Freemasonry In India.

IG ; T- W . Seager , Tyler . Members : Bros . J . N nady , P . M . No . 13 S 9 ; J . May , W . E . Craddock , H Watson , W . W . Wilson , W . Hobbs , J . Holt , J . An derscn , J . Weddle , F . Langford , E . Lucas , J . H . Bur rett , C . Peters , R . Ballard , and others . Visitors : Bros A . McKenzie , P . M . 944 ; H . W . Barroyv , P . M . 944 A Connsell , W . M . noo ; W . Fraut , R . Raymond , C

Parker , & c . The lodge yvas opened with prayer at 7 p . m . The summons convening the meeting yvas reatl . fhe minutes of the last meeting c f the Permanent Committee yvere read and adopted . Thc ballot yvas taken for Dr . Joseph Gerson Da Cunha as a candidate for initiation , -ind announced duly elected * . Mr . Ernest Fuelling having passcd ' the ballot in July , and Dr . Joseph Gerson Da Cunha

properly prepared , yvere duly and respectively admitted into the secrets and mysteries of ancient Fremasonry . The Secretary then read a letter frcm the D . G . Secretary , foryvarding the Grand Lodge certificates of Bros . IsaacHolt and C . Peters . The certificates were then duly signed by and delivered to Bros . Isaac Holt nnd C . Peters . Then read a letter from Bro . J . P . Hoare , Aden , acknoyvledging the

receip t of his clearance certificate . A letter yvas read from Mr . Step hen Rust , Norfolk , England , stating our late Bro . William Rust died at Hull , on the 12 th May , 1875 , and the Secretary was directed by the Wor . Master to send a letter of condolence in the name of the lodge to Mr . Stephen Rust , father of the deceased . The Secretary read an app lication for relief from Mrs . A . Cosserat , and yvas directed

to refer the matter to the Permanent Committee for their consideration . Then read a letter from Bro . F . S . Llewllyn , asking to be placed on the absent list , yvhich was accordingly done . Then read a letter of thanks from Right Wor . Bro . H . H . Locke , Past Deputy D . G . M . Bengal , Vice-President of thc Bengal Masonic Fund of Benevolence , in reference to information yvanted of a brother . One

gentleman was proposed as a candidate for initiation . Rupees six annas four only yvere then taken from thc subscription box , and duly taken into account . There being no further business before the lodge , it was closed with solemn prayer at 9 . 30 p . m . BOMBAY . —HOLMESDALE IN THE EAST LODGE OFMARK M ASTERS ( NO . 72 , E . C ) . —The regular meeting of this

lodge was held at the Masonic Hall , Bombay , August 18 th . Present : W . Bros . C . E . Mitchell , W . M . ; A . McKenzie , I . P . M . ; A . Swift , P . M . ; W . C . Rowe , S . W . ; H . De Latham , J . W . } C . Sudball , M . O . ; O . Tomlinson , S . O . ; J . E . Tyers , J . O . ; B . Robinson , S . D . ; A . Swift , as J . D . ; T . Mills , as I . G . ; W . G . Davie , Sec ; W . Natchell , Tyler . The lodge having been * tyled , was opened in due form at

6 . 41 ; . The summons < : oifveiling thc meeting having been read , the minutes of the last regular meeting were read and confirmed . The minutes of thi last Permanent Committee were read and adopted . The ballot yvas then taken for Bro . T . E . Cochrane , which proved clear . Bros . C . Parker and C . Peters yvere then advanced to the honourable degree of M . M . M . Bro . T . Mills was then requested by the W . M . to come forward to sign and receive his Grand Mark

Lodge certificate , yvhich he did . A letter was read from Bro . B . Frankeon , Secretary of Lodge 500 , returning thanks to W . Bro . A . McKenzie for the kind manner in which he came forward to their assistance in connection yvith the installation of Bro . Capt . Holloyvay . A letter was read from H . D . Barrow , referring to the testimonial for W . Bro . Hussey . The W . M . then invested Bro . C . Parker as J . D . There being no further business before the lodge , it was closed in peace and harmony at 8 . 4 s .

