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the island , not only by reason of his position and fortune , but also because he is not engaged in any business . It must also be stated that the quarter of rentes is generally estimated at twenty pounds , fifteen quarters representing a capital of three hundred pounds . By the step taken by Bro . Manuel , it lias resulted that the price of tho land has been definitely fixed at two hundred and seventy-five pounds , of which two hundred pounds is to be paid down , and a bill at a long date is to be taken for the remaining seventy-five pounds . The proprietor requires a prompt

reply , because he has other applications for the land . It is hoped , therefore , that the members of the Lodge will agree in opinion with the committee as to the desirability of at once accepting the offer . With regard to the plan of the building , it was impossible to present any thing definite which could be decided upon before the purchase of the land should be determined . This plan , with the aid of the zeal and co-operation ol the talented architects who have been consulted , must necessarily depend upon the ' extent of the application of art , and the especial

circumstances of the case . At present , therefore , nothing more can be given than a slight sketch of the course which it is proposed to pursue iu tho construction of tho plan . " 1 . To tho street , an iron palisading with a gate , two stone pillars in the form of a pedestal , upon which should be placed two Egyptian sphynxes , in Caen stone . " 2 . A grass plot . " 3 . The house with a peristyle . Of course the i 2-ont will boar au especial

character , referring to the early period of initiation . "In the house there will be , on the ground floor—a parlour for the brethren , serving as a library ; a preparing room ; a robing room ; a parlour for thc T yler , serving also as a chamber : at the end of the hroad passage , the temple , in the form of a double square , terminating in a semicircle ; an arched dome . In dimensions , the room to be forty-eight feet long , twenty-four feet wide , and twenty-four feet high . On the first story—a large banqueting room , thirty feet long , eighteen feet wide , over the portion used as a house . Underneath the whole , apartments ,

in which will be comprised a kitchen and warming apparatus for the temple . A garden behind the temple . A building of this extent may be estimated to cost from eight hundred to one thousand pounds , and the committee has considered the means of raising this sum . It is proposed to provide for the purchase of the land by a vote of money from the Lodge , and by the voluntary subscriptions of the "brethren . We are happy to be able to state that many have already offered cooperation , and have given their names as subscribers , to which list we hope to hare many additions on the presentation and adoption of the report . Tn order to

preserve a memorial of their liberality , it is intended to engrave their names on a marble slab iu a conspicuous part of the temple . Taking into account the balance sheet to be presented to the Lodge this day , and the arrears due to the funds , we can reckon on a sum of sixty-eight pounds , of which we consider that the Lodge may vote fifty pounds as its share of the contributions . Judging from the present state of the list of subscriptions , we do not doubt that a sum of from two hundred , and fifty pounds to two hundred aud seventy-five pounds may eventually be raised .

Bro . Manuel is about to visit London , where he hopes to meet a great musical artist , and to induce him to come to Jersey , and give a concert for our benefit . Possibly , also , a theatrical performance may be undertaken , with tho same object . Lastly , although the proposed temple will belong to Lodge La Cesarde , it is hoped that the spirit of Masonry will justify us iu making an appeal to tho Masons of the province individually , and also to all tho Lodges in England . For the expense of the buildings , it is proposed to raise a loan , giving as security the

deeds of the land and the edifice itself . It is considered that the sum . of eight hundred pounds may thus be procured , the interest of which , at four and a JiaJf per cent ., may be taken at thirty-six pounds per annum . There is no doubt that two other Lodges , namely , the Mechanics' and tho Sussex , will ho glad to avail themselves of our building ' , paying an annua ! rent each of six pounds , to which may be added two pounds yearly from the Provincial Grand Lodge , thus reducing our annua ! payment as interest to twenty-two pounds . It is within the bounds of possibility that the Sussex Lodge may ultimately join us , in which case our debt would become insignificant , since it would amount to but little more than the