The Lodge Of St. Andrew, Boston, U.S.A.

¦ of Alassachusetts is one of the largest and most influential organizations in North America . A word or two as to the Warrant . The Scottish Grand Secretary , Bro . Alexr . Dougall , was not noted , I should say , for his clerical accuracy , or his successors were far behind in their duties , for some Warrants during his

• occupancy of that office failed to be registered . The " Kilwinning" Porl Royal Crosse Lodge , State of Virginia , chartered by the G . M . in 1755 , and duly authorized and signed by the officials , is not noted in the Regulations of the Grand Lodge of Scotland , 18 3 6 and 18 4 8 , which have the List of Lodges to date of issue , and others are in the same condition formed in that State .

Lodge St . Andrew is said to have been numbered 81 , and another for Blandford , Virginia , bore 82 of the same year , while the famous Lodge at Fredericksburg , of 1758 , is not noted in the Scottish Register at all , though the original Warrant is still preserved . I hope some day to refer to the histories of these two

Lodges of this worthy trio . The Centenary of the ¦ distinguished Lodge of St . Andrew was celebrated Nov . 29 th , 1856 , with all the Ceremony and Rejoicing possible , and on Dec . 28 th , 186 9 , the Centennial Observance of the Inauguration of General Warren as Prov . G . M . of Afass . was also

¦ commemorated , the proceedings being on a most extensive scale . Best of all a Memorial Volume was published in 1870 , ¦ dealing with these two great events and the extraordinary career of the Lodge . The work is of a most sumptuous , interesting , and

-valuable character , only five hundred copies being published ; the style and beauty of the work generally has never been surpassed by any other record of an old Lodge with such a grand History . W . T . HUGHAN .

THE JEWEL OF LODGE ST . ANDREW .

Empire Lodge, No. 2108.

Empire Lodge , No . 2108 .

Jnitiation of the Japanese ( Minister , Viscount JCayashi , ' D . G . J ? ., BE . T ) .

OF the many important meetings recent ! } ' held under the banner of the Empire Lodge probably the initiation of Viscount Hayashi , the first native of Japan to be introduced into Freemasonry in England , will be remembered as not the least noteworthy . The ceremony was admirably performed by the Worshipful Alaster , Bro . Sidney F . Isitt ,

assisted by Bro . Sir Edward Letchworth , Grand Secretary . Amongst the distinguished brethren present were noticed Bros . Colonel Alalet de Carteret , P . G . Alaster of Jersey ; General J . Wimburn Laurie , ALP ., P . G . Alaster of South Wales ( Western Division ) , P . G . Master of Nova Scotia ;

George Richards , D . G . Alaster of the Transvaal ; Hamon Le Strange , P . G . Alaster of Norfolk ; Viscount Templetown , P . G . W ., S . G . W . of Ireland ; J . D . G . Dalrymple Woodhead , Substitute Grand Alaster Alason of Scotland ; the Rev . Canon QuennellG . Chaplain ; the Rev . Canon Brownrigg ,

, P . G . Chaplain ; the Very Rev . the Dean of Battle , P . G . Chaplain ; John Morland , D . P . G . Master of Berkshire ; Sir Horace Tozer , K . C . M . G ., Agent-General for Queensland ; R . Horton Smith , K . C ., P . G . Registrar ; R . Loveland Loveland , K . C ., President Board of Gen . Purps . ; Sir Edward

Letchworth , Grand Secretary ; Sir Arthur Trendell , C . AI . G ., P . D . G . D . C , Treasurer ; Sir George Truscott and Sir Thomas Brooke-Hitching , Sheriffs of London ; Daniel Mayer , P . G . D . ; and many other Grand Officers and brethren . The subsequent banquet was partaken of by about 150 brethren

In submitting the toast of " The Grand Officers , " the Worshipful Alaster announced that a letter had been received from Earl Amherst expressing deep regret at his inability to

be present . He would propose the toast in the words once used by a Past Alaster— " The less said about the Grand Officers the better , " but he would ask the brethren to put the happiest construction on the sentence that evening . In reply , Bro . Colonel Alalet de Carteret , P . G . Alaster of Jersey , said that amongst others he would like to mention

the Grand Secretary , the President of the Board of General Purposes , and the Grand Chaplains , as examples of Grand Officers whose work was no sinecure . He could say with regard to the initiate of the evening , from experience of life in Japan , that there were no more charming people than the

Japanese . Bro . Sir Arthur Trendell , C . AI . G ., P . A . G . D . C , Treasurer , next proposed the toast of " The Sister and District Grand Lodges . " It was not , he said , the first opportunity which he had had of greeting at the Empire Lodge Bro . General

Laurie and the representatives of the Grand Lodges of Ireland and Scotland . They had also the gratification of again welcoming Bro . George Richards , who had but recently returned from the Transvaal . It had been , he thought , a particular pleasure to the brethren he had named

—whom he would ask to respond to the toast—to be present that evening at the initiation of a cultured representative of a friendly power . Bro . General Laurie , P . G . Alaster of South Wales , and P . G . Alaster of Nova Scotia , in responding , reminded the brethren that he had been with them at the consecration of

the lodge . He thought that their work as well as their responsibilities had increased since then . The Empire Lodge had become the recognised host of visitors to