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Lodge , No . 1791 , with Bro . John Williams for its Steward , contributes £ 164 , and tho Metropolitan , No . 1407 , per Bro . W . M . Stiles , £ 153 lis . Bro . Frederick Brewer , acting on behalf of the Kilburu , No . 1008 , figures for the very respectable total of £ 142 10 s , tho London
Rifle Brigade Lodge , No . 1962 , per Brother Neville Green , for £ 130 ' 12 s Gel , and the Aldersgate , No . 1657 , per Brother Alfred Brookman , and the Islington , No . 1471 , per Brother D . Pound Holness , for £ 115 10 s and £ 112 7 s respectively . Felicity Lodge ,
No . 58 , on whose behalf Bro . W . J . Crump did duty as Steward , is close at the heels of the two preceding , with £ 110 5 s . Royal Athelstan , per Bro . E . B . Grabham , has given £ 105 lCs , and the Duke of Edinburgh , No . 1259 , per Brother Edward Jex , £ 105 , while Friends in
Council , No . 1383 , per Brother K . R . Murchison , with £ 103 8 s , and Brother Goodall , for Dinner Committee R . M . I . B ., with £ 102 18 s , bring the three-figure lists to a close . Corinthian , No . 1382 , per Brother J . Delves , contributes only a fraction short of £ 100 , namely ,
£ 98 3 s 6 d . The Lodges which are always to be found on the lists on these occasions are also represented . Thus , while the older Lodges are to the fore , as usual , we find the younger Lodges entering into honourable rivalry with them , and , indeed , in this instance , even
taking the lead . On the whole , the Metropolis may congratulate itself on having done so well . Of the Provinces three-fourths were represented , the absentees being Bedford , Cambridgeshire , and Herefordshire , as usual ; Bristol , Cornwall , Cumberland and
Westmoreland , Lincolnshire , Monmouthshire , Norths and Hunts , Northumberland , Nottinghamshire , Guernsey , Isle of Man , and the Channel Islands , the last two , like Beds , having no Provincial Organisation ; but unlike that county being remote from the headquarters of Masonry , and
consequently not expected to contribute like the Provinces and Lodges in England itself . The majority of the foregoing absentees , however , are very far from being unmindful of their duty towards our Institutions , and if they are not represented regularly , they are so
frequently , and to good purpose . But to pass on . Taking in their alphabetical order the thirty Provinces , which , by the hands of their Stewards , contributed amongst them £ 6 , 081 0 s 7 d , we find that Berks and Bucks , with its twenty - one Lodges ,
four of which were represented , by half a dozen Stewards , contributes £ 176 18 s . In February , at the Benevolent Festival , it gave £ 243 14 s , and at that of the Girls in May £ 198 13 s 6 d . This gives a total for the current year of £ 619 5 s 6 d , and an exceeding good total
into the bargain . Cheshire , with its thirty-eight Lodges , figures for the comparatively small sum of £ 56 10 s , by the hands of three Stewards , acting for as many Lodges . In February , one of its Lodges gave £ 45 to the Benevolent , while in May seven of its Lodges worthily upheld its
reputation , by raising amongst them £ 321 6 s ; the three amounts making together £ 422 6 s . It must , however , be recollected that in this Province there is a very flourishing Educational Masonic Institution , which expends every year not far short of £ 200 in educating and
advancing the children of distressed and deceased brethren , and has a snug little nest-egg of its own in the shape of over £ 4 , 000 . Derbyshire ( 19 Lodges ) contributes £ 1 . 76 14 s 6 d , five Stewards , representing as many Lodges , having charge of its interests . It had already contributed
£ 53 lis to the Benevolent , and £ 459 16 s to the Girls ' School , so that it has given this year to our Institutions a sum total of £ 690 Is 6 d . Devonshire ( 50 Lodges ) gives £ 241 10 s , in addition to £ 318 5 s in May to Our Girls , and the nominal sum of £ 5 5 s
to the Benevolent in February , but here again we have a local Charity , which lias been only recently established , and , of course , diverts to its own use some of the moneys raised by the Cvaft in the county . Dorset ( thirteen Lodges ) sends £ 84 , one list being yet outstanding , and
