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(AFR) GRAND LODGE OF SENEGAL
GRAND LOGE DU SENEGAL Founded in 1993 B.P. 442 Dakar, Senegal, West Africa ARMAND AGBOGBA Grand Maitre ABOUBACAR NDIAYE Grand Secretaire Tel: 221.822.12.34 221.823.56.83 Fax: 221.822.13.48 Does Not permit Dual Membership No. of Lodges: 24 - No. of Members: 475 (+25) KEY HISTORICAL EVENTS - The major ethnic groups of Senegal are the Wolof Serer, Tukulor (or Toucouleur)., Soninke (or Sarakole), Mandinka and Diola peoples. Some of them had important traditional kingdoms. Islam reached the Senegal river valley by the 11th century, and later the Fulanmis and the related Tukolors helped spread Islam over a large area. TERRITORY AND POPULATION. Senegal is bounded by Mauritania to the north and north-east, Mali to the east, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau to the south and thc Atlanic to the west with The Gambia forming an enclave along that shorc. Arca IN,190 sq. km; population (census, 1988), 6,982,084; (estimate, 1996) 9 09m. (40o/O ~n). Population density, 40 5 per sq. km. Growth rate (1992), 2 9%, infant norlality (1996), 64 per 1,000 live births; birth rate ( 1991 ) per 1,000 population, 43; ~rate, 16. Life expectancy in 1996 was 53 75 years for men and 59 3 for women. 4gestn~cture :1-14 years, 48%; 15-64, 49%; 65 and over, 3%. . ~

(AFR) GRAND LODGE OF SOUTH AFRICA
GRAND LODGE OF SOUTH AFRICA (AF&AM). Founded April 22, 1961 Grand Lodge Centre 75 13th Street, Orange Grove, Code 2192 PO Box 46203, Orange Grove Johannesburg,So Africa Code 2119 B.G.LINDEQUE Grand Master B.C. JOHNSON Grand Secretary No. of Lodges: 94 (-1) - No. of Members: 1,905 (-1,900) KEY HISTORIC EVENTS - The Dutch first established a trading post at the Cape in 1672. The hinterland was then inhabited by the Khoisan peoples and, further east, and north by the Bantu-speaking peoples. There was some white settlement over the next century. During the Napoleonic wars , Britain took possession of the Cape and lager many Boer (Dutch) settlers migrated north-east in the Great Treck. In the mid 19th century Britain ruled the Cape Colony and natal along the coast of southern Africa, while the interior the Afrikaners or Boers, descendants of Dutch settlers, established their own independent Republics in the Transvaal and the Orange Free State.

(AFR) GRANDE LOGE DU BURKINA FASO
GRANDE LOGE DU BURKINA FASO Founded September 13, 1997 DJARIL Y. BASSOLE Grand Master GRANDE LOGE DU BURKINA FASO 01 BP 3377, Quagadougou 01 Burkina Faso, West Africa JEAN CLAUDE NABYOURE Grand Secretary GRANDE LOGE DU BURKINA FASO 01 BP 3377, Quagadougou 01 Burkina Faso, West Africa 226 30 45 45 Phone 226 30 22 22 Fax Permits Dual and Plural Membership No. of Lodges -9 No of Members -375 (+25) KEY HISTORICAL EVENTS - Formerly known as Upper Volta, this African country's name was changed in 1984 to Burkino Faso which means "The land of honest men." The area it covers was settled by farming communities until heir invasion by the Mossi people in the 11th century who set up the powerful kingdoms of Ouagadougou, Yatenga and Tenkogodo. These successfully resisted Islamic crusades and attacks by neighboring empires for several centuries until conquered by the French between 1895 and 1903. Burkino Faso is today independent.

(ASIA) GRAND LODGE OF INDIA
GRAND LODGE OF INDIA Founded November 24, 1961 Freemasons Hall Janpath, PO Box 681 New Delhi, India 110001 D.D UDESHI Grand Master DR, HARIS GUPTA Grand Secretary Cable: MASONIC NEW DELHI Tel: 3321956, 3320276 Fax: 0091-11-33230276 E-maiol: glinmdia@nde.vsn1.net.in. No. of Lodges: 326 (+21) - No. of Members: 15,301 (+300) TERRITORY AND POPULATION. India is bounded in the north-west by Pakistan, north by China, Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan, east by Myanmar, and south-east south and south-west by the Indian Ocean. The far eastern states and tenitona almost separated from the rest by Bangladesh. The area (excluding the Pakistan and China-occupied parts of Jammu and Kashmir) is 3,165,596 sq. km. A Sinol agreement of 7 Sept. 1993 settled frontier disputes dating from the warofl Population (excluding occupied Jammu and Kashmir), 1991 census: S463 (407,072,230 females; 217m. urban); density, 274 per sq. km. About2470IlOI population was urban in 1991 (in Maharashtra, 35%, in Arunachal Pradesh,6 1996 estimate: 913 2m. Many births and deaths go unregistered. The General's data suggests a birth rate for 1995 96 of 28 3 per 1,000 popolabo~ death rate 9. In 1991 expectation of life was 60 years. Marriages and divorces are not registered. The minimum age for a civil ma is 18 for women and 21 for men; for a sacramental marriage, 14 for girls and If youths.

