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four years to a great extent abandoned . In truth , as a rule , we look upon it that there are but two officers , or perhaps three , in Prov ., Grand Lodges whom as a rule it is necessary should be continued in officefor more than one year . The Prov . G . Sec , and the Prov . G . Treas . certainly

should be changed as seldom as possible , whilst the Prov . G . Chaplain may be allowed to hold the office for a series of years , but even he should not do so after the second year , when another brother equally qualified can be found . There are two offices Avhich should always be confined to certain professions—the G . Supt . of

Works should be a architect , and the Grand Org . a musician ; and these officers may therefore with propriety , be held for a series of years by the same individual until suitable successors can be found in the province , but not longer ; and failing there being gentlemen connected with those professions belonging to the lodges of the

province , it were better that the appointments should be left vacant than improperly filled . On the 29 th the brethren of Wiltshire assembled at Salisbury , and , in the course of the proceedings , £ 1010 s . were appropriated to Lodge 909 for the Girls' School ;

£ 10 10 s . to No . 914 for the Boys' School ; and £ 10 10 s . to No . 856 for the Royal Benevolent Institution for Aged Masons and their Widows . It is but three or four

years since arrangements were made for forming a charity fund for the province , and it is most gratifying to find that through its agency every lodge within it is already a subscriber to one or other of the different Masonic Charities—and the plan is to be continued until all the lodges are Life Governors of each

Institution . In order to encourage brethren to accept the Stewardship at festivals of the Charities , it was resolved that the Grand Treasurer be authorised to pay over to such Stewards £ 10 10 s . in the name ofthe Grand Lodge as a donation to the charity for which the brother acts . On the 3 rd September the Prov . G . Lodge of the

Eastern Division of South Wales took place at Swansea , and brought together the largest gathering of the brethren of the province for many years . In this province a fund in aid of the Masonic Charities has been

established chiefly through the exertions of Bro . the Rev . Dr . E . D . Burrows , the Prov . G . Chap ., with a view of making the Prov . G . M . a Life Governor of the various Institutions . On this occasion £ 10 10 s . were voted to the Girls' School , and £ 2 2 s . to the Cambriam Deaf and Dumb Institution . After a sermon from the Prov . G .

Chaplain , the brethren returned to the lodge room , where a collection was made , which was directed to be placed in the hands of the vicar of the parish for distribution . On the 18 th a Prov , Grand Lodge of Gloucestershire was held in Gloucester to lay the foundation stone of a Memorial to Bishop Hooper , who suffered martyrdom in

1555 for his steadfast maintenance of the truths of the Protestant faith ; a noble devotion which all true Masons must admire , no matter what their religious opinions , as specially characteristic of that fidelity to then- obligations and convictions , under all circumstances of difficulty and

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danger , so earnestly impressed upon them in their ceremonies . Beyondthis Avefeelitisnotourprovinceto remark , in these pages ; on the suggestive ceremonies in which the Gloucester brethren have been engaged , and which , we doubt not , will be brought to a happy termination . Ii

is , however , most gratifying to see the progress which the Order is making in the province under the superintendence of Bro . the Hon . James Dutton , the Prov . G . Master , and his excellent Deputy , Bro . G . E . Newmarch . On the 28 th the usual Prov . G . Lodge was held at Cirencester , when £ 52 10 s . were voted to the Girls '

School thus making the Prov . G . M . a Vice-president , and £ 10 10 s . to the Boy ' s School . We have now arrived at the end of Sept ., hut as there are are yet a few more Prov . G . Lodges to be held , we defer our concluding remarks until a future occasion .

Architecture And Archæology.

ARCHITECTURE AND ARCH ? OLOGY .

GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL INTELLIGENCE . The dean and chapter of Hereford have just prepared -a statement of the work of restoration at this cathedral , already effected , and yet to be completed . Erom this statement it appears that of the sums borrowed on mortgage ( £ 13000 ) undei the Hereford Cathedral Restoration Act

, , , from 1850 to 1861 , £ 10 , 000 have been expended ou the external and internal restoration of the north transept and aisles , the south transept , the north aisle of the choir , including Bishop Stanbiu .-y ' s Chapel , the north-east transept , the south-east transept , tbe soutb . aisle of tbe choir , the chapter-house and vestibule , the Bishop Audley ' s Chapel , and the external restoration of the north aisle of the nave , the north

porch , the soufch aisle of the nave , and the great cloisters . They have , therefore , £ 3000 iu hand to meet the balance of existing contracts and the cost of flooring generally ( except the choir ) , repairing and reflxing monuments , re-leading part of the roof , repairs of inner stonework , & c . Tho following additional works are proposed to he executed if funds can be raised for the purpose : —Fitting-tip aud

flooring of the choir , the restoration of the external stonework of the tower , lighting the cathedral for congregational use , and fifcfcing-up of the Layde Chapel for service ' for St . John ' s parish . These works are estimated to cost £ 8000 , towards which the dean and chapter have a sum in hand and promised of £ 3 , 553 10 s . 10 d ., leaving £ 4 , 446 9 s . 2 d . to be provided . They , therefore , appeal to the public for pecuniary aid , aud state that if the funds were supplied the whole of the works in the interior might be completed and the cathedral opened in October of next year .

The parish church of St . Briavel ' s , Dean Eorest , has been restored and re-opened . The church is cruciform and in the Norman style . It was much decayed— -the chapel in ruins , the roof rotten , the floor covered with high pews , while the fittings were barbarous . The interior has now been restored : the Norman colums and arches of the original structure are retained , the windows improved , the

church entirely rebuilt , and covered with an open-timbered roof , stained and varnished . Open seats for 500 persons have replaced the ancient pews , and thus additional accommodation for 205 persons has been obtained . In 1830 a large square tower was erected , and the church is entered through it . The choir is placed within the piers of the ancient tower afc the intersection of the arms of the church near the pulpit ; and an organ is placed in the chancel .

The chief stone of the new Independent Chapel has been laid in Horton-lane , Bradford , Yorkshire , where new schools in connection ivith it have just been opened . The chapel "is designed , like the schools , in the Elizabethan style of archi-