this , in addition to £ 36 15 s in February to the R . M . B . I ., and £ 73 10 s to the R . M . LG . in May . This makes up a respectable total for so small a Province , but doubtless it would have been greater still , but for the heavier efforts of previous years . Durham ( twenty-seven Lodges ) sends up ,
per two Stewards , £ 286 15 s ; at each of the previous Festivals it gave £ 63 , making for the year £ 406 15 s . What it did last year , when its chief , the Marquis of Londonderry , K . P ., presided at the Festival of the Boys , held in the same locality , is still fresh in tho recollection of our
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readers . Essex ( nineteen Lodges ) began the year with a contribution of £ 93 10 s to the Benevolent . This it followed up with £ 15 15 s ( one other list being still due ) to the Girls ' , and now " Our Boys " benefit to the handsome tuno of £ 243 9 s Id . Gloucestershire , under its popular chief
Bro . Sir M . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., has been doinw capitally of late , its contributions at the three Festivals of " the current year being , in the order of their occurrence £ 115 10 s , £ 137 lis , and £ 279 6 s , making together £ 532 7 s , which is satisfactory for its fourteen Lodges . We
have seen larger totals sent in by the Province of Hants and Isle of Wight , with its thirty-six Lodges . Still , having regard to what has been done on former occasions , and its subscription of £ 290 10 s to the Benevolent in February , and £ 278 5 s to the Girls in May , we cannot he otherwise
than satisfied with its present contribution to the Boys of £ 186 7 s 6 d . "Little Herts , " with its eleven Lod ges began the year splendidly , with £ 533 14 s to the Benevolent ! It followed this up in May with £ 325 lis to tbe Girls , and now it hands over to the sister Institution no less than
£ 190 9 s 6 d , making a grand total for the year of £ 1 , 049 14 s 6 d . We need hardly be at the trouble of repeating a former exclamation of ours when the same Province similarly distinguished itself . Kent ( 46 Lodges ) is entered for £ 248 16 s , which , with £ 370 9 s 6 d in Feb . ruary , and £ 356 13 s 6 d in May , make up £ 975 19 s .
We must now betake ourselves northward , and have a glimpse at the Lancashires ; the Eastern Division ( ninet yone Lodges ) contributing £ 273 , and the Western ( eight yone Lodges ) £ 367 13 s . In February the former raised £ 414 19 s 6 d for the Benevolent , and in May £ 84 for the
Girls , while the latter at the same Festivals contributed £ 237 19 s and £ 84 respectively . These amounts , of course , sound small for our two largest Provinces , and especiall y if we compare them with those that are smaller . Yet we must keep in mind that on the two occasions on which the
Earl of Lathom has been Chairman he has had the liberal support of the Western Lodges , while Colonel Starkie , P . G . M . of the Eastern Division , when he presided at the Benevolent Festival , experienced an equally loyal support from the members . Leicester and Rutland ( ten Lodges ) ,
another small Province , supplements its subscription to the Benevolent in February , of £ 152 15 s , with £ 89 s 5 s on the present occasion—or together £ 242 , no bad sum for so few Lodges . Middlesex ( 32 Lodges ) invariably shows to advantage . It began the year with
£ 408 2 s for the Benevolent . In May it followed this up with £ 408 6 s 6 d to the Girls , and now it completes its work with £ 359 6 s 6 d for " Our Boys . " A total of £ 1 , 175 15 s needs no comment . Norfolk ( 16 Lodges ) gave a modest £ 36 15 s in February ; in May its contribution , per Lord
Snffield , its P . G . M ., reached £ 102 7 s 6 d ; on Wednesday it increased these by £ 61 19 s . Oxfordshire ( 10 Lodges ) has contributed this year £ 176 18 s to the Benevolent , £ 149 2 s to " Our Girls , " and £ 78 18 s 6 d to " Our Boys , " in all £ 304 18 s 6 d , or an average per Lodge of about £ 30 10 s .
