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the self-styled Grand Lodge of Quebec , from which it appears that the " Grand Lodge " starts with five subordinate lodges , but that it has confident hopes that the few other remaining lodges will voluntarily declare their adherence . The

" Grand Lodge" has also the encouraging support of having been acknowledged by " One District Grand Lodge in the United States / 5 that of the district of Columbia , one of 42 , and we believe one of the smallest , in numerical strength , of any in that great nation : —

" Grand Lodge of Quebec , Ancient Free and Accepted Masons , Office of the Grand Master , Richmond , Province of Quebec , Dominion of Canada , Jan . 21 st , 1870 . "To the Most Worshipful the Grand Lodge of

Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of "M . W . Grand Master , Officers , and Brethren , — I ha ve the honour to communicate to you the following additional information concerning the Grand Lodge of Quebec : — " 1 st . —At the dates affixed , the five lodges mentioned below declared their adherence to this

Grand Lodge , viz .: " The Clarenceville Lodge , Clarenceville , District of Bedford , No . 152 , Beg . of Grand Lodge of Canada ( still so-called ) on Nov . 16 . " The Albion Lodge , City of Quebec , No . 17 >

Reg . of the United Grand Lodge of England , on the late festival of St . John the Evangelist , at its one hundred and nineteenth anniversary . " The Harrington Lodge , City of Quebec , No . 49 , Reg . of Canada , on the same day as the

preceding . " The Hoyle Lodge , Lacolle , District of Montreal , No . CO , Reg . of Canada , on the 4 th January Instant . ' ¦ The Chateaquay Lodge , Huntingdon , District of

Montreal , No . 208 , Reg . of Canada on the Gth January instant . " 2 nd , —Information has been received by me , that two other lodges of different Grand Registers , are at present , arranging to take the same action as the above .

" 3 rd . —It is confidently expected that the time is not far distant , when the few remaining lodges will also voluntarily declare their adherence to the Grand Lodge of Quebec . " 4 th . —It is with profound satisfaction that I have the honour further to report , that at its late communication on the 11 th instant , the Most Wor-

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shipful , the Grand Lodge of the District ! of Columbia , extended fraternal recognition to this Grand Lodge as a sister Grand Lodge . " 5 th . —It now becomes my painful duty further to inform you , that at an early day , I will cause to

be forwarded to your Grand Body , a refutation of the principal part of the published proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Canada , at a special communication held on December 1 st , 1869 , and an exposure of the conduct of a few of its officials ,

anent the Grand Lodge of Quebec , and those who co-operated in its formation . " With the best wishes for the prosperity of your Grand Lodge . " I have the honour to be , M . W . Sir ,

" Officers and Brethren , " Yours fraternally , "J . H . GRAHAM , G . M . of G . L . of Quebec . "

Hindus As Freemasons.

HINDUS AS FREEMASONS .

( From the Masonic Record of Western India . ) I have been several times asked my opinion as to the propriety or otherwise of admitting Hindus into Freemasonry . It is a subject that necessitates consideration ,

especially in India . There are , I know , many who deem them eligible , aud many who are against their admission into our Order .

Among the former our Grand Master has been classed , because in reply to a letter from one Prosonno Cooinar Dutt , in Bengal , he stated that those who " believed in God " were eligible , but our Grand Master does not say that Hindus should

be made Masons . My arguments are against their admission . They may believe in a God and in a thousand gods , as they do ; but they do not believe in our God , neither in his promises , nor in the record

that He gave . I hold that to be qualified for Masonry , the candidate should believe in the record of the Old Testiment , and particularly in those promises to which all our rites and ceremonies have undoubted reference .

If we go into this matter we shall see this . To initiate a man and entrust him with our secrets in the first degree , he should believe in the emblems and symbols and the word of that degree . The same is true of the second and third degrees . Can a Hindu do so ? Certainly not . He is often obligated on that for which he has no respect ; con-