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the following effect : —As proposed at the meeting of the 10 th August , 1861 , it gives me much pleasure in presenting to you this silver mug , suitably inscribed , as an immediate souvenir of the happy years spent in these rooms ; you have worked well and hard in the good cause of Freemasonry , tho reminiscences of which must to your own feelings be happy congratulations in your retiring years , and may it please the G . A . O . T . U . to spare you to enjoy the blessings of retirement and of such

preparation as may enable you when the time comes ,. —for sure it will , —to gain admittance with rejoicing in the Grand Lodge above . Bro . A . JOEDAN returned thanks in suitable terms and in an appropriate maimer , ancl resumed his seat amidst acclamation . The Prov . G . Treas . reported to the Provincial Grand Lodge that rupees 366-14-3 was the amount to credit in the funds of the lodge . Bro . BALLINGALL then addressed the brethrenthat when

, Bro . II . D . Cartwright intended to resign the Hiram of the Provincial Grand Lodge in the year I 860 , he appointed him Depute Master , and placing him in the Eastern Chair , resigned charge of the lodge to him . That of this change the Parent Institution at Edinburgh was duly made aware ; but up to the present moment no commission of his appointment as Prov . G . M . had arrived . This he did not regret , as he found he could not well attend to the duties of the Provincial Grand Lodge on

account of increasing' arduous duties of a public nature , which fully occupied his time ; he therefore proposed following the same course as his predecessor , and after appointing Bro . R . B . Barton to the vacant office of Depute Master , to resign charge of the Provincial Grand Lodge to his keeping ; but before handing over the Hiram , he said he felt it a duty incumbent upon him to give expression to his feelings with regard to the very great assistance he had received from Bro . Summers , the

Prov . G . Sec . That in Bro . Summers' exertions to aid him in the discharge of the duties devolving on him as Acting Prov . G . M ., Bro . Summers was unremitting , and ably performed the duties attached to his office , having at heart the interests of the Provincial Grand Lodge , for which he tendered to Bro . Summers his best thanks . Bro . E . B . BAETON , in returning thanks for the kind manner in which the Acting Prov . G . M . ' had selected him as Depute

Master for the purpose of placing the Provincial Grand Lodge under his care , stated that he did not wonder at Bro . Ballingall vacating the chair iu the east , knowing as he did that Bro . Ballingall ' s zeal in the advancement of Freemasonry was unrivalled , aud the blunting of it rested at the door of the Parent Institution , and proposed a vote of thanks to Bro . Ballingall for the discharge of his duties as Acting Prov . G , M . of Western India since the resignation of Bro . If . D . Cartwright , which was unanimouslv carried .

Bro . BALLINGALL here begged to be understood that his vacating his post in the Provincial Grand Lodge was not owing to the non-receipt of his commission as Prov . G . M ., as he inferred from what fell from the lips of Bro . Barton , but as he previously stated , from a want of time for performing the duties required of him as Acting Prov . G . M ., and that his intimation of being relieved of the charge was communicated to the Grand Lodas far back as 1861 to which

communicage , tion no reply had yet been received . Bro . Ballingall then invested Bro . Barton with the insignia of office of Depute Master in due form , placing him in the Eastern Chair , expressed a sincere wish that the Provincial Grand Lodge would much improve cinder his Hiram , which he handed over to him . There being no further business before the Provincial Grand Lodge , it was closed in harmony and with solemn prayer at 7 p . m .

India.

INDIA .

ROYAL ARCH ( SCOTTISH CONSTITUTION ) . We have been requested to publish the following , by Comp . Cameron , Prov . G . Sup . ( S . C . ) : — Calcutta , Sth June , 1863 . M . E . SIB AND COMPANION , —On receipt of this notice , please forward to me the Charter of R . A . Chapter Kilwinning in the East ( No . 64 ) of Scotlandto remain with methe

representa-, , , tive of the Grand Chapter of Scotland , until further orders from said Grand Chapter . JOHN CAMEEON , Provincial Grand Superintendent of Scottish Poyal Arch Masonry in the Province of Bengal . To John Smith , P . Z ., R . A . C . 64 .