Somersetshire ( 22 Lodges ) , which gives £ 118 13 s , has not figured before at either Festival this year , but it has liberally supported all our Institutions in turn when it has found a convenient opportunity . Staffordshire ( 26 Lodges ) started with a contribution of £ 26 5 s in February . In May
it raised £ 289 16 s for the Girls , and now it crowns its previous labours with a handsome sumjof £ 348 Is 6 d , in all £ 664 2 s 6 d . Well done , Staffordshire ! Suffolk ( 20 Lodges ) contributes £ 110 , in addition to £ 130 3 s in February , and £ 71 12 s in May , or , in all , £ 311 15 s .
Passing thence to the Province of Surrey , we find ourselves near home again . It has twenty-four Lodges , and in February contributed £ 162 Is 6 d , in May £ 242 0 s 6 d , and on Wednesday £ 90 13 s , the sum total of the three being £ 494 15 s . Sussex also has twenty-four
Lodges , and like Gloucestershire has a popular chief—Sir W . W . Burrell , Bart ., M . P . Last year , when the Boys ' Anniversary was for the first time held out of the Metropolitan district , Brighton was chosen as the scene of the Festivities , and the Province gave over £ 700 to this
School . It could hardly be expected to repeat this year so handsome a sum , yet it has done well in raising £ 179 lis , in addition to £ 162 9 s in February for the Benevolent , and £ 577 10 s for the Girls in May : grand total
£ 919 10 s . We congratulate Sussex accordingly . Warwickshire ( 30 Lodges ) raised £ 810 10 s for the Girls ' School in May , and now gives " Our Boys " £ 187 19 s , or together only a few shillings less than £ 1000 . Wilts ( 1 . 0 Lodges ) gave £ 89 5 s in February , and £ 56 3 s
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Lodge , No . 1791 , with Bro . John Williams for its Steward , contributes £ 164 , and tho Metropolitan , No . 1407 , per Bro . W . M . Stiles , £ 153 lis . Bro . Frederick Brewer , acting on behalf of the Kilburu , No . 1008 , figures for the very respectable total of £ 142 10 s , tho London
Rifle Brigade Lodge , No . 1962 , per Brother Neville Green , for £ 130 ' 12 s Gel , and the Aldersgate , No . 1657 , per Brother Alfred Brookman , and the Islington , No . 1471 , per Brother D . Pound Holness , for £ 115 10 s and £ 112 7 s respectively . Felicity Lodge ,
No . 58 , on whose behalf Bro . W . J . Crump did duty as Steward , is close at the heels of the two preceding , with £ 110 5 s . Royal Athelstan , per Bro . E . B . Grabham , has given £ 105 lCs , and the Duke of Edinburgh , No . 1259 , per Brother Edward Jex , £ 105 , while Friends in
Council , No . 1383 , per Brother K . R . Murchison , with £ 103 8 s , and Brother Goodall , for Dinner Committee R . M . I . B ., with £ 102 18 s , bring the three-figure lists to a close . Corinthian , No . 1382 , per Brother J . Delves , contributes only a fraction short of £ 100 , namely ,
£ 98 3 s 6 d . The Lodges which are always to be found on the lists on these occasions are also represented . Thus , while the older Lodges are to the fore , as usual , we find the younger Lodges entering into honourable rivalry with them , and , indeed , in this instance , even
taking the lead . On the whole , the Metropolis may congratulate itself on having done so well . Of the Provinces three-fourths were represented , the absentees being Bedford , Cambridgeshire , and Herefordshire , as usual ; Bristol , Cornwall , Cumberland and
Westmoreland , Lincolnshire , Monmouthshire , Norths and Hunts , Northumberland , Nottinghamshire , Guernsey , Isle of Man , and the Channel Islands , the last two , like Beds , having no Provincial Organisation ; but unlike that county being remote from the headquarters of Masonry , and
consequently not expected to contribute like the Provinces and Lodges in England itself . The majority of the foregoing absentees , however , are very far from being unmindful of their duty towards our Institutions , and if they are not represented regularly , they are so
