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amongst the "honourable mentions , " with a total of £ 128 2 s . He is overlapped , however , by a solitary sixpence , by Bro . Thomas Stevens P . M . of tho Peckham Lodge 1475 , which also we do not discover to have figured in last year ' s return . From tho Kilburn Lodgo 1 G 08 , Bro .

Charles Brewer , as Worshipful Master , had the pleasure of celebrating his year of office by a contribution of £ 118 12 s Gd ; and it is infinitely to tho credit of Bro . Charles Hubbard , considering tho peculiar manner in which the Lily of Richmond Lodge 820 has lately been

circumstanced , that ho should during the second year of his able Mastership have contrived to raise the vei-y creditable sum of £ 115 10 s . This result fairly bears out the anticipations wo formed at the time of Bro . Hubbard ' s installation , when we predicted a new era of prosperity to set in under

his wise and discreet rule . Yet another Vice-President appears amongst the favoured twelve " over a hundred " contributors , and Bro . H . Brooks Marshall , of the Royal

Hanover 1777—whoso efforts as an Apprentice and Fellow Craft we have had occasion similarly to point out in our Analyses—brings up his hundred guineas as pluckily as he did for tho Girls and tho Benevolent Institution . Bro .

Marshall evidently believes in treating them all alike—and certainly if it serves no other end , it is one way of preventing the jealousy that is often provoked by favouritism . Bro . W . Vaughan Morgan P . M . and also a Vice-President , brings £ 103 19 s from the Burlington Lodge 96 , whilst

Bro . Geo . T . Brown P . M . and Sec . of tho Prosperity G 5 , just comes within the charmed circle , by presenting exactly a hundred pounds . " Very nearly , but not quite , " we see Bro . J . A . Farnfield , Vice-President , with £ 91 17 s 6 d on behalf of tho Unions Lodge 25 G , while Bro . Thomas S .

Mortlock P . M . of tho Industry 18 G appears for £ 87 . Bro . James Chapman , of tho Canonbury G 57 , for £ 84 ; the Worshipful Master of the Constitutional 55 ( Bro . S . Pownceby ) , and Bro . H . A . Rigg , of the Prince of Wales 259 , for £ 81 18 s each . From Stockwell Lodge 1339 our

well-known Bro . W . G . Brighten brought up £ 77 13 s ; and we are promised another contribution from the same direction when his co-steward ' s ( Bro . J . M . Klenck ) list is complete . The Old Concord 172 entrusted Bro . A . J . Dottridge P . M . with £ 78 15 s ; and La Tolerance 538 sent ,

through the hands of Bro . Thomas W . Cooper , its S . W ., £ 73 10 s . Tho Worshipful Master of the Macdonald 121 G ( Bro . T . W . Carnell ) totalled £ 7 G 18 s ; and Bro . Richard T . Kingham , of the Metropolitan 1507 , £ 75 3 s 6 d . Bro R . J . Fennel I , from the Bromley St . Leonard 1805

" assisted" with £ 73 10 s ; and Bro . F . G . Richardson P . G . Steward and Vice-President £ 70 7 s in favour of Bayard Lodge 1 G 15 . The remaining Lodges , whoso contributions we have not space to allude to in detail , all behaved liberally ; and with the nine Metropolitan lists still

to come in , we may fairly reckon npon a substantial addition to the sum total already announced . Wo must not omit to mention the two London Chapters who have participated in this year ' s " round robin , " viz ., the Yarborough 554 , who sent forward by Bro . John James Berry Z . £ 63 ;

aud the Macdonald 1216 , whose Scribe N ., A . C . Bradley , took up £ 23 2 s . Thero is no memorandum this year from the A . and A . Rite , but Bro . H . C . Levander G . Reg . Vice-President , against whose name twenty guineas were placed in

the former list to the credit of tho A . and A . rite , now figures for fifty guineas , contributed by the Grosvenor Mark Lodge 144 , showing that to whatever plough Bro . Levander puts his hand he never looks back .

We observe the names of no less than 98 Stewards representing the 29 contributing Provinces , whose united total was announced at the Festival as £ 5 , 189 1 s Gd . Last year there were 31 Provinces assisting to make up a total of £ 5 , 152 18 s Id ; showing that , although there were two

more defaulters on this occasion , the aggregate result was a | trifle greater . The absentees were Bristol , Cambridge , Cumberland and Westmorland , Herefordshire , Northampton and Hunts , South Wales E ., South Wales W ., Wilts , Yorks N . and E ., Channel Islands , Jersey , and Isle of Man . We

have often had occasion to lament the little interest manifested in Masonic charity by our brethren who dwell in the " islands of the sea , " who must have peculiar notions about the moral obligations which rest upon them in common with the rest of the brotherhood . At all events

their conspicuity is always marked by their absence from the charity lists , and it wonld seem that all the eloquence and energy of the Secretaries—usually so potent in other quarters—is powerless to move the compassion of our brethren " oyer the water . " However , we are able to

