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CONTENTS . PAGE . LEADERSThe District of Queensland ... ... ... ... ... 25 Freemasonry in Pennsylvania ... ... ... ... ... 26 Laying the Foundation Stone of the Sutherland Institute by the M . W . Grand Master ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 26 Masonic Calendars ... ... ... ... ... ... 27

Consecration of the St . George Lodge , No . 2616 ... ... ... 28 Masonic Ball at Wycombe ... ... ... ... ... 28 The Robert Burns' Volume ... ... ... ... ... 28 Royal Masomc Institution for Boys ... ... ... ... ... 29 Treat to the Aged ... ... ... ... ... ... 29 Masonic Service at St . Peter ' s , Barnsley , Yorks ... ... ... 29 Freemasonry in Anglesey ... ... ... ... ... 29

MASONIC NOTESApproaching Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ... 31 School Quarterly Courts ... ... ... ... ... 31 Guy ' s Hospital Re-endowment Fund ... ... ... ... 31 Death of Bro . Sir Henry St . John Halford , Bart . ... ... ... 31

Masonic Notes and Queries ... ... ... ... ... 32 Reviews ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 32 Centenary of Lodge of Virtue , No . 152 ... ... ... ... 32 Craft Masonry ... ... ... ... ... ... 32 Royal Arch ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 33 Red Cross of Rome and Constantine ... ... ... ... 33 Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution ... ... ... ... 34 Scotland ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 34 Obituary ... ... ... ... ... ... „ . 35 Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 36

The District Of Queensland.

THE DISTRICT OF QUEENSLAND .

There is no District under the Grand Lodge of England in which Freemasonry has made more remarkable progress than in Queensland . We referred in our Notes of last week to the more recent evidences of this progress in the consecration of

sundry new lodges in or near Brisbane and elsewhere . But these alone enable us to form a very inadequate idea of what has been accomplished by the brethren in this remote Colony of the British Empire . Hence a hurried survey of the fortunes of the

Craft seems desirable , more especially as the credit of what has been done belongs in great measure to the District Grand Master , Bro . the Hon . AUGUSTUS C . GREGORY , C . M . G ., the only brother who has held the office , and whose patent bears date the 3 rd

September , 1862 . Under the auspices of this distinguished Mason—now in the 35 th year of his District Grand Mastership —almost the whole of the Masonic edifice has been raised , there having been only one lodge—the North Australian , No . 79 6 ,

Brisbane , which was warranted in 1859—in existence prior to 1862 , while two others were constituted early in that year , and a fourth within a few days of the grant of Bro . GREGORY'S patent , the lodges of 1862 creation being the Prince of Wales ,

No . 908 , Brisbane ; the Queensland , No . 921 , Ipswich ; and the Leichhardt , No . 932 , Rockhampton . There are now , as far as we are able to make out , 51 lodges in the District , including the Jubilee Lodge , No . 2633 , Brisbane—a report of the consecration of

which appeared in our columns of last week—and the Hopeful , No . 26 34 , Corinda , to which we referred in our Notes , though neither of them is entered on the roll in Grand Lodge Calendar . Thus of the total number now on the roll of Grand Lodge as

many as 50 have been ushered into existence during the last 35 years , and there are three others which enjoyed only a brief existence , namely , the Rockhampton , No . 1176 , warranted in 186 7 , -and removed from the list in 1871 ; the Darling Downs .

No . 1191 , Toowambe , warranted and erased in the same years respectivel y ; and the Star in the West , No . 1438 , Dalley , which was warranted in 1873 , and erased in 1891 . A closer examination of the roll of existing lodges shows how the District has been built up year by year .

