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Notices.
NOTICES .
All communications for the Editor , to insure insertionM the next Aveek ' s number , should be forwarded to the office , 2 , Red Lion Court , Fleet Street , E , C » not later than Saturday .
Advertisers will oblige by forwarding their favours at the latest at 12 o ' clock on Monday morning . Emblematic covers for the first volume of 1858 are now ready , price Is ., or subscribers may have their A olumes bound for Is . 6 d . A few volumes may also be had , price 14 s . 6 cL each . We shall be happy to receive essays or lectures on Masonic subjects ^ returning them ( should they not be accepted ) if desired .
TO CORRESPONDENTS
u XVIII " - —It is not necessary to be a Royal Arch Mason prior to taking the Rose Croix , the Arch not being acknowledged under the Ancient and Accepted Rite in Avhich the Rose Croix is conferred ; but properly the degree can only be given to a P . M . of a Craft Lodge , that being what is styled the fourth degree in symbolic Masonry . " Nemo . "—We have no record on the subject . " M . M . " —Brother Stephen Barton Wilson , P . G . D ., is generally considered as the preceptor at the Instruction Lodge of Emulation . " Colonist " cannot obtain a certificate from the Grand Lodge , unless his name has been returned to the authorities by the Lodge in which he was initated ,
" The Library . "—We believe the project for a Library and Museum has been alloAved to drop through in consequence of the negligence or indifference of the Board of General Purposes . Certainly that Board has never appealed to the Craft to aid them in the formation of a Library and Museum in accordance with the resolution of Grand Lodge . It cannot be expected that the Board will ever be efficient or properly represent the Craft , until the members of Grand Lodge will select a few members who do not appear upon the official list agreed to by the dais .
" N . C . "—The W . M . of a Lodge may interdict the publication of notices of proceedings in his Lodge , if he sees fit ; but at the present day , after the authority given for publication by the M . W . G . M ., subject , however , to such interdiction , we should think few Masters could be found to do so . Several communications were received too late , it being absolutely necessary , as we publish on the Wednesday , to go to press on the Tuesday .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Notices.
NOTICES .
All communications for the Editor , to insure insertionM the next Aveek ' s number , should be forwarded to the office , 2 , Red Lion Court , Fleet Street , E , C » not later than Saturday .
Advertisers will oblige by forwarding their favours at the latest at 12 o ' clock on Monday morning . Emblematic covers for the first volume of 1858 are now ready , price Is ., or subscribers may have their A olumes bound for Is . 6 d . A few volumes may also be had , price 14 s . 6 cL each . We shall be happy to receive essays or lectures on Masonic subjects ^ returning them ( should they not be accepted ) if desired .
TO CORRESPONDENTS
u XVIII " - —It is not necessary to be a Royal Arch Mason prior to taking the Rose Croix , the Arch not being acknowledged under the Ancient and Accepted Rite in Avhich the Rose Croix is conferred ; but properly the degree can only be given to a P . M . of a Craft Lodge , that being what is styled the fourth degree in symbolic Masonry . " Nemo . "—We have no record on the subject . " M . M . " —Brother Stephen Barton Wilson , P . G . D ., is generally considered as the preceptor at the Instruction Lodge of Emulation . " Colonist " cannot obtain a certificate from the Grand Lodge , unless his name has been returned to the authorities by the Lodge in which he was initated ,
" The Library . "—We believe the project for a Library and Museum has been alloAved to drop through in consequence of the negligence or indifference of the Board of General Purposes . Certainly that Board has never appealed to the Craft to aid them in the formation of a Library and Museum in accordance with the resolution of Grand Lodge . It cannot be expected that the Board will ever be efficient or properly represent the Craft , until the members of Grand Lodge will select a few members who do not appear upon the official list agreed to by the dais .
" N . C . "—The W . M . of a Lodge may interdict the publication of notices of proceedings in his Lodge , if he sees fit ; but at the present day , after the authority given for publication by the M . W . G . M ., subject , however , to such interdiction , we should think few Masters could be found to do so . Several communications were received too late , it being absolutely necessary , as we publish on the Wednesday , to go to press on the Tuesday .