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Edited by W . BRO . JAMES STEVENS , P . M ., P . Z ., Ac , Ac .

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Published every Thursday Morning , price ONE PENNY , and may be had from all Newsagents through the Publishers , 123 to 125 , Fleet Street , E . C .

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Post Office Orders , payable at the General Post Office , London , E . G ., to Messrs . ADAMS BROS ., 59 , Moor Lane , London , E . C . Postal Orders and Cheques should be crossed & Co . and all communications concerning Subscriptions and Advertisements should be addressed to " Manager . "

AH other communications , letters , & c , to be addressed " Editor of THE MASONIC STAR , 59 . Moor Lane . Fore Street . London , E . C . " Publishing Offices : 123 to 125 , FLEET STREET , E . G . VOLUME I « In Masonic Cloth Cover—Now Ready —Price 3 s . 6 d .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

Without in any way holding' ourselves responsible for , or even approving of the opinions expressed , wo freely throw open our columns for the proper discussion of all matters of a general character relating to Freemasonry . Correspondents must be as brief as possible , must write plainly , only use one side of the paper , and cannot expect the return of rejected contributions . Every contribution must be accompanied with thn name of the writer , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith .

THE ORDER OF THE MASONIC DEGREES

To the Editor A / T HE MASONIC STAB . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER . Would yon kindly inform me , through the medium of the MASONIC STAR , in which order the 33 degrees of Masonry come 2

By so doing you will be conferring a favour on me , and also , I believe , many other young brethren . Thanking you in anticipation , Yours faithfully and fraternall y , Dalston , London , C . TAYLOR . April 25 th , 1889 . % * The following are the Designations of the several Degrees of the Ancient and Accented Rite : —

1 . Entered Appren- ^ vog § by " . Knight of the East and West tice . fe upreme lb" KnIB ^ th % E 0 a S ™ d *» Fellow Craft / Council for Pelican , and Sovereign « T MW PV Mason England Prince Rose Croix of 6 . Master mason , j and Wales- H . R . D . M . ¦ i . Secret Master . 19 . G rand Pontiff .

^ 5 . Perfect Master . 20 . Venerable Grand Master . C . Intimate Secre- 21 . Patriarch Noachite . tary . 22 , Prince of Libanus . 7 . Provost & Judge . 23 . Chief of the Tabernacle . 8 . Intendant of the 24 . Prince of the Tabernacle . Buildings . fVimm ,. , 25 . Knight of the Brazen Ser-9 Elect of Nine C ent

. . I HS P . 10 . Elect of Fifteen . / of Per- 2 G . Prince of Mercy . 11 . Sublime Elect . fection . 27 . Commander of the Temple . 12 . Grand Master 28 . Knight of the Sun . Architect . 29 . Knight of St . Andrew . 13 . Royal Arch ( of 30 . Grand Elected Knight K . H .

Enoch ) . Knight of the Black and 11 . Scotch Knight of AVhite Eagle . Perfection . J 31 . Grand Inspector , Inquisitor , 15 . Knight of the- , . Commander . Sword or of , [" c £ ™ "f 32 - Sublime Prince of the Royal the East . \ of Princes Secret . 10 . Prince of Jeru- [ of 33 rd and last Degree , Sovereign salem . ) Jerusalem . Grand Inspector General .

Of these only the 18 th , 301 It . 31 st , 32 nd , and 33 rd are worked in extenso -in this country . There are also Marls , Templar , Cryptic , and other degrees , which har . e distinct organizations of tlieir men , the foundations if each being " pure and simple Masonry" which consists of the three Craft degrees and the Jloyal Arch only . We are greatly indebted to our IP ' . Jim . the Grand Secretary of England for this information . —ED . M . S .

Spoilt Votes At Elections.

SPOILT VOTES AT ELECTIONS .

To the Editor <)/ "THE MASONIC STAR . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , As Chairman of Scrutineers at the election both of the Boys ' and Girls' Schools , permit me to say that I am very pleased to see that you have given public notice in your valuable paper to the remarks I was again compelled to make respecting the large

number of spoilt votes , and to the manner in which many subscribers fill in their proxy papers . At the election of the Benevolent Listitution next week , I trust that greater care will be exercised , and that subscribers will content themselves with simply carrying out the printed

instructions on the proxy papers , and that is to put the figure representing the value of the proxy in the proper space against the name of the candidate they wish to vote for , and nothing more . This will prevent many mistakes , and considerably lessen the work of the scrutineers . " Yours fraternally , Cth May , 1889 . G . W ARD A ERRY .

The Masonic Charties.

THE MASONIC CHARTIES .

To the J-Jditor of THE MASONIC STAR . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , On the 7 th ult . you published a letter of mine on the above subject . As I expected , no information has been vouchsafed touching the questions I then propounded . It may interest some of your readers if you will reproduce in your columns the following : —

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You will perceive that the subscription list for 1885 amounted to £ 17 , C 3 ( i ( is . 8 d ., whereas £ 15 , 514 is the amount returned as subscriptions and donations , & c . I have not seen any report as to how the balance of £ 2 , 000 odd was disposed of , neither do I think it was noticed at the May meeting . The blanks in above statement I am at the moment unable to fill

in , but enough is shown to warrant enquiries . The office salaries are stated to have been in 1878 , £ 620 17 s . ; in 1888 , £ 801 , an increase of nearly 50 per cent . In 1878 the warden is allowed £ 20 and matron £ 30 . In 1888 , same servants figure for £ 20 and £ o' 2 respectively . Now , sir , I am informed that during the last 8 or i years there has been no warden .

Perhaps the secretary will state if this is correct or not . I have to-day had an interview with a friend who has on several occasions served the office of steward , who by his own and friend ' s exertions has collected some £ 1 , 500 , and ho tells me that " it is customary for the various secretaries to Avrite to stewards requesting them to pay the money represented by their several lists into the

Office . " Is commission for " collection" paid on such amounts . ' If not , is it the difference between " subscriptions and donations , '' and amount of stewards' lists , which is chargeable . This difference last year appears to bo about £ . ' 3 , 000 , the rate to yield £ o' 3 'J thus being over 20 per cent , on that sum . I have several other points in connection with this Charity which