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Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
, , 4 r- [ T HE EDITOR does not hold himself responsible for any opinions enterlained hj Correspondents . ] THE MAKE DEGREE .
TO TnB EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . DEAR Sin AND BROTHER , —Allow me , through the medium of your valuable periodical , which I believe is widely circulated in Scotland , to suggest to the Scottish authorities ( now that some of the Scotch Mark Lodges have joined the Grand Lodge of England ) , the desirability of their
declining to grant more warrants for the practice of the Mark degree in England , the continuance of which can only lead to ill feeling between the different bodies , and may eventually entail such dissension as the Craft will have reason to deplore . Of course the existing Lodges working under Scotch warrants could maintain their allegiance , if disposed to do so ; but why , in the name of Masonry , should brethren resort to a foreign authority , when there is a numerous and influential English body ? I remain , dear Sir ami Brother , yours very fraternally . A .
The Grand Lodge Property.
THE GRAND LODGE PROPERTY .
TO THE EDITOR OP THE FREEMASONS' MAC 1 AZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . SIR AND BROTHER , —There is so much of fallacy in the article on the " Grand Lodge Property" in your last number ( loth March ) , that if it be taken by the Craft as fact , it will inevitably lead to answers in accordance with the views of the writer , but will also lead to disappointment . 'The principal error is that of supposing that almost all the ei ght hundred
pounds a year , now received as rent , will be sacrificed , if we take the entire property into our own hands and exclude all other sources of income than those arising from the Craft . Now , it is ascertained that the tavern keepers receive from all Masonic sources some five thousand pounds a year ; but it is also ascertained that their receipts from other sources are nearly three times that sum . it is not the Masonic five thousand pounds that enables them to pay the rent , taxes repairs , servants , wear and tear , interest on capital , and other incidental but
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Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
, , 4 r- [ T HE EDITOR does not hold himself responsible for any opinions enterlained hj Correspondents . ] THE MAKE DEGREE .
TO TnB EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . DEAR Sin AND BROTHER , —Allow me , through the medium of your valuable periodical , which I believe is widely circulated in Scotland , to suggest to the Scottish authorities ( now that some of the Scotch Mark Lodges have joined the Grand Lodge of England ) , the desirability of their
declining to grant more warrants for the practice of the Mark degree in England , the continuance of which can only lead to ill feeling between the different bodies , and may eventually entail such dissension as the Craft will have reason to deplore . Of course the existing Lodges working under Scotch warrants could maintain their allegiance , if disposed to do so ; but why , in the name of Masonry , should brethren resort to a foreign authority , when there is a numerous and influential English body ? I remain , dear Sir ami Brother , yours very fraternally . A .
The Grand Lodge Property.
THE GRAND LODGE PROPERTY .
TO THE EDITOR OP THE FREEMASONS' MAC 1 AZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . SIR AND BROTHER , —There is so much of fallacy in the article on the " Grand Lodge Property" in your last number ( loth March ) , that if it be taken by the Craft as fact , it will inevitably lead to answers in accordance with the views of the writer , but will also lead to disappointment . 'The principal error is that of supposing that almost all the ei ght hundred
pounds a year , now received as rent , will be sacrificed , if we take the entire property into our own hands and exclude all other sources of income than those arising from the Craft . Now , it is ascertained that the tavern keepers receive from all Masonic sources some five thousand pounds a year ; but it is also ascertained that their receipts from other sources are nearly three times that sum . it is not the Masonic five thousand pounds that enables them to pay the rent , taxes repairs , servants , wear and tear , interest on capital , and other incidental but