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religion" in juxtaposition are , in my opinion , sufficient to suggest to the brother who reads and thinks " why Freemasonry is called universal . " In my communication " Universality , " page 49 of the present volume , line 9 , for " vol . xvi . " read "vol . xiv . " — C . P . COOPEE .

BAVARIA . What has become of the Province of Bavaria , which existed some thirty or forty years ago , and of which the Prince of Tours and Taxis was P . G . M . ? The only lodge which appeared to have belonged to it was Aufgebenden Morgenrothe ( No . 444 ) , meeting at Erankfort-on-the-Maine , and warranted in 1 S 17 . This is now No . 351 . —F .

COLUMBIA . This is another province which appears to have collapsed , and of which Col . James Hamilton was P . G . M . There was one lodge at Angostura , Logia dela Concordia ( No . 524 ) , warranted in 1824 . This is now extinct . —F .

DENMARK , NORW'AY , & C . The Prince Charles , Landgrave of Hesse Cassel , was formerly P . G . M . of Denmark , Norway , & c , but does not appear to have had any lodges . —F . MARYLAND . Henry Harford is recorded as P . G . M . of

Maryland , but he had no lodges . —F . PEESIA . Sir Gore Ouseley is recorded as P . G . M . of Persia , but he had no lodges . —F . ST . HELENA . David KayM . D . is recorded as P . G . M . of St .

, , Helena , but he had no lodges . —F . SUMATEA . H . F . Lewis is recorded as P . G . M . of Sumatra . The only lodge left of a once-flourishing province was the Eising Sun ( No . 242 ) , founded in 1772 , and now extinct . —F .

SWITZEELAND . P . L . de Tavel was P . G . M . of Switzerland . There was a lodge at Berne , No . 450 , now extinct . —F . A QUESTION . In the case of a person presenting himself at the door of a lodge requesting admittance , is it right or

prudent to admit him if he cannot produce his Grand Lodge certificate , or be vouched for by a Mason , however well he may be able to work his way through the three degrees ?—C . T . —[ Under the circumstances mentioned in the foot note added to the above query , you acted quite right in declining to receive the

applicant for admission . It is better to err on the side of caution than , by any indiscreet or careless act , to compromise others . —ED . P . M . ]

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CORRESPONDENCE .

-oie JSditor is not responsible for the opinions expressed by Correspondents , GEAND LODGE OF NOVA SCOTIA .

10 inn EDITOR OF THE EREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AUD UASOKIC MISKOK . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , — I see in the Freemasons ' Magazine an account of the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia . The meaning of this is that we shall have another province wrenched from us , as Canada has been , and as the Australias will be . Nothing can be more certain that , under our present system

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or want of system , the future M . W . G . M . of England will rule over no colonial provinces , and he will not want any Colonial Board . If our Colonial Board , instead of making a report simply of colonial complaints , were to give us such a report on our colonial provinces as the Grand Lodge

of Canada receives on its affairs , we should know something more about them , and not witness province after province lost from simple want of care . If we had had anything of a colonial policy , we should have eome to terms with the Grand Lodges of Scotland and Irelandancl avoided producing a

, state of affairs which inevitably leads to weakness of administration , ancl consequent disintegration . "Who have charge of our foreign relations—is it the Colonial Board or the Board of General Purposes ? Why is there not a Board appointed for our foreign

relations , consisting of men conversant with foreign Masonry and languages ? Yours fraternally , A READER .

WORSHIPFUL MASTER AND TYLER .

TO THE EDITOR OV THE rj-EE __ ASOXS' MAGAZIXE AXD 1 IASOXIC MIItHOE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I should feel obliged hy a reply to the following queries : —1 . The W . M . of a lodge , not being able to go through the ceremonies of initiation , & c , and there being no Past Master present able to do so , is it competent for a

junior officer or a brother not in office to officiate ? 2 . The " Book of Constitutions " says that the Tyler is to be chosen by the members of the lodge . Why is it that the Tyler is appointed by the W . M . with his other officers ? at least , such has been the case as far as I have seen . Yours fraternally , M . M .

[ 1 . If there is a P . M . of any other lodge present , it is usual for the senior officer of the lodge to invite him to take the chair and perform the work in the absence of the W . M . and a P . M . ; and this is a very proper practice . Naturally the question will be asked why the W . M . was elected if unfit to perform

the duties of office , and why he accepted office , seeing that the conditions upon which he undertakes to fill the chair are clear and explicit . Such irregularities inflict great damage upon the Order , and are alike discreditable to the brethren electing and the Master accepting . 2 . The Tyler is to be elected by the members of the lodge , and not by the W . M . — ED . P . M . ]

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THE STAFF OF THE "SCOUEGD" AT DHWEE . — In tbe "Dreadnought , " tbe room immediately above this , tho stuff of tho " Scourge , " tbe well-known weekly journal of " politics , literature , and society , " are dining witli the proprietors , two fat , well-to-do men , who like literature when it pays , and know nothing further about it . All the go-between business between them and their contributors is done bMr . Makeweighttbe

y , bald-beaded , pleasant man at the head of tbe table , who " keeps things going " so admirably . Xext to him is the Rev . Cyril Fleem , curate of St . Botolph the Martyr , in the City , who ekes one his clerical income by flaying rising novelists . Then Mr . Angostura , who looks after the bench aud the bar . corrects the decision of Lord Chief Justices , and has never yet been trusted battorneys with a brief . The stoutslouching man

y , , in the rusty clerical garb , is the great sporting authority ; and the jolly , grazier-looking young fellow looks after art and artists . All the biters of flies are present , and the dinner is a very jolly one to all , save to those who give it—the proprietors ofthe "Scourge , " who , despite of Mr . Makeweight ' s jockeyship , cannot be made to fit in with anyone . —The Broadway-