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Masonic Statistics.
MASONIC STATISTICS .
BY HYDE CLARKE , D . C . L . THE statistics of Masonry are necessarily , to a great extent , conjectural and vague , for the subject has not as yet been studied and investigated , but as it is one of interest , and on which numerous facts can be collected to show the importance of Masonry at various periods , we shall give a few notes .
Under the Grand Lodge of England , there were in 1 S 57 952 Lodges 1 S 5 S 0 i 5 „ Decrease 7 Of itoyal Arch Chapters , under that jurisdiction , there were in 1857 311 Lod .
ges 1 S 5 S 317 „ Increase 6 The number of provinces is 5 S . Of fclie Lodges , there were , as follows : —
In 1857 Iu 1 S 58 * English 622 642 Channel Mauds , SO 10 COMMIAL—Europe S 8 „ India , Ceylon , Singapore , & c 63 62 „ China ; .. 1 l „ Africa 12 11 West Indies 36 35
„ „ North America 133 1 ) 2 „ Central America 1 1 ,, Australia and New Zealand 15 58 „ Military y ly FoKKKiX . —Europe 4 4 „ China and Sumatra 3 3 „ South America 5 ( 5
* ENGLISH and Military 641 662 Colonial and Foreign , 320 293 These statistics deserve some examination , because the fluctuations arise chiefly from changes in the Colonial jurisdiction . The number of new Lodges added was in—1857 . op , * 185 S 3 <) . f .
The Lodges of India were materially affected by the revolt in 1 SO 7 and 185 S ' In those two years the number of Australian Lodges increased . The great change is by the secession of the Canadian Lodges . On these the loss was in 1 S 5 S , forty-one Lodges , and there will be a still further diminution . The total loss < vas 46 Lodges . The English Lodges show a large net increase , attesting the progress of Masonry ; Up to the end of 1 S 5 S , the total number of lapsed Lodges , secessions and lil / of which it
wasures was ' will be seen a large portion took place in 1858 . * These figures are doubtful , t Exclusive of nine after the publication of the calendar .
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Masonic Statistics.
MASONIC STATISTICS .
BY HYDE CLARKE , D . C . L . THE statistics of Masonry are necessarily , to a great extent , conjectural and vague , for the subject has not as yet been studied and investigated , but as it is one of interest , and on which numerous facts can be collected to show the importance of Masonry at various periods , we shall give a few notes .
Under the Grand Lodge of England , there were in 1 S 57 952 Lodges 1 S 5 S 0 i 5 „ Decrease 7 Of itoyal Arch Chapters , under that jurisdiction , there were in 1857 311 Lod .
ges 1 S 5 S 317 „ Increase 6 The number of provinces is 5 S . Of fclie Lodges , there were , as follows : —
In 1857 Iu 1 S 58 * English 622 642 Channel Mauds , SO 10 COMMIAL—Europe S 8 „ India , Ceylon , Singapore , & c 63 62 „ China ; .. 1 l „ Africa 12 11 West Indies 36 35
„ „ North America 133 1 ) 2 „ Central America 1 1 ,, Australia and New Zealand 15 58 „ Military y ly FoKKKiX . —Europe 4 4 „ China and Sumatra 3 3 „ South America 5 ( 5
* ENGLISH and Military 641 662 Colonial and Foreign , 320 293 These statistics deserve some examination , because the fluctuations arise chiefly from changes in the Colonial jurisdiction . The number of new Lodges added was in—1857 . op , * 185 S 3 <) . f .
The Lodges of India were materially affected by the revolt in 1 SO 7 and 185 S ' In those two years the number of Australian Lodges increased . The great change is by the secession of the Canadian Lodges . On these the loss was in 1 S 5 S , forty-one Lodges , and there will be a still further diminution . The total loss < vas 46 Lodges . The English Lodges show a large net increase , attesting the progress of Masonry ; Up to the end of 1 S 5 S , the total number of lapsed Lodges , secessions and lil / of which it
wasures was ' will be seen a large portion took place in 1858 . * These figures are doubtful , t Exclusive of nine after the publication of the calendar .