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tions by the Grand . Committee , to the effect of simplifying and lessening the labour consequent on the management of the Chapter , by combining the duties heretofore performed by several of the office-bearers , and suppressing those of others which it was thought were not in accordance with the Grder , but had been inadvertently borrowed from Craft Masonry . These matters having been disposed of , the Chapter , at 5 p . m ., proceeded to the election of office-bearers for
the year ensuing , when the following Companions were declared duly elected and installed in office , viz : —Dr . George Arnott Walker Arnott , G . P . Z . ; John Whyte Melville , Pro . G . Z . ; Captain Patrick Deuchar , ^ Mackitchie , P . II . ; John Deuchar , P . J . ; William Gaylor , E . ; Edward Main , N . ; John Henry , Treasurer ; Thomas Bong , Eecorder ; Donald Campbell , Chancellor ; John Gellatly , 1 st Sojourner ; Alexander Douriie , 2 nd Sojourner ; Robert Bamage , 3 rd Sojourner ; George Darling , Sword Bearer ; Stewart Watson and Thomas Drybrough , StandardBearers ; David Crichton , Janitor .
The election and installation being concluded , the Chapter was closed in ample form after which the Companions , according to usual practice , adjourned to an adjoining hall , tastefully decorated with the emblems and insignia of the Order , to dine together in honour of the occasion of their present meeting . The assemblage of the Companions outnumbered those present on any similar occasion during the last ten or twelve years . The chair was occupied by Dr . Arnott , the M . E . P . Z . ; supported on the right by Dr . Mackitchie , G . P . H ., and on the left by John
Deiichar , of Morningside , G . P . J . ; Comp . John Gellatly , 1 st Grand Sojourner , performing the duties of Croupier . Grace having been said by M . E . P . J ., the Companions partook of an excellent repast , provided in a style of elegance and comfort peculiar to Comp . Beattie , the worthy landlord . The excellent chairman , having disposed of the usual loyal and patriotic toasts , and fraternally acknowledged the heads of the Sister Grand Chapters of England and Ireland , proceeded to notice the prosperous condition to which the Supreme Grand Chapter of Scotland had now arrived . Already were there on the Roll seventy-seven Chapters ,
some of which , no doubt , had , through adverse circumstances , now ceased to exist ; but to compensate for this , new Charters were from year to year being applied for , and it might reasonably be anticipated that from these sources , and from the accession daily received by the establishment of separate Mark Lodges , which were eagerly applied for by English Brethren , the Supreme Chapter would find itself in a position of strength and importance which it had not hitherto been its fortune to possess . In reply to his health being proposed by M . E . P . J ., the M . E . chairman stated that he duly felt and appreciated the honour which had this day been done him , by electing him for the second time to the high office
of P . G . Z ., an office which he acknowledged it to be his pride to occupy , and by every effort in his power was willing and anxious to render serviceable to the Companions , so long as he should be enabled to hold it ; but looking at the fact of this day being the commencement to him of the fifteenth year of office in the Chapter , and that his health had of late been declining , while he felt advanced years were now approaching , lie greatly doubted whether this was not the last occasion on which he might have the pleasure of meeting with the Companions at the festive board . It would be well , therefore , for the Chapter to be prepared with a successor for him . This announcement was received with deep regret by the Companions .