(ASIA) GRAND LODGE OF JAPAN
GRAND LODGE OF JAPAN (F&AM) Founded June 1, 1957 Tokyo Masonic Center 4-1-3 Shibakoen Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0011 CHESTER L. DITTO Grand Master FREDERICK R. COLLINS PGM Grand Secretary Phone: (Tokyo)03-3433-4981 Fax: 03-3578-8440 Homepage: http://www.iac.co.jp-masonic Email: masonic@iac.co.jp Permits Plural and dual Membership No. of Lodges: 18 - No. of Members: 2,246 (-300)--- KEY HISTORICAL EVENTS - The House of Yamato united the nation in about 200 AD. The present imperial family are their direct descendants. From 1186 to bout 1867 successive families of the military Shoguns exercised the he temporal power. In 18678 the Emperor Meiji recovered the imperial power aft er the abdication on 14 October 1867 of the 15th and last Tokugowa Shogun Keiko. In 1871 the feudal system (Hokun Seido) was abolished and in the early 1890s constitutional government was introduced by the Emperor.

(ASIA) GRAND LODGE OF THE PHILIPPINES
GRAND LODGE OF F&AM OF THE PHILIPPINES Fouonded December 12, 1912 PLARIDEL MASONIC TEMPLE 1440 San Marcelino, Manila EUGENO A. LABITORIA Grand Master REYNOLD S. FAJARDO PGM, GMH Grand Secretary Tel: 524-3263/523-2791 Fax: 631-522-2218 Internet: Http.www.chaumont/freemasonry.html E-mail: glphils@epic.net gllrrp@epic.net Permits dual Membership No. of Lodges: 278 - No. of Members: 16,676

(ASIA)GRAND LODGE OF CHINA
GRAND LODGE OF CHINA (F&AM) Founded 1949 GOSHIN TSAO Grand Master GRAND LODGE OF CHINA Masonic Temple 10, Lane 201, Chang-an East Road, Sec. 2 Tapei 10406, Taiwan, R.O.C. RAYMOND M. CHANG PGM Grand Secretary GRAND LODGE OF CHINA Masonic Temple 10, Lane 201, Chang-an East Road, Sec. 2 Tapei 10406, Taiwan, R.O.C. 771-3310 office 741-3971 - Fax Permits PLURAL membership No. of Lodges - 11 No of Members - 754 TERRITORY AND POPULATION. China is bounded in the north by Russia Mongolia, east by North Korea, the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, with Hong Kong and Macao as enclaves on the south-east coast; south by Vietnam, Laos, bma, India, Bhutan and Nepal; west by India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan Iygyzstan and Kazakhstan. The total area (including Taiwan) is estimated at 1512,900 sq. km (3,696,100 sq. miles). A law of Feb. 1992 claimed the Spratly, Paacel and Diaoyutasi Islands. An agreement of 7 Sept. 1993 at prime ministerial level settled Sino-lndian border disputes which had first emerged in the war of 1962 At the l991 census the population was 1,130,510 638 (548,690,231 females) iopulationestimate' 1996: 1,223 89m. (601 89m. femaie; 359 5m. urban). 1919 regulations restricting married couples to a single child, a policy enforced by compulsory abortions and economic sanctions, have been widely ignored, and it was admitted in 1988 that the population target of 1,200m. by 2000 would have to be revised to h 1,270m. Since 1988 peasant couples have been permitted a second child after 4 years if the first born is a girl, a measure to combat infanticide. The average number of live births per woman (married or otherwise) in 1996 was 1 42. The lowest and highest averages by region were Beijing with 0 84 and Hainan with 178. 0nly Beijing and Shanghai had averages less than 1. In 1996 the average Chinese woman had 1.39 living children. Vital statistics, 1996: Birth rate (per 1,000), 16 98; death rate, 6 56; growth rate, 1~42. There were 9,339,615 marriages and I, 132,215 divorces in 1996. Expectation sfefewas 68 years for men and 71 for women in 1990. 432m persons of Chinese origin lived abroad in 1993.

(AUS) GRAND LODGE OF TASMANIA
GRAND LODGE OF TASMANIA (AF&AM) Founded June 26 , 1890 Masonic Temple 3 Sandy Bay Road Hobart Tasmania 7005 ROBERT T. CLARKE Grand Master A.J. SANGWELL Grand Secretary GRAND LODGE OF TASMANIA Masonic Temple 3 Sandy Bay Road Hobart Tasmania 7005 0362235814 Office Phone 610.3.62238159 - Fax gltas@southcom.com.au Permits Dual and Plural Membership No. of Lodges - 58/56 (-2) No of Members -3,357/2,892 (-465)

(AUS) GRAND LODGE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
GRAND LODGE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA (AF&AM) Founded February 27, 1900 Freemason's Hall PO Box 6015 East Perth 6892 Australia JAMES GEORGE MALEY. Grand Master VIC SCHILO Grand Secretary UNITED GRAND LODGE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Freemason's Hall PO Box 6015 East Perth 6892 Australia (08) 93253999 Phone (08) 92214783 Fax grandsec@gl-of-wa.org.au Permits Dual and Plural Membership No. of Lodges -172 (-3) No of Members -5,900 (-400)

