Contents.

CONTENTS .

LRADERS— ¦ ' PAGE . The District Grand Lodge of Auckland ( N . Z . ) ... ... ... 5 S 9 Freemasonry in Bengal ... ... ... ... ... 589 United Grand Lodge ( Quarterly Communication ) ... ... ... 590 Grand Lodgeof Mark Master Masons ( Quarterly Communication ) ... ... 592

Consecration of the Maristow Lodge , No . 2725 ... ... ... 592 Freemasonry in Norfolk ... ... ... ... ... ... 593 Provincial Grand Lodge of Derbyshire ... ... ... ... 59 + Consecration of a Masonic Temple at Chipping Norton ... ... ... 595 A Veteran School Manager ... ... ... ... ... . 595 Christmas Appeal ... ... ... ... .. ... 595 MASONIC :

NOTRSQuarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge ... ... ... 597 Quarterly Communication of Grand Lotlge of Mark Master Masons ... 597 'the Honorarium to Bro . McLeod ... ... ... ... 597 Province of Guernsey and Alderney ... ... ... ... 597 Consecration of the Maristow Lodge , No . 2725 ... ... ... 597 Provincial Grand Lodge of Norfolk ... ... ... ... 597 Provincial Grand Chapter of Norfolk ... ... ... ... 597

Correspondence ... ... ... ... ... ... 597 Reviews ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 59 S Dedication of a Temple by Sir Stafford Northcote ... ... ... 598 Grand Lodge of Scotland ( Annual Meeting ) ... ... ... ... 599 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 599 Mark Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 601 Instruction ... ... ... ... ... ... ... G 02 Obituary ... ... ... ... ... ... ... G 02 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 6 ^ 4

The District Grand Lodge Of Auckland (N.Z.J.

THE DISTRICT GRAND LODGE OF AUCKLAND ( N . Z . J .

On some recent occasion we remarked with reference to ( . lie recent schism in thc Craft in New Zealand and the measures which have so wisely and so successfully been taken by his Royal

Highness the M . W . G . Master , and fully endorsed by Grand Lodge , that it was too much to expect that the bitterness of feeling engendered by that schism should disappear at once ancl that the members of the several Constitutions who have been

warring against each other for some half dozen years should s iiddeniy lind themselves enacting the parts assigned to the lion and the lamb Respectively in thc millennium which has not yet come . We made this remark in consequence of the report of

certain proceedings which had taken place in the District Grand Lodge of Canterbury ( N . Z . ) and from which we gathered that all but two of those lodges which had not taken any steps towards severing their connection wilh the Knglish Constitution had

resolved unanimously , and those other two all but unanimously , to remain under thc banner of thc United Grand Lodge o ( Kngland . Similar evidence is now forthcoming from the District G . Lodge of Auckland that there also the desire to remain

Knglish is quite as strong as in Canterbury . True , we have not yet been given to understand that the lodges , which are 19 in number in Auckland as compared with nine in Canterbury , have met and resolved either by a unanimous or majority vote to retain

their connection with us ; but the report we have just received of the proceedings at the Quarterly Communication of thc District Grand Lodge held at Freemasons' llall , Auckland , on the ( ilh September , inclines us to believe that it will not

be very long ere we learn that the private lodges on the roll have determined upon remaining in their present allegiance , and that , though as loyal brethren they will accept the decision of our Grand Lodge to recognise the Grand Lodge

ol . New Zealand , they are the very reverse of disposed to enter into closer relations with thc latter body than the circumstances in the new position in which they are placed would appear to

demand . The proceedings at this meeting , as they are reported , show that when the terms and conditions on which the Grand Lodge of New Zealand has been recognised had been read ,

The District Grand Lodge Of Auckland (N.Z.J.

not a single one of the brethren ' who addressed the Dist . G . Lodge had a single word of commendation to say in respect of those terms . The Dist . G . Master " regretted that it had been considered requisite to so limit the usefulness of Knglish

Masonry 111 New Zealand . " The Past Dist . G . Master , Bro . George S . GRAHAM , in fhe course of some very strong observations , expressed his belief that " Neither the existing status of District Grand Lodge or Private . Lodges here has been

maintained , nor does the arrangement ensure that harmony or union so long and anxiously hoped for . " The Dep . Dist . G . Master pointed out that the brethren had never objected to the

recognition of the G . Lodge of New Zealand on equal terms , but only to the grant of that sovereign supremacy which had now been accorded to it . The Dist . G . Director of Ceremonies moved a

series of resolutions , for the most part declaratory , in the course of which it was pointed out that the only right of which the Dist . G . Lodge could be deprived , had been taken from it , namely , the right of forming

new lodges , . and the opinion . was expressed "that this District Grand Lodge has now under its jurisdiction 540 Masons , among whom the Articles of Agreement will undoubtedly produce a keen sense of humiliation . " The resolutions

were supported by the District G . Registrar , the Dep . District G . M ., and the District S . G . W ., and it was unanimously resolved that they should be recorded on the minutes of District Grand Lodge . The Prov . G . M . of New Zealand under the Irish

Constitution , who was present at the proceedings , also expressed his sympathy with the remarks of the different speakers , and gave it as his opinion that " sufficient consideration had not been shown the brethren in this District . " We will add that the District G .

Master stated it to bc his intention to instruct the lodges in the District " to call a special meeting , in accordance with Clause 3 of the Articles of Recognition , to consider the advisability of joining the Grand l . odgc of New Zealand or continuing their

allegiance to the Grand Lodge of Kngland . ' What will be the result of these deliberations it is , of course , impossible to foresec , but , to judge from the tenour of the discussion at this

meeting , we should say the lodges will determine upon remaining as they are rather than join the new Grand Lodge , which they evidently dislike .

Necessarily these protests , and any others that may be raised , will be unavailing to disturb the new order of things Masonic , as now established in the Colony of New Zealand , and the question naturally occurs as to whether it is altogether

desirable to pass resolutions of regret , which , though they cannot undo what has been done , must have the effect of perpetuating the feelings of soreness which still prevail among the

Knglish brethren . Let them by all means remain as they are , and if they cannot form new lodges , let them strengthen those already existing ; it will be more dignified to do their work well than to be bewailing what cannot now be helped .

Freemasonry In Bengal.

FREEMASONRY IN BENGAL .

We have received a copy of the Proceedings at the Quarterly Communication of the District G . Lodge of Bengal , which was held at Freemasons' Hall , Naini Tal , on the 22 nd September , liro . Sir IL TilOKY PRINSEP , Dist . G . Master , was

absent on a visit to Kngland , but his place was ably filled by the Dep . Dist . G . Master , Bro . the Hon . Mr . Justice BURKITT , who happily found himself in a position to report very favourably , in the address he delivered , on the state of the Craft in the District ,