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the case that brethren who have passed through the various offices in Craft Masonry are apt to consider their round of Masonic duties complete . That may be so , if they are content to rest there ; but if they

undertake further duties , either in the Mark , orany other , their responsibility is the same as in the Craft , and they cannot shirk their proper performance without discrediting themselves and the Order .

* * * The facilities offered to acquire instruction are certainly fewer in some of the Degrees , but there are many chapters of instruction in which the ceremonies are

correctly taught , and in the Grand Master ' s Mark Lodge of Instruction the members of that increasingly , important organisation have an authoritative body of capable Preceptors , whose teaching can be relied on .

* * * The Grand Lodge of Missouri has recently established a Masonic Home for indigent brethren , their widows , and orphan children , the number admitted to its benefits , according to the Masonic Constellation ( of St .

Louis ) for the present month , being not far short of 70 . But it is evident from our worthy contemporary that the means forthcoming for the support of this most useful institution are by no means impartially distributed among the lodges in the jurisdiction .

* * * The Constellation , in noticing this point , remarks that " 290 lodges in the State , representing a membership in round numbers of 15 , 000 , contributed a sum exceeding $ 20 , 000 . Eighteen lodges in St . Louis , with a membership of 2500 , subscribed a sum exceeding

§ 7000 ; while 245 lodges , with a membership of u , ooo , have never responded to any appeal that was ever made to them to support tbe Home . But in lieu thereof two lodges " have " added to the population and expense of conducting the home by promptly sending forward eight persons to be cared for , one lodge furnishing seven and the other one .

* # # The Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of the same State has this year started a project for establishing a " Masonic Hospital and Sanatorium , " and the Committee appointed at the annual conclave in April

last are earnestly appealing to every commandery in the jurisdiction and every individual Knight Templar to render all the assistance in their power towards ensuring its success . The Grand Commandery has itself

headed the list of contribut-ois with tine handsome donation of $ 1000 , while the Grand Chapter of the State has followed suit with one of $ 500 . We trust the efforts of our Missouri brethren in behalf of the Home and the Hospital will be crowned with success .

» ? * The erection ofthe New York Masonic Home at Utica which was to be dedicated by the Grand Master of New York , on Wednesday , the 5 th inst ., was commenced in

May , 1891 , and has now been completed , at a cost of $ 121 , 815 ( £ Hi 3 ^ 3 ) - This is a great achievement , of which our New York brethren have every reason to be proud .

* * « According to the New Zealand Craftsman , there are at the present time 147 active and regular lodges in the colony , of which 82 are on the roll of the unrecognised Grand Lodge of New Zealand , while the

remainingos are distributed among the old Constitutions in the wanner following , namely : 40 under the Grand Lodge of England ; 20 under that of Scotland ; and 5 under that of Ireland . Mention is also made of eight other English , Irish , and Scotch lodges , which are said to be " dormant " or " duplicate . "

* * * The subject of uniformity of ritual appears to have been exercising the minds of many of our Tasmanian brethren , but more particularly of those residing in Launceston , and the matter having been brought under

'"< " notice of the Board of General Purposes of that jurisdiction , that bod y in its report presented at the •"¦ alf-yearl y communication of the Grand Lodge of Tasmania on the 28 th July last , expressed itself as being strongl y " opposed to the publication of any authorised edition of working for this jurisdictionand in its j

, _ . , .. — aosence would recommend , in the first instance , a re £ ular attendance at lodges of instruction where Practicable , and in the second , conformity with the '"•'' -ructions o £ l - *" - inspectors of lodges , who will be 'horised to enforce adherence to a well-known and re £ ular standard . "

» * * t the regular monthly meeting in August last of the lm ee ! nasons' Literary Association of Victoria , it was "" "mousl y agreed , on the motion of Bro . W . Lennox

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Craig , of the University Lodge— "That refreshments be arranged for after the work of each meeting . " A most judicious arrangement 1 All work and no refreshment makes Bro . Jack a dull Mason .

* * Apropos of this Association , the Australasian Keystone for September contains the announcement that the annual meeting was to be held during the present month , and that it had already been determined that it should take the form of a high-class musical conversazione for ladies and gentlemen , to which all Masons and their ladies would be invited .