(AUS) GRAND LODGE OF NEW ZEALAND
GRAND LODGE OF NEW ZEALAND (AF&AM) Founded April 29, 1890 C.L.J.INDER Grand Master S.J. COOPER Grand Secretary PO Box 6439 Wellington 6035 New Zealand Permits Plural Membership No. of Lodges: 331 - No. of Members: 16,000

(AUS) GRAND LODGE OF QUEENSLAND
073229 3533 Office Phone 07 3229 9288 - Fax No. of Lodges - 379 No of Members -15,112

(AUS) GRAND LODGE OF SO. AUSTRALIA
GRAND LODGE OF SO. AUSTRALIA (AF&AM) Founded April 16,1884 Masonic Centre North Terrace Adelaide, So Australia 5000 GEOFFREY D TUCKER Grand Master ANDREW .W. WOOD Acting Grand Secretary GRAND LODGE OF SO AUSTRALIA Masonic Centre North Terrace Adelaide, So Australia 5000 82231633 Office Phone 82240755 - Fax Permits Plural Membership No. of Lodges - 149 No of Members -6,000

(AUS) UNITED GRAND LODGE OF VICTORIA
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF VICTORIA (AF&AM) Founded March 20 , 1889 Masonic Centre 300 Albert Street East Melbourne, Victoria 3002 Australia C. B. STEWART Grand Master (to 17 March 2001) J. R.WILSON Grfand Master Elect (From 17 March on) P.D.A. BRYCE Grand Secretary UNITED GRAND LODGE OF VICTORIA Masonic Centre 300 Albert Street East Melbourne, Victoria 3002 Australia PAM STARK Executive Secretary to the Grand Secretary Stark@Freemasonsvic.net.au Permits Dual and Plural Membership No. of Lodges -461 (-20) No of Members -24,314

(CAN) GRAND LODGE OF ALBERTA
GRAND LODGE OF ALBERTA Founded September 13, 1997 GERALD T. WEBBER Grand Master Box 426 Crossfield AB T0M 0S0 EDWAD HUNTER Grand Secretary 330-12 Avenue SW Calgary, AB T2R OH2 226 30 45 45 Phone 226 30 22 22 Fax Permits Dual and Plural Membership No. of Lodges 133 No of Members -8,690 One Lodge of Research - Two Lodges Under Dispensation

(CAN) GRAND LODGE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA & YUKON
GRAND LODGE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA & YUKON (AF&AM) Founded December 26, 1871 JACK HARPER Grand Master 2165 Westsyde Road Canloops, U28 7C3 BC CANADA <>b>CLARK GILMOUR Grand Secretary 1495 Weest 8th Avenue Vancouver V6H 1C9 Canada 604-736-8941 Phone 604-736-5097 Fax Permits Dual and Plural Membership No. of Lodges 160 (-1) No of Members - 14,183 (-1,117)

(CAN) GRAND LODGE OF CANADA (ONTARIO)
GRAND LODGE OF CANADA (ONTARIO) (AF&AM) Founded October 10, 1855 ROBERT J. McKIBBON Grand Master GRAND LODGE OF CANADA (ONTARIO) 1200 Kaladar Drive London, N5V 2R5 Ontario, Canada ROBERT E. DAVIES PGM Grand Secretary GRAND LODGE OF CANADA (ONTARIO) 363 King Street W. Hamilton L8P 1B4 Ontario, Canada 905-528-8644 office Permits plural membership No. of Lodges -639 No of Members -65,019

(CAN) GRAND LODGE OF MANITOBA
GRAND LODGE OF MANITOBA (AF&AM) Founded May 12, 1875 RICK PORTER Grand Master 7 Riverheights Drive Brandon, MB R7B 2Y1 CANADA B.T. THORSTEINSON Grand Secretary 420 Corydon Avenue Winnepeg R3L ON8 Canada 204-453-7410 Phone 204-284-3527 Fax glsec@grandlodge.mb.ca Permits Dual and Plural Membership No. of Lodges 66 No of Members -4,784 (-218)

(CAN) GRAND LODGE OF NEW BRUNSWICK
GRAND LODGE OF NEW BRUNSWICK (AF&AM) Founded October 10, 1867 JAMES H. PIKE Grand Master 295 Bess Borough Avenue Moncton E1E 4G4 CANADA J RALPH ANDREWS PGM Grand Secretary GRAND LODGE OF NEW BRUNSWICK PO Box 6430 Sta "A" Sain John E2L 4R8 Canada 506-652-2390 Phone 506-642-4524 FGax Permits Dual and Plural Membership No. of Lodges 50 No of Members - 5,011

(CAN) GRAND LODGE OF NOVA SCOTIA
GRAND LODGE OF NOVA SCOTIA (AF&AM) Founded 1866 Freemasons Hall 1533 Barrington Street Halifax NS, B3J 124 Canada ARTHUR S. BROWN Grand Master ROBERET H. NORTHUP PGM Grand Secretary Freemassons Hall 1533 Barrington Street Halifax NSD B3J 124 Canada 902-423-6149 Office 902-423-6254 nFax GLNS@GrandLodgens.org Http://www.GrandLodgens.org Permits plural membership No. of Lodges - 110 No of Members -6,800

