Statistics Of The Grand Lodge Of New York.

The number of initiations for the year ending June 1 st , 1864 , was 3 , 591 The number of affiliations S-iO Whole number registered 0 , 431 Dirnitted , SS 7

Expelled 33 Suspended 29 Stricken from roll for non-payment of dues . 897 Restored to membership 230 Died 5 i 0

Total number of members in good standing on the 1 st June 1864 , was 40 , 480 The Grand Secretary , who looks so much and so often to an increase of salary , and the means of prolonging his tenure of office , rejoices over this immense

increase , and says : " The above statement plainly indicates a state of prosperity , both financially ancl numerically , heretofore unknown in the history of Masonry in this jurisdiction . And I have the

satisfaction of announcing to the Grand Lodge that , from the returns just received , it is established beyond a doubt that the Masonic year just closed has been , if possible , more prosperous than the proceeding . " AVhen a dissection of the above statistics clearly proves thafc of the number of 0 , 431 , initiations and

affiliations , 1845 , or one-fifth of the whole dirnitted , refused to jiay dues , or were suspended and expelled , we do not think " the above statement indicates a state of prosperity , " such as conservative Masons , those who look beyond their noses , would rejoice in .

Nearely 900 Masons , it is proved , cared so little for the institution , as in one year to be stricken from the rolls"for non-payment of dues ; while nearly the same number dirnitted . It is possible , that these immense numbers , seeing the management of the Society in

New York in such doubtful hands , or finding chicanery and all species of pettifogging the open sesame to positioninthe Grand Lodge , abandoned our institution , or became careless of further association with it . Be

this as ifc may , the figures furnished the facts as above stated ; and while it may rejoice the Grand Secretary , whose large salary * was secured in parts by the fees and dues received from these 1800 Masons , we cannot think that the fraternity at large will agree with him , that a greater degree of that same kind of prosperity in 1865 ought to be viewed as a satisfactory announcement . —New York Courier .

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Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

K * ¦ » * * H iADDSBS . The K . H . referred to in No . 321 , describing the mystical ladder , is tho French Grand ein Chevalier Kadoscli of the Ancient and Accepted Rite . Dr . OJiver , in his "Landmarks , " enumerates six degrees

of K . H . All , we believe , were more or less connected Avith the Knights Templar . It Avas included with the latter in this country until 1851 , Avhen , Avith ihe . Knights of St . John and Malta aud the Eose Croix , it Avas severed from the Templars by the

Grand-Conclave , and transferred to the authority of the Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , but mutilated by cutting off all part of the ritual which had reference to the Templar , although , in

fact , the legend is a history of tlie destruction of the Order and the barbarous murder of Jacques de Molay . It has , consequently , no meaning ; 'tis neither fish , flesh , nor good red herring . There is good reason for believing thafc the K . H . was the High Priest in the old Royal Arch degree , as the chief

officer , the priest , wore the fillet , with the words "Kadosh Lnhoh'a , " as described in Exodus xxviii . 36 , To confer the rank of High Priest nine Avere necessary to be present , and these were called the nine Avorfchies , the number of the Supreme Council ; their meetings

took place afc the Crown Tavern , Clerkemvell-green . Perhaps , among the documents in the mysterious closet , some information might be afforded of the practices of our ancient brethren , and , with this vieAv ,. we should like to see a committee formed to overhaul

the collection , with some brother upon ifc who kneAV what to look for . —JSTEKAM . E . C . BKETHEES' IH HOLT OEDEHS . Your readers must have seen with deep regret the attempts of the Italian Masons to interfere wifch the

religious and political convictions and independence of brethren . The constitutions , as you have reported , only allow a Masonic funeral on condition that no religious funeral service be performed , whereas the practice of Masons in all countries has been to demand reliious rites for their deceased membersand

g , there haA'e been well founded complaints Avhere these have been rejected . This practice , with reference to being buried in the habit of the Order , is as common among respectable persons in the peninsula . In your number for the Gfch Aug . you report that

, the Lodge of Pisa has assailed Bro . Antonelli , a member of another lodge , because as a member of fche Chamber of Deputies he has advocated Avhat they call reactionary principles ivith reference to the suppression of convents , and because he is understood to be a registered lay member of the Benedictine aud

Franciscan orders . Hacl Bro . Antonelli been a monk , others have been monks , and Masons , and priests , and Masons . The Bishop of Arrasaburt . thirty years ago was a Mason , and so was the Bishop of Castello Branco in Portugal .