Public Health Congress At Brussels.

PUBLIC HEALTH CONGRESS AT BRUSSELS .

GENERAL REGULATIONS FOR BRITISH EXHIBITORS . 1 . An International Exhibition and Congress yvill take place at Brussels in 1876 , under the Gracious Protection of H . M . the King of the Belgians , the Honorary Presidency of H . R . H . the Comte de Flandrc , and the patronage of the City of Brussels ; and will be directed by a Belgian Executive specially constituted for the occasion .

2 . The Exhibition will be held in buildings specially erected in the park at Brussels . It yvill be opened on the 15 th June , and closed about the 1 st October . 3 . Nothing will be admitted to the Exhibition but yvhat comes strictly yvithin thc limits of thc published classification , and is distinguished by merit , interest , or superiority of some kind . 4 . The introduction of dangerous substances is strictly prohibited , and special measures will be adopted in regard

to inconvenient matters . 5 . Each exhibitor will receive a diploma , certifying that the honour of admission to the Exhibition has been obtained . C . The apparatus and other articles exhibited yvill be submitted to an international jury , yvho yvill make the ayvards .

7 . The Exhibition building yvill be a temporary bonded warehouse , no Customs charges being imposed either on reception or return of foreign contributions , but duties yvill have to be paid on articles sold . 8 . All packages , in order to insure admission duty free , must bear the printed official labels that will be furnished to exhibitors .

9 . No sketch , copy , or reproduction of any objects ex hibited yvill be alloyved to be taken without the special per mission of the exhibitor and the approval of the executive The right of permitting general vieyvs to be taken is , how > ever , reserved by the executive . 10 . Each exhibitor yvill receive a non-transferable sea son ticket , subject to the usual conditions , giving admis

sion to the Exhibition and to all the official ceremonies in connection with it . 11 . An Official General Catalogue in French , in which exhibitors may , at fixed charges , insert explana tcry notices immediately following their official class entries , will ™ published by the Belgian Executive . There will also he published a Special Official Catalogue of thc British Exhibits .

Public Health Congress At Brussels.

12 . Prices may be attached to thc articles exhibited , and the usual places of their sale notified . 13 . Under special conditions , small portable articles , such as can be immediately replaced , may be sold and removed at any time from the building . Other articles may be sold , but must not be removed until after the close of

the Exhibition . . 14 . The Belgian Executive yvill take all the usual precautions to preserve objects exhibited from injury , and the building will be watched by active officials . The executive , however , yvill not be in any yvay responsible for losses by theft , damage by fire , or other causes . Exhibitors can

effect insurances on their oyvn account . 15 . 'The charges for space , per square yard , or fraction of a yard , arc as follows : — In thc Main Building , floor space , 30 s . ; yvall space , 15 s . In Sheds , Tents , & c , floor space , iSs . In the Open Ground , ios .

But the minimum chargeable to each exhibitor is fixed at 30 s ., how small soever thespace actually occupied . The square yard only gives the right to one yard of frontage . All applications must specify the number of yards required in frontage and depth . Articles standing on the floor and against a yvall must not exceed ^ feet in height . Any further space

covered above yvill be charged as yvall space . As the arrangement of exhibits in the building yvill be strictly according to the classification , a separate form of application must be filled in for the space . required in each class in yvhich it is proposed to exhibit . 16 . Agents may be appointed by exhibitors , but such

nominations must be offiqially confirmed after communication to the London Committee . 17 . Exhibitors or their agents yvill be responsible for the packing , fonvarding , receiving , unpacking and repacking of goods , for the opening and at the closing of the Exhibition respectively , and yvill have to bear all charges connected thereyvith . The Belgian Government yvill reduce by

one-half the rates of transport by railway ; and all other possible concessions on the rates of transport by land and yvater yvill be obtained . 18 . All arrangements for the display of articles exhibited , including special constructions , stands , cases , tables , shelves , and the mounting of machinery and apparatus , will be at the charge of exhibitors , the plans being previously

