[From Selections from Calcutta Gazelles, Vol. V]

THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1819.

We understand that the Provincial Grand Lodge of Bengal has been solicited by the Collector of Government Customs, to assist in the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the New Custom House, about to be erected on the site of the Old Fort, and that preparations for that purpose are making with the sanction of the MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF HASTINGS. The Masonic Lodges in Calcutta will be assembled to join in the procession. We have not heard that the day has been fixed, but believe it will not be protracted beyond this month. We congratulate the public on the approaching commencement of a work of such importance to the Commercial Interests of Calcutta, and trust that in the course of a year the port of this great City will be enabled to afford those accommodations and facilities to trade which it has been so long a stranger to.

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