England.

Thomas Wildey Lodge, No. 1, and Anglo-American Encampment, No. 1, instituted in London, England, have virtually ceased to exist. No reports have been received, and no regular meetings held, so far as I have been able to learn, for more than a year; and there does not appear now, nor has been manifested during my term of office (with one honorable exception, A. Fairlie), the least disposition on the part of the original Charter members to maintain the organization.

Brother Fairlie was not one of these, but initiated soon after the institution of the Lodge. The correspondence with this brother, submitted with my report last year, will fully exonerate him from any delinquency in the matter. The result of the effort discloses the cause of the failure; it did not fall into hands that appreciated its value and importance to themselves and their fellow-men; and the sooner it is withdrawn the better it will be for our noble cause. The lesson that this failure supplies should teach us to exercise a thoughtful care in the future; not to attempt the introduction of the Order into other countries before the people themselves shall have a proper appreciation of its value.

Bro. R. C. T. Schroeder, a P. G. of Missouri Lodge, No. 11, a gentleman highly recommended by his brothers in St. Louis, is now on a visit to London, and has assured me that he will cheerfully fulfil whatever commissions he may be intrusted with, and I respectfully recommend that he be authorized by the Grand Sire to collect the Charter, books, and effects of both the Lodge and Encampment, and return them to the R. W. Grand Cor. and Rec. Secretary. And in order that all unpleasant feelings may be avoided, I would recommend that the R. W. Grand Secretary be authorized, upon the receipt of the Charter, books, and effects of the said Lodge and Encampment, to cancel all of their financial obligations to this Grand Lodge.