MARK MASTER PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF JAMAICA. Right Wor. J. C. Macglashan Wor. Bro. J. W. Whitbourne B. Stines, Jr. Very Wor. Bro. O. Delgado J. L. Ashenheim O. Delgado, Jr. District Grand Master Deputy District Grand Mark Master Junior Warden W. D. Smedmore Brother UNDER ENGLISH CONSTITUTION. Collegium Fabrorum, Kingston Kingston PRECEPTORY OF KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. Sir Knight W. L. Mudon, Eminent Preceptor. llust. Bro. S. C. Burke, 33 deg., Most Wise Sovereign and General Superintendent for the West Indies. DATES OF MEETINGS OF LODGES AND CHAPTERS IN KINGSTON, &C. 99 Fourth Thursday in January and July. First Thursday in February, May and August and on the 30th November. Fourth Wednesday in March and September. CRAFT LODGES. First Monday in every Month. First Tuesday First Wednesday Fourth Monday Sussex Glenlyon Sussex Clifton Mount Keystone Royal Keystone Glenlyon Kingston Keystone First Thursday Second Monday Second Wednesday Second Thursday Third Wednesday Fourth Tuesday in every other Month. HOLY ROYAL ARCH CHAPTERS. Fourth Thursday in January, April, July and October. Fourth Thursday in January, April, July and October. Third Monday in February, May, August and November. First Tuesday in March, June, September and December. First Wednesday in March, June, September and December. The Directors of the Jamaica Masonic Benevolence meet on the second Thursday in each month. ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS. THERE are eight Courts in this island all of which communicate direct with the Executive Council in England. The main objects of the Society are to provide for the sick and distressed, to bury the dead and to assist the widows and orphans of deceased brethren. The following are the names of the Courts and of the Secretaries for the Term :Court Hinds, S. A. Johnson, Kingston. Court Jackson, J. B. Edwards, Spanish Town. Court Union, H. W. Dadd, Port Royal. Court Nunes, B. Powell, Falmouth. Court Kerr, A. R. Agate, Montego Bay. Court Vickers, W. Robertson, Sav.-la-Mar. Court Solomon, C. Phillips, St. Ann's Bay. Court Westmorland, R. D. Ball, Annotto Bay. There are over three hundred members in the several Courts, about eighty being attached to Court Hinds of Kingston; this is the oldest Court in the island, having been organized in 1863 by the late Brother Jacob Hinds, of Court Western Star of Barbados, who died on the 11th of April, 1883, and to whose memory a tablet has been erected on the Court premises in Hanover Street. Each Court meets once a month for ordinary business. INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS, MANCHESTER UNITY. THE Manchester Unity of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows was established in Jamaica in the year 1885. Three Lodges were opened in Kingston under the jurisdiction of the Barbados District: namely, the Kingston Lily, the Jamaica and the St. Lawrence. The Jamaica Lodge has since been closed. Near the end of the year 1889 the Kingston Lily and St. Lawrence Lodges made application to the Central Body at Manchester, England, for the privilege of being formed into a District branch of the Order, with the result that in the month of December, 1890, the Warrant, Rituals, &c., were sent out and the District duly instituted. Since the formation of the Jamaica District three new Lodges have been opened under its jurisdiction, viz.: the Star of the West at Savanna-la-Mar in the Parish of Westmoreland (1892); the Rose of St. Jago at Spanish Town in the Parish of St. Catherine (1892); the Pride of the North at Montego Bay in the Parish of St. James (1892). The objects of the Society are (a) to provide by entrance fees, contributions of the members, fines, donations and by interests on capital, for insuring a sum of money to be paid on the death of a member, or for the funeral expenses of a member's wife or child, or the widow of a deceased member; (b) for the relief or maintenance of the members (or in the cases in the general Rules, or in the rules of any branch provided) the wives, children, fathers, mothers, brothers or sisters, nephews nieces, or wards (being orphans) of members during sickness or other infirmity whether bodily or mental, in old age or in widowhood; (c) for the relief or maintenance of the orphan children of members during minority; (d) for providing proper medicine and medical attendance for members; (e) for granting temporary assistance to the widows and orphans of deceased members; (f) for providing members with assistance when travelling in search of employment; and (g) for assisting members when in distressed circumstances. The Kingston Lily and the Pride of the North meet every other Tuesday, and the St. Lawrence, the Rose of St. Jago and the Star of the West every other Thursday for the transaction of general business; while the regular meetings of the District are held on the first Monday in the months of January, April, July and October, in each year, for general business, and on the last Friday in March, June, September and December for instruction. The following are the names and addresses of the Presiding Officers and Secretaries of these local branches : JAMAICA DISTRICT. Provincial Grand Master-S. A. Johnson, 65 Harbour St., Kingston P. O. Corresponding Secretary-J. Johnson, 19 East Queen St., Kingston P. O. KINGSTON LILY LODGE. Noble Grand-George N. Allen, 24 Princess St., Kingston P. 0. Permanent Secretary-J. A. S. Skinner, Jamaica Railway Co.'s Stores Office, Kingston P. O. Elective Secretary-R. A. Alexander, 132 Barry St., Kingston P. O.. ST. LAWRENCE LODGE. Noble Grand-A. Hunt, 24 Orange St., Kingston P. O. Permanent Secretary-J. Johnson, 19 East-Queen St., Kingston P. O. Elective Secretary-Hiam H. Quallo, 30 East Queen St., Kingston P. O. STAR OF THE WEST LODGE. Noble Grand- H. M. Foxton, Sav.