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extend a hearty grip to some Lodges whose faces have been hidden from our ken at the Festivals for many years , but who now , we hope , are going to make up for much lost time . We aro not disposed to make invidious allusions however , and we assure our readers that tho comparisons

which are necessary in giving a statistical outline of the varions Provinces are made in the utmost friendliness and good faith . Worcestershire , famous for its plums , has given the Boys a rare good " plum" this year , in tho shape of £ 580 13 s towards their Institution , and we are

very glad to be able to congratulate that county upon standing prominently forward amongst Provincial fruit-bearers . The movement seems to havo been taken in hand by two sturdy-hearted Prov . Grand Officers , who have infused unwonted benevolence into the hearts of their followers

there . Bro . William Bristow , Prov . G . W . and Prov . Grand Secretary , on behalf of the Harmonic Lodge 252 ( Dudley ) , presents the noble sum of £ 428 8 s ; whilst Bro . George Taylor Prov . Grand Purst ., as Treasurer of the Hope and Charity Lodgo 377 ( Kidderminster ) ,

adds £ 152 5 s . No doubt the sympathies of the other Lodges in tho Province were enlisted in this grand effort , which , to say the least , is most creditable to tho county and gratifying to the Craft . The " Garden of England , " ever faithful to its Masonic instincts and alive to its

responsibilities , sends , from nine out of its forty-three Lodges , £ 485 0 s 6 d , as against £ 478 last year . Bro . Goldsmith , of Chiselhurst , bears away the Kentish honours with a good round £ 117 ls ; the Immediate Past Master of the Acacia 1314 ( Bro . J . Wyer ) coming next with £ 84 ,

ancl the others x'anging between £ 33 and £ 55 . In addition to these sums the Peace and Harmony Chapter 199 , sends up from Dover , per Bro . Edward Lukey , £ 118 13 s , showing that tho " Continental " port is as alive as ever in its proverbial interest iu charitable work . We have so often

alluded to the systematic exertions of the men of Kent in this direction that it would bo superfluous here to reiterate the praises they have won ; and we therefore pass on to the third upon the list—the ever present West Yorkshire , who again gives us a bumper in the shape of a cheque for £ 400 .

This comes from thirteen Lodges , represented by twentytwo Stewards ; ancl although slightly below tho average contributed by this liberal Province to all the Charities , is nevertheless a substantial evidence of that continuous benevolence which flows from the Western Division of the

premier county . We would that their excellent example wero contagious , but we are weary of alluding to the stinginess ancl apathy of the North and East Ridings , who are as usual merely the spectators of the good deeds of their brethren in the West . Gloucestershire sends up , within a

pound , precisely the same amount , as to the former Festival , namely £ 378 10 s . Only two out of its fourteen Lodges are represented by the four Stewards whose names are chronicled , Bro . Henry Godfrey V . P . heading the three emissaries from the Foundation Lodge 82 ( Cheltenham )

with £ 236 15 s . Bro . the Baron de Ferrieres , whose zeal as a young Mason we have had occasion previously to admire , comes next with £ 94 10 s , as J . W . of the same Lodge , whoso Worshipful Master ( Bro . W . Anslow Sole ) adds a subscription of ten guineas . The Worshipful Master

of the Royal Lebanon Lodge 493 ( Bro . A . V . Hatton ) brought up £ 36 15 s , thus sustaining to within an ace the average of former years , and continuing the prestige Gloucestershire has always enjoyed for its charitable inclinations , especially in favour of " Our Boys . " Berks

and Bucks has made a wonderful and most laudable spurt on this occasion , its quota to the Fund being £ 305 14 s , against £ 53 16 s last year . Bro . Dick Radclyffe , always an earnest worker , headed the list in this Province with £ 131 16 s from the Etonian Lodge 209 ( Windsor ) , and he was followed

by Bro . Chas . William Cox as Senior Warden of the Ellington 156 G ( Maidenhead ) with £ 67 ls . A handy little £ 42 was brought up by Bro . E . L . Shepherd Prov . G . S . B . from the Abbey Lodge 945 ; Bro . R . George Barton , of the Windsor Castle Lodge 771 , £ 32 lis ; while Bro . J .

Reeve , Prov . G . S . B ., on behalf of the Watling-street Lodge 1 G 39 ( Stony Stratford ) , is down for £ 21 lGs , in addition to ten guineas from his co-Steward , Bro . Samuel K . Page . This is " excellently well done , " Berks and Bucks , and we rejoice at the improving prospects of unity and liberality in

your midst . There is no metaphorical " butter " in our allusion to the fine old county of Dorset , where we know so many staunch , true-hearted Masons dwell , when we compliment our Bro . R . N . Howard upon following so well in the footsteps of his leader , Bro . J . M . P . Montagu , in bestir-