Moss, offered up the following prayer :— "Most | Holy and Glorious Lord God, the great Architect of the universe, the giver of all good gifts and graces ; Thou hast promised that where two or three are gathered together in Thy name, Thou wilt be in the midst of them and bless them. In Thy name we assemble, humbly beseeching Thee to bless us in all our undertakings, that we may know and serve Thee aright, and that all our actions may tend to Thy glory, and to jour advancement in knowledge, in virtue, and grace. And we beseech Thee, O Lord God, to bless our present assembling, and to illuminate our minds that we may walk in the light of Thy counte nance, and, when the trials of our probationary state are over, be admitted into The Temple not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens, Amen." The Brethren replied by saying, " So mote it be." The P.G. Secretary, Bro. Fish, then read the scroll, as follows : — In the Twenty -ninth year of the reign of Her Majeity Queen Victoria ; Sir George Grey being Governor of New Zealand ; and Thomas Dick, Esq., Superintendent of the Province of Otago, This Foundation Stone was laid by John Hydo Harris, Esq., R.W.P.G.M. of Otago, E.C. assisted by The Provincial Grand Lodge of Otago, E.G. The local Lodge is under the English Constitution ; the office-bearers being — John Stubbs Wait, W.M. ; William Luke, S.W. ; Frank Pinkertou, J.W. ; Geo. Harper, Secretary ; M. R. Miller, Treasurer ; Jaines Bee, S.D. ; D. Bruce, J.D. The Masonic Hall building is erected by the Oamaru Masonic Hall Company (Limited) ; the Board of Directors of the said Company being — M. R. Miller (chairman), H. France, J. B. Godfrey, J. S. Wait, F. Pinkerton, W. Luke, R. Campbell, Jnr., J. M'Lctin, and W. Sewell. The designs for the building were selected in com petition, and were furnished by Robert Arthur Law eon, Architect, Dunedin ; the works being carried out under hi» superintendence by Messrs Macdonald and Serlc, Contractors, also of Dunedin. The following articles are enclosed in this stone, ! viz. 