(CAN) GRAND LODGE OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
GRAND LODGE OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (AF&AM) Founded June 24, 1875 PHILIP H. HENDERSON Grand Master GRAND LODGE OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Margate R.R. 6 Kensington C0B 1M0 ERROL C. MONKLEY Grand Secretary GRAND LODGE OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND PO Box 337 Charlottetown C1A 7K7 1-902-629-1265 office Permits dual membership No. of Lodges - 16 No of Members - 1,045

(CAN) GRAND LODGE OF QUEBEC
GRAND LODGE OF QUEBEC (AF&AM) Founded October 20, 1869 C. DOUGLAS McLEAN Grand master GRAND LODGE OF QUEBEC 2295 St. Mark Street Montreal H3H 2G9 QUEBEC JOHN E. LEOIDE PDDGM Grand Secretary GRAND LODGE OF QUEBEC 2295 St. Mark Street Montreal H3H 2G9 QUEBEC 514-933-6739 - Office 514-933-6730 - Fax Permits dual membership (?) No. of Lodges - 86 No of Members - 5,742

(CAN) GRAND LODGE OF SASKATCHEWAN
GRAND LODGE OF SASKATCHEWAN (AF&AM) Founded 1906 JOHN J. McNANCE Grand Master GRAND LODGE OF SASKATCHEWAN 185 Angle Cros. Regina S45 6N3 SASKATCHEWAN GRANT G. RIDLEY Grand Secretary GRAND LODGE OF SASKATCHEWAN Masonic Temple 1930 Lorne Street Regina S4P 2M1, SASKATCHEWAN 522-5686 office 522-5687 - Fax Permits dual membership No. of Lodges - 80 No of Members - 5,129

(EUR) GRAND LODGE OF AUSTRIA
GRAND LODGE OF AUSTRIA (AF&AM) GRAND LODGE OFFICE Founded 1874 1010 Wien Rauhensteingasse 3 Austria HEINZ SCHEIDERBAUER Grand Master FRANZ HAUSSLER Grand Secretary GRAND LODGE OF AUSTRIA 1010 Wien Rauhensteingasse 3 Austria (1) 512-74-22 Phone (1) 512-04-55 Fax Permits Dual Membership No. of Lodges -57 No of Members -2,450 TERRITORY AND POPULATION. Austria is bounded in the noth by Gemmany and the Czech Republic, east by Slovakia and Hungary, south by Slovakia and Italy, and west by Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It has an area of 83,858 se (32,378 sq. miles). Population (1995) 8 05m. Previous population censuses: (l 6 53m., (1934) 6 76m., (1951) 6 93m., (1971) 7 49m., (1981) 7 56m., (1991)1

(EUR) GRAND LODGE OF CZECK REPUBIC
GRAND LODGE OF CZECK REPUBIC (F.A.M.) Founded 1996 CESTMIR BARTA Grand Master EVZEN TURNOVSKY Grand Secretary CENTRUM G.L.C.R. Pivovarnicka 6 CZ-180 00 Praha 8 Tel anmd Fax 68-36-417 Permits Plural membership Lodges (4) Members (139)

(EUR) GRAND LODGE OF GREECE
GRAND LODGE OF GREECE (AF&AM) Founded 1811 Masonic Hall 19 Acharnon Street Athens 10438 Mailing Address: (PO Box 3203) 10210, Athens SAVAS VAFIADIS Grand Master IOANNIS A. SOUVALIOTIS, MPS Grand Secretary Tel: 301-881-2182, 301-822-9950 Fax: 8210180 E-mail:masonsgr@travelling.gr

(EUR) GRAND LODGE OF HUNGARY
SYMBOLIC GRAND LODGE OF HUNGARY Founded 1886 Masonic Temple, Budapest, Hungary Permits Plural Membership No. of Lodges: N/A No. of Members: N/A

(EUR) GRAND LODGE OF IRAN
IRAN: GRAND LDOGE OF AF&AM MASONS (in exile) Founded 1969 MOZAFAR JANDAGHI Grand Master NEMATOLLAH RAEEN Grand Secretary PO Box 25017 Los Angeles CA 90025 Tel: 310-820-9751 Fax: 310-268-1588

(EUR) GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND
GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND Founded June 24, 1725 FREEMASON'S HALL 17 Molesworth Street Dublin 2, Ireland DARWIN H. TEMPLETON , CBE , FCA Grand Master MICHAEL W. WALKER, B.Sc. Agric. Grand Secretary Tel: 6761337 and 6624485 Fax: 6625101 No. of Lodges: ? No. of Members: ?

(EUR) GRAND LODGE OF ISRAEL
GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL (AF&AM) Founded October 20, 1953 ARTHUR MARK Grand Master VICTOR SEREZO PO Box 33206 5 WeitzmanStreet Tel Aviv, Israel 61331 Tel: 972-3-6954218 Fax: 972-3-6960271 Allows Plural Membership Within State And dual Membership Outside the State No. of Lodges: 78 - No. of Members: ?

(EUR) GRAND LODGE OF PORTUGAL
GRANDE LOJA LEGAL DE PORTUGAL/GLRP Founded June 29,1991 LUIS NANDIN DE CARVALHO Grand Master MARIO PARRA DA SILVA Grand Secretary Tel: 351 1 842 14 00 Fax: 351 1 842 14 01 Permits Plural Membership No. of Lodges: 31 - No.l of Mmbers: ?