frequently , and to good purpose . But to pass on . Taking in their alphabetical order the thirty Provinces , which , by the hands of their Stewards , contributed amongst them £ 6 , 081 0 s 7 d , we find that Berks and Bucks , with its twenty - one Lodges ,
four of which were represented , by half a dozen Stewards , contributes £ 176 18 s . In February , at the Benevolent Festival , it gave £ 243 14 s , and at that of the Girls in May £ 198 13 s 6 d . This gives a total for the current year of £ 619 5 s 6 d , and an exceeding good total
into the bargain . Cheshire , with its thirty-eight Lodges , figures for the comparatively small sum of £ 56 10 s , by the hands of three Stewards , acting for as many Lodges . In February , one of its Lodges gave £ 45 to the Benevolent , while in May seven of its Lodges worthily upheld its
reputation , by raising amongst them £ 321 6 s ; the three amounts making together £ 422 6 s . It must , however , be recollected that in this Province there is a very flourishing Educational Masonic Institution , which expends every year not far short of £ 200 in educating and
advancing the children of distressed and deceased brethren , and has a snug little nest-egg of its own in the shape of over £ 4 , 000 . Derbyshire ( 19 Lodges ) contributes £ 1 . 76 14 s 6 d , five Stewards , representing as many Lodges , having charge of its interests . It had already contributed
£ 53 lis to the Benevolent , and £ 459 16 s to the Girls ' School , so that it has given this year to our Institutions a sum total of £ 690 Is 6 d . Devonshire ( 50 Lodges ) gives £ 241 10 s , in addition to £ 318 5 s in May to Our Girls , and the nominal sum of £ 5 5 s
to the Benevolent in February , but here again we have a local Charity , which lias been only recently established , and , of course , diverts to its own use some of the moneys raised by the Cvaft in the county . Dorset ( thirteen Lodges ) sends £ 84 , one list being yet outstanding , and
this , in addition to £ 36 15 s in February to the R . M . B . I ., and £ 73 10 s to the R . M . LG . in May . This makes up a respectable total for so small a Province , but doubtless it would have been greater still , but for the heavier efforts of previous years . Durham ( twenty-seven Lodges ) sends up ,
per two Stewards , £ 286 15 s ; at each of the previous Festivals it gave £ 63 , making for the year £ 406 15 s . What it did last year , when its chief , the Marquis of Londonderry , K . P ., presided at the Festival of the Boys , held in the same locality , is still fresh in tho recollection of our
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readers . Essex ( nineteen Lodges ) began the year with a contribution of £ 93 10 s to the Benevolent . This it followed up with £ 15 15 s ( one other list being still due ) to the Girls ' , and now " Our Boys " benefit to the handsome tuno of £ 243 9 s Id . Gloucestershire , under its popular chief
Bro . Sir M . Hicks-Beach , Bart ., M . P ., has been doinw capitally of late , its contributions at the three Festivals of " the current year being , in the order of their occurrence £ 115 10 s , £ 137 lis , and £ 279 6 s , making together £ 532 7 s , which is satisfactory for its fourteen Lodges . We
have seen larger totals sent in by the Province of Hants and Isle of Wight , with its thirty-six Lodges . Still , having regard to what has been done on former occasions , and its subscription of £ 290 10 s to the Benevolent in February , and £ 278 5 s to the Girls in May , we cannot he otherwise
than satisfied with its present contribution to the Boys of £ 186 7 s 6 d . "Little Herts , " with its eleven Lod ges began the year splendidly , with £ 533 14 s to the Benevolent ! It followed this up in May with £ 325 lis to tbe Girls , and now it hands over to the sister Institution no less than
£ 190 9 s 6 d , making a grand total for the year of £ 1 , 049 14 s 6 d . We need hardly be at the trouble of repeating a former exclamation of ours when the same Province similarly distinguished itself . Kent ( 46 Lodges ) is entered for £ 248 16 s , which , with £ 370 9 s 6 d in Feb . ruary , and £ 356 13 s 6 d in May , make up £ 975 19 s .
