[From Masonic Jurisprudence, by the Rev. John T. Lawrence, London, 1923, p. 238]

Grand Lodge Decisions on Appeal 48. Initiation of a Hindu.

June 6, 1866.-The District Grand Lodge of Bengal had a by-Law which provided that no Asiatic should be initiated without a special reference to the District Grand Master. In the case which came before Grand Lodge the Worshipful Master initiated a Hindu candidate without waiting for the result of - such reference. The District Grand Master deposed the Worshipful Master, and placed the Lodge in charge of the Senior Warden; the Worshipful Master in his turn placed the Lodge in abeyance, so that no meetings were held. For this the District Grand Lodge expelled him, and he appealed, with success.

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