(EUR) GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND
GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND (AF&AM) Founded November 30, 1736 FREEMASON'S HALL 96 George Street Edinburgh EH2 3DH THE RIGHT HON.LORD BURTON Grand Master Mason C. MARTIN McGIBBON, ASCA Grand Secretary Tel: 0131-225-5304 Fax: 0131-225-3953 Permits Plural Membership No. of Lodges: 1,160 No. of Members: ?

(EUR) GRAND LODGE OF SPAIN
GRAND LODGE OF SPAN (AF&AM) Founded November 6, 1982 MASONIC TEMPLE Gran Via de las Corts Ctalanes, 617 08007 Barcelona Spain T. SAROBE Grand Master E. CARBONELL Deputy Grand Master JORDIO RODRIQUEZ Grand Secretary Tel. 93-302-59 91 Fax. 93-412 16 91 e-mail: gle@gle.org Web: http://www.gle.org No., of Lodges: 108 - No. of Members: 2,000

(EUR) GRAND LODGE OF SWITZERLAND
GRAND LODGE ALIPINA OF SWITZERLAND Founded 1844 GRAND LODGE TEMPLE Rue de Petit-Beaulieu 1 CH-1001 Lausanne SWITZERLAND JEAN JACQUIE SUNIER Grand Master ERIC VAN TRIMPONT Grand Secretary Tel: 021-648-.30.70 Fax: 021-647-34-45 email: glsa@planet.ch Permits dual Membership No. of Lodges: 79-No. of Members: 3,842

(EUR) GRAND LODGE OF THE NETHERLANDS
GRAND EAST OF THE NETHERLANDS (Grootoosten der Nederlanden) Founded December 26, 1756 BERNARD SARPHATI Grand Master FRED ANDRIOLI Grand Secretary Mailing Address PO Vox 11525 2502 AM The Hague, Netherlands NMo. of Lodges: 160 - No. of Members: 6,528

(EUR) GRAND LODGE OF TURKEY
GRAND LODGE OF TURKEY (F&AM) Founded July 13, 1909 MASONIC HALL 25 Nuru Ziya so., Beyoglu, Istanbul 80050 TURKEY SAHIR TALAT AKEV Grand Master RESIT ATA Grand Secretary Tel: 00 90 212-251 2650 pbx Fax: 00 90 212-249 4753 Permits Plural Membership No. of Lodges: 150 - No. of Members: 10,916

(EUR) GRAND LOGE NATIONALE OF FRANCE
GRANDE LOGE NATIONALE FRANCAISE (French National Grand Lodge) Masonic Temple 12 Rue Christine de Pisan Paris 75017 FRANCE JEAN-CHARLES FOLLNER Grand Master YVES TRESTOURNEL Grand Secretary Tel: 33 01 44 15 86 20 Fax: 33 01 44 15 86 36 Permits Dual and Plural Membership No.of Lodges 1,087, No. of Members:29,000 -- TERRITORY AND POPULATION -- France is bounded in the north by the English Channel (La Manche), north-east by Belgium and Luxembourg, east by Germany, Switzerland and Italy, south by the Mediterranean (with Monaco as a coastal enclave), south-west by Spain and Andorra, and west by the Atlantic Ocean. The total area is 549,090 sq. km. Population (1990 census), 56 6m. Growth rate (1994 estimate), 3 2 per 1,000 average density (1990), 104 persons per sq. km. Estimate (1996), 58 2m.; projection 11025) 61 2m. According to the 1990 census, there werc 3 5m. people of foreign extraction in France (7 4% of the population). The largest groups of foreign residents ( 1992) were: Portugese (649,714), Algerians (614,207) and Moroccans (572,652). 92,410 persons were naturalized in 1995 (126,337 in 1994). Controls on illegal immigration were tightened in July 1991. Automatic right to citizenship for those born on French soil was restored in 1997 by the new left-wing coalition government. New immigration legislation, due to come into force early in 1998, will bring in harsher penalties for organized traffic in illegal immigrants and extend asylum laws to include people whose lives are at risk from non-state as well as state groups. It will also extend nationality at the age of 18 to those born in France of no-n-Frenchparents, provided they have lived a minimum of 5 years in France

(EUR) GRAND ORIENT OF ITALY
GRAND ORIENT OF ITALY Founded in 1805 TEMPLE Villa "Il Vascello" Via di San Pancrazio, 8, Rome GUSTAVO RAFFI Grand Master GIUISEPPE MILAGNANO STUART Grand Secretary Tel: 0039.06.5899.344/.345 Fax: 0039.06.5818.096 Internet: http://www.freemasonry.it E-mail: goi@freemasonry.it Permits Dual Membership Out of State Only No. of Lodges: 554 No. of Members: ?