We must now betake ourselves northward , and have a glimpse at the Lancashires ; the Eastern Division ( ninet yone Lodges ) contributing £ 273 , and the Western ( eight yone Lodges ) £ 367 13 s . In February the former raised £ 414 19 s 6 d for the Benevolent , and in May £ 84 for the
Girls , while the latter at the same Festivals contributed £ 237 19 s and £ 84 respectively . These amounts , of course , sound small for our two largest Provinces , and especiall y if we compare them with those that are smaller . Yet we must keep in mind that on the two occasions on which the
Earl of Lathom has been Chairman he has had the liberal support of the Western Lodges , while Colonel Starkie , P . G . M . of the Eastern Division , when he presided at the Benevolent Festival , experienced an equally loyal support from the members . Leicester and Rutland ( ten Lodges ) ,
another small Province , supplements its subscription to the Benevolent in February , of £ 152 15 s , with £ 89 s 5 s on the present occasion—or together £ 242 , no bad sum for so few Lodges . Middlesex ( 32 Lodges ) invariably shows to advantage . It began the year with
£ 408 2 s for the Benevolent . In May it followed this up with £ 408 6 s 6 d to the Girls , and now it completes its work with £ 359 6 s 6 d for " Our Boys . " A total of £ 1 , 175 15 s needs no comment . Norfolk ( 16 Lodges ) gave a modest £ 36 15 s in February ; in May its contribution , per Lord
Snffield , its P . G . M ., reached £ 102 7 s 6 d ; on Wednesday it increased these by £ 61 19 s . Oxfordshire ( 10 Lodges ) has contributed this year £ 176 18 s to the Benevolent , £ 149 2 s to " Our Girls , " and £ 78 18 s 6 d to " Our Boys , " in all £ 304 18 s 6 d , or an average per Lodge of about £ 30 10 s .
Somersetshire ( 22 Lodges ) , which gives £ 118 13 s , has not figured before at either Festival this year , but it has liberally supported all our Institutions in turn when it has found a convenient opportunity . Staffordshire ( 26 Lodges ) started with a contribution of £ 26 5 s in February . In May
it raised £ 289 16 s for the Girls , and now it crowns its previous labours with a handsome sumjof £ 348 Is 6 d , in all £ 664 2 s 6 d . Well done , Staffordshire ! Suffolk ( 20 Lodges ) contributes £ 110 , in addition to £ 130 3 s in February , and £ 71 12 s in May , or , in all , £ 311 15 s .
Passing thence to the Province of Surrey , we find ourselves near home again . It has twenty-four Lodges , and in February contributed £ 162 Is 6 d , in May £ 242 0 s 6 d , and on Wednesday £ 90 13 s , the sum total of the three being £ 494 15 s . Sussex also has twenty-four
Lodges , and like Gloucestershire has a popular chief—Sir W . W . Burrell , Bart ., M . P . Last year , when the Boys ' Anniversary was for the first time held out of the Metropolitan district , Brighton was chosen as the scene of the Festivities , and the Province gave over £ 700 to this
School . It could hardly be expected to repeat this year so handsome a sum , yet it has done well in raising £ 179 lis , in addition to £ 162 9 s in February for the Benevolent , and £ 577 10 s for the Girls in May : grand total
£ 919 10 s . We congratulate Sussex accordingly . Warwickshire ( 30 Lodges ) raised £ 810 10 s for the Girls ' School in May , and now gives " Our Boys " £ 187 19 s , or together only a few shillings less than £ 1000 . Wilts ( 1 . 0 Lodges ) gave £ 89 5 s in February , and £ 56 3 s