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Masonic Missions.
Monmouthshire , a thriving district , has only two Lodge towns . Middlesex , shorn of its metropolitan domain , only includes two Lodges . Among the three Lodge shires is Herefordshire , with a large population . Nottinghamshirea great manufacturing districtis another .
, , Then comes Oxfordshire , Avith three Lodge towns . Berkshire is another ; such a great toivn as Beading having only one Lodge . Of the four Lodge counties , ive have such a great and important district as Shropshire . Worcestershire is another .
Norfolk , one of the most populous ancl powerful shires in England , has only five Lodge towns in it ; and the great city of Nonvich , Avith nearly one hundred thousand people , has only three Lodges . Surrey is another district Avith only five Lodge towns ; but the metropolitan population being exempt from the jurisdiction of the province diminishes its importance .
Hertfordshire has likewise no more than five Lodge toivns , ancl five Lodges altogether . Cumberland has only sis ; Lodge towns , and the great towns of Carlisle ancl AVhitehaven only ono Lodge each . Gloucestershire has only six Lodge towns , and the city of Gloucester only one Lodge .
Great Wiltshire has six Lodge towns , ancl the city of Salisbury one . Lodge . Great Northumberland has six Lodge towns . Northamptonshire is a thriving manufacturing and agricultural county , with six Lodgo towns . Now with these we shall contrast some others : —•
Hampshire , including the Isle of Wight , has fifteen Lodge towns , Dorsetshire has ten Lod ^ c towns . Durham , alongside of Northumberland , contrasts ten Lodges with its six . Suffolk is the complement to Norfolk ; it is not so populous nor so wealthy , but Suffolk has ten Lodge towns and Norfolk five—a
comparison far from favourable to the latter . Ipswich has as many Lodges as the groat city of Norwich . Lincolnshire , an agricultural district , has nine Lodge towns , while Leicestershire has two , ancl Nottinghamshire three . Surely there must be something wrong here . We have said that Dorsetshire has ten Lodge townsbut the great
, shire of Wiltshire adjoining has only six . So , too , Cornwall has fourteen , ancl Hampshire fifteen . Northumberland has six Lodge towns , and Devonshire nineteen . There is something wrong here . If we examine individual towns we have the same discrepancies , as the following list will show : —
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Masonic Missions.
Monmouthshire , a thriving district , has only two Lodge towns . Middlesex , shorn of its metropolitan domain , only includes two Lodges . Among the three Lodge shires is Herefordshire , with a large population . Nottinghamshirea great manufacturing districtis another .
, , Then comes Oxfordshire , Avith three Lodge towns . Berkshire is another ; such a great toivn as Beading having only one Lodge . Of the four Lodge counties , ive have such a great and important district as Shropshire . Worcestershire is another .
Norfolk , one of the most populous ancl powerful shires in England , has only five Lodge towns in it ; and the great city of Nonvich , Avith nearly one hundred thousand people , has only three Lodges . Surrey is another district Avith only five Lodge towns ; but the metropolitan population being exempt from the jurisdiction of the province diminishes its importance .
Hertfordshire has likewise no more than five Lodge toivns , ancl five Lodges altogether . Cumberland has only sis ; Lodge towns , and the great towns of Carlisle ancl AVhitehaven only ono Lodge each . Gloucestershire has only six Lodge towns , and the city of Gloucester only one Lodge .
Great Wiltshire has six Lodge towns , ancl the city of Salisbury one . Lodge . Great Northumberland has six Lodge towns . Northamptonshire is a thriving manufacturing and agricultural county , with six Lodgo towns . Now with these we shall contrast some others : —•
Hampshire , including the Isle of Wight , has fifteen Lodge towns , Dorsetshire has ten Lod ^ c towns . Durham , alongside of Northumberland , contrasts ten Lodges with its six . Suffolk is the complement to Norfolk ; it is not so populous nor so wealthy , but Suffolk has ten Lodge towns and Norfolk five—a
comparison far from favourable to the latter . Ipswich has as many Lodges as the groat city of Norwich . Lincolnshire , an agricultural district , has nine Lodge towns , while Leicestershire has two , ancl Nottinghamshire three . Surely there must be something wrong here . We have said that Dorsetshire has ten Lodge townsbut the great
, shire of Wiltshire adjoining has only six . So , too , Cornwall has fourteen , ancl Hampshire fifteen . Northumberland has six Lodge towns , and Devonshire nineteen . There is something wrong here . If we examine individual towns we have the same discrepancies , as the following list will show : —