Board Of General Purposes.

handed in . At the meeting at Bro . Roxburgh's , one of the principles strongly insisted upon was , that no brother should be put in nomination for any office without the name of the nominator being on the nomination paper , —ED . ^

"Masonic Missions:" South Wales.

"MASONIC MISSIONS : " SOUTH WALES .

TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . DEAR SIK AND BROTHER , —As I am appealed to by the writer of the very talented article bearing the above title , at page 1018 of your Magazine , as to the nearly defunct Lodges at Milford and Pembroke , I have great pleasure in giving him a short account of Masonic doings in the province during the very brief period which has elapsed since the appointment of Bro . John . Tohnes as Prov . Grand Master .

But first as regards the doomed Lodges . The truth is simply this—that there are too many Lodges within a very limited area , there being no less than three ( one at Pembroke , one at Pembroke Dock , and one at Milford ) within a circuit of three miles . This is too much Masonic accommodation for the district , because the Lodge at Pembroke Dock , No . 525 , is sitnated in the centre of the three , and from its very numerous members and good working is amply sufficient for the district I have mentioned . There is also

another very good Lodge within a short distance , at Haverfordwest ; so that in my humble opinion the erasure of the Lodges at Milford and Pembroke will be rather advantageous to the district than otherwise . At the same time , if any good reasons can be shown why they should not be erased , hy all means let the brethren bestir themselves at once . Masonry during the lifetime of the late Prov . Grand Master , Lord Milford , was almost at a stand still in this province , and I believe no Prov .

Grand Lodge was held for some years before his death ; but immediatel y Bro . Jblmes ( who was previously the Deputy Prov . Grand Master ) was appointed to the office of Prov . Grand Master , matters took a more favourable turn . Bro . Jblmes was installed in a Prov . Grand Lodge held at Carmarthen on the 4 th May , 1857 , and on the 14 th of the same month he commenced his career as Prov . Grand Master , by holding another Prov Grand Lodge at Carmarthenand proceeding to lay the foundation stone of

, the Carmarthenshire Infirmary with Masonic honours ( a full account of which ceremonies you will find given in the pages of your Magazine for 1857 ) . On the 2 Gth of June following , another Prov . Grand Lodge was held at Llandilo , for the purpose of consecrating the new Lodge of St . Teilo . A new Masonic Hall very beautifully arranged and fitted up was also opened at Carmarthen by the brethren of St . Peter ' s Lodge , No . 699 , on the 30 th of December in the same year ( see page 231 . of your Magazine for February ,

1858 ) , and excited great interest in the province on account of its being kept exclusively for Masonic purposes . On the Sth July , 1858 , Bro . Johnes held another Provincial Grand Lodge at Pembroke Dock ( see page " 231 of your Magazine for August 4 th , 1858 ) , and in the month ' of August following presided at a dinner given by the brethren of the Prince of Wales ' s Lodge , Blandly , No . 969 , to celebrate the opening of a new Masonic Hall in that town . This hall is also very handsomely furnished , but I believe , does not enjoy the privilege