The Albion Lodge, Quebec.

not being contrary to or inconsistent with the General LaAvs and Begulations of the Craft and a Copy whereof you are to transmit to ns . And we do require you to cause all such By-Laws and Begulations , and also an account of the proceedings in your Lodge , to be entered in Books to be kept for that purpose . Aud you aro in noAvise to omit to send to us , or our Successors , Grand Masters , or to The Bight Honorable Lawrence Lord Dundas , our Deputy Grand Master , or to tho Deputy Grand Master for the time being , at least once in every year a List of the Members of your Lodge and the name and description of all Masons initiated therein and Brethren who shall have joined the same , Together with the Fees and Monies

payable thereon , It being our Avill and intention that this our Warrant shall be in force so long only as you shall conform to the Lira's aud Regulations of our said Grand Lodge . Ancl you , the said Alfred Rich , are further required as soon as conveniently may be , to send us an account in Avriting of what may be done by virtue of these presents . Given under our Hand and the Seal of the Grand Lodge at London , this 27 th day of January , A . L . 5829 , A . D . 1829 . By command of the M . W . Grand Master , William H . White , } „ Dundas , D . G . M . Edw . Harper , ) tT' &'

THIS CENTENARY WARRANT . To the W . Master , Wardens , other Officers , and Members of the Albion Lodge , No . 17 , Quebec , Canada East , and all others whom it may concern . Whereas it appears by the Eecords of the Grand Lodge that in the month of December , 1761 , a Warrant of Constitution was granted to certain Brethren therein named authorizing , and empOAvering them and their regular Successors to hold a Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons , and ivhich Lodge Avas then numbered No . 0 on the Registry of the Grand Lodge . And Ayhereas on the 20 th December , 1787 , the said Warrant Avas transferred to certain other

Brethren authorizing them and their Successors to continue to hold the said Lodge , but iu consequence of the Union of the two Grand Lodges , on the 27 th December , 1813 , the said Lodge became and now stands on the Registry of the United Grand Lodge of England as No . 17 , under the Title or Denomination of the Albion Lodge , Meeting in the City of Quebec , Canada East . And Avhereas the Brethren composing the said Lodge are desirous noiv that One hundred years havo expired since the construction of the Lodge , to Jeivel . be permitted to Avear a distinguishing and commemorative JeAvel and have prayed the sanction of the Most Worshipful Grand Master for that purpose . And the

Most Worshipful Grand Master having been pleased to accede to the request , Doth hereby give and grant to all and each of the actual Subscribing Members of the said Lodge being Master Masons , permission to wear in all Masonic Meetings , suspended to the left Breast by a sky-blue Bibbou not exceeding one inch and a half in breadth , a Jewel or Medal of the Pattern and Device of the Drawing in the Margin hereof as a Centenary Jewel . But snch Jewel is to be AYOI-U only by those Brethren who are bona fide Subscribing Members of the said Lodge and so long only as they shall pay their subscription thereto and be returned as such to the Grand Lodge of England . Given at Free Masons' Hall , London , this 3 rd April , 1862 . By command of the Eight Honorable The Earl of Zetland , M . W . Grand Master . [ i . s . 1 W . Gray Clarke , G . S

Since 1829 the Albion Lodge has been permanently located in the Cit y of Quebec , so the Grand Master informs me , ancl is No . 2 on the roll of the flourishing Grand Lodge of Quebec , organized in the year 1869 . The Centenary Warrant has been retained by the members by consent of our M . W . Grand Master , and the jewel consists of a five-pointed star on which rests a circle , having thereon , " Centenary , 1861 , " within the ribbon being the square ancl compasses ancl the No . 17 . I am indebted to the M . W . Bro . Dr . Graham for

copies of these interesting documents , and trust their reproduction in the Masonic Magazine will be a pleasant sight to Masonic students at home ancl abroad . Whilst the investigation has resulted in dating the origin of the lodge warrant back to 1751 , it has unfortunately proved that the continuous Avorking of the Albion Lodge cannot attain to a centenrary until the year 1881 . HoAvever , from 1781 is a respectable antiquity .