(EUR) MGRAND LODGE OF BELGIUM
REGULAR GRAND LODGE OF BELGIUM Founded ? GRAND LODGE OFFICE Rue Royale, 265 B-1030 Brussels Belgium JAN CORBET Grand Master LOUIS DE BOUVERE, PGM Grand Secretary REGULAR GRAND LODGE OF BELGIUIM Rue Royale, 265 B-1030 Brussels, Belgium 32-2-218-46 16 Fone 32-2-2231665 Fax Secretary@GLRB.org E-mail www.rglb.org Web PERMITS DUAL MEMBERSHIP - ? No. of Lodges -37 No of Members -?

(EUR) UNITED GRAND LODGE OF GERMANY
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF GERMANY, Brotherhood of Freemaons Founded 1737 Masonic Temple, Emerstrasse 12-13,Berlin 10719, Germany (Prof)ALFRED F. KOSKA Grand Master HANS-JORG WERTH Grand Secretary Tel:030 861 47 96 Fax:030 862 1164 Permits Dual or Plural Membership

(EUR)UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND Founded June 24, 1717 Freemasons' Hall Great Queen Street London, WCV2B 5AZ England H.R.H. THE DUKE OF KENT, KG Grand Master Robert Morrow Grand Secretary Phone 0171-831-9811 FAX 0207-831-6021 WEB PAGE http://www.grand-lodge.com No of Lodges: 8,651 No. of Members: 326,659

(S/A) GRAN LOGIA DE LA ARGENTINA
GRAN LOGIA DE LA ARGENTINA Founded 1857 Tte.J.D.Peron 1242 C1038AAZ) Buenos Aires Casilla de Correo 4193 (C1000WBP) Correo Central JORGE A. VALLEJOS Grand Master granmaestre@masoneria-argentina.org.ar ANGEL JORGE CLAVERO Grand Secretary gransecretario@masoneria-argentina.org.ar Tte.J.D.Peron 1242 C1038AAZ) Buenos Aires Casilla de Correo 4193 (C1000WBP) Correo Central 5411-4382-2585 Office Phone 5411-4382-1894 - Fax granlogia@masoneria-argentina.org.ar - E-mail www.masoneria-argentina.org.ar - World Wide Web Permits dual membership with recognized Grand Jurisdictions No. of Lodges - 88 No of Members -2,443

(S/A) GRAN LOGIOA DE CHILE
GRAN LOGIOA DE CHILE (AF&AM) Founded May 24, 1862 JORGE CARVAJAL MUNOZ Gran Maestro GRAN LOGIO DE CHLE Masonic Temple Marcoleta 659 Casilla Postal 2867, Santiago, Chile JUAN JOSE OYAZUN Gran Secretario General GRAN LOGIO DE CHLE Masonic Temple Marcoleta 659 Casilla Postal 2867, Santiago, Chile 6335692 office - Fax Permits dual membership (?) No. of Lodges - (?) No of Members - (?)

(S/A) GRAND LODGE OF BRASIL
GRAND ORIENTE DO BRASIL Founded June 17, 1822 Freemasons' Hall AV.W-5 SGAS Quadra 913 Modulo H-Brasilia (DF)70390-130 FRANCESCO MURILO PINTO Grand Master CELSO PACANHA Grand Secretary Foreign Affairs GRANDE ORIENTE DO BRASIL Freemason's Hall AV.W-5 SGAS Quadra 913 Modulo H-Brasilia (DF)70390-130 (55)(61)245-4555 phone (55)(61)245-4614 fax AFFILIATED WITH INTER-AMERICAN MASONIC CONFEDERATION No. of Lodges -1,906 No of Members -105,743

(S/A) GRAND LODGE OF BOLIVIA
GRAND LODGE OF BOLIVIA Founded ? GRAND TEMPLE Obispo Carrdenas 1480, Esq Bueno PO Box 564 La Paz, Bolivia JOSE ARAMAYO ANZE Grand Master JORGE BALCAZAR NARA Grand Secretary GRAND LODGE OF BOLIVIA Obispo Carrdenas 1480, Esq Bueno PO Box 564 La Paz, Bolivia 329840 - 329544 Fone 591-2-392462 Fax AFFILIATED WITH INTER-AMERICAN MASONIC CONFEDERATION No. of Lodges -48 No of Members -2,703

(S/A) GRAND LODGE OF GUATEMALA
GRAN LOGIA DE GUATEMALA Founded October 20. 1903 Temp[le Masonico 27 Calle 12-45 Zona 5 Apartardo Postal No. 34 Codigo Postal 01901 Guatemala City, C.A. BAUDILIO POTILLO MERLOS Grand Master RAFEL EDUARDO ARAGON GUEVERA Tel: 3319470-3325170 Fax: 3319580 Cable: LOGIACMI No.of Lodges: 30, No. of Members: 582

(S/A) GRAND LODGE OF HONDURAS
GRAND LODDGE OF HONURAS (AF&AM) Founded May 15, 1922 TEMPLO MASONICO 3a. Ave.#117 Tegucigalpha,Honduras JOSE MARIA URBINA Gran Maestro LENIN FLORES ANDURAY Gran Secretario y Canciller Tel: 504 234 0288 Tegocigalpa, Honduras E-mail: elainez@oiptinet.hn

