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SOMERSETSHIRE . 446 Lt .-Col . A T Perkins - 161 5 0 W J Nosworthy - 141 15 0

SOUTH WALES—East Division . 651 T Lawrence Lewis - 105 0 0

SOUTH WALES—West Division . Samuel Read- - 210 0 0

STAFFORDSHIRE . The Province - - . 120 15 0 624 Br Percy Evershed - 26 5 0 1792 FJTnrley - Matthias Barker - ) 21 0 0 J R Lee - - j

SUFFOLK . 1224 TBArdley - - 100 0 0 W J Nunn - - 21 0 0

SURREY . G J Dunkley- - 12 12 0 410 C Greenwood jun . . 26 0 0 1638 George Moorman . 17 17 0 1872 W H Dunning Pearse 10 10 0 2096 Hugh M Hobbs - 267 15 0

SUSSEX . 215 John Belcher - - 10 10 0 1110 Chas . H . Haine - 31 10 0 1141 L B Henderson - 36 4 0 1303 Major W W Turner . 21 0 0 1636 W R Wood jun . - 220 0 0 " 1726 W H Causton . 37 16 0 1947 John Sayers - - 63 0 0

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WARWICKSHIRE . 74 John Slater - - \ Felix Jones - James Moffatt David Archer John Rawlins Charles Leo - Wm Henry Wood George E ' win Mewis W H Johnson - I „ g | Q , Q C Joseph Collins - / Thomas Snrman Josiah Collins Joseph Gothard Hugh S Thomas George Shread Joshua Perkins Joshua Howell - I T Jam is Graham - / j 567 Jos . Boddingfcon 587 Joseph W Martin - 26 5 0

WILTSHIRE . 129 ^ 1 J Campbell Maclean - 6113 0 WORCESTERSHIRE .

A F Godson D . P . G . M . J W Consterdino-Chadwick 252 Edward J Chambers - 52 10 0

YORKSHIRE ( N . & E . Ridings ) . 1010 Col . R G Smith - 41 14 6 GUERNSEY .

243 J H Parsons - - 110 5 0 MARK DEGREE .

333 GNorrington - 63 0 0 FOREIGN STATIONS . 349 Lt .-Col . G Haldane - 52 0 0 684 Rev . A . H . Hildesley .

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YORKSHIRE ( WEST ) . '

139 John II Burrows - \ Simeon Hayes Geo . Wm . Hawksley - 208 James France T Bateman Fox 289 Alfred Williamson - 296 Joseph Mellowes Robert Schott Joseph Hardy Harold Thomas 380 Sidney T Steele 408 Edwin Lee 458 H Trevor Gardiner H Wilson 495 Lieut .-Col . Albany H Charlesworth 521 Ernest A Beaumont - John Wm Turner 600 Charles Crabtree 910 Robert Fisher 974 W C Lupton - 760 19 0

JROddy H A . Foster . 1019 John Wordsworth Herbert J E Green William H Milnes 1211 George F Crowe Joseph Stanfield 1239 Maurice J Dodworth - J Grayson Lowood 1311 Thomas Crossloy J Boorne Hargreaves James Stables

C E Richardson A F M'Gill - Walter S Blackburn - 1513 Thos W Embleton - 2069 Rev T C Smyth Robert Abbott Benj . Sykes Bailey Walter Storey Tom Atkinson . '

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Brother Captain Homfray proposed success to the other Masonic Institutions , —the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , and the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . It was a noble thing that , as Masons , they were enabled to

raise such large sums for their Institutions , ancl he associated with the toast the names of Bros . Terry ancl Hedges , the Secretaries of those Institutions . Brother J . Terry congratulated the Institution for Boys on the result of the

Festival , disappointing as in some respects it was . More especially could he congratulate Brother Binckes upon the result . There was one subject , however , which his

Lordship would forgive him for referring to—the comparison which had been made by the noble Chairman between the Schools and the Benevolent Institution . He

felt sure that it was not intended to overlook the claims of the Benevolent Institution ; but his Lordship had gone on to say that the Girls' School also deserved support . He ( Bro . Terry ) had expected a word to say that the Benevolent

Institution also deserved support . He urged that when this year had gone by , the brethren ' s attention would have to be given first to the Benevolent Institution . He should be glad to receive for 1887 the names of some of the

brethren under his Lordship s presidency . He had already secured one Steward from his Province , ancl was sure he would be a good one . Brother Hedges , responding for the Girls' School , thanked the brethren for the support

which had been extended to his Institution , and in doing so he had prominently in his mind the Province with which the Chairman was very nearly connected —the Province of Norfolk . He had only further to say that when the turn of the Girls' School acrain came round

he trusted the oldest of the Masonic Institutions would not lack support . Bro . J . L . Mather in responding for tho Stewards , said they had clone their best to make this Festival a success , ancl so to arrange matters ns to five

satisfaction to one ancl all . They had received assistance on all sides in carrying out the arrangements , and they had had the pleasure of hearing from every quarter praises of the manner in which they had done their duty . He trusted

the lists which had not yet come in would considerably I increase the total . Bro . J . Lewis Thomas proposed j the Ladies , for whom Brother 0 . F . Plogard suit- j

ably replied . The President said he did not think thoy could separate without expressing their hearty thanks lo Bro . Binckes for the energy which he had displayed ; it was to him to whom the success of the Institution was

due . Bro . Binckes had said the result was disappointing ; but , considering the adverse circumstances , they must cou-

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gratulate themselves on the result of the evening . Bro . Binckes briefly acknowledged the compliment paid him , and tho proceedings soon afterwards terminated , the guests expressing a unanimous verdict that a thoroughly agreeable day had been enjoyed .

The Wages Of The Craft.

THE WAGES OF THE CRAFT .

THERE is a mine of wealth in the verbiage of Masonry , To ordinary observers the surface indications may be slight , but to the thoughtful Mason every word contains a nugget of ore . Often the Senior Warden of a Lodge is regarded as a greatly inferior officer , with little authority ,

ancl merely a sort of Deputy Master , a lay figure , unless the Master be absent . Not so ; and he tells us so , and what he tells is'true , and indicates a deeper truth than he

tells . The Senior Warden is the paymaster of the Craft , now nominally , once really . He is a sort of stranded Masonic official on the shores of time . His vocation is

largely gone . But what he now asserts of himself gives us a hint of what he once really was . It proves that he is an historic character ; that time , the great leveller , has lessened his authority , that his office was not created in

the present or the last century , but originated with Freemasonry itself , in the remote past . The language used by the Senior Warden proves that he is a kind of fossil . When does he ever pay the Craft wages now ? But he

did once—aye , and as long as three thousand years ago , if there is anything in Masonic tradition , or in Masonic philology . This carries us back to the building of King Solomon ' s Temple .

According to the traditions of the Lodge , which are fortified in certain respects by the facts and traditions of Mark Masonry as well , there were two classes of stone hewers ancl squarers , or Fellow-Crafts , at the building of

Solomon ' s Temple—first , a superior class , o £ skilled workmen , who were each in possession of an individual " Mark , " and who always designated their work by this Mark ; ancl second , an inferior class , of probablv vounger

and loss experienced workmen , who had no mark , and probably performed onl y the rough work of tho quarries . The former received their pay in silver , tho latter in corn ,

wine ancl oil . It was the duty of the Senior Warden of the Lodge to pay these wages , and he did it on the sixth clay of the week ( Friday ) , at the sixth hour ( High Twelve ) , when the Craft was called off from Labour to