HOLY ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER. Glenlyon Royal Arch Chapter No. 62 ROSE CROIX. llust. Bro. S. C. Burke, 33 deg., M.W.S., and General Superintendent for the West Indies. DATES OF MEETINGS OF LODGES AND CHAPTERS IN KINGSTON, &C. The Directors of the Jamaica Masonic Benevolence meet on the second Wednesday in each month. ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS. THERE are seven 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 Nunes, B. Powell, Falmouth. Court Pringle, Annotto Bay, R. W, Mein. There are over two hundred members in the several Courts, about fifty-four 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 54 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, in that year, 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 eight 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 "Hope of Manchester" at Porus in the Parish of Manchester (1893); the "Linstead Excelsior" at Linstead in the Parish of St. Catherine (1893); the " Beacon" at Black River in the Parish of St. Elizabeth (1894); the "St. Charles" at Colon, in the United States of Colombia (1894); and the Eureka at Kingston. The "Star of the West" has ceased working for the present, also the "Hope of Manchester." 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 any 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 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 mem bers with assistance when travelling in search of employment; and (g) for assisting members when in distressed circumstances. The "Kingston Lily," the" Pride of the North," and the "Eureka" meet every other Tuesday, the "St. Lawrence," the "Rose of St. Jago" the "Beacon" and the "St. Charles" every other Thursday, and the "Linstead Excelsior" every other Monday, for the transaction of general business. The regular meetings of the District are held on the first Mondays after the second day in the months of January, April, July and October. The Grand Lodge meetings are held in the months of January, April, July and October for conferring Past Officers degrees. The following are the names and addresses of the Presiding Officers and Secretaries of the District and Lodges : JAMAICA DISTRICT. Provincial Grand Master-Thos. Briscoe, Kingston P.O. 66 Deputy Grand Master-E. W. Thorburn, Doncaster Pen. Corresponding Secretary-Geo. N. Allen, 24 Princess St., Kingston. KINGSTON LILY LODGE. Noble Grand-John Hypolite, Kingston P.O. Permanent Secretary-N. B. Reid, 49 Highholborn St., Kingston. ST. LAWRENCE LODGE. Noble Grand-E. W. Thorburn, Doncaster Pen, Kingston P.O. ROSE OF ST. JAGO LODGE. Noble Grand-E. W. Penny, Spanish Town P.O. PRIDE OF THE NORTH LODGE. Noble Grand-Solomon J. Marks, Montego Bay P.O. LINSTEAD EXCELSIOR LODGE. Noble Grand-James Stuart, Linstead P.O. BEACON LODGE. Noble Grand- F. A. Young, Black River P.O. Permanent Secretary-Sandford Forrest, jr., Black River P.O. EUREKA LODGE. Noble Grand-A. E. Shirley, Treasury, Kingston. ST. CHARLES LODGE (COLON). Noble Grand-J. A. Polack, Colon. Permanent Secretary-R. Williams, Commissary Department P.R.R.Co., GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS OF ENGLAND AND AMERICA. THERE are five Lodges in Kingston, also one in St. Andrew, one in St. Elizabeth, one in Montego Bay, and one at Port Antonio, each Lodge consisting of an average of 100 members. These Lodges are under the immediate control of a District Lodge of which C. S. Lindo is Secretary. The following are the names of the Lodges and their places of meeting, together with names of the respective Secretaries for the term :- Surrey Lodge No. 1954, meets at No. 70 King Street-Secretary, H. Dallas. Kingston Lodge No. 2042 meets at No. 70 King Street-Secretary, C. L. Sherwood. Concordia Lodge meets at No. 19 East Street—Secretary, F. A. Dick. DISTRICT GRAND LODGE no. 16. Meets at No. 70 King Street, once in each quarter; the P. G. M.'s Council No. 112 meets once in each month at No. 19 East Street. There is also organized in connection with the Order the Household of Ruth No. 215, which the female relatives of those who are members are allowed to join. The Household consists of 45 members and meets, under the control of the P. G. M. Council, at No. 19 East Street. The following are the Executive Officers : : N.B.—C. S. Lindo, Worthy Recorder Household of Ruth and Grand Secretary of the P. G. M. Council. I. O. GOOD SAMARITANS AND DAUGHTERS OF SAMARIA. 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. The first Lodge of the Independent Order of Good Samaritans and Daughters of maria was established in Kingston on the 4th October, 1882. The branches of e Order in this Island at present are one Grand Lodge and eleven Subordinate odges. The Order consists of Adult and Juvenile Branches. Bro. S. A. DaCosta is Grand Chief, 182 Orange Street, Kingston, and Bro. C. DeSouza is Grand Secretary, 1 Rum Lane, Kingston. List of Subordinate Lodges in Jamaica :— St. Luke's Lodge, No. 13. St. John's Lodge, No. 19. Star of Hope Lodge, No. 21. Euodia Lodge, No. 23. Rose of Sharon Lodge, No. 24. The Grand Lodge meets annually in June; there are also quarterly session held in the months of January, April, July and October. 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 eleven 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. Officers of the Jamaica District, No. 110, 94 Church Street: Bro. Horatio Stephenson, Provincial Chief Shepherd. 66 66 Alex. P. Saunders, Deputy Provincial Chief Shepherd. "Jonas T. M. Wilson, P.P.C.S. and Pro. Cor. Sec., 118 Rum Lane, The names of Local Lodges and their Secretaries are as follows:- 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; and the Society is based upon union and co-operation-upon perfectly equal terms-between those who use in moderation and those who wholly abstain from the use of alcoholic drinks The Society has adopted the declarations of the Church of England Temperance Society and has agreed to rules for the formation of a Diocesan Committee, a Central Association and District Associations. The District Associations are to be worked by the Clergy and Representative Laymen of the several Churches. Branches have been established in Kingston, Mandeville, at Chichester, Stony Hill and other Districts. "Bands of Hope" for Juveniles are worked in connection with the Branches at Kingston, Mandeville and Chichester. "The |