527 , Dharwar , and the Khan Bahador
Lodge , No . 2531 , Karachi , Sind . under the Dist . G . Lodge of Bombay ; the Zuriel Lodge , No . 2507 , Narninguiige , under that of Bengal ; the Irrawaddy , No . 2526 , Myingynu , in that of Burmah ; and the St . George Lodge , No . 2532 , Madras , in the District of the same name . Queensland is the richer by the Constitution of the Cleveland Lodge , No . 2503 , Townsville , and the Meteor Lodge , No . 2510 , Long-reach , and now has 42 lodges on its roll . The remaining lodges
are the Moore-Keys , No . 2519 , meeting at Kingston , Jamaica , which l'aises the number on the roll of Dist . G . Lodge to 11 , and the number in Kingston to eight ; and the St . John ' s Lodge , No . 2517 , Lomas de Zamora , in the Argentine Republic , wliere there are now scven lodges under the rule of Bro . George J . R y * n , as Dist . G . Master . AVe may add , that so far as our information goes , the prospects in view of these 17 lodges abroad are as hopeful as those which have just been warranted in London and the Provinces .
Let ns now give our attention to the proceedings of Grand Lodge , the sessions of which have been held at the usual periods , with a special meeting , io which we shall have occasion to vefev later . The Quarterly Communication on the 7 th March was far more numerously attended than any previous meeting of an ordinary character . This is , oi * rather , since the custom has been adopted of choosing a new
Grand Treasurer every year , has been the case for some time past , but ou this particular occasion excitement ran high over the struggle for the Grand Treasurership , and steps were accordingl y taken with a view to oil ' ering fo the very large number of brethren who were expected to attend every possible facility for recording their votes . Grand Lodge was therefore opened at the unusual hour of 2 p . m ., and thence
forward till 7 p . m . the stream of brethren entitled io vote vvas continuous , the excitement in Great Queen Street and its vicinit y caused b y the constant arrival of cabs and carriages being far beyond anything ever previousl y witnessed . The competitors for the much coveted otlice were three in number , Bro . Alderman Dimsdale , P . M . No . ] ., Bro . AV . M . Stiles , P . M . No . 1987 and other Lodges , and Bro .
C . W . Hudson , P . M . No , 315 , Brighton , and Past Prov . G . AVarden of Sussex . AVhen the poll was closed and the votes counted , it was found thet Bro . Dimsdale had obtained 1317 votes , Bro . Stiles 1200 votes , and Bro . Hudson 568 votes , and Bro . Dimsdale was declared fo have been duly elected Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year . The one other matter of importance which was brought to the notice of
Grand Lodge on this occasion was lhc appeal of two brethren against the decision ofthe Board of General Purposes suspending ( hem from all their Alasonic rights and privileges for six moulds for having violated mie of the laws of Graud Lodge . These brethren , who , af the time lhc olTcnco was committed had been W . M . and Acting AV . M . of a Lodge , had displaced a Urother from ofiice , such displacement
having been supported by a majority of the members of Ihe Lodge who voted , but not as required by Article 110 B . off ! . " by a majority of Ihe brethren present" in Lodge when the question of such displacement was considered . Thebrethren acknowledged the justice of their sentence , hut pleaded , in mitigation , that they had not erred intentionally , and threw themselves on lhc mercy of Grand
Lodge . lhc I resident ofthe Board of General Purposes having pointed < mi Unit Hie Hoard had acted within ils powers , Grand Lodge having taken nolo of Ibis facf , was pleased to remit thc remainder of the sentence that was slill due . in April the Annual Grand Festival was held as usual , and the Grand Ollicers for the ensning year appointed and invested . At the June Communication , after a number
of Lodges , which had made no returns for several years , had been ordered to be erased , Grand Loi Ige , on tho recommendation of the Board of General Purposes , accepled the offer of Bro . . Iohn Lane , P . M ., of Torquay , of Ihe copyright of the . second edition of his invaluable " . Masonic Records , " and agreed lhat 500 copies of the work
should bc printed and sold af ihe price of one guinea each . It was then announced in the course of ihe Report of Ihe Board that liro . Thomas fenn had resolved on declining re-noniinat ion to the oilice hc had held I ' or the last 10 years of President , and fhc i ( . •solution of thanks fo Bro . Fenn I ' or his eminent
services in that capacity , as passed unanimously by ihe Hoard , vvas pul by Hro . the Karl of Alount Edgcunibc , ' D . G . AI ., Acling Grand Muster in the chair , as a separate niolion and carried by acclaiuafion . Hro . lAiu having briefly , but gracefully
acknowledged the vote , his successor , in ( he person of Bro . R . Loveland Luvelaiid , vvas invested and conducted to the seat vacated by his predecessor . The business concluded with a notice of appeal given by Hro . Richard Eve , P . G . Treasurer , against the action of the Coiiiniitlec of . Masters in rejecting a notice of motion of his relating
Freemasonry In 1894.
