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harmony at about eight p . m . At the regular monthly meeting of this lodge , held on Wednesday , the 20 th January , 1 S 64 , at the Lodge Rooms , Calaba , at six p . m ., there were present—Bros , N . N . Framjee , W . M . ; Merwanjee Manockjee , P . M . ; K . R . Cama , P . M . ; Ardaseer Framjee Moos , S . W . ; Muneherjee Cowasjee , J . W . ; Cursetjee Nusserwajee Cama , Treasurer ; Jehangeer Gustadjee , Secretary ; Sorabjee Framrooz , S . D . ; Cursetjee Jehangeer , J . D . ; RustomjeeBatboorjee , Dir . of Cers . ;

Muneherjee Framrooz , I . G . ; Cowasjee Sorabjee Patell , Tyler . Members : —Bros . Pestonjee Hormusjee Cama , Muneherjee C . Marazbon , Jallbhoy Dorabjee , Jejeebhai Jehangeer , Dossobhoy Ruttonjee Calah , Merwanjee Bomonjee , Dossabhoy Hormusjee Cama , Dossabhoy Byramjee , Sorabjee Jejeebhoy , N . M . Lvffigrana , Dossabhoy Framjee . Visitors : —Bros . Dadabhai Naorji , of Rising Sun ; J . S . Snob and H . Glenocb , of Concord ; H . Jonach and XV . Sl Tlerof PerseveranceJohn XV . Jim

yn y , ; , Franklin Walker , C . H . Whilley , and J . Roudley , of Concord . The lodge having been opened in the first degree , the minutes of the last regular meeting of tbe 21 st December , as well as of the Standing Commitee of the 8 th January , were read and confirmed . The immediate business being to ballot for Bro . Dadabhai Naoroji as a rejoining member of the lodge , Bro . Dadabhai was asked to retire for a few minutes from the lodge , when the

W . M . said that though be felt that from the high honour in which Bro . Dadabhai is held by all the brethren he would be elected by acclamation , but , as tbe by-laws did not allow that , we shouldhave to go through the ballot , and it would be the more creditable to him if lie passed it . The brethren then proceeded to ballot , which having been found clear , Bro . Dadabhai was elected as a rejoining member . Bro . Dadabhai was then re-admitted and congratulatedancl he returned thanks to the W . M . and the

, brethren for the honour they had done him . Entered Apprentices were asked to retire , and the lodge having been opened , in the second degree Bros . Dosabhoy Hormusjee Cama and Jejeebhoy Jehangeer Lamna were called and examined in that degree , and having been found proficient , were sent to be

prepared for admission to the sublime degree . The lodge having been opened in the third degree , Bros . Dosabhoy Hormusjee Cama and Jejeebhoy Jehangeer Lamna were duly admitted and raised to the sublime degree in clue and ancient form , and the W . M . explained to them the working tools appertaining to the degree and gave them the charge . Sro . K . It . Cama then rose ancl said that be was glad the sixth clause of the by-laws was rescinded bthe unanimous votes of the brethren at the last

y meeting ; hut a question still remained as to whether the XV . M or the lodge should have the power to appoint , Depute and Substitute Masters . He thought it most advisable that the W . M . ' should be invested with the authority , and lie submitted a proposition to that effect , which was seconded by Bro . Dadabhai Naoraji . Bro . Muneherjee Cowasjee Lungrana then proposed , as an amendment to Bro . K . R . Cama's proposition ,

that the lodge should have the power to appoint , Depute and Substitute Masters . The amendment was lost from not having been seconded . Bro . K . R . Cama's proposition having been put to the vote was carried unanimously . Bvo . Jehangeer Gustadjee who , owing to indisposition , could not attend at thelast meeting , was duly obligated as the Secretary of the lodge . The W . M . presented to Bro . K . R . Camathe Past Master ' s jewel voted to

, him by the lodge , with an appropriate speech , laudatory of his past exertions for the interests of the lodge . Bro . K . R . Cama accepted the present with thanks , ancl said that he had not done anything more than his duty during bis stay in the chair , and he was sorry if he had incurred the displeasure of auy brother by his strictness for the proper discipline of the lodge , without which the lodge could not have been brought to its present

high repute , as being second to none in every respect . Verbal excuses were made for the Prov . G . M ., Bro . Barton , by Bro . Merwanjee Manockjee ; for Bro . Irvine , by Bro . Framjee Cowasjee Metah . Bro . Muneherjee Cowasjee Lungrana , J . W ., proposed , and Bro . Framjee Cowasjee Metah seconded , that Bro . Dassabhoy Pesikakana be passed to tbe Fellow Craft degree . There being no further business before the lodge , it was closed in peace and harmony at about half-past nine p . m .

