PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

should be an enemy to savage brutality and every species of unchristian conduct, a lover of rational and improving society, faithfully regarding the Protestant religion and sin- cerely desirous of propagating its precepts of charity and good will to all men. He should be zealous in promoting the honor, happiness and prosperity of his King and country, heartily desirous of success in those pursuits, yet convinced that God alone can grant them. He should have a hatred of cursing and swearing and of taking the name of God in vain and should use all op- portunities 0f discouraging these among his brethren, and should shun the society of all persons addicted to these shameful practices. Prudence should guide all his actions; tem- perance, sobriety and honesty direct his con- duct; and the laudable objects of the associa- tion be the motives of his endeavours.”

The obligation of an Orangeman binds him unto allegiance and loyalty to sovereign and country, to do justice to all men. to never practice and ever withstand wrong do- ing in any form, to cherish and promote brotherly love, to maintain chastity and pu- rity, to adhere to the Protestant religion, to refrain from persecuting 0r injuring any one on account of religious opinions, and it is the duty of every Orangeman to aid and defend all loyal subjects of every religions persua- sion in the enjoyment of their constitutional rights.” The rules, constitution and obliga- tion of the association are open not only to its members, but to the whole community. There is no reserve except in the signs and symbols whereby Orangemen know each other.

The first primary lodge of the associa- tion was instituted at Loughgall, Ireland. on September 21, 1795, and by the year 1900 there were grand lodges in England, Scot-

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land, Ireland, United States of America, British America, New South Wales, Queens- land, Victoria, West Australia, South Aus- tralia, New Zealand North, Central New Zealand and Tasmania, with numerous pro- vincial and state grand lodges, totalling five thousand one hundred and thirty-three pri-

‘mary lodges and a membership of over two

hundred and fifty thousand.

For the purpose of promoting intercom- munication and effecting a unity of, senti- ment and harmony of action between all Orange communities throughout the world, there was instituted at London, England, on the I 7th day of July, 1867, the Imperial Grand Orange Council. This grand council meets every three years and has since held meetings at Toronto in 1870 and 1891, at Glasgow in 1873 and 1897, at Londonderry in 1876, at Ottawa in 1879, at London (England) in 1882 and 1894, at Edinburgh in 1885, at Carrickfergus in 1888, at New York in 1900, at Dublin in 1903, and this year, 1906, meets in Toronto.

The office of imperial grand president has been held consecutively by the Right Hon. the Earl of Enniskillen, Ireland; Stewart Blacker. England; D’Arcy Boulton, Q. O, Canada; Sir McKenzie Bowell, Can- ada; William Johnston, M. P., Ireland; Hon. Lord Trevor, England; C. I. Paton, Scotland; Right Hon. the Earl of Erne, Ire- land (two terms) ; N. Clarke Wallace, M. P., Canada (two terms); J. W. Bell, M. P., Canada.

The grand lodge of British North Amer- ica was instituted at Brockville, Ontario, on the Ist day of January. in the year 1830. On the 24th day of April, 1890, this grand lodge, on the consent and advice of the Senate and Commons of Canada, received from Her Late Majesty, Queen Victoria, an