submitted and approved . 19 . Everything intended for exhibition must be delivered at thc building before the 1 st May , 1876 , and be opened in the presence of the Belgian Custom House officers . 20 . All objects should be removed immediately after the close of the Exhibition 1 any remaining in the building after the 1 st November , 1876 , will be taken possession of

by the executive at the cost and risk of the owners . Whatever remains unclaimed after the 31 st December yvill be sold , and the proceeds disposed of by the executive . 21 . Exhibitors must conform in every yvay to the present and such other rules and regulations as may from time to

time be issued . Applications for space must be made immediately ; the necessary forms , and all information respecting the Exhibition , may be obtained of Mr . Edmund Johnson , Commissaire Delegue ' , at the offices of the Exhibition , 3 , Castlestreet , Holborn , London .

The Cosmopolitan Masonic Calendar, Diary, And Pocket Book For 1876.

THE COSMOPOLITAN MASONIC CALENDAR , DIARY , AND POCKET BOOK FOR 1876 .

A form has been forwarded within the last twelve or fourteen days to the W . M . of every London lodge , respectfully requesting that the name and number of the lodge , place , day and months of meeting might be filled in and returned as speedily as possible , in order that corrections ,

yvhere needed , may be made in the Diary and Pocket Book for 187 6 , which will be ready about October 1 st . As many lodges do not re-assemble until October and November , a large number of the applications yvill not unfortunately reach thc W . M . until too late for the

publication . The publisher yvill therefore be very thankful to any VV . M . or other officer , or members , yvho yvill favour him by foryvarding the above [ information as early as possible to the office , 198 , Fleet Street , London . A regular form yvill be sent , yvhen required , on receipt of name and address .

What They Say Of Us In North Britain.

WHAT THEY SAY OF US IN NORTH BRITAIN .

1 his , one of the most popular and successful of the organs of the Masonic body , continues to supply its numerous readers with useful information regarding the progress of the Order . In addition to publishing elaborate and reliable reports of meetings in Craft , Royal Arch , and Mark Masonry in this country , Canada , the United States

and elsewhere , there appear from yveek to yveek interesting and instructive " Notes and Queries , " which must prove of much service to the brethren ; and in the correspondence columns , also , there are numerous letters on matters attracting attention , which are generally treated in an able and liberal-minded manner . Last week ' s issue contains two very sensible and yvell written articles on the subjects

of " Scottish Freemasonry " and " Church'Rcstoration , " as well as others of a more or less readable nature . In the same number wc observe , among thc distinguished brethren who have signified their adhesion to thc Scottish Masonic Benevolent Fund , several belonging to Renfrewshire , namely , Sir M . R . Shaw Stewart , the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Scotland ; Colonel Mure of Caldwell ,

M . P . ; Colonel Campbell of Blythswood ; and William Guy , Esq ., Johnstone . The places and hours of thc meetings of the various lodges are also given , and numerous other items of importance tend to make the " Freemason '' almost indispensable to the brethren of the " mystic tie " who yvish to keep themselves posted up in what is transpiring in the Masonic yvorld . — " Greenock Telegraph and Clyde Shipping Gazette . "

Laying The Foundation Of A New Masonic Hall In Halifax, Nova Scotia.

LAYING THE FOUNDATION OF A NEW MASONIC HALL IN HALIFAX , NOVA SCOTIA .

'The corner stone of thc New Masonic Hall , corner of Granville and Salter Streets , was laid with one of the most imposing displays ever made by the Craft in Halifax . The weather was perhaps a trifle too yvarm for comfort in thc early afternoon , and the streets through which the

procession had to pass yvere dustier than they should have been . Otherwise everything favoured the ceremony . At tyvo o ' clock the Grand Lodge met in the old Masonic Hall , Harrington-street , and the Subordinate Lodges met at the same hour in the Skating Rink , South Park-street , After the necessary preliminaries , each body marched to

the appointed place of meeting , on Spring Garden-road . As the tyvo bodies met , the Subordinate Lodges opened their columns and allowed the Grand Lodge ( headed by the Grand Director of Ceremonies ) to pass through to the rear , that being the place of honour in Masonic processions . The procession yvas noyv complete in the folloyv ' nig order : —

SUBORDINATE LODGES : ( Band ofthe 66 th Halifax Volunteer Battalion of Infantry . ) Kentville Lodge , Kentville , No . 5 8 . Harmony Lodge , Aylesford , No . 52 . Eastern Star Lodge , Dartmouth , No . 51 . Orient Lodge , Halifax , No . 49 . Truro Lodge , Truro , No . 43 . Eureka Lodge , Sheet Harbor , No . 42 .

