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SATURDAY . N OVEMBER IO , 1900 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The Ouarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter was held at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday , the th instant . Comp . W . W . B . Beach , M . P ., G . J ., as Grand Z ., presided , and there was about the usual attendance . The business was promptly disposed of , and the companions then separated .

» * » The annual meeting of the Prov . G . Mark Lodgo of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight , which was recently held at Southampton , was not allowed to pass without

Masonic Notes.

feeling reference being made to the great loss the Province had sustained by the lamented death of Bro . Richard Eve , Past G . M . O ., D . P . G . M . M ., Bro . W . W . Beach , M . P ., Prov . G . M . M ., who presided , paying a iust tribute of respect to the eminent services that

brother had rendered to Mark Masonry not only generally , but also in Hants and the Isle-of Wight , and on motion made and seconded it was unanimously agreed that a record of the loss should be entered on the minutes of the Prov . G . Lodge . A vote of congratulation was also passed to Bros , the Rev . F . B . N .

Norman-Lee and Capt . G . Hearn on their safe return home , the former havingserved as Chaplain to the Forces in the Orange Free State , and the latter during the siege in Ladysmith , where he presided as W . Master of the Ladysmith Mark Lodge , No . 528 , andadvanced eight candidates . * * *

It is evident from the report of the proceedings at the recent annual meeting of the Prov . Grand Mark Lodge of Somersetshire , which appeared in our last week s issue , that Mark Masonry , under the able rule of Bro . R . C . Else , is in a highly prosperous state ,

both as regards membership and financially . There are 10 lodges on the roll , and in the course of the meeting the brethren voted £ 21 to the South African Masonic Relief Fund and £ 15 15 s . to the Mark Bene v ^ lent Fund , to be placed on the list of the brot / ier

who will represent the Province as Steward at the Festival next year . Bro . Else , who has been at the head of Mark Masonry in Somersetshire since 1 S 81 , is to be congratulated on the admirable manner in which the duties of the Degree are carried out .

* * * It is not perhaps surprising that having regard to the number and variety of the calls which have been made during the past year upon the pockets of the brethren , the South African Masonic Relief Fund

should be increasing slowly . Still it is satisfactory to know that contributions are being received from lodges and brethren , and that , including the sums announced last week , the total is not very far removed from , £ 10 , 000 . Among the principal sums lately acknowledged will be found , in addition to the

20 guineas from the Mark Province of Somersetshire , 25 guineas from the Prov . Grand Chapter of Somersetshire , £$ 0 Irom Perseverance Lodge , No . 1165 , Hong Kong , 20 guineas from Lodge Goodwill , guineas from Etheldreda Lodge No . 2107 , Newmarket , and £ 1 $ 10 s . from the Prov . Grand Lodge and Prov . Grand M ., S . Wales ( W . D . ) .

# * » We have been asked to announce that "The Isiac Tablet , " on " The History and Occult Significance " of which " Bro . " Dr . Westcott in 1 SS 7 contributed a valuable and learned monograph to the world of

letters , has been " redrawn and printed from a New Line Block , and privately published principally for friends , " and Bro . Robert H . Fryar , of Bath , guarantees gratis "to every Purchaser direct from him

of thc ' Tablet' ( 25 only ) or his ' Occult Reprints , ' the complete set of ' Tarot Keys , ' illustrating ' The Sanctum Regnum , ' and forming a working copy of that marvellous Symbolic Document on thc most approved and perfect basis extant . "

The 17 th annual meeting of the Grjat Priory of thc Order of the Temple in Canada was held in the Masonic Hall , Kingston , on the 5 th September , under the presidency of Sir Knight J . V . Ellis , M . E . and Supreme G . Master , among those present being Sir

Knights Judge MacWatt , I . P . Supremu G . M . ; D . LCarley , Dep . G . M . ; W . H . Whyte , G . Chancellor ; and W . Gibson , M . P . Great Priory met with a most cordial reception from Mayor Minnes who , on behalf of the Corporation , tendered thc members the

freedom of thc city , and also from the Hugh de 1 ' ayens Preceptory . The Grand Master , in the course of his address , referred to the fact that it was the centenary of the introduction oi thc Order into Canada , it being shown—according to the Canadian Craftsman , irom

which we take these particulars—in Bro . J . Ross Robertson ' s valuable history of the Craft in Canada , that on the 31 st October , 1800 , Grand Master Frederick Hershfelt and Recorder John McGill conferred on Christopher Danby , of Kingston , power to introduce the Order into Canada .

