Provincial Lodges.

PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OP DORSET . Grand Tyler . Grand Pursuivant . Grand Organist . Grand Architect . Grand Director of Ceremonies . Grand Deacon . Grand Deacon .

Grand Secretary , with the Book of Constitutions on a Velvet Cushion . Grand Treasurer . Grand Registrar . Past Provincial Grand Officers . Senior Grand Warden . Junior Grand Warden . Visitors of Distinction . Steward . Banner of Provincial Grand Lodge . Steward . Steward . Volume of the Sacred Law on a Velvet Cushion . Steward

Grand Chaplain . Grand Sword Bearer . Steward . R . W . P . G . M ., Henry Ralph Willett , Esq . Steward . The Provincial Grand Tyler . On arriving at the church door , the procession filed off right and left , the P . G . M ., Provincial Grand Lodge , ancl the whole procession passing up the middle and entering

the church , the band playing the National Anthem , and the noble organ sounding an admirable voluntary till the whole of the assemblage was seated—every part of the sacred building being densely crowded . The service for the day was read by the Rev . T . Pearce of Morden , P . G . C ., and a most excellent Sermon preached by the Rev . B . Maturin , of Ringwood , from the 4 th c . 1 Epis . of St . John , llth v ., — "Beloved , if God so loved us , we ought also to love one another . " On leaving the church the processionwith its provincial banners

, , and those of the several Lodges in the province , was re-formed , and returned to the Hall , where the usual business of the Lodge was transacted . The following Brethren were then appointed Provincial Grand Officers for the year ensuing : — Br . R . Hare , No . 199 , Weymouth , Deputy Provincial Grand Master ; Br . C . J . Stone , No . 160 , Poole , Senior Warden ; Br . S . Harvey , No . 694 , Shaftesbury , Junior Warden ; Br . C . Scott , No . 905 , Wimborne , Chaplain ; Br . R . Brounker , No . 905 , Wimbome , Registrar ; Br . W . Hannon , No . 694 , Shaftesbury , Treasurer ; Br . J .

Maunders , No . 199 , Weymouth , Secretary ; Br . T . Patch , No . 605 , Dorchester , Organist ; Br . J . Saunders , No . 160 , Poole , Standard Bearer , Br . W . Phippard , No . 542 , Wareham , Pursuivant ; Br . J . J . Drew , No . 542 , Wareham , Br . C . Yearsley , No . 542 , Wareham , Br J . Blandfield , No . 160 , Poole , Br . G . Meaden , No . 160 , Poole , Stewards ; Br . O . Maggs , No . 640 , Bourton , Senior Deacon ; Br . Wm . Bryant , No . 199 , Weymouth , Junior Deacon ; Br . G . Evans , No . 805 , Wimborn , Superintendent of Works ; Br . W . Maskell , No . 094 , Shaftesbury ,

Director of Ceremonies ; Br . T . W . Dominy , No . 199 , Weymouth , Assistant-Director of Ceremonies ; Br . J . B . Brown , No . 160 , Poole , Sword Bearer . After these appointments , donations of 2 guineas each were granted to the Institutions for Aged and Decayed Bretlaren ; to the Widow and Orphan Fund ; to the Boys' School , and to the Girls' School . The respective officers were each invested with his jewel of office , and Br . Hare , the newly-appointed Deputy P . G . M . took the opportunity of stating that the office

, of P . G . Secretary had given him the means of becoming acquainted with the working and wishes of the Lodges of the province , and he hoped in the exercise of the duties with which he had been honoured , to be enabled at an early period to visit each and every Lodge . All communications on Masonic business transmitted to him should have his best attention , and where necessary , be immediately laid before the right Br . Worshipful Provincial Grand Master . Votes of thanks were passed to the Mayor and Corporation of Poole for the use of