to sv resolution passed by Grand Lodge in 1893 , and the position of the Cambrian Lodge , No . 656 , N . S . AV . On Friday , tho 6 th July , a Special Communication was held , under the presidency of Bro . the Earl of Lathom , Pro G . AL , when in the presence of a considerable number of brethren , addresses of congratulation to Her Majesty the Queen
and thc Prince of AVales , M . W . G . M ., on the recent birth of a princeson of H . R . H , the Duke of York—in the direct line of succession to the throne , was passed by acclamation amid every possible demonstration of enthusiasm . In September , after letters had been read from the Home Secretary in behalf of the Queen , and Bro . Sir Francis Knollys , the Private Secretary of the Prince of AVales , M . AV . G . M ., in acknowledgment of these addresses , and when
the reports of the Boards of Benevolence and General Purposes and the Colonial Board had been received and ordered to he recorded on the minutes , a , resolution by Bro . AV . F . Lamonby , P . M ., for the alteration of Article 126 " of the Book of Constitntions , in such a , manner as . would enable the Grand Master to issue a , new Warrant or AVarrant of Confirmation to Lodge Otago ,
No . 844 , Dunedin ( N . Z . ) , and all other lodges that might he placed in similar circumstances , was carried , the President of the Colonial Board offering no objection to its acceptance . The appeal of Bro . Eve , P . G . Treas ., against the decision of the Board of Masters in excluding a notice of motion he had given in accordance with the
law from the Agenda for the June Communication , was carried b y an overwhelming majority , in spite of the opposition offered by the authorities . At the December Communication the usual nominations for the offices of Grand Master and Grand Treasurer were made , the brethren who are competitors for the latter office being Bros . Alderman Vaughan Morgan , W . M . Stiles , and C . AA . Hudson . It was subseniifiiitlv * nrmoimoed that Bro . A . A . Pendlebury . Assistant
Grand Secretary and Chief Clei'k to the Grand Secretary , had been compelled by the serious state of his health to retire after thirt y years' service , ancl on the recommendation of the Board of General Purposes he was assigned a pension of £ 400 per annum , Bro . AV . Tnl .-f . PAT PPG . Rpo- Pnrnwnll . hein <» annointed to tho Chinf
Clerkship thus rendered vacant , at the prescribed salary . A proposed addition to the laws of the R . M . Benevolent . Institution , as to the voting privileges of subscribing Lodges , Chapters , and other Masonic Bodies , was adjourned , while a motion by Bro . R . Eve , Past Grand Treas ., relating to the Cambrian Lodge , No . 656 , N . S . AV ., was defeated .
Among other events which if is necessary we should record in this summary are the installation at AVoverhampton , on the 6 th June , of Bro . the Earl of Dartmouth , as Prov . Grand Master of Staffordshire , in succession to the late Bro . A . Foster Gough , LL . D . ; . of Bro . Lord Llangattock , at Cardiff , on the 27 th September , as Prov . G . Master of the Eastern Division of South AA ales , in succession to the late Bro .
Sir George Elliot , Bart ., and of Lord Henry Bentinek , at Kendal , on the 2 nd October , as Proy . G Master of Cumberland and Westmoreland , iu succession io the lafe Bro . the Earl of Beotive . On all these occasions the duty of Installing Master was undertaken by the Pro Grand . Master , Bro . the Earl of Lathom , and from the reception
which each of tho new Prov . Grand Masters experienced , there is very little doubt that the Provinces affected by these events will fare as prosperously under the administration of their new chiefs as under that of the distinguished brethren they have succeeded . It is likewise our duly ( o announce that early in the year the Grand Master was pleased to accede to the prayer of the lodges in Guernsey and Alderney , that the \* might be constituted a Province , and in
July , liro . Dr . . 1 . Balfour Cockburn , on whom the choice of his Royal Highness had fallen , was solemnly installed iu office as Grand Master of ( be new Province , by Bro . the Earl of Euston , Proy . G . Masterof Northauls and 11 mils . The lodges in these islands , which alone
among the lodges af homo , were unprovided with a Provincial organization , now constitute tlio -Willi Prov . Grand . Lodge under the Grand Lodge of England , and we feel confident , the change will bring with if increased strength and good fortune . As for thc regular meetings of ( he different . Provincial Grantl Lodges , the reports which were presented as usual furnish satisfactory evidence that the Craft throughout thc country has been well administered in all things
essential ( o ils well-being , and it is only here and there that it has been found necessary by the principal executive ollicers to sound a note of warning against the repetition of slight irregularities and l <> renew the caution which has been so often and so wisely addressed to lodges to the effect that it is impossible for them lo be too careful in lhc acceptance of candidates i ' or the mysteries and privileges ^ liVumnnsniivir But the mcetiiio' . s of mil- Provincial brethren have not ¦
. ; t r , been confined to those which arc held regularly . Many others have been held iu different parts of the country , and amongst them wc may mention two that were held in Pontefract and Bidoford respectively in the month of January . At the forme ?* one onr respected Hro ' lhcr . T . W . Tew . P . Prov . ' G . Mnsler of West Yorkshire , laid with
the customary Alasonic formalities the foundation-stone of a new hall about to bc erected I ' or the St . Oswald Lodge , No . 910 . and look the opportunity of delivering one of those thoug htful addresses by which he made his name famous during his presidency over the lodges and brethren in West Yorkshire . Later in tin-* year , on the 10 th October , the same brother was present when tin- ' brethren of the lodge transferred their quarters to the new Half
and again our Bro . lew was as felicitous as ever in ins remarKS on the auspicious change , and in the sound practical advice he tendered to his younger brethren . At Bideford , Bro . Viscount Ebring ton , Past G . Alaster of Devonshire , formall y dedicated to Masoni - ' purposes the new Hall erected by the Lodge of Benevolence , No-