Supreme Grand Chapter.

SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER .

The following is the business to be transacted on Wednesday next : The minutes of the last Quarterly Convocation to be read for Confirmation .

THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL PURPOSES . TO the Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England . The Committee of General Purposes beg to report that they have examined the accounts from the 20 th July to the 18 th October , 1892 , both inclusive , which they find to be as follows : —

RECEIPTS . To Balance , Grand Chapter £ 267 4 1 „ „ Unappropriated Account ... 1 S 8 10 10 „ Subsequent Receipts ... * 304 0 5 ^ 759 15 4

EXPENDITURE . By Disbursements during the Quarter ... £ 40211 S „ Balance 133 13 10 „ „ Unappropriated Account 223 q 10

£ 759 ' 5 4 which balances are in the Bank of England , Western Branch . The Committee have also to report that they have received the following petitions :

ist . From Comps . the Rev . John Oxley Oxland , as Z . ; William Sink , as H . ; George Charles Brisley , as J . ; and six others for a chapter to be attached to the Umzimkulu Lodge , No . 2113 , Umzimkulu , to be called the East Griqualand Chapter , and to meet at Umzimkulu , East Griqualand , Natal , South Africa .

2 nd . From Comps . John Barnard , as Z . ; Conrad E . P . Vernede , as H . ; Ernest Gerard Windle , as J ; and six others for a chapter to be attached to the Anchor of Hope Lodge , No . 1093 , Wellington , Madras , to be called the Benson Chapter , and to meet at Wellington , in the District of Madras .

The foregoing petitions being in all respects regular , the Committee recommend that the prayers thereof be respectively granted . The Committee have also received a memorial from the Principals and members of the Athol Chapter , No . 74 , Birmingham , praying for a charter of confirmation

—the original charter being lost—and for permission to change the name from Athol to AthoMsrael . The Committee recommend that a charter of confirmation be granted , and that the name of the abovementioned chapter be changed to Athol-Israel . The Committee have likewise received a memorial from the Principals and members of the Belgrave

Chapter , No . 749 , London , for a charter of . confirmation , the original charter having been lost . The Committee recommend that a charter of confirmation be granted . The Committee have further received memorials , with extracts of minutes , for permission to remove the following chapters :

The Wellington Chapter , No . 548 , from Deptford , to the Bridge House Hotel , Southwark . The Royal Preston Chapter , No . 333 , from the Mess Rooms , to the Castle Hotel , Marketplace , Preston . The Beadon Chapter , No . 619 , from Masons ' Avenue , Basinghall-street , to Anderton's Hotel , Fleet-street .

The St . Ambrose Chapter , No . 1891 , from West Kensington , to the St . James's Restaurant , Piccadilly , where it is meeting temporarily at present by dispensation . The Committee recommend that the removal of these chapters be sanctioned .

The Albert Edward Chapter , No . 604 , Lyttleton , Canterbury , New Zealand , having seceded from its allegiance to the Grand Chapter of England , and now working under the so-called Grand Chapter of New Zealand , asks permission to retain possession of its charter .

The Committee recommend that the above request be complied with , on the charter being cancelled by the District Grand Master of Canterbury , New Zealand . The Grand Superintendent of Montreal having returned the charter of the Victoria Chapter , No . 440 , Montreal , as the chapter has not worked for years and is not likel

y to work again , the Committee beg to recommend that the chapter be erased from the list of chapters . ( Signed ) ROBERT GREV , President . Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C , 19 th October , 1892 .

Correspondence.

Correspondence .

fWe do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to ail to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . " ]

THE LATE PROVINCE OF MIDDLESEX AND SURREV . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , The Mark brethren in London are exercised in their minds as to the disposal of the accumulated funds of the late Provincial Grand Lodge . It would

obviously be unjust to hand all over to the two new provinces , and it has been suggested that the balance in the hands of the Provincial Grand Treasurer should be divided equally among the 29 lodges . Can any brother state the exact position of the late Provincial Grand Oflicers ; have they rank in the new province , or in both , or nowhere ?—Yours fraternally , OBSERVER .

