230 PAST AND PRESENT OF act of incorporation. In the year 1900 there were ten provincial grand lodges, one hun- dren and seventeen county lodges and one thousand seven hundred twenty-five primary lodges, with one hundred thousand mem¬ bers under its jurisdiction. The associa¬ tion was first planted on Prince Ed ¬ ward Island in the institution of Boyne Lodge, in the old Masonic hall over Red- din's drugstore, Sunnyside, Charlottetown , in the year 1849. This was done under the authority of the grand master of Sco¬ tia and was confirmed by warrant 614 from the grand lodge of British , under date of February 12, 1853, and signed by the grand master and sovereign, J. Hillyard Cameron. A Mr. Blackwood , an artillery¬ man of the British contingent in barracks here, was chosen as its first master. Boyne Lodge received an act of incorporation from the Provincial Legislature in 1892. The first " Scarlet " warrant was granted to Prince Edward Island under date of July 54, 1859, at which time there were four primary lodges in the province. The grand lodge of Prince Edward Island was instituted and received its war¬ rant on February 24, 1862, for which pur¬ pose, in accordance with the action of the grand lodge of British , au¬ thorizing the formation of provincial grand lodges, George P. Tanton , deputy grand master, had summoned the worshipful mas¬ ters of the various primary lodges in the province. This warrant was dated July 26, 1861. There were present at this meeting in Orange Hall , Charlottetown , George P. Tanton , deputy grand master, and the fol¬ lowing masters of primary lodges: Dr. Thomas Leeming . P. G. S . (acting) Boyne Lodge; Nathaniel Acorn , Richard Smith , Prince Edward Lodge ; George Stanley, Rose Lodge ; David Ross , Lyon Lodge; Dr. D. Kaye , D. G. M . (act¬ ing) Trinity Lodge; John Robertson , Bar¬ ton Lodge; Thomas Carson , Tanton Lodge; Thomas Bigger , Calvin Lodge ; Roderick McNeil Dalmeney Lodge. With these were a number of visitors from various lodges. The following is a copy of the warrant then received: The moat worshipful, the grand master and sov¬ ereign of the Loyal Orange Association in British , sends greeting: To the right worshipful, the provincial grand lodge of the Island of Prince Edward , know ye that the most worshipful, the grand lodge of Brit¬ ish , did at a meeting of the said grand lodge duly held by adjournment at the town of , on the 9th day of August A. D . iv,h. ordain that there should be divers provin¬ cial or local grand lodges in British ¬ ica under the government and control of one grand lodge, and did also ordain that the Island of I'riiiff Edward do constitute a separate province to be called the province of the Island of Prince Kclwiinl . and that the local or provincial grand lodge select its own grand officers, levy its own dues, divide its own territory into counties, dis¬ tricts and other local divisions, and make such rules and regulations for the management of its own members as it may deem just and prudent and as shall not be inconsistent with the constitu¬ tion or authority of the most worshipful, the grand lodge of British ; and did also or¬ dain that no provincial or grand lodge should be held without a warrant from the grand lodge of British ; and did also ordain that until the meeting of the said grand lodge of British on the third Tuesday in the month of June , A. D. 1860, all functions appertaining to the grand lodge should be vested in and dis¬ charged by the most worshipful the grand mas- Li and grand lodge of British . Therefore, know ye, that to obey and carry out the mandate of the said worshipful grand lodge of British and under its au¬ thority, I do hereby, as much as in me lies as grand master and sovereign of the Loyal Orange Order , authorize and empower the provincial grand lodge of the Island of Prince Edward to meet In accordance with the mandate and consti¬ tution of the most worshipful, the grand lodge of