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love , aud harmony that prevail amongst the children . All of them seem to be contented and cheerful , and the practical and unremitting benevolence of the brethren mitigates the painful sense of orphanage and the loneliness of domestic separations . The Masonic Orphan School is a model institution . The following passages , extracted from the last report of the committee , will corroborate what we have said in reference to this interesting subject : " The total income of the school in the year 1861 ,

including the balance from former years , was £ 1236 lis . Zd . Of this sum £ 808 8 s . 5 d . was applied to current expenses , £ 256 13 s . 5 < i , to the painting furniture , & c „ rendered necessary by the enlargement , ancl £ 170 was invested , according to the practice of former years , towards replacing a sum which had been originally laid out in the building of the present school-house , tho interest of the invested fund being one of the main sources of permanent income which the establishment possesses . The

total receipts of the year 18 i > 2 amount to £ 1452 8 s . Id . Of that sum £ 240 has been invested further to replace the stock sold out to meet the expenses of the additions made to the schoolhouse in 1861 , the residue , amounting to £ 1219 8 s . Id ., was applied to the current expenses of the school during the past year , which amount to the sum of £ 1220 V 7 s . Gd ., including upwards of £ 300 , the balance due for the building and furnishing

of the addition to the school-house . There are thirty-five girls at present in the school , the number of pupils having been increased since the last annual meeting by one only . The internal management of the school continues to be conducted with the most scrupulous economy , under the superintendence of the 'Finance Committee , the efficient Assistant Secretary , Bro . Oldhamand the excellent Matron . Mrs . Noble . Any person

, observing the neat and healty appearance of the girls , must be surprised at the small annual cost of their diet and dress , which does not exceed an average of about £ 11 for each girl . AA hilst , however , the mental powers of the girls are thus developed , in order to fit them for the responsible situations of

preparatory governesses , the more humble and more necessary duties of their station are not neglected , and they are trained in habits of industry , subordination , and order , to attend upon themselves , and perform as much of the domestic duties of the house as children and young girls can be expected to do . Their progress and proficiency in needlework have been satisfactory to the Ladies' Committe and Mrs . Noble , who efficiently superintend this important department of female education . The

sanitary condition of the school has , by the blessing of Almighty God , been good during the past year , and the governors return their warm thanks to Dr . Speedy , for the valuable medical services he has gratuitously rendered to the school during the last fifteen years . During the year 1 S 62 , six girls were admitted to the school . Of those now in the institution , twelve are the orphans of brethren of Dublin lodges , whilst twenty-three of

them are tho orphans of brethren who belonged to country or military lodges ; and the governors desire to impress this fact on their brethren of country lodges , as the host proof that the school has a paramount claim on their liberality and co-operation . One of the girls was permitted during the past year to return to her mother , for the purpose of accompanying her to Australia ; and , through tho exertions of the apprentice committeeligible situations have been provided for four

others—, three as preparatory governesses , ancl one in a mercantile establishment . The accounts which the governors receive from their employers are creditable and satisfactory ; and , indeed , the testimony of all who aro now associated with the former inmates of the school , indicate that the lessons taught them in their childhood have made lasting impression . ' upon then- minds ; whilst their affection for their early home and

for their mother ( as they continue to call Mrs . Noble ) is evinced by their frequent letters and touching expressions of gratitude . One in Australia , one at the Cape , two in England , at the head of large schools , and several in Ireland , as wives or governesses , reflect upon the institution the credit they are themselves to it . "

India.

INDIA .

( From our own Correspondent . ) KURRACHEE . —Hope Lodge ( No . 350 , S . C ) . —It is some time now since we have had the pleasure of recording the doings of the brethren of this lodge , but now that the present office-bearers have infused new life into the members , we hope to be able to record for the information of its sister lodges frequent reports , such as wc now lay before the readers of our

periodical . The regular meeting of this lodge took placem the loclge rooms , Kurrachee , Scind , East Indies , on Monday , the 2 nd March , under the presidency of P . M ., Bro . John Beino , in the absence of the AV . M ., Bro . Martin , who was prevented from attending by an unusual press of business . The lodge having been opened in ancient form , the minutes of the last meeting confirmed , Mr . James Keogh was initiated into the Order . Bros . Herbert ancl Randell were passed to the second degree ,

and instructed as to the course of study to be pursued by them as F . C . Masons . After some other matters were disposed of , Bro . Charles King ( of the firm of King , Davisson , ancl Co . ) drew the brethren's attention to the fact of P . M . Bro . Goolclen being about to depart in a few clays for Europe , and that he had attended that evening to take leave of them . Bro . Goolden had for a lengthened period been a zealous and hard-working brother , and he thought that he should not be allowed to quit