In the course of the Address , the Grand Master referred to the great increase thc Order had made in the Dominion , pointing out that whereas 30 years ago there were only 13 preceptories in Canada , now there were three times that number . Judge MacWatt was

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presented with the jewel of a Past Grand Master in recognition of his services in that capacity during the preceding two years ; while on the question of revising the ritual it was decided , after a long discussion , to retain the existing ceremonies in their entirety . With

the re-election and re-installation of Sir Kni ght J . V . Ellis as M . E . and Supreme Grand Master and the other Grand Officers for the ensuing year , the proceedings at this important annual session of the Great Priory of Canada were brought to a close . * * *

In its September number , our contemporary , the Canadian Craftsman , pays a well-deserved compliment to Bro . G . S . Ryerson , M . D ., Past S . G . Deacon of the Grand Lodge of Canada , who not long since returned home and resumed his practice , after having served as Canadian Red Cross Commissioner at

Orange River , Modder River , Kimberley , Bloemfontein , and Kroonstadt during the war in South Africa , and subsequently as Red Cross Commissioner with Bro . Lord Roberts ' s Headquarter Staff . Bro . Dr . Ryerson , who received the Degree of M . D . from Trinity Medical College , Toronto , in 1875 , was made

a Mason in Lodge No . 25 ( CR . ) on 4 th June , 1880 , and was installed W . M . in 1890 , in which year he was appointed S . G . Deacon of the Grand Lodge of Canada ( Province of Ontario ) . Bro . Dr . Ryerson is a distinguished man in his profession , and it is an honour to the Craft to have such a member in its ranks .

We judge from the appendices to the printed Report , which has been forwarded to us , of the proceedings at the Quarterly Communication of the District Grand Lodge 0 ? Bengal , on the 25 th June , that the state of the Craft in the District is very satisfactory . The audited Statement of Accounts for the Quarter to 31 st May , which was presented by the District Grand Treasurer ,

and unanimously adopted and ordered to be entered on the minutes , showed , in round figures , the following balances in hand , namely—on the General Fund , 3097 Rupees ; on the Masonic Hall Sustentation Fund , 1934 Rupees ; on the Musical Instrument Fund , 109 Rupees ; and on the Fund of Benevolence , 1481 Rupees , in addition to a sum of 3000 Rupees in Government Securities .

The Indian Freemason ior September contains a report ot the installation meeting and banquet of Lodge Orion in the West , No . 415 , Poona , on thi iSth July last , when Bro . Major-General C . J . Burnett , C . B ., was installed W . Master . There seems to have been a numerous gathering o ' members and visitors , and no efforts were spared to do honour to the occasion . The toast of the W .

Master was proposed by Bro . the Lord Bishop of Bombay , who remarked that he had no claim to present the toast , as he belonged to no lodge , and since his initiation many years ago in Lodge Victoria had forgotten much of what he formerly knew about the Craft . Bro . General Burnett , W . M ., in his repl y , also

pleaded that he had neglected Masonry . He was greitly interested in the lodge many years ago , Out he hid gone elsewhere , and had had too many profession il duties to occupy him to allow of his giving mach time or thought to the Craft . But , notwithstanding his

shortcomings , hc should lay himself out to discharge the duties of his office , and he hoped that when the Pro-Distiict Grand Master of Bombay ( His Excellency Lord Northcote ) officially visited the lodge , his lordship would find everything in order .

The September number of the Freemason , of Toronto , is almost exclusively devoted to the Order of the Temple . Mot only is there a very full report of the meeting at Kingston , on the 6 th of the month , of the Sovereign Great Priory of Canada , but , in addition , there are articles ( 1 ) on " the Order of the Temple in Canada , " by Sir Knight W . H . Whyte , Grand

Chancellor , in which he sketches out the introduction and development of Templary in the Dominion ; and ( 2 ) on the " Original Order of Kni ghts Templar , " by the Rev . Cornelius L . Twing , Brooklyn , N . Y ., together with a contribution from the pen of Bro . W . J . Hughan , on " English Knight Templary , " which has already appeared in our columns , so that our readers are familiar with its merits .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

CORRECTION . —The Assistant Librarian appointed bv the R . W . the Prov . G . M . of West Yorkshire , to help Bro . William Watson in his labours on behalf of the province ' is Bro . Henry B . Wilson ( not W . L . Wilson ) , who is the W . M . elect of No . 2 S 9 , the " Mother Lodge of Leeds " not "West Yorkshire . " The oldest , and the Mother Lodge of the province , is , of course , No . 61 , Halifax whose history was ably written by Bro . Herbert Crosslev ' P . M ., & c .