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eleven lodges in various parts of Liberia, besides the female mysteries 

 of the Sisters of the Mysterious Ten. 



Colonel Powney has supplied me with the following information 

 regarding the organisation of Freemasonry in Liberia : " There are 

 nine lodges established at Monrovia, St. Paul's River, Cape Mount, 

 Edina, Grand Basa, Greenville, and Cape Palmas, — viz. the 

 Oriental, St. John's, St. Paul's, Excelsior, Widow's Son, 

 Rising Star, Evening Star, and Morning Star." 



THE PRESS IN LIBERIA 



The newspapers and periodicals now published in Liberia consist 

 of the following : 



The Liberia Recorder (Editor, the Rev. N. H. B. Cassell), Monrovia. 

 This paper is in its seventh year. It comes out every fortnight, and 

 each copy costs 2^d. It often contains excellent articles. 



77ie Agricultural World (Editor, P. P. Gray), Monrovia. Price 

 2\d. monthly. In its sixth year. 



Libjria and West Africa (Editor, the Rev. A. P. Camphor). A 

 monthly publication, in its fifth year. Yearly subscription, 6s. -^d., 

 including postage. 



The African League (Editor, J. H. Green), Grand Basa. A 

 monthl)' paper, price ^d. 



The Living Chronicle (Editor, the Rev. S. D. Ferguson, Jun.), 

 Gregory Street, Harper, Cape Palmas. Monthly paper, price i\d. 

 A useful handbook on Liberia is issued yearly from the office of 

 The Living Chronicle. 



MUNICIPALITIES AND PORTS OF ENTRY 



There are at present four incorporated cities in Liberia — namely. 

 Monrovia, Grand Basa (Lower Buchanan), Edina, and Harper, 

 Each of these cities has a Mayor and Council. The other centres 

 of population of the second order are described as townships. 



The ports of entry at which foreigners are free to trade and 

 settle (the theoretical areas of these ports of enfry being reduced to 

 a radius of three miles from the centre of the town) are at present nine 

 in number— Robertsport (Cape Mount), MONROVIA, MARSHALL, 

 Grand Basa (Lower Buchanan), RiVER Cestos, GREENVILLE 



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