I , John Cameron , P . G . S . R . A . M ., Bengal , do charge you John Smith , Senior Officer of the R . A . C . 64 , with conduct unbecoming a gentlemen and a Freemason , in aiding and assisting under false pretences to get away from the old chapter rooms the clothing and pharaphernalia of said chapter as if for the convenience of the companions in town ; the intention being to leave the Garrison Chapter Rooms entirely . Such conduct rejecting the grant given by Government to

the Scottish Freemasons , and removing the chapter from its old rooms without the consent and order of the Grand Chapter of Scotland , is illegal and un-masonic , and tending seriously to "injure the interests of Scottish Royal Arch Masonry in Bengal . 2 nd . Refusing to attend to the order of the P . G . S . for a special meeting of emergency . I , John Cameron , P . G . S . of S . R . A . M . P . B ., by virtue of the powers invested in me as representative of the Grand

Chapter of Scotland for Bengal , do hereby suspend you and all the office-bearers of the R . A . Chapter 64 , from all rites ancl privileges of Scottish Royal Arch Masonry and the officers of Chapter 64 . And caution you against holding , aiding , or assisting , at any meeting of any degree belonging to Scottish Royal Arch Masonry until the Grand Chapter of Scotland shall give orders in the case .

Delivered 9 th June . M . E . C . William Cowan , II . ; M . E . C . W . J . Waller , J . ; E . Comp . C . E . Jacobson ; E . Comp . Alfred C . Gale ; E . Comp . Thomas Sutherland ; Comp . Benjamin Langham ; Comp . J . Emery ; E . Comp . P . W . Lindstedt , and Comp . C . Crichtou . Each of the above companions under the same suspension for the same cause , aiding and assisting M . E . C . John Smith , Z ., in his un-Masonic practices . After having been warned in

defiance of the Grand Chapter of Scotland , summoning meetings for the Mark , Past , Super-excellent , Royal Arch , Red Cross , and Eoyal Arch Mariners' Degrees for the month of Jul y , wellknowing all meetings are illegal .

JOHN CAMEEON , P . G . S . E . A . M . B . Masonic Lodge Rooms , Hospital Gate , Fort William , 22 nd June , 1863 . DEAE BEETUEEN , —I am requested to inform you that the meetings for Instruction in the Garrison Lodge ( No . 371 ) of Scotland , are suspended during the prevalence of the rainy seasonbut will be re-opened early in Octoberof which the

, , brethren will have due notice . I am further requested by tbe Right Worshipful Bro . J . Cameron , Right Worshipful Past Master of the Garrison Lodge , to inform yon that these lodge rooms were made over to him , upon personal application and petition to the late Governor-General of India , the Marquis of Dalhousie ( a Past Grand Master of Scotland ) , for the use of the brethren of the Scottish

lodges and chapters , having been vacated for years by the sister lodge under the English Constitution . That our Right Worshipful Brother is now in possession of these rooms , ancl has been from the time of their grant . He also claims the whole of the property , the furniture and paraphernalia now therein , as the property of the members of the Garrison Lodge , made under his own supervision and fitted into these rooms , with the express agreement that these properties ,

furnitures , & c ., were not to be removed , but always to remain for the use of the members of the Scottish Lodge and Chapter No . 64 , "Kilwinning in the East . " It having been brought to the notice of the Right Worshipful Past Master , Bro . John Cameron , that an attempt to obtain possession of these rooms and furnitures is about to be made by a section of the brethren who have left the old lodge and chapter rooms , and prefer holding a separate lodge

and chapter in town , he desires me to inform you that such an attempt will not be allowed , due intimation having been given to the authorities of the Garrison of Fort William . All joining in such illegal proceedings will be treated as trespassers , and will abide by the consequences . Pending the decision of the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter of Scotland , these rooms and furnitures , & c , neither can nor will be given up .

I am , brethren , yours fraternally , ( Signed ) J . S . OLD , R . W . D . M . and Officiating Secretary , Garrison Lodge of Fort William . John Cameron , Provincial Grand Superintendent of Scottish Royal Arch Masonry for the Province of Bengal .