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Star , "W . Bro . F . Turner , and several others , now put their shoulders to the wheel in concert with Rt . W . Bro . MatheAV , and accomplished Avonders in a short time ; so that , in less than a Aveek from tho signing of the lease , all Avas ready for the dedication , except the new pavement , which Avas not completed . The

Mazagon Hall Committee , however , came to the rescue , and lent one for the occasion . " The ceremony Avas fixed for 5 . 30 on the evening of Saturday , the 11 th February , and at that hour the Hall was densely packed in every part by the brethren of both Constitutions , both the Provincial and District

Grand Lodges being largely represented . His Excellency Bro . Sir Seymour V . Fitz Gerald , K . G . C . S . L , had intended to be present , but was prevented by press of business . The able choir from the Mazagon Hall , conducted by W . Bro . Thomas and Lissignol ,

kindly mustered strongly , and discoursed most appropriate music , SAveet or grand , as suited the progress of the ceremony . The Prov . Grand Master , Rt . W .

Bro . H . Morland , assisted by the Officers of the Prov . Grand Lodge of Western India , performed the ceremony of dedication in a masterly and most impressive manner , and there being no banquet afterwards , many of the brethren adjourned to the Theatre ; where the farewell benefit of the popular actress ,

Mrs . Richardson , took place under the patronage of both the Local Grand Lodges . " At the conclusion of the ceremony tho Rt . W . Grand Prov . Grand Master complimented the Members of the Committee on the success of their endeavours , and proposed that a suitable testimonial

be engrossed on vellum , aud presented to Rt . W . Bro . Capt . B . I-I . Mathew , as a slight recognition of his arduous labours ou behalf of the Scottish Masonic Bodies . " A movement has also been set on foot to add a more substiantial testimonial to the above , to which all the Scottish Masonic Bodies have been invited to subscribe . "

The Committee of the Tasmanian Masonic Benevo lent Fund , of Hobart Town , had issued their Report for 1 S 71 : — Appended to tho report is a statement of receipts and disbursements on' account of the Tasmanian Masonic Benevolent Fund for the year 1870 , to Avhich

the Committee of Management invites the attention of subscribers and other members of the Craft , as it discloses the fact that the expenditure has exceeded the income by the sum of £ 19 ISs ., a circumstance not anticipated at the commencement of the year . The income from all sources in 1870 was £ 41 17 s ..

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and the expenditure £ 61 15 s ., the deficiency having to be met by draAving against the sum invested at interest . The committee , Avhile regretting the encroachment thus made on the funded property of the Institution , desires to impress on the members of the Order the

desirability of reneAving their efforts to aid in still further increasing the permanence and utility of this valuable fund , seeking as it does to provide the means for administering relief to the needy , for lig htening the cares of the widow , and educating the orphan .

After carefully reviewing the several applications for assistance , and the grants-in-aid voted during the past year , the Committee finds them to have been of such urgent , varied , and peculiar character , as to demonstrate the necessity that , wherever Freemasonry is established , a fund should be specially provided ,

and set apart for purely benevolent purposes , to which necessitous worthy brethren may apply without diffidence or mistrust . Our records , also , bear ample testimony to the principle , that it is the interest as Avell as the duty of every member of the Orderpossessed of the means—to conform to its rules and

contribute to its funds by becoming a subscribing member to some lodge , as by having so done , many have in the hour of distress become reci pients of a portion of their former contributions . The committee has sanctioned an increase to the number of children receiving education ( now four , )

and also a weekly allowance to an aged member , feeling assured , as the Institution is extending its usefulness , that the brethren will cheerfully respond to the call now made to augment the fund , and by their instrumentality cause the second grand principle of the Order—Relief—to be more fully exemplified . "

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Bro . Eni'doonjee Noshervranjee Coyajee has been elected the President for the next six months , of the Eastern Star Lodge of Instruction . We regret to learn of the very severe illness of AV . Bro . Dr . T . Diver , theD . Dist . G . M . Els medical advisers have ordered him to quit India at once . Patents and Commissions have arrived to enable E .

Sir Knight H . Morland , the Representative or Preceptor in Western India , to confer the Eoyal Order of Scotland ; and it is his intention to open a Conclave as soon as possible , so as to form a Grand Conclave , for AA'hich he is empoAvered to dubb brethren . The Provincial Grand Secretary has visited Kurrachee during the last monthand inspected the Lodges in

, Sind under the Grand Lodge of Scotland , on behalf and deputed by the Provincial Grand Western India , and has made his report , which , Ave believe , is very satisfactory . The meetings of the different Scotch Masonic Bodies are IIOAV held at their NCAV Masonic Hall in GoAvallaTank Boad ; the hall Avas dedicated under the . title of tho " Scotch Masonic Hall , Bombay . "