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hall or tavern . In Dublin we believe most of the Lodges meet in the hall . The only considerable places that stand in a similar position with the metropolis are Nonvich , Wolverhampton , Preston . Stockport , North Shields , Chatham , and Rochester , Brighton , Halifax , Derby Nottingham , and Northampton , none of which can boast of the
flourishing condition of their Masonic institutions . In the opposite column are some of the greatest cities in this country and in Europe , with populations of tAvo hundred thousand , three hundred thousand , and four hundred thousand inhabitants ; which have been redeemed from the stain on Masonry incurred by employing funds which should be devoted to sacred uses for purposes
of personal indulgence , and of meeting in desecrated temples . It is among the smaller towns that the Masonic reform and revival have made the least progress . We now come to the state of things abroad : —
Masonic . Profane . . * Paris . Gibraltar . Calcutta . Ballarat . Boston . Gawl er , ' South Australia . Madras . Kooringa ditto . Berlin . Port Adelaide , ditto . Bombay .
Lyons . Amsterdam . Hague . Sydney . Kingston , Canada West . Singapore .
* Melbourne . Geneva . Hamilton , Toronto . * Adelaide . HalifaxNova Scotia .
, Cape Town . Kingston , Jamaica . St . John ' s , NeAvfoundland , Kurrachee . St . John ' s , Antigua . Hongkong , Victoria .
Nelson , NBAV Zealand . Lyttleton , New Zealand . . Hamilton , Bermuda . D'Urban , Natal . | f We present above a few notes on the state of matters in our colonies and abroad . It will be seen that we in the mother country have
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hall or tavern . In Dublin we believe most of the Lodges meet in the hall . The only considerable places that stand in a similar position with the metropolis are Nonvich , Wolverhampton , Preston . Stockport , North Shields , Chatham , and Rochester , Brighton , Halifax , Derby Nottingham , and Northampton , none of which can boast of the
flourishing condition of their Masonic institutions . In the opposite column are some of the greatest cities in this country and in Europe , with populations of tAvo hundred thousand , three hundred thousand , and four hundred thousand inhabitants ; which have been redeemed from the stain on Masonry incurred by employing funds which should be devoted to sacred uses for purposes
of personal indulgence , and of meeting in desecrated temples . It is among the smaller towns that the Masonic reform and revival have made the least progress . We now come to the state of things abroad : —
Masonic . Profane . . * Paris . Gibraltar . Calcutta . Ballarat . Boston . Gawl er , ' South Australia . Madras . Kooringa ditto . Berlin . Port Adelaide , ditto . Bombay .
Lyons . Amsterdam . Hague . Sydney . Kingston , Canada West . Singapore .
* Melbourne . Geneva . Hamilton , Toronto . * Adelaide . HalifaxNova Scotia .
, Cape Town . Kingston , Jamaica . St . John ' s , NeAvfoundland , Kurrachee . St . John ' s , Antigua . Hongkong , Victoria .
Nelson , NBAV Zealand . Lyttleton , New Zealand . . Hamilton , Bermuda . D'Urban , Natal . | f We present above a few notes on the state of matters in our colonies and abroad . It will be seen that we in the mother country have