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Masonic Missions.
be regarded as contributory to its two boroughs ; and we will pass over the small towns j but we do not understand why Aylesbury has a Lodge , ancl Buckingham and Wycombe have not . All are boroughs , all railway stations , and they are in no way dependent on Aylesbury . At Reading there is a Masonic Hall , iidiethcr belonging to the Craft , or not , we do not knoiv , but we presume not , as the foundation of a new hall is to be laid to-clay . This represents the Masonic temples of the province . In Berkshire wc have the following boroughs and towns : —
* Reading . Population 22 , 175 . * Windsor aud Eton . Population 12 , 000 . Abingdon . Population 7 , 353 . * Newbury . Population 6 , 57-1 . Maidenhead . Wantage .
Wokingham . Population 3 , 658 . Great Farringdon . Wallingford . Hungerford . Population 3 , 072 . East Ilsley . Paugbourne . Population 2 , 000 .
The wealthy ancl populous town of Reading supports one Lodge and one Royal Arch Chapter ; Windsor and Eton have now two Lodges ; Ncivbury , whicli has only a population of 6 , 574 , has a Lodge and a Royal Arch Chapter , while the borough of Abingdon , with a population of 7 , 353 , has neither . It is evident there has been some zeal in Neivbury .
On our revieiv of the province , we consider there should be Lodges besides those now existing in the four towns , at—Buckingham . Wycombe . Abingdon . Hungerford .
Maidenhead , and Wokingham . If such toAvns as Aylesbury and Newbury can support Lodges , surely the others can . There ought to be besides at least tAvo Lodges in Reading , for that number can be maintained in many smaller towns .
Lodges . R . A . Chapters . The province as it is i or 5 1 „ as it should be ... 12 8 This is our comment on the state of affairs in this district of Masonry , and wc beg attention to it , for the evils of such a state of affairs are great . It is very difficult to keep up goo ' d working , for the brethren and officers cannot conveniently obey tho injunction to visit neighbouring Lodges for the purpose of obtaining uniformity of work-
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Masonic Missions.
be regarded as contributory to its two boroughs ; and we will pass over the small towns j but we do not understand why Aylesbury has a Lodge , ancl Buckingham and Wycombe have not . All are boroughs , all railway stations , and they are in no way dependent on Aylesbury . At Reading there is a Masonic Hall , iidiethcr belonging to the Craft , or not , we do not knoiv , but we presume not , as the foundation of a new hall is to be laid to-clay . This represents the Masonic temples of the province . In Berkshire wc have the following boroughs and towns : —
* Reading . Population 22 , 175 . * Windsor aud Eton . Population 12 , 000 . Abingdon . Population 7 , 353 . * Newbury . Population 6 , 57-1 . Maidenhead . Wantage .
Wokingham . Population 3 , 658 . Great Farringdon . Wallingford . Hungerford . Population 3 , 072 . East Ilsley . Paugbourne . Population 2 , 000 .
The wealthy ancl populous town of Reading supports one Lodge and one Royal Arch Chapter ; Windsor and Eton have now two Lodges ; Ncivbury , whicli has only a population of 6 , 574 , has a Lodge and a Royal Arch Chapter , while the borough of Abingdon , with a population of 7 , 353 , has neither . It is evident there has been some zeal in Neivbury .
On our revieiv of the province , we consider there should be Lodges besides those now existing in the four towns , at—Buckingham . Wycombe . Abingdon . Hungerford .
Maidenhead , and Wokingham . If such toAvns as Aylesbury and Newbury can support Lodges , surely the others can . There ought to be besides at least tAvo Lodges in Reading , for that number can be maintained in many smaller towns .
Lodges . R . A . Chapters . The province as it is i or 5 1 „ as it should be ... 12 8 This is our comment on the state of affairs in this district of Masonry , and wc beg attention to it , for the evils of such a state of affairs are great . It is very difficult to keep up goo ' d working , for the brethren and officers cannot conveniently obey tho injunction to visit neighbouring Lodges for the purpose of obtaining uniformity of work-