(S/A) GRAND LODGE OF NICARAGUA
GRAN LGIA DE NICARAGUA Founded Novembver 27, 1907M, MASONIC TEMPLE Del Edificio Armando Guido 1c. Sur 1 1/2 (Abajo)Occidente Managua Nicaragua ORLANDO BENITO ROJAS LOPEZ Grand Master ROBERTO JOSE HERNANDEZ Grand Secretary Tel: 505-248-0479 Fax: 505-222-5709 E-mail: reneaquin@hotmail.comAllows Dual and Plural Membership No. of Lodges: 7 -- No. of Members: 182

(S/A) GRAND LODGE OF PANAMA
GRAND LODGE OF PABNAMA (AF&AM) Founded April 16, 1916 PO BOX 84 Panama 1, Republic of Panama DENNIS ALLEN FRIAS Grand Master ENRIQUE LAU Grand Secretary Tel. 507-228-8096 507-228-8196 Fax: 507-228-8470 Email glpm@sinmfo.net Allows Plural Membership Within No. of Lodges: 14 - No.of Members: 387

(S/A) GRAND LODGE OF PARAGUAY
GRAN LOGIA SIMBOLICA DEL PARAGUAY Founded 1869 TEMPLE MASONICO Palma No. 937 PO No. 1178 Asuncion - Paraguay DIEGO BERTOLUCCI Grand Master EDUARDO VELEZQUEZ GARAY Grand Secretary No.of Lodges: 16 - No. of Members: 850

(S/A) GRAND LODGE OF PERU
GRAND LODGE OF PERU (AF&AM) Founded 1882 MASONIC TEMPLE Av. Joe Galvez Berrenechea No. 599 San Isidro-Lima 27, PERU PO Box 587 - Lima 100, PERU RICARDO NORIEGA SALAVERRY Grand Master ALFONSO PENARANDA M. Grand Secretary Tel. 511-4750994 Fax: 511-4750247 Cables: Granlogper No. of Lodges: 170 - No. of Members: 7,131

(S/A) GRAND LODGE OF PUERTO RICO
GRAN LOGIA SOERAMA DE LL.YAA.MM. DE PUERTO RICO Founded 1885 MASONIC HALL 1707 Ponce de Leon Aavenue, Sanmturce P.R. Mailing Address Apartado 8385 Ave. Ponce deLeon 1707 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00909 PEDRO NICOT SANTANA Grand Master VIRGILIO OCASIO YERA Grand Secretary Tel. 787-727-6780 Fax: 787-727-6873 Permits dual Membership No.Of Lodges: 71 No. of Members: 3,443

(S/A)GRAND LODGE OF HAITI
GRAND ORIENT D'HAITI Founded 1824 Temple Rue de Magasin de L'Etat Port-au-Prince, Haiti W.I. PO Box 1417/13200 Delmas JEAN K. GOUSSE Grand Maitre (Master} DESSALINES VERICAIN Grand Secretaire (Secretary) No. of Lodges: 40- No. of Members: 6,000

(SCAN) GRAND LODGE OF DENMARK
GRAND LODGE OF DENMARK The Danish Order of Freemasons Founded 1743 PO Box 2563 Blegdamsvej 23 DK 2100.Copenhagen,Denmark BORGE CLAUSEN Grand Master JENS E. LASSEN Grand Secretary Phone +45 35 25 01 01 Fax +45 35 38 55 95 Permits dual membership

(SCAN) GRAND LODGE OF FINLAND
GRAND LODGE OF FINLAND (F&A) Founded September 8, 1924 Masonic Temple Kasarmikatu 16D 00130 Helsinki, Finland ILKKA RUNOKANGAS Grand Master RISTO RYDMAN Grand Secretary Tel: +358 9 6844 320 Fax: +358 9 6844 3218 Peremits Dual membership Only in Special Cases No. of Lodges - 137 No. of Members - 5,600

(SCAN) GRAND LODGE OF ICELAND
THE ICELANDIC ORDER OF FREEMASONS, GRAND LODGE OF ICELAND Founded July 23, 1951 Po Box5151 MASONIC TEMPLE Skulagata 55, 125, Reykjavik Iceland SIGURDUR ORN EINARSSON Grand Master GUNNLAUGER CLAESSEN Grand Secretary Permits dual Membvership No. of Lodges: ? No. of Members: 2,947

(SCAN) GRAND LODGE OF NORWAY
GRAND LODGE OF NORWAY Founded June 24, 1891 MASONIC TEMPLE Nedre Vollgate 19 0158 Oslo, NORWAY SYVER HAGEN Grand Master ODD JENDEL Grand Secretary Tel: 22 47 95 00 Fax: 22 47 95 21 Dual and Plural Memberships Not Permitted No. of Lodges: 51 No. of Members: 16,896

(SCAN) GRAND LODGE OF SWEDEN
GRAND LODGE OIF SWEDEN Swedish Order of Freemasons Founded 1735 GUSTAF PIEHL Grand Master JAN THULIN Grand Secretary Svenska Frimurare Orden Nybrokajen 7 SE-111 48 Stockholm, SWEDEN Tel: +46-8463 3706 Fax: +46-8463 3719 Permits Dual Membershjip No. of Lodges: ? No. of Members: ?