-la-Mar P. O. Elective Secretary-A. E. Wainwright, Sav.-la-Mar P. O, ROSE OF ST. JAGO LODGE. Noble Grand-J. A. Laidly, Spanish Town P. O· PRIDE OF THE NORTH LODGE. Noble Grand-Geo. Lyons Brown, Montego Bay P. O. Permanent Secretary-Daniel M. Isaacs, St. James St., Montego Bay P. O. THE GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS OF ENGLAND AND AMERICA. The United Order of Odd Fellows was established in Jamaica in the year 1880. Three Lodges were opened in Kingston under the jurisdiction of the District Lodge in Kingston-viz.: Kingston Lodge No. 2042, Surrey Lodge No. 1954, Concordia Lodge No. 2174 also one in Saint Andrew, viz.: Friendly Lodge No. 3313 and one in Manchioneal, viz East Carrabean Lodge No. 2853. The object of the Society are (a) to provide by entrance fee, contribution of the members, fines, donations and by interests on capital, for insuring a sum of money to be paid on the death of a member, or for the funeral expenses of a member's wife or child, or the widow of a deceased member; (b) for the relief or maintenance of the member (or in the cases hereinafter, or in the relief of any branch provided) the wives, fathers, mothers, children (being orphans) of members during sickness or other infirmity whether bodily or mental, in old age or widowhood, (c) for the relief or maintenance of the orphan children of members during minority; (d)for providing proper medicine and medical attendance for members; (e) for granting temporary assistance to the widows and orphans of deceased members; (f) for providing members with assistance when travelling in search of employment; (g) and for assisting members when in distressed circumstances. The following are Executive Officers of the District Lodge : DISTRICT LODGE no. 16. Most Worshipful Dist. Grand Master-Bro. Jno. Thos. Minot. Dept. Dist. 66 SUBORDINATE LODGES-KINGSTON G. U. o. of o. F. NO. 2042. The objects of the Order are to forward the work of temperance, relieve the distressed, comfort and assist the fatherless and the widow, bury the dead, watch over each other in sickness and in health, and to remonstrate with those who wander from the path of rectitude and sobriety. There are a number of Lodges in the island connected with the Order. The St. Luke's Lodge, No. 13, organized 4th October, 1882, numbers 40 male members. The Lodge meets on the first and third Mondays in each month at No. 45 Highholborn Street. The St. Mary's Lodge is for females and works in conjunction with the St. Luke's Lodge; it numbers over 80 members. The St. Matthew's Lodge, No. 16, organized 14th July, 1883, numbers 24 male members. The Lodge meets on the first and third Mondays in each month. The St. Peter's Lodge, No. 18, organized 15th July, 1885, numbers 29 male members. The Lodge meets on the first and third Tuesdays in each month. The Euodia Lodge, No. 23, meets on the first and third Thursdays in each month and numbers 44 female members. Both Lodges meet at No. 76 Hanover Street. PresidentEbenezer Duncan ; Secretary-E. Gale. The St. Jago's Lodge, No. 26, Spanish Town, organized 30th September, 1886, numbers 24 members. The St. Catherine's, No. 27, for females, numbers 26 members. Both Lodges meet on the first and third Tuesday and Wednesday in each month at No. 11 Red Church Street, Spanish Town. The Western District Grand Lodge, No. 20, organized 12th December, 1888: the powers of the Lodge are legislative, judicial and executive over the Order and Lodges under its jurisdiction. LOYAL ORDER OF ANCIENT SHEPHERDS, ASHTON UNITY. THE Kingston Branch of this Society was inaugurated on the 18th March, 1885. Since then a District Lodge and three Local Lodges have been formed. The objects of the Society are to provide a fund for weekly payments to its sick members, the relief of members in distress, and the payment of certain sums of money on the decease of a member, or of a member's wife, child or children. The following are the Officers of the Jamaica District, No. 110, held at Foresters Hall, 54 Hanover Street: Bro. A. J. Sisk, Provincial Chief Shepherd. "L. C. Carne, Deputy Provincial Chief Shepherd. The names of the Local Lodges and their Secretaries are as follow: Future Hope, No. 2104, Panama-R. A. McCourtie United States King David's, No. 2291, Port Royal. Pride of Bethlehem, No. 2292, Ocho Rios, St. Ann. H. Campbell and J. L. White Corresponding Secretaries. Colombia. THE JAMAICA BRANCH OF CHURCH OF ENGLAND TEMPERANCE SOCIETY. THE objects of this Society are the promotion of habits of temperance; the reformation of the intemperate and the removal of the causes which lead to intemperance; |