Kurrachee without receiving some slight token of the fraternal regard and esteem of the brethren of this lodge . He further observed that he had during the day mentioned the matter to the AA . M ., who had agreed with him in the propriety of presenting an address to Bro . Goolden , ancl had directed him ( the Bro . Secretary ) to apologise for his unavoidable absence from tho meeting . Bro . King then proposed that the following address be presented to P . M . Bro . Gooldenand that it be signed

, by all the members of the lodge present in Kurrachee . The proposition was seconded by Bro . Samuel Spencer Elson , Quartermaster 109 th Regiment , and unanimously approved of . " Worthy and Worshipful Sir ancl Brother , —It is with painful regret that we , the members of Lodge Hope ( No . 350 ) , working under the Grand Lodge of Scotland , hear you are about to leave this provinceand that your doing so is necessitated by

, your failing health . To you who have been for nearly six years a hard-working , zealous , and , as such , much-valued brother of our loclge , we trust that the assurance of our very great esteem and fraternal regard for your many and truly Masonic virtues will prove acceptable , and' Though the foamir . ' sea

' High hills and many sweepin' river should lay between us , your name and the many services you have rendered the Craft , and our lodge in particular , will long be remembered by the members who have had the opportunity of witnessing your untiring zeal in the three great principles of our Order—Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth—practised not only in lodge but in the paths of your every-day life . AA e wish you a short and pleasant voyagea speedy return to healthand

, , in conclusion would say'Adieu , our friend ancl brother , wc wish you a long farewell . ' AVliat blessings are reserved for you , or sorrows , who can tell ? ' But should we never meet again , our final hope shall be ' That , wherever you may go , God shall not foil to prosper thee . '"

It was then signed by all present , ancl retained by the Secretary to get the signature of tlie AV . M . It was presented a few days afterwards , signed by the following brethren : — -L . L . Martin , AV . M . ; J . Berrie , P . M . ; J . Pudan , S . AA . ; S . S . Elson , J . AV . ; C King , Sec . and Treas . ; J . Taylor , J . D . ; T . B . AA alsh , I . G . ; T . AVilkie , Tyler ; S . Cromwell , M . M . ; A . Ramsay , M . M . ; C . J . Bright , M . M . ; 11 . H . Mason , M . M . ; W . 11 . Anderson , F . C . ; AA . L . RandallF . C ; J . HerbertF . C ; II . M . L . InnesF . C ;

, , , R . McDonald , F . C ; S . Simms , F . C ; II . AVullff , E . A . ; R . Campbell , E . A . ; and J . Keagh , E . A . Bro . Goolden replied : — " AVorshipful Master , Brother Wardens , and Brethren , —Before the loclge closes I would beg to be allowed to return you my warmest acknowledgments ( or the unexpected and undeserved compliment you have paid to me this evening . I say undeserved especially because the brethren of Lodge Hope know well that

, however fond I am of Masonic labour , I have devoted most of my time and energy to the Union Lodge , working under that constitution which , as an English made Mason , I owe the first allegiance , and have done but little towards the success that has of late attended the labour of Lodge Hope . I need not say how gratified I feel at the marked symptoms of their success , viz ., a true spirit of Masonic harmony ancl sympathy pervading

all minutes of the lodge and the acts of the brethren ; and I trust to find , if it pleases Providence to bring me among you again , that these will be carefully nourished and continuously bringing forth much Masonic fruit . Thanking you most sincerely for the great proof of your good wishes , I will now say adieu . " The lodge was then closed , and the brethren retired to the social board , where they really looked , amidst the songs , the toasts , and the jests , as the children of one family , bound