We have mentioned the North Australian , No . 796 , and the Prince of Wales , No . 908 , both of Brisbane , with the Queensland , No . 921 , Ipswich as constituting the Dist . Grand Lodge ori ginall y as well as the Leichhardt , No . 932 , Rockhampton ,

The District Of Queensland.

which was warranted about the date of Bro . GREGORY'S appointment , and , indeed , may have been one ofthe original constituent members of tbe Dist . Grand Lodge . Five years , however , elapsed before any further additions were made to the roll , the Kennedy Lodge , No . 1175 , Bowen , and the Victoria , No . 1186 , Brisbane ,

dating from 186 7 , while two other lodges were warranted in the same year , but have since become extinct . Early in 1869 , the Pioneer Lodge , No . 1249 , Gympie , was warranted , and the following year the Southern Cross , No . 1315 , Toowoomba , while the St . George's , No . 1372 , was warranted in 1871 . In 18 72 and

18 73 , two lodges were constituted , which were respectively designated and numbered the Star of the East , No . 1407 , Maryborough , and the Star in the West , No . 1438 , Dalley , but of these two Stars , only the former survives till this day , the latter having been removed from the roll in 1891 . In April , 18 75 ,

H . R . H . the Prince of WALES , was installed in office as M . W . G . Master , and thenceforward the progress of Freemasonry in the Colony—as elsewhere—appears to have been marvellously rapid . Up till this date the number of lodges warranted in Queensland , inclusive of the three which survived

their birth for only a few years , was 13 , so that of the total number constituted since the Colony became a home of Masonry , as many as 41 have been warranted by his Royal Highness , the Charters Towers , No . 1546 , so named after the place in which it meets , being the first to have that honour

conferred upon it , and the Mackay , No . 1554 , Mackay , being not long after it . Three lodges were founded in 18 76 , namely , the Endeavour , No . 1595 , Cooktown ; the Townsville , No . 1596 , Townsville ; and the Tyrian , No . 1628 , Bundaberg ; while the Comet , No . 1680 , Barcaldine , belongs to the following year .

A short interval elapses and we have the Peak Downs , No . 1825 , Claremont , and the Raphael , No . 1850 , Roma , which were warranted in 1879 . In 1882 , the Lodge of St . George , No . 197 8 , Herberton , was established , and the following year new ground was broken by the founding of the Springsure , No .

20 5 , the Douglas , No . 2052 , and the Prince Leopold , No . 2067 , at Springsure , Port Douglas , and Gympie respectively . The General Gordon , No . 2119 , Brisbane , was placed on the roll in 1885 , and the Gregory , No . 2139 , Cairns , and the Star of the West , No . 216 7 , Hughenden , in 1886 . Three new

lodges were consecrated in 1887 , namely , the Blackall , No . 2207 , Blackall ; the Port Curtis , No . 2235 , Gladstone ; and the Norman , No . 2239 , Normanton ; while the Laidley , No . 226 7 , and the Albion , No . ' 2286 , Albion , were warranted in 1888 . In 1889 there were ushered into existence the Toowong ,

No . 2306 , Toowong , and the Aramac , No . 2338 , meeting in the town or settlement from which it is named , and in 18 90 , no less than five lodges , namely , the Albert , No . 2344 , Southport ; the Winton , No . 2365 , Winton ; the Etheridge , No . 2366 , George Town ; the Ravenswood , No . 2367 , Ravenswood ; and the

Fenwick , No . 2378 , Woolloongabba , near Brisbane , so named after our respected Bro . FENWICK , Dist . G . Secretary . In 18 91 three lodges saw the light , the Charleville , No . 2393 ; the Trinity , No . 2413 ; and the Lodge of Hope , No . 2419 , Allora ; and then in 18 94 we come to the Cleveland , No . 2503 , Townsville ; and the

Meteor , No . 2510 , Longreach ; in 18 95 , to the Galton , No . 2542 ; the Phcenix , No . 2564 , North Pine ; the Corinthian , No . 2573 , Childers ; and the Beauaraba , No . 2588 , Pittsworth ; while the five lodges constituted last year , and numbered 2613 , 2624 , 2629 , 26 33 , and 2634 respectively , have already been enumerated .

This , then , is the roll of lodges in this nourishing stronghold of Masonry , and from all we hear , there is at the present time a very earnest determination on the part of the lodges to

maintain their connection with the Grand Lodge from which they have received their warrants , even the mildest suggestion that a local Grand Lodge should be established having hitherto been received with the utmost disfavour .