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I have the honour to transmit herewith , by order , the Poll of the Provincial Grand Officers . I am , frater , your faithful servant , Samuel X ) . Fowler , Provincial Grand Registrar . To the Very Eminent Frater . The following are the Officers of the Provincial Grand Conclave of Knights Templar in Canada : —Grand Commander , very eminent Frater Captain W . J . B . Mc Leod Moore , Ottawa ; Deputy Grand Commander , very eminent Frater

James Alexander Henderson , Kingston ; Grand Prior , eminent Frater Colonel Alexander Gordon , R . E ., Kingston ; Grand Prelate , Frater Key .. J " . F . Lundy , D . C . L ., Grimsby ; Grand Captains commanding columns , eminent Frater Samuel Bickerton Harman , Toronto ; and eminent Frater Thomas Douglas Harington , Quebec ; Grand Registrar , Frater Samuel Deadman , Kingston ; Grand Treasurer , Frater Samuel Staples Finden , Belleville ; Grand Chamberlain Fowler , Frater Jas . Fitzdbbon , Ottawa : Grand Hospitaller , Frater Thomas Gibbs Ridont , Toronto :

Grand Expert , Frater Francis Richardson , Toronto ; Grand Standard Bearers , Frater Ellery Wanzer Palmer , "Beaus ^ ant , " Kingston ; and Frater George Duggan , junior , Toronto ; Grand Almoner , Frater John George Howard , Toronto ; Grand Director of Ceremonies , Frater William George Storm , Toronto ; Grand Aide-de-camp , Frater Fredrick W . Cumberland , Toronto ; Grand Captain of lines , Frater John Kerr , Kingston ; Grand Sword Bearer , FraterAlfred Argyle Campbell , Belleville ; Grand Heralds , Frater William Murray Jameson , Toronto ; and Frater James Hill Rowan , Kingston .

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Hambukg . —From the annual circular of the five united Lodges in Hamburg we extract the following , of general interest : —The Grand Lodge of Hamburg is under the direction of the much-esteemed and revered G . M . Bro . Dr . Buck , sen ., and his deputy , Bro . Dr . Grapengiesser . One sister Lodge has been added during the present year by the formation of a Lodge in Heilbronn , which received the warrant of constitution from the Grand Lodge in Hamburg . Several Masonic

works have been edited , as " The Instructions and Expositions of the Masonic Catechism , " by the Rev . Bro . Grapengiesser , and a Masonic Song-book , already in use since St . John ' s-day . The five Lodges have worked nineteen times in the First Degree , five times in the Second Degree , and nine times in the Sublime Degree ; twenty-eight candidates were initiated , twenty passed to the Fellow Craft Degree , twelve raised to the Sublime Degree , and three Brothers were admitted as joining members .

Hanover . —The Lodge Frederic , at the White Horse , in Hanover , communicates , with great pleasure , the mark of royal patronage conferred in a greeting from his Majesty , and delivered to the Lodge by the G . M . Bro . Viscount von Bentink , in the following words : — "His Majesty the King , our most gracious protector , has commanded me to present to the Brethren here assembled his royal greeting . His Majesty has especially mentioned the Brethren of Lodges of

Oldenburg and Bremen , and charged me to bid them welcome here , and to join therewith the hope that the Brethren may view this salute as a proof of the sincere interest which his Majesty takes in Masonic principles and proceedings . His Majesty recommends the Brethren and the Order in general to the protection of the Almighty , who will assist us in our works dedicated to the welfare of mankind , and trusts that he will shed His benign influence over us . "