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Chapter , No . 157-1 , Kiniberley , in March , "S 7 C > . In Mark Masonry lie is a P . M . of the Corner-stone Lodge , Xo . 217 , Kiniberley , I'ast W . C . N ., No . Pi ; i in the Degree of Royal Ark Maritiery , a Knight Templar and Knight , of . Malta , and Pasl E P . of tho Diamond of the Desert Preceptory , Xo . VA ' i , Kiniberley ; Past M . P . S . of the Itoyal Sussex Conclave of the Order of Rome and the lied Cross of

Constantino , and m 1801 , was appointed Jntondiiut-Genoral of South Africa ( N . D . ) . In the Ancient and Accepted Rite ho was perfected Rose Croix on 1 st February , ISO !); became a founder of the Adamauia Chapter of that , Degree in May , 1 S 7-I-, and was installed M . W . S . in February , 1870 . On the 1 st , October , 1 S 0-J-, he was admitted to the : 12 . His patent of appointment as Dist . Grand Master of the Central Division of South Africa bears date the 22 nd Ootober , IS . !) . ") .

BRO . C . J . EGAX , M . D ., DIST . G M . SOUTH AFRICA ( E . D . ) . Bvo . CIIAHI . ES JAMKS KUAN- , M . D ., who has presided over Freemasonry in the Kastern Division of South Africa ever since , the District Grand Lodge was formed , is a graduate of the University of Dublin , having taken bis A . B . Degree there in 1851 . Six years later he became a member of the Koyal College of Surgeons of England , and in 1883 , a member of the Roval College of

Physicians , Ireland . He was initiated into Masonry in December , 18 ( 11 , in the British Kaffrarian Lodge , No . 853 , which had just then been constituted , at King William ' s Town , aud bore the . number 1155 . As soon as he had been raised to the Sublime Degree , ho was appointed to the ollice of Secretary , and con tinned to act iu that capacity until the 2 kh June , 1803 , when ho was appointed to the chair

of J . W . In 18 G 5 he wns installed W . M . for the'lirst time , and has since served tlle ollice twice , namely , in 1800—70 , and again in 1871 5 . lie was exalted as a Royal Arch Mason in December , 1875 , and has successively and successfully passed through the chair of Scribe E . and those of the Principals—J ., II ., and ' / ,. He is likewise a Mark Mason , liaving been advanced under the Scottish

Constitution in IS 77 . In 1883 , however , he joined the English Constitution in ihe Old Kent ( T . I . ) Lodge , and has rendered very material service to the Degree during the years that have since elapsed . He has likewise been perfected Rose Croix , is a P . M . W . S . of the Chapter of Perseverance , No . 58 , King William ' s Town , and took the SO * of the Ancient and Accepted Kite in 1877 , in which year the District ot South Africa was split into two parts , or Divisions , of which the Western Division was placed under the government of Pro . li . Southey , hitherto District Grand Master of the whole , while the Kastern Division was placed under the charge of Hro . I ' gau , whose adiniiiislriition bus proved most successful , there

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being at the present time as many as ' . U lodges on the District , roll , of which 1-1 have been constituted under his auspices , to say nothing of the Masonic Educational Fund , which this year lias 31 children on its books , the number of those to whom it , has nlTorded the bciieliU of education being 124 . He is also Grand Superintendent of Royal Arch . Masons and District Grand Master of the Mark Degree having been appointed to the former position in 18 S 1 , aud to tho latter in 1801 , his authority in the latter Degree , extending over the whole of South Africa , llie Disirici of Xnial being alone excepted .

lino . GEORGE RICHARDS , * DIST . G . M . TBAXSVAAL . Hro . George Richards is the first , and thus far the only brother who has preside 1 over the Transvaal , his appointment to ollice dating from the 1 st January , 18 SI 5 . In the three years that have since el . psed , very substantial progress has been made , so that tlie number of lodges on the roll is now 22 , of which some half dozen have been constituted since Bro . Richards ' s accession to ollice . llro . Richards is a Past M . W . S . of the St .. Croix Chapter , Xo . 81 , Port Elizabeth , of

die Rose Croix IS" under the . ' iipicine Coi noil , 33 of the Ancient , and Accepted liile , and has I n adniilled lo t hc 32 . He is also Secretary of the Sciilincl Conclave of I lie Order of die Score ! Monitor , Johannesburg , nor is I hero any reason lo doiibl lhat let-his auspices I'rceinsisoiiry will [ coin iniie fo make substantial progress . During the present year a Transvaal . Masonic I'diionlii I I ' lind has been slarled as a memorial of the 1 ' iieen ' s Diamond Jubilee and al the inaugural nieeling the lniinilicent sum of . IMu . dOU was raised . This speaks well for ( he Triinsvaal and ils chief .

lino . JOHN LOCKE , DIST . G . M . HAHIIAIIOS . Hro . John Locke , wh . i was appointed a Dist . G . Master of Uarbados on the 7 th Oetobi r , 180 , * > , in succession to Col . John Klliol , (! . !! ., resigned , was initiated in the I ' nion Lodge , Xo . 217 , Georgetown , Deincrnra , on the St h January , 1807 , and ill 1871 was elected a joining member of die Prince of Wales Lodge , Xo . 807 , Trinidad ; subseipienllv he was inslalled as W . M . in l ! ' 7 ( i , again in 1878 , and

again , for the third time , in lst'l . In 18 SS he became a founder of St , Michael ' s Lodge , Xo . 22 , "> 3 , Uarbados , and was installed in the chair iu 1882 . Iu 18112 the Dist . G . Lodge of llaibados was consl il mod —I here liaving previously been a Prov . (! . Lodge- and Bro . Locke was appointed , firstly , the Dist . G . Treasurer and then , in 18 ! H . Dep . Disl . G . . Master : while in ]' S 0 . * > , on llro . Col . Klliol leaving the island al die conclusioii of his term of ollics us Governor , and rosie-n

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