The healths of various others of the Office-bearers having been proposed and suitably acknowledged , the excellent chairman took occasion to notice the growing desire which had of late manifested itself in England to obtain , in a legal manner , warrants to work the Mark Master Degree , from which , by the Constitutions of England , they were excluded , as that Degree was ignored by both Blue and Eed Charter . There had already been four warrants granted for this Degree to different parts of England , and four or five more were in embryo , and it was considered that before another year should have revolved , that number might be tripled or quadrupled , such was the spirit and eagerness evinced by the English Brethren to possess this Degree . He concluded by proposing , " Prosperity to the
Mark Master Lodges holding Warrants under Scotland . " Three Chapters , Edinburgh , No . 1 , Glasgow , No . 50 , and Canongate Kil
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tions by the Grand . Committee , to the effect of simplifying and lessening the labour consequent on the management of the Chapter , by combining the duties heretofore performed by several of the office-bearers , and suppressing those of others which it was thought were not in accordance with the Grder , but had been inadvertently borrowed from Craft Masonry . These matters having been disposed of , the Chapter , at 5 p . m ., proceeded to the election of office-bearers for
the year ensuing , when the following Companions were declared duly elected and installed in office , viz : —Dr . George Arnott Walker Arnott , G . P . Z . ; John Whyte Melville , Pro . G . Z . ; Captain Patrick Deuchar , ^ Mackitchie , P . II . ; John Deuchar , P . J . ; William Gaylor , E . ; Edward Main , N . ; John Henry , Treasurer ; Thomas Bong , Eecorder ; Donald Campbell , Chancellor ; John Gellatly , 1 st Sojourner ; Alexander Douriie , 2 nd Sojourner ; Robert Bamage , 3 rd Sojourner ; George Darling , Sword Bearer ; Stewart Watson and Thomas Drybrough , StandardBearers ; David Crichton , Janitor .
The election and installation being concluded , the Chapter was closed in ample form after which the Companions , according to usual practice , adjourned to an adjoining hall , tastefully decorated with the emblems and insignia of the Order , to dine together in honour of the occasion of their present meeting . The assemblage of the Companions outnumbered those present on any similar occasion during the last ten or twelve years . The chair was occupied by Dr . Arnott , the M . E . P . Z . ; supported on the right by Dr . Mackitchie , G . P . H ., and on the left by John
Deiichar , of Morningside , G . P . J . ; Comp . John Gellatly , 1 st Grand Sojourner , performing the duties of Croupier . Grace having been said by M . E . P . J ., the Companions partook of an excellent repast , provided in a style of elegance and comfort peculiar to Comp . Beattie , the worthy landlord . The excellent chairman , having disposed of the usual loyal and patriotic toasts , and fraternally acknowledged the heads of the Sister Grand Chapters of England and Ireland , proceeded to notice the prosperous condition to which the Supreme Grand Chapter of Scotland had now arrived . Already were there on the Roll seventy-seven Chapters ,
some of which , no doubt , had , through adverse circumstances , now ceased to exist ; but to compensate for this , new Charters were from year to year being applied for , and it might reasonably be anticipated that from these sources , and from the accession daily received by the establishment of separate Mark Lodges , which were eagerly applied for by English Brethren , the Supreme Chapter would find itself in a position of strength and importance which it had not hitherto been its fortune to possess . In reply to his health being proposed by M . E . P . J ., the M . E . chairman stated that he duly felt and appreciated the honour which had this day been done him , by electing him for the second time to the high office
of P . G . Z ., an office which he acknowledged it to be his pride to occupy , and by every effort in his power was willing and anxious to render serviceable to the Companions , so long as he should be enabled to hold it ; but looking at the fact of this day being the commencement to him of the fifteenth year of office in the Chapter , and that his health had of late been declining , while he felt advanced years were now approaching , lie greatly doubted whether this was not the last occasion on which he might have the pleasure of meeting with the Companions at the festive board . It would be well , therefore , for the Chapter to be prepared with a successor for him . This announcement was received with deep regret by the Companions .
The healths of various others of the Office-bearers having been proposed and suitably acknowledged , the excellent chairman took occasion to notice the growing desire which had of late manifested itself in England to obtain , in a legal manner , warrants to work the Mark Master Degree , from which , by the Constitutions of England , they were excluded , as that Degree was ignored by both Blue and Eed Charter . There had already been four warrants granted for this Degree to different parts of England , and four or five more were in embryo , and it was considered that before another year should have revolved , that number might be tripled or quadrupled , such was the spirit and eagerness evinced by the English Brethren to possess this Degree . He concluded by proposing , " Prosperity to the
Mark Master Lodges holding Warrants under Scotland . " Three Chapters , Edinburgh , No . 1 , Glasgow , No . 50 , and Canongate Kil