[ We understand the matter is under the consideration of the General Board , which will , no doubt , report and recommend at an early date . —ED . FM . \

Masonic Notes Annd Queries.

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ion ] "SCALD MISERABLE MASONS . " The valuable plate by Benoist of the " Scald Miserable Masons , " to which reference was made in our columns recently by several brethren , is certainly very scarce , but there must be more copies known now than in the late Bro . Spencer ' s time . A fine impression

of the original is preserved in the Worcester Masonic Library , collected by Bro . Geo . Taylor , Prov . Grand Sec . Another is in the West Yorkshire Masonic Museum , Wakefield , as well as in Bro . William Watson's own collection at Leeds , and a choice original impression also belongs to the " Hilda" Rose Croix

Chapter , York , which hangs on the walls of the " Eboracum " Masonic Hall ( dining - room ) . This plate was exhibited at the Masonic Conversazione at York , 20 th Feb ., 1884 , and is duly noted in the catalogue edited by Bro . T . B . Whytehead , P . G . S . B .

At the " Worcester Exhibition , " Aug ., 1884 , another is registered , belonging to Lodge No . 622 , Wimborne , and possibly one or more originals at the Shanklin Exhibition of September , 1886 . A copy of the original of 1742 is also understood to be in the Grand Lodge Library and Museum . What others are there' t ENQUIRER .

Reviews.

Reviews .

CONSTITUTIONS OF THE ANTIENT FRATERNITY OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS UNDER THE GRAND LODGE OF NEW ZEALAND . Wellington , 1 S 91 . This body met on 13 th October , 1 S 91 , and agreed to the Regulations thus printed , under the superintendence of the Board of General Purposes , signed by Bro . W . Ronaldson

, Grand Secretary . The appearance of this edition is much as our English Book of Constitutions , and the laws are mainl y the same , only now and then the influence of the Scottish system is seen in regulations peculiar to that Grand Body . Generally speaking , this code is as near perfection as possible , and appears now and then to have incorporated into their rules some manifest improvements , particularly

suitable for the needs of New Zealand , with its scattered fopulations and rather awkward geographical configuration ^ ' or these reasons the appointment of Grand Superintendents where there are no Prov . Grand Masters is a good idea . This Grand Lodge , which so far has failed to obtain anything approaching unanimity , or even a substantial majority , was formed at Christchurch on 29 th April , 1890 , and

recognises the three Craft Degrees , the Mark , and the Royal Arch . An Assistant Grand Registrar is appointed , and also a Grand Bible Bearer and 25 Grand Stewards elected on nomination of the lodges . Proxies ate allowed to vote in Grand Lodge , but no brother is permitted to hold more than six (' . ) , and has a vote for each . The Grand Master is assumed and recorded to be a member of every lodge under

the Grand Lodge , just as in Scotland . Half-yearly returns are made of members , and fees remitted in like manner . Minimum initiation fee , five guineas . Provincial Grand Masters are elected by the members of the lodges in each particular province for three years only , when a fresh

election is necessary . This regulation is certainly a strange one , as neither the Grand Master nor the Grand Lodge have a voice in the matter . Generally speaking , however , the code is an excellent one , and the very lull index at the end adds much to the usefulness and handy character of the compilation .

MASONIC ADDRESSES OF THOMAS WILLIAM TEW , J . P . ( P . G . D . ) , P . G . M . West Yorkshire . Uro . J . MATTHfc . WM . VN , P . M . 1019 , Prov . A . G . secretary . Wakefield : W . H . Milnes , The Radcliffe Printing Press , 1802 .

Bro . few has played a prominent part in Freemasonry for so many years , that a work like this , which contains a full account of his Masonic career is sure to meet with a cordial welcome . Not only has he rendered incalculable service to the Craft by his able administration of one of our

strongest and most influential provinces ; not only has he given a willing and generous support to our Institutions , and , by his commanding influence , induced others to follow in his footsteps ; but he has likewise exhibited a deeper interest than most men have the opportunity of exhibiting in the field of intellectual Masonic labour . lie has done much to foster a love for the literature of the Craft , not only