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Notices.
NOTICES .
All communications for the Editor , to insure insertion in the next week ' s number , should be forwarded not later than Saturday , A . dvertisers will oblige by forwarding their favours at the latest by 12 o ' clock on Monday morning . Emblematic covers for the volume of 1857 will be ready in a few days , price Is . 6 d . Afew volumes may also be had , price 14 s . 6 cL each .
The January number of 1857 having been reprinted , the Brethren may now complete their sets without inconvenience . Special Notice . —Our correspondents who so kindly furnish us with reports of meetings , & C , are earnestly requested in every case to write on one side only of the paper they use . In future , the non-observance of this rule will necessitate our passing over communications which we should otherwise gladly insert , and
which the Craft would be benefited by having presented to them ; for , in order to produce our Magazine at the proper time , we are obliged to facilitate the operations of the printer , who knows no worse impediment than backed copy , not always legibly written . In giving proper names , where accuracy is so essential—since for the spelling of such there is no orthographical standard—our correspondents should ' "be careful to write very distinctly . Provincial Masonic Appointments . —Our list of these appointments will appear next week .
TO COEEESPONDENTS . " W . S . "—There is no necessity for the ceremony of installation on the re-election of the W . M . for another year . In London , he is generally obligated again , so far as regards the duties of the chair , and the officers having been appointed , the ceremony concludes with the addresses . The first thing required from a Brother on
becoming a Steward of one of the charities is to deposit a sum of money ( generally varying from £ 3 to £ 8 , according to the number of Stewards ) , towards defraying the expenses of the festival—such as music , ladies' tickets , printing , & c—in order that the amount subscribed for the charity may not be diminished by deductions for expenses which are consequent on all public dinners .
" C . P . " wishes to be informed where he can procure rules for the formation of a Provincial Eund of Benevolence , in accordance with the suggestion in the Book of Constitutions ?—[ No doubt some of our friends in the country will forward us a copy for " C . P . " ] -- " C . P . " also asks for the name of the author , title , publisher , and price of a work , published about two years ago , on either Central America or Africa , giving accounts and illustrations of many newly-discovered rock temples of great magnificence—astounding evidences of the antiquity of Freemasonry .
"P . M . " asks , Can a Lodge be legally opened in the absence of the W . M ., P . Ms , and Wardens of a Lodge , and the W . M . elect installed by a visitor ? In the case alluded to , the V . W . Prov . G . M . did not attend , nor any deputation from him ; a Prov . J . G . D . was in attendance , and opened the Lodge , and installed , but he was only a visitor . The principal Officers of the Lodge and the P . Ms were all absent . Seven members of the Lodge and fourteen visitors were present . [ There is no doubt that if the Brother was authorized to do so by the W . M ., ho was perfectly in order . ] Several communications arrived too late for our present number . Brethren will oblige by posting their favours as early as possible after their meetings .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Notices.
NOTICES .
All communications for the Editor , to insure insertion in the next week ' s number , should be forwarded not later than Saturday , A . dvertisers will oblige by forwarding their favours at the latest by 12 o ' clock on Monday morning . Emblematic covers for the volume of 1857 will be ready in a few days , price Is . 6 d . Afew volumes may also be had , price 14 s . 6 cL each .
The January number of 1857 having been reprinted , the Brethren may now complete their sets without inconvenience . Special Notice . —Our correspondents who so kindly furnish us with reports of meetings , & C , are earnestly requested in every case to write on one side only of the paper they use . In future , the non-observance of this rule will necessitate our passing over communications which we should otherwise gladly insert , and
which the Craft would be benefited by having presented to them ; for , in order to produce our Magazine at the proper time , we are obliged to facilitate the operations of the printer , who knows no worse impediment than backed copy , not always legibly written . In giving proper names , where accuracy is so essential—since for the spelling of such there is no orthographical standard—our correspondents should ' "be careful to write very distinctly . Provincial Masonic Appointments . —Our list of these appointments will appear next week .
TO COEEESPONDENTS . " W . S . "—There is no necessity for the ceremony of installation on the re-election of the W . M . for another year . In London , he is generally obligated again , so far as regards the duties of the chair , and the officers having been appointed , the ceremony concludes with the addresses . The first thing required from a Brother on
becoming a Steward of one of the charities is to deposit a sum of money ( generally varying from £ 3 to £ 8 , according to the number of Stewards ) , towards defraying the expenses of the festival—such as music , ladies' tickets , printing , & c—in order that the amount subscribed for the charity may not be diminished by deductions for expenses which are consequent on all public dinners .
" C . P . " wishes to be informed where he can procure rules for the formation of a Provincial Eund of Benevolence , in accordance with the suggestion in the Book of Constitutions ?—[ No doubt some of our friends in the country will forward us a copy for " C . P . " ] -- " C . P . " also asks for the name of the author , title , publisher , and price of a work , published about two years ago , on either Central America or Africa , giving accounts and illustrations of many newly-discovered rock temples of great magnificence—astounding evidences of the antiquity of Freemasonry .
"P . M . " asks , Can a Lodge be legally opened in the absence of the W . M ., P . Ms , and Wardens of a Lodge , and the W . M . elect installed by a visitor ? In the case alluded to , the V . W . Prov . G . M . did not attend , nor any deputation from him ; a Prov . J . G . D . was in attendance , and opened the Lodge , and installed , but he was only a visitor . The principal Officers of the Lodge and the P . Ms were all absent . Seven members of the Lodge and fourteen visitors were present . [ There is no doubt that if the Brother was authorized to do so by the W . M ., ho was perfectly in order . ] Several communications arrived too late for our present number . Brethren will oblige by posting their favours as early as possible after their meetings .