CALCUTTA . ( From the Indian Freemasons' Friend . ) LODGE STAB IN THE EAST . —A regular meeting of this lodge was held on Wednesday , the 27 th January . Bro . H . Howe , the Master , presided , and initiated Mr . George Macartney Ogilvie , C . S ., into Freemasonry . At the banquet table , the brethren drank to the health of the late Master , Bro . Clark

( C . E . ) , who had just returned from Europe , and was looking , not " considerably improved" in health , but as well and as hearty as he has always looked . How surprised his friends in England must have been at finding him so little etiolated by a climate which had proved fatal to a Dalhousie , a Wilson , a Canning , ancl an Elgin , who , in the opinion of the " old folks at home , " were all poisoned by the-malarious exhalations from the Calcutta drains ( which , now that we have a

health officer rejoicing in the appropriate name of Tonnerre , will doubtless be all cleared away in allopathic masses . ) Bro . Clark made a very interesting reply to the speech in which Bro . Howe had proposed his health . He described how he had met members of Lodge Star in the Ea 3 t at unexpected places in England ; for instance , once when he was driving into a village in a remote district , ancl at another time when he had taken a seat in a railway train . Those unexpected meetings

were , of course , exceedingly pleasant . Bro . Clark also stated that , in the prosecution of the enquiries which had formed the . object of his deputation to Europe by the justices of Calcutta , he had derived much benefit from the circumstance of his being a Mason , bis privileges as such having afforded him opportunities and facilities for seeking information from others of the Craft , or from the friends of Masons , which he would otherwise not have had . Bro . Clark having been commanded to attend the

Viceroy early on the following morning , on a visit to tha Mutlah , was permitted to leave the table before the final toast was given . Bro . Sandeman proposed the health of the visitors . The toast was acknowledged by Bro . W . H . Hoff , on behalf of himself , of Bro . C . Baker ( of Lodge Good Hope , Dacca ) , and the other guests . He stated that he was often the involuntary

cause of injustice to two parties : namely , to the lodges which he visited , and to the guests to whom honour was done iu a toast . For it frequently happened that prominence was given to his name , and that every visitor consequently looked to him to return thanks . But as he did not possess the art which tha previous speaker possessed in so eminent a degree , of making even the shortest speech in a satisfactory manner , he probably lefton the one handan impression on the minds of his hosts

, , that he did not sufficiently appreciate their kindness , and , on the other , a feeling of disappointment with his brother guests at his having represented them so badly . With regard to the notice taken of his labours as Provincial Grand Secretary , Bro . Hoff thought he could claim little praise beyond that of carrying out the orders of the Grand Master to the best of his . abilityancl certainlalso of offering his advice and inion

, y op ^ but not of originating measures of importance . He truly felt that , with a Graud Master of less activity ancl zeal for tbe discharge of bis Masonic duties , he would himself work inefficiently . He thought it right to state this , as Bro . Sandeman often forgot the credit clue to himself in his generous anxiety to praise others . Bro . Hoff also acknowledged tbe terms in which the Masonic press had been commended ; and , with reference to

a gentle rebuke administered b y Bro . Sandeman , offered the explanation which his left-hand neighbours had yeqwested him to make of the cause of their want of punctuality in attending the meeting . The brethren were favoured with a sentimental and a comic song by Bro . Caster , one of the Christy minstrels , who accompanied himself or . the piano ; and the brethren then retired from the hall , with the exception of halfa-dozen , who passed another hour very pleasantly in the Grand . Master ' s room .

SINGAPORE . LODGE ZETLAND IN THE EAST AND FIDELITY ( NO . 508 ) . — A regular meeting of this lodge was held at the Masonic Hall , Esplanade , on Thursday , the 12 th November . Present : — Bros . R . B . Read , D . Prov . G . M . ; E . Scott , W . M . of the lodge , presiding ; F . H . Gottlieb , S . W . ; J . P . Nevin , J . W . ; E . M . Jewish , Acting Secretary ; W . Turnbull , S . D . ; J . Huxtable , J . D . ; W . StuartI . G . ; P . R . BazarTlerThe following

, , y . visitors were admitted : —Bros . A . Nelson , of Lodge St . David in the East ( No . 371 ) , Calcutta ; and J . Robilliard , of Hammond Lodge ( No . 829 ) , Guernsey . The election for the Master , Treasurer , and Tyler , for the ensuing year , was then proceeded with , the following brethren being eligible for the chair : — Bros . T . Scott , W . M ; F . H . Gottlieb , S . W . ; J . P . Nevin , J . W . ; XV . H . Read , Prov . G . M ., absent ; R . B . Read , D . Prov . G . M . ; C .

Frommurze , P . M . ; F . Von . Hartwig , P . S . W ., absent ; E . Walker , P . S . W . 1042 ; A . McAlister , P . J . W . 1042 . Bro . Gottlieb was duly elected W . M ., ancl was also re-elected Treasurer , and Bro . Lazar was re-elected Tyler .