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reached appeals for charitable or benevolent purposes , or proposals for new commercial enterprises , or contemplated business improvements . One notice in the editorial columns of such a paper will at once find attention and circulate information on subjects like those we havo named which no

amount of private effort could produce ; and the cost of the publication of the lists of the donors , the appeals of committees , the representations of the promoters of worthy enterprises , is almost in every case repaid twenty-fold in the increased subscriptions they produce . The policy of

economy , therefore , that would save the cost of advertising in such cases is of the " penny-wise and pound foolish " kind , that all experienced promoters of works of charity or schemes of public enterprise or improvement have long since abandoned .

It will , then , be seen that as the prosperity , so the real power , of a newspaper depends upon the extent of its advertising business , and therefore we appeal to the entire advertising community for their liberal support in this way . We make this appeal on independent commercial grounds ,

for we give the most abundant value for the price paid us . In speaking thus we do not wish to be understood in any sense using the language of complaint , for , on the contrary , it is onr grateful duty to acknowledge that never , we believe , has the advertising business of this journal

been larger or more satisfactory than during the year just ended . But our ambition is to achieve still greater things , and in thus pointing out the advantages of advertising in our columns , we are but suggesting the means by which our supporters , with pecuniary profit to themselves and

advantage to the Craft , may extend the circulation and increase the power of this paper . That the spirit in "which we offer this appeal will be understood and reciprocated we have no doubt ; and we believe that many who differ from ns on some " minor points " still respect us for the honesty with which we maintain what we believe to be the true

interests of the Order , and will sympathise with the desire to uphold a journal which , rising above party considerations in all matters that concern the welfare of the Craft , will be found advocating any measure calculated to promote the general good , from whatever quarter or whatever party it may proceed .

Of course , to the brethren of the mystic tie we come with especial claims—claims which we are sure will be cheerfully admitted—for support even more generous than we have hitherto received . We pray them to bear in mind what a powerful agency this paper places in their hands

for propagating and defending the principles of Fraternity and Charity which they love , and to the advocacy of which let us assure them the FREEMASON ' CHRONICLE will be devoted in the future with as great earnestness and zeal as in the past—and we hope with efficiency , afc least , not diminished .

District G. Lodge Of Northern China.

DISTRICT G . LODGE OF NORTHERN CHINA .

A REGULAR . Communication of this District Grand Lodge was held at the Masonic Hall , Shanghai , on Friday , the 6 th October last . The R . W . Bro . Cornelius

Thorne District Grand Master presided , and among those present were Bro ? . T . W . Kingsmill Past District Grand Senior Warden as Dep . Dist . G . M . H . Evans D . G . S . W ., Lewis Moore D . G . J . W ., H . S . Morris D . G . Treasurer , W .

H . Short D . G . Reg ., W . H . Anderson President of D . Board of General Purposes , A . Johnsford D . G . Secretary , D . M . David P . G . D . S . D . as D . G . S . D ., J . D . Bishop D . G . J . D ., E . P . Lalcaca D . G . D . of C , G . R . Wingrove as D . G . S . B

li . B . Fentum D . G . O ., John Morris D . G . P ., J . Findlay , and 0 . J . Holliday D . G . Stewards , C . Merritt as D . G . Tyler , while among the visitors -was R . W . Bro . 0 . P . Chater D . Grand Master Hong Kong and South China . The

members and visitors having taken their places , R . W . Bro . 0 . Thorne D . G . M . accompanied by R . W . Bro . C . P . Chater entered and was saluted in ancient form , and Bro . Chater having , at the invitation of the District Grand Master , been

saluted with the grand honours and acknowledged the compliment , District Grand Lodge was opened , and the minutes of the April Communication read and confirmed .

A resolution fixing the regular meetings of the District Grand Lodge for the 7 th January and 22 nd September , or as nearly as possible to those dates , was confirmed .

District G. Lodge Of Northern China.

From the report of District Board of General Purposes , which was submitted , and , on motion duly made and seconded , carried , it appeared that ( 1 ) a provisional arrangement till the end of the year that the Hall should be lighted , cleaned , and warmed on Lodge nights at a

charge per night of two and a half dollars was held over for reference to the District Grand Lodge , and ( 2 ) that Brother T . Hore had resigned the office of District Grand Tyler , his place being temporarily occupied by Brother Charles Merritt . A motion to the effect that the sum of

two and a half dollars for one night in accordance with tho above arrangement be paid was agreed to . The D . G . M . then read an extract from a letter he had received from the Grand Secretary under date 30 th March 1882 on the subject of Wardens conferring degrees , which was to the

following effect : " With reference to the question of a Warden conferring degrees and the views of my predecessor as expressed in his letter of 18 th January 1877 , I can only say that the regulation I have quoted in my letter of the 22 nd October last is the ruling

given by the Grand Registrar of late years . Although , however , this must bo considered as the law generally , there may be exceptional cases , as you urge , in distant spots , where , at the discretion of the local authority , the rule may be relaxed so as to permit of a Warden

conferring the degree , but in such case he shonld be held responsible that no Installed Master was procurable within practicable distance . " A case was mentioned in which the D . G . M . stated that it had been unofficially brought to his notice thafc endeavours had been

made to obtain instruction in an irregular manner in some of the Lodges under the jurisdiction of the D . G . Lodge and that , in reply to a communication of his , the Grand Secretary had informed him that there was no doubt such irregularity constituted a Masonic offence , and that it was in his ( the

D . G . M . ' s ) power to inflict the punishment of admonition , fine , or suspension , on conviction . Among other matters referred to was one concerning the Lodge Germania , Tientsin , holding under the Grand Lodge of tbe Three Globes , Berlin . The D . G . M . said he had visited that

Lodge by invitation on the occasion of the installation of its W . Master , Bro . J . Haas , who was not entrusted with the secrets of the Chair , and was consequently not qualified to be present at a Board of Installed Masters in an English Lodge . He had explained this to Bro . Haas , and the latter

had fully understood and appreciated the explanation . Complimentary reference having been made to the presence of Eight Worshipful Bro . Chater D . G . M . Hong-Kong and South China , and the kind and valuable assistance that brother had rendered when the D . G . Lodge of Northern

China was constituted , and Bro . Chater having appropriately expressed his acknowledgments and the satisfaction he had experienced from being present that evening , District Grand Lodge was closed with the accustomed formalities .

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Monday the 8 th instant was the nineteenth anniversary of the birthday of Prince Albert Victor , eldest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales , and was marked by the nsual observances at St . James ' s and in Windsor .