Lodge of St . Mark , Halifax , No . 38 Conequid Lodge , Truro , No . 37 . Welsford Lodge , Windsor , No . 28 . Union Lodge , Halifax , No . 18 .

Keith Lodge , Halifax , No . 17 . Athole Lodge , Halifax , No . 15 . Acadia Lodge , Halifax , No . 14 . Burns Lodge , Halifax , No . 10 . Royal Sussex Lodge , Halifax , No . 6 . Virgin Lodge , Halifax , No . 3 . St . John ' s Lodge , Halifax , No . 2 . Royal Standard ( Registry of the Grand Lodgeof England ,

and chiefly composed of Her Majesty ' s soldiers and sailors ) , Halifax . St . Andreyv ' s Lodge , Halifax , No . 1 . Each Subordinate Lodge was formed in the folloyving order : —

Tyler yvith drayvn sword . Steyvards yvith white rods . Entered Apprentices . Felloyv Crafts . Master Masons . Tyvo Deacons yvith rods . Secretary and Treasurer . Senior and Junior Wardens yvith columns

Past Masters . Master , supported by tyvo Deacons yvith rods . THE GRAND LODGE . ( Band of the 63 rd Halifax Volunteer Battalion . ) Grand Tyler yvith drayvn syvord . Grand Stewards with white rods . Principal Architect , yvith square , level , and plumb Past Grand Chaplains .

Grand Chaplains . Thc Five Orders of Architecture

Past Grand Secretaries and 1 reasurers . Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer . Bible , Square , and Compasses , supported by two Steyvards . District Deputy Grand Masters . Past Junior Grand Wardens . Junior Grand Warden carrying silver vessel with oil

Past Senior Grand Wardens . Senior Grand Warden carrying vessel with wine . Past Deputy Grand Masters . Deputy Grand Master carrying the golden vessel with

corn . Master of thc oldest Lodge carrying the Book of Constitutions . Grand Master supported by tyvo Deacons with rods . Grand Standard Bearer . Grand Syvord Bearer with drayvn sword . In this order , with banners flying and bands playing ,

thc procession marched through avenues of people yvho filled the streets along the route , South through Queenstreet to Morris-street , East to Hollis-street , North to George-street , and thence South through Granville-street to the foundation of the neyv building . When the head of thc procession reached the foundation a halt yvas called , and the columns opened , alloyving the Grand Lodge and

Senior and Subordinate Lodges to pass through and take precedence . The scene at this point , when the Masons had taken their positions , was a brilliant one . The yvhole area of the new building had been covered yvith substantial seats , rising tier above tier , which were noyv filled with the Masons ' lady friends to the number of about six hundred—the

youth , beauty , and fashion of the city . In front yvere representatives of the Army and Navy , the Dominion and Local Governments , the City Corporation , the Clergy , & c , with their lady friends . Below them , and near the corner stone , which hung suspended from a derrick , were the Grand Master and Officers of the Grand Lodge wearing the brilliant regalia , rich jewels , and other emblems of

their rank . Around them , within and without the lines of enclosure , were the Masons generally , to the num . ber of nine hundred , wearing black clothing , white ties and gloves , bouquets of flowers and varied regalia—some having only the simple yvhite lambskin or leathern apron

" the emblem of innocence and the badge of a Mason , " and others having more showy ornamented aprons . Outside the Masons' circle was a great gathering of spectators , and many others filled thc windows and covered the roofs of the neighbouring houses . Such a scene must be memorable in the annals of Masonry in Halifax .