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Treasurer and Organist. Secretary.
Senior Deacon, J.B. Penrose Mesny The ceremony of consecration was performed at 5.30 p.m, on the evening of the lith by several District Grand Officers from Hongkong; and at 8. p.m. there was a Masonic banquet at the Club, which the Gazette, in its succeeding number, says rill long be remembered in the annals of festivity as connected with the port of Amoy. Covers were laid in the auditorium of the theatre for a large number of diners who met together on that evening to cele-rate one more triumph of Masonry, and to do honour to some distinguished masons, officers of the District Grand Lodge of Hongkong, who had come up specially to assist in the various ceremonies consequent upon the foundation of the Zonic and Corinthian lodges of Amoy. At half past company, resplendent. in the jewels and eight pan, everything was ready.; and the general regalia of their Order, fell upon the tempting viands which were rapidly set before them, The evening, it is almost needless to say, was spent in thorough harmony and good fellowship. Worshipful Brother T. D. Boyd, chairman elect, was unfortunately prevented by illness from being present, and his place was taken by Worshipful Brother H. 28. Sidford.
On the morning of; the 17th instant, a shock of earthquake was experienced at Amoy, the vibration lasting for about ten seconds.
After four months' continued collec! of offerings by the people of almost every part of Amoy, some tens of thousands of men, women and children proceeded on the 12th instant, to the renowned temple of Ong Hia Kong at Ching Na Be, where not less than thirty to forty thousand dollars were foolishly lavished. A very imposing procession took place zt the above village, attended by not less than 20,000 people, which began at noon and terminated at 6,30 p.m. by the burning of a splendid model junk, valued at about one thousand dollars, The above feast is celebrated once every three years. The expenses incurred for the procession under notice could not have been less than from three to four thousand dollars.
The Herald understands that Yue Kwan, late Provincial Treasurer of Honan, has been appointed Governor of this province. His Excellency is a Manchu, and is spoken of by the natives as an official of conciliatory disposition. Wu, the late acting Governor, resumes the Commissionership at Mamoi Arsenal, where it is to be hoped he will remain, and, in comparative retirement, cogitate on the silliness of feng-shui-ism and the moral and political crime of incendiarism. Wu, it will be remembered, was Governor at the time of the Wu-shih-shan riot, on wich occasion he afforded by his masterly inactivity a striking illustration of that indifference to law and order of which so many Chinese officials are capable whenever it suits their purpose to foment an anti-foreign movement. As head of the Mamoi Arsenal, His Excellency has a brilliant opportunity of converting that Franco-Chinese bungle into something more than an establishment for the squandering of public money.
Few of Her Majesty's public servants in China have earned 2 better title to the sympathy of their fellow-countrymen than the late Mr. Mayers, of Her' Britannic Majesty's Consular Service; and none have ever left a stronger claim on the public generosity. The deceased gentleman worked untiringly in the public interest, and bequeathed to all a mass of information concerning this huge empire that must prove of unfailing interest and value in the future. Called away ere he had reached his zenith, and before he could provide adequately for his widow and children, it has, we understand, been suggested to his numerous friends and admirers in the Far East to make some supplementary provision for these now sorrowing companions of his latter days. A Memorial Fund has, we are glad to observe, been started by a few friends at Shanghai and Hongkong, to which nearly Tls. 1,500 has been already subscribed, and we are informed that further contributions will be received by the Oriental Bank Corporation.
Another shock of earthquake was experienced throughout the Settlement on the U7th instant, at about 4.30a.m, The oscillationlasted for rather more than 30seconds, being of somewhat shorter duration and of milder character than the disturbance noticed a few weeks ago.
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