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Ma1k Masonry.
particulars of the old working and ceremonies pertaining theroto . The newly advanced Brethren are Bros . Henry Bell , P . M ., No . 586 ; Robert Fisher , W . M ., No . 586 ; John Popple well , J . D ., No . 985 ; and Thomas Pearson Tate ,.. No . 774 . There being no further business , the Lod ge was duly closed in love and harmony .
Royal Arch.
ROYAL AR £ IL
SUPREME GRAND OHAPTEK . The quarterly convocation of Grand Chapter was holden in the Temple attached to Freemason ' s Hall , on Wednesday , August 11 th , when there were present Comp . Hall , as M . E . Z . ; Comp . C . P . Cooper , as H . ; Comp . Pattison , as J . ; Comp . AV . Gray Clarke , E . ; Comp . Crohn , P . Soj . ; Comp . Roxburgh , Reg . ; Comps . Havers , Gole 5 Biggs , Symonds , Bradford , Farnfield , and about twenty others .
The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed , Comp . Clarke proceeded to read the report of the general committee , which stated that the accounts to the 21 st July showed the following result — Balance in hand to 21 st April , £ 200 8 s . lOd . ; since received £ 200 19 s . 6 d . ; together , £ 401 8 s . id . The disbursements had been £ 93 2 s ., leaving a balance of £ 308 6 s . id ; out of Avhich they recommended £ 200 consols to be purchased , making the funded property £ 2 , 200 . A petition had been received for a Chapter to be attached to the Lodge of Integrity , No . 771 , held in II . M . ' s 14 th Regiment of Foot , with Comp .
Jas . Hale a ^ Z . ; Angus W . Hale , H . ; and Jas . Conroy , J . The petition was regular in form , but as many of the petitioners were not registered on the books of Grand Chapter , it was recommended that the prayer be granted , subject to the payment of fees for registration . A petition had also been received for a Chapter to be attached to the CollingAVOod Lodge , No . 1029 , at Collingwood , Melbourne , Victoria , with Comps . Jos . Jno . Moody , as Z . ; Jos . Lewis , H ., and Moses Rintel , J ., Avhich the committee recommended to be granted . It having been brought to the notice of the committee that a Brother , initiated in a Lodge at
Smyrna , under a body called the Grand Lodge of Turkey , had been exalted in the All Souls Chapter , No . 199 , Weymouth , and an application having been made for a Royal Arch certificate , the committee , after much consideration , resolved — " That the Grand Lodge of Turkey not being recognized by the Grand Lodge of England , they cannot recommend that a certificate be granted to any one said to be initiated under that institution , and subsequently exalted in a Chapter under
the Grand Chapter of England , until such recognition take place . ' The committee reported that they had received a letter from the First Principal of the Zetland Chapter ( No . 548 ) , Sydney , New South Wales , respecting the fees paid by Companions belonging to colonial Chapters , and praying that concessions might be made in respect of register fees similar to those recently made to Craft Lodges . And the committee recommended the subject to the consideration of Grand
Chapter . The report having been received , the two charters prayed for Avere granted , subject to the limitation with regard to the first , recommended by the committee . Comp . Gole , referring to that part of the report which alluded to the non-granting of a certificate to a member of the Grand Lodge of Turkey , exalted at Weymouth , Avished to ask some member of the general committee to explain upon
what grounds they had taken upon themselves to refuse a certificate to a Companion who had been intrusted Avith the secrets of the Order . Masonry was universal , « md if the Brother showed that ho had been duly initiated , and claimed to be received into a Royal Arch Chapter , ho had a right to partake of their secrets . Comp . Pattison replied , that if the Brother came from any body recognised by the Grand Lodge of England , it would be so . They knew nothing of the ( hand Lodge of Turkey—it was not recognized by the Grand Lodge of England , and VOL . V . T
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Ma1k Masonry.
particulars of the old working and ceremonies pertaining theroto . The newly advanced Brethren are Bros . Henry Bell , P . M ., No . 586 ; Robert Fisher , W . M ., No . 586 ; John Popple well , J . D ., No . 985 ; and Thomas Pearson Tate ,.. No . 774 . There being no further business , the Lod ge was duly closed in love and harmony .
Royal Arch.
ROYAL AR £ IL
SUPREME GRAND OHAPTEK . The quarterly convocation of Grand Chapter was holden in the Temple attached to Freemason ' s Hall , on Wednesday , August 11 th , when there were present Comp . Hall , as M . E . Z . ; Comp . C . P . Cooper , as H . ; Comp . Pattison , as J . ; Comp . AV . Gray Clarke , E . ; Comp . Crohn , P . Soj . ; Comp . Roxburgh , Reg . ; Comps . Havers , Gole 5 Biggs , Symonds , Bradford , Farnfield , and about twenty others .
The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed , Comp . Clarke proceeded to read the report of the general committee , which stated that the accounts to the 21 st July showed the following result — Balance in hand to 21 st April , £ 200 8 s . lOd . ; since received £ 200 19 s . 6 d . ; together , £ 401 8 s . id . The disbursements had been £ 93 2 s ., leaving a balance of £ 308 6 s . id ; out of Avhich they recommended £ 200 consols to be purchased , making the funded property £ 2 , 200 . A petition had been received for a Chapter to be attached to the Lodge of Integrity , No . 771 , held in II . M . ' s 14 th Regiment of Foot , with Comp .
Jas . Hale a ^ Z . ; Angus W . Hale , H . ; and Jas . Conroy , J . The petition was regular in form , but as many of the petitioners were not registered on the books of Grand Chapter , it was recommended that the prayer be granted , subject to the payment of fees for registration . A petition had also been received for a Chapter to be attached to the CollingAVOod Lodge , No . 1029 , at Collingwood , Melbourne , Victoria , with Comps . Jos . Jno . Moody , as Z . ; Jos . Lewis , H ., and Moses Rintel , J ., Avhich the committee recommended to be granted . It having been brought to the notice of the committee that a Brother , initiated in a Lodge at
Smyrna , under a body called the Grand Lodge of Turkey , had been exalted in the All Souls Chapter , No . 199 , Weymouth , and an application having been made for a Royal Arch certificate , the committee , after much consideration , resolved — " That the Grand Lodge of Turkey not being recognized by the Grand Lodge of England , they cannot recommend that a certificate be granted to any one said to be initiated under that institution , and subsequently exalted in a Chapter under
the Grand Chapter of England , until such recognition take place . ' The committee reported that they had received a letter from the First Principal of the Zetland Chapter ( No . 548 ) , Sydney , New South Wales , respecting the fees paid by Companions belonging to colonial Chapters , and praying that concessions might be made in respect of register fees similar to those recently made to Craft Lodges . And the committee recommended the subject to the consideration of Grand
Chapter . The report having been received , the two charters prayed for Avere granted , subject to the limitation with regard to the first , recommended by the committee . Comp . Gole , referring to that part of the report which alluded to the non-granting of a certificate to a member of the Grand Lodge of Turkey , exalted at Weymouth , Avished to ask some member of the general committee to explain upon
what grounds they had taken upon themselves to refuse a certificate to a Companion who had been intrusted Avith the secrets of the Order . Masonry was universal , « md if the Brother showed that ho had been duly initiated , and claimed to be received into a Royal Arch Chapter , ho had a right to partake of their secrets . Comp . Pattison replied , that if the Brother came from any body recognised by the Grand Lodge of England , it would be so . They knew nothing of the ( hand Lodge of Turkey—it was not recognized by the Grand Lodge of England , and VOL . V . T