GRAND LODGE OF RUSSIA
Grand Master: M.:W.: Vladimir D. Website: www.freemasonry.ru

Grand Lodge of TEXAS (AF&AM)Founded December 20,1837
M. BOYD PATTERSON, JR. Grand Master GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS 7732 Mullrany Dallas, TX 75248-1717 JAMES D. WARD Grand Secretary GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS PO Box 446 Waco, TX 76703 254-753-7395 office 254-753-2944 fax Plural Membership Permitted No. of Lodges -900 No of Members - 134,609

Grand Lodge of UTAH (F&AM)Founded January 17,1872
WILLIAM A. POWELL Grand Master GRAND LODGE OF UTAH 866 No Homestead Blvd Price, UT 84501-2039 BLAINE H. SIMONS Grand Secretary GRAND LODGE OF UTAH 650 E.Southtemple Street Salt Lake City, UT 84501-2039 801-363-2936 office 801-363-2938 fax grandsecretary@utahmason.org Permits Dual Membership Also No. of Lodges -32 No of Members - 2,531

Grand Lodge of VERMONT (F&AM)Founded October 14, 1792
THEODORE G. CORSONES Grand Master GRAND LODGE OF VERMONT PO Box 211 Ludlow,VT 05149-0211 CEDRIC L. SMITH Grand Secretary GRAND LODGE OF VERMONT 49 East Road-Berlin Barre,VT 05641-5390 802-223-1883 office 802-223-2187 fax glsec@vtfreemasons.org www.vtfreemaons.org Permts Dual Membership Also No. of Lodges -90 No of Members - 8,293

Grand Lodge of VIRGINIA (AF&AM)Founded October 13, 1778
JAMES MILTON SCOEARCE 4811 Hunting Hills Ct. Roanoke, Virginia 24014-4975 Home phone: (540) 774-2089 Work phone: (540) 342-9923 Fax: (540) 774-2020 E-mail: jms33cpa@aol.com The Grand Lodge of Virginia is: The Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Virginia Grand Secretary Alan Wayne Adkins 4115 Nine Mile Road Richmond, Virginia 23223-4926 E-mail: grandlodge@rcn.com Website: www.grandlodgeofvirginia.orgI Grand Master GRAND LODGE OF VIRGINIA PO Box 5 Shawsville, VA 23223-4926 ALAN WAYNE ADKINS PGM Grand Secretary GRAND LODGE OF VIRGINIA 4115 Nine Mile Road Richmond, VA 23223-4926 804-222-3110 office 804-222-4253 fax glva@web-span.com Permits Dual and Plural Membership Also No. of Lodges -330 (-2) No of Members - 48,259 (-270) Home phone: (540) 774-2089 Work phone: (540) 342-9923 Fax: (540) 774-2020 E-mail: jms33cpa@aol.com The Grand Lodge of Virginia is: The Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Virginia Grand Secretary Alan Wayne Adkins 4115 Nine Mile Road Richmond, Virginia 23223-4926 E-mail: grandlodge@rcn.com Website: www.grandlodgeofvirginia.org 24014-4975 Home phone: (540) 774-2089 Work phone: (540) 342-9923 Fax: (540) 774-2020 E-mail: jms33cpa@aol.com

Grand Lodge of WASHINGTON STATE (F&AM)Founded December 8, 1858
JOHN D. MCNAB Grand Master GRAND LODGE OF WASHINGTON STATE 1592 S. Poplar Lane Camano Island WA 98292-7628 DAVID P. OWEN Grand Secretary GRAND LODGE OF WASHINGTON STATE 47 St. Helens Avenue Tacoma WA 98402-2698 253-272-3263 office 253-628-5369 fax Permits Plural Membership Also No. of Lodges -214 No of Members - 26,294

Grand Lodge of WEST VIRGINIA (AF&AM)Founded May 10, 1865
GARY L. GILKESON Grand Master GRAND LODGE OF W VIRGINIA Rt. 6, Box 277 Buckhannon, W.VA. 26201 ROBERT G. SLATER PGM Grand Secretary GRAND LODGE OF W VIRGINIA PO Box 2346 Charleston, W.VA. 25328-2346 107 Hale Street Rm. 435 Charleston, W. VA. 25301 304-342-3543 office 304-342-2480 FAX Does Not Permit Dual or Plural Membership Also No. of Lodges -149 No of Members - 29,482

Grand Lodge of WISCONSIN (F&AM)Founded December 18, 1843
JAMES H. OLSON Grand Master GRAND LODGE OF WISCONSIN 6 W. Spyglass Court Madison, WI 53717 BRUCE S, SIM PGM Grand Secretary GRAND LODGE OFWISCONSIN 36275 Sunset Drive Dousman, WI 53118 414-965-2200 office 414-965-4211 fax glwisc@freemasonry.org Permits Dual and Plural Membership Also No. of Lodges -217 No of Members - 20,474

Grand Lodge of WYOMING (AF&AM)Founded December 18, 1843
SOONG (BILL) HARMON Grand Master GRAND LODGE OF WYOMING PO Box 289 Upton, WY 82730 E. EDWIN DAVIS Grand Secretary GRAND LODGE OF WYOMING PO Box 459 2125 Cy Avenue Casper, WY 82602 307-234-2692 Office 307-234-7922 Fax wygs@Coffey.com Permits Plural membrshjp Does Not Recognize Grand Representative System No. of Lodges -50 No of Members - 6,241


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