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Royal Arch.
EOYAL ARCH .
PROVINCIAL CHAPTER . Norwich . —Perseverance Chapter ( No . 258 ) . —A meeting of this Chapter was holden at the Lamb Inn , St . Peter ' s , Mancroft , on Friday , August 13 th . The Chapter was opened by Comps . J . Howes , as Z . ; H . J . Mason , H . ; and Wm . Wicks , as J . Three Brethren were then proposed for exaltation at the next quarterly meeting . It was proposed by Comp . H . J . Mason , and seconded by Comp . W . R . Redgrave , that the next quarterly convocation be held early in September , at the Royal Hotel , Market Place , there not being sufficient room to hold the Chapter at the above inn . The proposition was unanimously agreed to : there are six candidates for exaltation .
Ireland.
IRELAND .
Limerick . —Bro . Michael Furnell , B . Z ., Prov . Grand Master of North Munster , arrived at Cruise ' s Hotel on the evening of the 7 th August , and on the following clay presided at meetings of the Provincial Grand Lodge , of the Union Lodge , No . 13 , and of the Prince Masons' Chapter , No . 4 .
Colonial.
COLONIAL .
[ From owr own Correspondent . ] Sydney . —Zetland Royal Arch Chapter of Australia . —The usual bi-monthly convocation of this Chapter was held on the first Monday in March ; at which many complaints were made by the younger Companions of the delay experienced in obtaining their R . A . certificates , and a very general feeling seemed to exist that the present fees to the Grand Chapter of England were too high , and that they ought to be reduced and rendered more in unison with the late alterations in Craft certificates . After some conversation , the M . E . Z . said that the whole amount due would be transmitted home , up to January 1 st , 1858 , and the matter left in the hands
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ofthe Supreme Grand Chapter , who would no doubt see the necessity of reducing the fees , if not done already . The Chapter then closed at eleven o ' clock . The Lodge of Instruction , in connection with the Lodge of Harmony , held its usual meeting in April , Bro . S . A . De Lissa , P . M ., in the chair , when the first four sections of the first lecture were gone through ; and as the earlier part of the evening had been occupied by the Lodge of Harmony in raising Bro . Ashmore , who was about to proceed to New Caledonia , to the degree of M . M ,, the remainder of the lecture was postponed to the next meeting . The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge took place on the 15 th May , and was most numerously attended . The Lodge was opened in form , and the minutes of the previous meeting confirmed . A report was brought up from the Board of General Purposes , and received . The D . Prov-G . M ., Bro . Williams , then appointed his officers for the ensuing year ; the election of Brethren also took placo for the Board of General Purposes , when six were elected ,
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Royal Arch.
EOYAL ARCH .
PROVINCIAL CHAPTER . Norwich . —Perseverance Chapter ( No . 258 ) . —A meeting of this Chapter was holden at the Lamb Inn , St . Peter ' s , Mancroft , on Friday , August 13 th . The Chapter was opened by Comps . J . Howes , as Z . ; H . J . Mason , H . ; and Wm . Wicks , as J . Three Brethren were then proposed for exaltation at the next quarterly meeting . It was proposed by Comp . H . J . Mason , and seconded by Comp . W . R . Redgrave , that the next quarterly convocation be held early in September , at the Royal Hotel , Market Place , there not being sufficient room to hold the Chapter at the above inn . The proposition was unanimously agreed to : there are six candidates for exaltation .
Ireland.
IRELAND .
Limerick . —Bro . Michael Furnell , B . Z ., Prov . Grand Master of North Munster , arrived at Cruise ' s Hotel on the evening of the 7 th August , and on the following clay presided at meetings of the Provincial Grand Lodge , of the Union Lodge , No . 13 , and of the Prince Masons' Chapter , No . 4 .
Colonial.
COLONIAL .
[ From owr own Correspondent . ] Sydney . —Zetland Royal Arch Chapter of Australia . —The usual bi-monthly convocation of this Chapter was held on the first Monday in March ; at which many complaints were made by the younger Companions of the delay experienced in obtaining their R . A . certificates , and a very general feeling seemed to exist that the present fees to the Grand Chapter of England were too high , and that they ought to be reduced and rendered more in unison with the late alterations in Craft certificates . After some conversation , the M . E . Z . said that the whole amount due would be transmitted home , up to January 1 st , 1858 , and the matter left in the hands
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ofthe Supreme Grand Chapter , who would no doubt see the necessity of reducing the fees , if not done already . The Chapter then closed at eleven o ' clock . The Lodge of Instruction , in connection with the Lodge of Harmony , held its usual meeting in April , Bro . S . A . De Lissa , P . M ., in the chair , when the first four sections of the first lecture were gone through ; and as the earlier part of the evening had been occupied by the Lodge of Harmony in raising Bro . Ashmore , who was about to proceed to New Caledonia , to the degree of M . M ,, the remainder of the lecture was postponed to the next meeting . The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge took place on the 15 th May , and was most numerously attended . The Lodge was opened in form , and the minutes of the previous meeting confirmed . A report was brought up from the Board of General Purposes , and received . The D . Prov-G . M ., Bro . Williams , then appointed his officers for the ensuing year ; the election of Brethren also took placo for the Board of General Purposes , when six were elected ,