The Financial Year.

ties during the year which ended on Tuesday last . The total amount contributed to the three Masonic Institutions , though it falls short of that secured in 1888 by something approaching £ 34 , 500 , is

fully equal to what the most sanguine of us could have anticipated . The supreme effort made in 1888 , on the occasion of the celebration of the

Girls' School Centenary Festival , without question had to a certain extent exhausted the soil , and , like good husbandmen , our Masonic brethren must not

relax in their endeavours to nourish the ground , and await patiently the day when recuperation will assert itself . Another potent factor must be taken into consideration when we look carefully and

critically at this " terrrhc falling oft . We use the word terrific , as it has been exercised very freely by an esteemed correspondent , who , in spite of a few eccentricities and a vast amount of half heartedness ,

is not a bad fellow , though no one can disabuse him of the idea that we are all going to the bad . " But to return ; the factor we allude to , and as we have already said , a potent factor , was the Special Grants

by United Grand Lodge in recognition of the Queen ' s Jubilee . These grants ( £ 2000 to each of the Scholastic Institutions , and £ 2000 to the Benevolent ) swelled the total to the tune of £ 6000 . If we deduct this

amount from the comparative falling off in the two years we have but £ 28 , 500 to account for , and surely this may with every desire to argue plausibly be placed to the " Special Effort" made on behalf of

the Girls on the occasion of their Centenary , and to facilitate the fervent desire expressed for increased accommodation at their headquarters at Battersea Bise .

The Benevolent Institution heads the List , and here much may be urged in advocacy of the appointment of a Collector for the other Institutions , but our space to-day will not permit u » tu rcntxirc on the

consideration . The amount standing to its credit represents £ 18 , 729 18 s 7 d . The Girls' School comes second , with £ 14 , 986 9 s 6 d , while this is ,

roundly , 250 a-head of the Boys' Institution , where £ 14 , 727 10 s 2 d is the amount supplied . We repeat , all concerned have reason for congratulation , and so long as prudence and caution prevail in regard to

the expenditure , we feel assured the Institutions will retain the confidence of the Masonic Brotherhood . We have now only to refer to the grants made from the Fund of Benevolence . During the year

these have amounted to the substantial sum of £ 9 , 144 , and 429 recipients have participated . In 1888 the total amount granted was £ 11 , 468 , while there were 436 aunlicants relieved . The "Frmd ia

carefully administered , and every confidence is placed in the worthy brethren who conduct its management . May these happy results long continue .

Eoyal Masonic Benevolent Institution . £ s d Donations and Subscriptions - - 15118 16 8

Dividends .... 1 / 52 13 10 Grand Lodge . - - - - 1 G 00 0 0 Graud Chapter - - - - 150 0 0 Interest on Cash at Call - - - 108 8 1

18729 18 7

Boyal Masonic Institution for Girls . £ a d Donations and Subscriptions - . 11073 8 5

Donation from Grand Lodge - - 150 0 0 » Chnpter - . 10 10 0 Part Payment North \ Val 03 Life

Presentation ( Centenary ) - - 250 0 0 Dividends on Stocks and Interest on Deposits 3014 2 7 Miscellaneous Receipts - - 4 < 88 8 G 1498 G 9 G

The Financial Year.

Royal Masonic Institution for Boys . £ s d Donations and Subscriptions - - 13303 12 4 United Grand Lodge - - 150 0 0 Supreme Grand Chapter - - - 10 10 0

Music Pees - - - 95 11 0 Mra . Cama to " Prize Fund " . - 5 5 0 Legacies - - - - 17 10 0

Board of Stewards , Annual Festival - 57 11 4 Sale of Cows 28 8 0 Sale of Lists of Subscribers - - 7 0 0 Sundries 8 13 0

14179 0 8 Dividends - - - - 548 9 6 —W— -MM——W<— . !¦¦¦ ¦ 14727 10 2

The Board of Benevolence . Month . Cases relieved . £ a d January - . 44 - - 1180 0 0 February - 38 - - 845 0 0 March - 44 - - 1085 0 0

April - 42 - - 802 0 0 May - - . 40 - - 725 0 0 June - . 25 - - 510 0 0 July - - 37 - - 660 0 0 August - 23 - - 485 0 0

September - 15 - - 260 0 0 October 44 - - 1005 0 0 November - 33 - - 805 0 0 December - . 39 - - 782 0 0 429 9144 0 0

Reviews.

REVIEWS .

All Books intended for Review should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , Belvidere Works . Hermoo HiU , PentonviUe , London , M " . — : o : — " Freemasons' Calendar and Pooket Book for 1890 . " London : Speiicer ' s Masonic Dep 6 fc , 15 Great Queen Street , W . C .

THIS well known Calendar is once more before us , and as heretofore contains every thing that is useful to the Craft . Among the principal items of interest we may montion that there is a complete list of all tbe regular Lodges and Chapters , with their places and times of meeting , corrected from tho books of the United Grand Lodge and

Chapter ; the list of London meetings for each day ; fall information about the Maaouio Institutions ; a full list of all present and past Grand Officers , with the year in which they served , and to those who have passed away the yoar of their death . Then follows a list of Provincial and Distriot Grand Masters , the members of the Board of

General Parposes and Colonial Board ; a list of remarkable occurrences in Masonry , dating back as far as A . D . 287 , and being brought np to date ; a list of grants made by Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter to tha several Institutions and deserving objeots . At the end some information is givon ia respect to the different Grand Lodges other

than tho Grand Lodge of England , which is followed by particulars generally to be found in calendars . From this it will be seen that the book will rank among its predecessors , and , published as ib is for the benefit of the Charity Fund ought , and we have no doubt will , add something substantial to the coffers of Grand Lod ^ e .

"The Cosmopolitan Musonio Calendar , Diary , and Pocket Book for 1890 . " London : George Kenning and Co ., 16 and 16 A . Great Queen Street , W . C . TnE twentieth issue of this book is filled with useful information , and doal 3 with every kind of Masonic body . Lists of Lodges with dates ( anciout and modern ) , Chapters , K . T . Preceptories , Conclaves ,

Colleges , and Grand Councils are all supplied , while the names of the Officers iu England and Wales , Scotland , Ireland , Canada , Quebec , New Brunswick , Nova Scotia , British Columbia , Prince Edward Island , South Australia , New South Wales , Viotorii , United States , Central and South America , France , Germany , Italy , Spain , Portogal , Belgium , Hamburg , Denmark , Sweden and Norway , Greece , .

Koumania nnd Bulgaria , Tnrkoy , Peru , Netherlands , Luxemburg , Egypt , & c , so that it will be seen uot an omission has been made . The list of Lodges for each day has boon carefully compiled , while tho months of meeting for each Lodgo or Chapter , & c , are given . The charges in each degree , and tho Entered Apprentice song is given at the end , which makes the " Co 3 mo " one of the most comprehensive Calendars yet brought before the Craft .

W » have received , from Mr . W . Sarvent , of Broad Arrow Court , Milton Street , E . C , a very handsome Portable Date Almanac . Tho days , months , and years ore well printed , in black and white on n tinted around . The fiinires are snlendidlv nrnnm ( -. mnprl nnd of . nr . ri

ont with a prominence that will make them distinguishable at a considerable distance . Tho while are onclosed in a metal frame , which is ni . ; uutcd ou a substantial card . Mr . Sarvent ' s Almanac , wo venture to predict , will be much sought after .